The San Francisco call., 1897-08-22

Nn nUTCu, hoCnesIeI, ~ L., -Inoo, ~ ~
Avenue, New York City, 1850; Emmanuel
Chapel, New York City, 1915; Central
Church, New York City, 1882; West End
, Church. New Yurk City. 1918; East Liv-
erpool. Ohio, 1143; O.ivet, Philadelphia,
123s; Walnut Street, Philadplphia, 1927;
Bethany, Philadelphia, 1854; Holland
Memorial. Philadelphia, 1l6i; East Lib
eriy, Pittsburg, l176.
The regular rally and essay contest OF
| st. Joseph's Branch of the League of the
Cross will be held on Monday evening,
| August %, at St. Joseph's Hall, corner OF
| Tenth and Howard streets.
The regular quar- erly rally of st. Ra-
phaers Branch Of the League of the Cross,
San Rafael, is scheduled for Sunday, the
| 5th OF September and OF st. Vincent S
Branch, Petaluma, for the following Sun
day.
The tenth Grand Council of the c. L A.
| S. will convene in this City on Monday
morning. Septem0er6 Solemn high mass
will be celebrated at ST. Mary's Cathedral
at $3.50 o'clock by Very Rev. ]. J. Prender-
gaSt, V.G.. at which the delegates, grand
officers and other members will receive
holy communion in a body. The sessions
of the council will be held in the Y. NJ. G..
.. Hail, corner of Tenth and Market
streets, and will conclude on Wednesday
evening, Septem Der 8. On Monday even
ing, Septe Der E, an informal reception
will be rendered the delegates at ST. J os-
eph's Hall, Tenth and Howard streets.
Forty-eight delegates, representing twen-
ty-four branches, will be present at the
council.
The grand Junior rally of the League of
the Cross will be held at the Mechanics
Pavilion on Sunday afternoon, October 8,
beginning at o'clock. 1t will be great
demonstration, in which the entire organ
ization in this City and adjoining towns
will participate. The arrangements ara
in charge of the following committee: j..
J. Gildea (chairman), Joseph A. Murphy,
Major William H. Mccarthy, G. B. Fem
and W. }. Hamilton; x-officio-Rev. P
o Ryan, Thomas II. Fallon and Edward
J. Coffty. At this rally will occur the
competition for the Arch bishop Riordar
trophy. the subject being, The Necessity
of the Sunday ClosiEg of Saloons" The
contestants will be: Arthur Curtis. repre-
senting district /; Charles L. Asmuss n,
district 2; John J. Greeley, district 3; Ed
ward j. Deasy, district 4, and Thomas
Gregory, district 5.
At St Luke's Episcopal Church Rev.
W. H. Morelaud will preach this evening
on Batting and Gambling; Why Are
They WrongY'
The General Baptist Convention has
been in session in Santa Cruz during the
week.
Rev. A. NJ. Russell has resigned the
pestorate of the Hamilton-square Baptist
Church of this City, to take effect Octo ber
l. He has served the church for four
years, having previously been pastor at
Willows
Rev. Dr. Morse supplied the Hamilton
square Baptist Church in this City on The
10Th and Rev. Mr.. CASTOR OF Vallejo will
preach there on the 22u.
Pastor Russell of the Hamilton-square
Baptist Church in this City is eff tor a
vacation.
Evangelist Cairns will preach in the
First Baptist Church in this City on the
% and G9.h.
Mrs. Dr. Sunderland of Oakland has
been elected president OF the Woman's s
Home Mission Society. Mrs. r. L. w.
Davis, who has served the society for sew
eral years, declined a reelection. Mrs. E.
F. Joy OF this City was reelected treas
urer, having held the office for several
years.
A neat rack holding thirty wheels has
been provided for the use of bicyclists at
the First Church, Pasadena.
Rev. S. S. Cryor will address the mems
meeting at this Y. NJ. c. A. this afternoon
at 3 o'clock. His subject will be Lost
Opportunities"
The rabbis OF Berlin, Frankfort Dresden,
Halberstadt and Munich have united IN q
declaration to the effect that the Zoaists
endeavor 10 found national Jewish state
is dlsparaging to the Messianic prophecies
of Judaism. Judaism, they say. oblges
its believers to serve the country to which
they belong with all devotion and TO foster
lis national interests with all their
strength; they therefore bid the Jews o;
Germany to keep aloof from Zionist ten
dencies, and not to attend the Zionists'
congress to be held In Bale eat the end oi
August. Max Nordau, however, is a strong
supporter of the scheme, and Mr. Glad
stone states that the idea, so far as he
understands it, seems practicable and
praiseworthy.
Rabbi Myers will lecture at the Bush
street Temple tonight on Three Months
in Palestine"
A welcome home" reception was ten
dered Colonel and Mrs. Keppel at the
Salvation Army headquarters FRIDAY
evening, in honor OF their return from
Europe where thev have been attending
the great Crystal Palace meeting in Eng
land. Colonel Keppel gave an interesting
account of his journey and the doings at
the big convention at which there were
about $1,000 Salvationists present. The
chief feature of the convention was an
exhibition illustrating the evolution OF
the army from its start thirty-two years
ago to its present prosperous condition.
Music was furnished at the convention by
brass band OF 1000 pieces