The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03
He Will Arrive in a Few Days
and Preach at st.
Luke'S.
EpwoRrH LEAGUE OFFICERS
The Archbishop's Itinerary of Confirm
alton ServiceS-Dr. Dille's Tour
of the Islands.

The. Rt. Rev. DR.. Johnson, first Episco-
pal Bishop of Los Angeles, is expected in
San Francisco some time this week. He
NAV arrive in time to attend the reception
to Bishop and Mrs. Nichols at the Occi-
den tai Hotel on Wednesday evening next.
ANYWAY, he will be here by May s, when
he will preach the sermon at the annual
meeting of the California Branch of the
Women's Auxiliary in st. Luke's Church.
The services will commence at II A. NJ.
The visit of the new bishop will be neces-
sarily brief, as the pressing duties OF his
diocese demand his presence at Los An
geles.
The officers of the Epworth League of
the Methodist church for the ensuing year
are as follows: President, w. G. Poage,
Ukiah; first vice. president, E. M. Kimball,
Downev; second vice-president, Henry
Atkinson, Santa Rosa; third vice-presi-
dent, Miss Estella Duke, Linden; secre-
tary, C. w. Clough, Chico; corresponding
secretary, Miss Hattie Glover, Salinas;
treasurer, Miss Hamilton; superintendent
Junior work, Mrs. Richardson, Woodland.
The Venerable Archdeacon Webber OF
the Diocese of Milwaukee has consented
to come to the coast to conduct parochlal
missions in California during next fall,
winter and spring.
The First Hebrew Congregation of Oak
land has asked permission of court to sell
its old synagogue property for $27, 900 to
Hugo Abrahamson. 1t proposes to pur-
chase a new site at Twelfth and Castro
streets for $1l 900.
In the last five years 1906 Bibles, cost
ing nearly $4,000, have been given by the
Bible Society to the Congregational
Church Sunday-schools of this State.
a branch of the League of the Cross has
fah or
Berkeley.
Confirmation will be administered by
Arch bishop Riordan during the COM
lug week as follows: Sunday, May 8,
St. Helena; Wednesday afternoon. May 6,
Lakep9rt; Wednesday morning ST. Turi-
Hopland; Sunday, May 10, st. Mary's
Church, Sausalito.
Rev. DR.. Hirsts residence at Chicago
was burglarized and $500 in personal
effects stolen.
The trustees of the Pacific Methodist
College will meet in annual session at the
Santa Rosa College on May TO-
The Pacific annual conference of the
Methodistchurch will be held this year at
Oakland.
The new congregational Church at Mill
Valley is two-thirds completed.
The California Sabbath Association will
meet In annual convention in the audi
torium of the Y. NJ. C. a. building in this
City on MAY IA.
The Congregational ministers and
churches of San Bernardino and Riverside
will meet at Mentone on May 5.
Rev. f. +. Pearse has resigned the pas
torate of the Third Congregational Church
of Los Angeles TO go to Nordhoff, where
he will have charge of church.
The receiptsof the Congregational Home
Missionary Society from Southern Cali
fornia for the year were $5615 so.
Rev. 2. c. Yorke will lecture at Metro
politan Hall on Tuesday evening.
The rally of the fourth district of the
League of the Cross will take place at Ma
tive Sons Hall at 2 o'clock to-day.
A class of forty boys and girls will re-
ceive first communion at st. Teresa's
Church to-day.
Rev. DR.. Ollie will deliver several lee
lures while in Honolulu.
Bishop Joyce of the Methodist Church
of Vancouver, B. c., Will sail for Japan on
June d.