The San Francisco call., 1897-07-04
3s3 s37 Minna street. Subject, "Moral

Life"
DR.. Adams, who has just returned from
the East will occupy his pulpit at the
First Congreg gational Church to-day, both
morning and evening.
An adjourned meeting OF the Congre'
gational Ministers Monday Club will be
held to- morrow. Rev. j. ii. GoOdell will
read paper entitled Americas Lates,
Experiment in Civilization"
The Chief Rabbi attended, by invitation
of the Bishop of London. the thanksgiv-
ing service at ST. Paul's Cathedral on
Jubilee Day as the representative OF the
Jewish community of England.
The Episcopal Church, Sacramento, Of
which Rev. Mr.. Mel is rector. is to have, a
choir similar to that of Grace Church, this
city.
The choir boys of st. Luke's Church will
have a months vacation. Their devotion
TO the general organist, w. A. Sabin. ac-
counts for the excellent work in music for
which this church is noted.
Rev. William Gordon, pastor of the Con.
eregational church at Fields Landing, and
prominent worker among Congregations
alists of Hum boldt County, is visiting IN
this City.
Five hundred of the Jewish poor at
London received dinner on the Queens
jubilee day at the request CT the Lord
Mayor. The chief rabbi and Lord Roths-
child were present. The Prince of Wales
fund paid the expenses on the occasion.
Next Saturday the Occidental Board will
be sat home" at the Presbyterian Mission
Home, 920 Sacramento street. from 1O A. NJ.
to P. NJ. to Christian Endeavorers. There
will be singing, recitatlons and Scripture
texts both morning and afternoon by the
Chinese children and girls, and tea will
be served by the Chinese girls.
Rev. William l.. Hines, late Archdeacon
of New Hampshire and during the past
six months minis er in charge OF the Epls-
copal Church at San Luis Obispo, is visit
in in East Oakland.
Rev. Scott +. Hershey. Phi. D., of Bos-
ton, will lecture in Metropolitan Temple
next Sunday afternoon at o'clock under
the auspices of the Loyal Orange Institu-
tlon of San Francisco. The subject will
be, 'William OF Orange, George Washing
ton and Abraham Lincoln, the Founders
OF American Liberties"
About seventy ladies of the Hebrew
faith. who are interested in the organiza-
tion of lodge of the Daughters of judah,
after some discussion decided to adopt the
name of Ruth Lodge No. for the new or
ganiZation. 1t was also decided that any
member of the order of B'nai B'ritn shall
be eligible 10 mem bership. The follow
ing-named were appointed a committee
on constitution and bylaws: Mrs. ID.
Gutstadt, Mrs. M. Aaron, Mrs. R. Max, Ii.
Gulstadt and l.. Goldstein. After decid-
ing to meet on the second and fourth
Wednesdays in each month an adjourn
ment was taken to 18th of July, when of
icers will be elected.
This summer a great convention O.
Z.onists-the name taken by those who
are undertaking TO promote the return o
Hebrews to Palestine-is to be held in
Munich, and delegates are already beins
chosen in this country. The Hebre "
almanac published in Jerusalem gives the
population of the city as As, 420. of whom
%, LIZ are Jews, $500 Mussuimans and S78(
Christians. DR.. SeIah Merrill, as quoted
in Zon's Herald, thinks the Jews are not
half so many. But hardly any Jews are
there to live; they are mostly old people
who have resoTted to the Holy City te
worship and to die.
Three Jews have been United States
Senators. W.: Judah P. Benjamin ano
George Jonas of Louisiana and David
Yulee of Florida. Senator Yulee's name
was originally Levy. The number of Jew:
who have been members of the lower
House of Congress at different times i:
very much larger.