The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
AMONG THE CHURCHMEN,
Grand Concert by the Grace Church
Choir for the Benefit of the
Choir Fund,


Rev. Father Michael, provincial of the
Franciscan order, is in the City He viii
visit all the houses of his order in the
State.
Services OF thanksgiving for the graces
and fayors of the past year were held al
st. Mary's Cathedral and st. Ignatius and
st. Boniface's churches on New Years
eve.
Yesterdays Monitor gives description
of the new church of st. Bridget, to be
erected at the corner of Broadway and
| Van Ness avenue at O cost of SIC, 600 II
Will be one of the finest places of worskir
i'll the City.
There will be a grand rally of members
| of the Young Mems Institute and their
! friends at Metropolitan Hall tomorrow
! evening.
This afternoon at o'clock John Currie,
| the noted Scotch evangelist, will address a
mass meeting for young men only at the
Association building, Mason and Ellis
| streets. His subject will be "The Foot
race" Mr. Currie used to be trainer and
! general sporting character, and will give
some interesting facts relative to his ex-
perience. He has been in evangelistiC
work about fourteen years.
To-day at II o'clock Rev. o. C. Miller
will conduct a union Bible study for all
Sunday school workers and Bible teachers
at the Association Hall, Mason and Ellis
streets.
DR.. NJ. c. Harris, superintendent oil
japanese missions on the coast, is on q
| tour of inspection of the missions at Port.
land, Tacoma and Seattle.
| The Pacific Christian Advocate of the
1st inst. contains an article on How
Shall We Educate Our Girls?" by David
Starr Jordan. President Jordan SAYS:
fCra
surely not that which has proved unfit foI
! the young man She is an Individual as
we'll as he, and her work gains as much as
his by relating it to her life. But an insti-
tuition broad enough to meet the varied
needs OF varied men can also meet the
varied needs of varied women"
Z. w. Clough is in the City attending to
Epworth League business in his capacity OF
State secretary OF the league.
The nth monthly festival will be given
by the Grace Church choir this evening.
The programme is varied and interesting
Mr.. Coffin will sing Barntz's "Soft South
ern Breeze" and Homer Henley will sing
Nazareth" Mrs. J. H. Desmond, who
recently Joined the choir, will sing 'Bethle-
hem," by Watson. The choruses will be
from Gounod's mass for mems voices, and
Zabrist's Star of the Morning" Mr..
Holt will play, by request, the Fantasia,
introducing 'The Storm.
Grace Church choir will give a grand
concert on the 22d inst. at the Young
Mems Christian Association auditorium
for the benefit of the choir fund. They
Will be assisted by Miss Mabel Love, So
prano, and Mrs. Maud Chapelle Henry,
contralto. The concert will consist OF
nj ale choruses, mixed quartets and vocal
solos. w. H. Holt, the organist of Grace
Church, will be the conductor.
Elder H. S. Tanner goes to Sacramento
THE week to hold series of meetings,
which will extend over four Sabbaths. Ell
der Shepherd will have charge of the
| church in this City during his ABSENCE
President Tanner will discourse this
evening at Pvthiap Castle on salvation
for Living and Dead"
conference of Presbyterian elders will
be held at the First Presbyterian Church,
Oakland, on Tuesday evening, the 18th
inst.
Rev. E. E. Clark, who has supplied the
Fruitvale Presbyterian church the past
eighteen months, has been installed pas
tor of that church.
The Central Church OF Los Angeles has
secured Rev. John K. Fowler of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, as stated supply.