The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

month, the SaCraIueut Ol Holy Coln III uu
ion will be administered In most of the
local churches.
The third anniversary of the monthly
festival services will be held at Grace
Episcopal Church this evening, and an
especially fine musical programme is in
course of preparation. Sir Frederick A.
Gore Ousiey's dedication anthem, "It
Came Even to Pass" will be rendered fol-
the first time in this City. Mr.. Henley
will sing a new sacred solo by Ernst Holt.
and David Manlloyd, the new tenor, will
render Gounod's difficult aria, Lend Me
Your Aid" Arthur Mes5mer, who was q
again joined its ranks, and his many ad-
mirers will be glad to once again hear mis-
voice in the choir.
The Rev. John Stephens, pastor OF Simp-
son NJ. E. Church, viii preach on Bogus
Pieiy" this evening. Tomorrow evening
the official board will hold Its regular
monthly meeting in the pas TORS study.
The Rev. w. II. Peck of Honolulu will
preach in Grace NJ. E. Church this morn
ing. In TIE evening the pastor, Rev. J.
n. Beard, will preach on Crime and
Christian Civilization"
The Rev. Alfred Hummer of Oakland,
who has recently returned from Alaska,
| will give an illustrated lecture on Alaska
and the Kondike" in Trinity M. E.
Church on Friday, Septem ber "a.
Rev. f. X. Baker, pastor of Epworth Nj.
E. Church, vail leave Monday, P. NJ, tor
Boston for POSTCARD duate work in the
theological seminary of Boston Univer-
sity. He has served Epworth for three
years. His return was unanimously asked
for by the Quarterly Meeting Conference.
His people gave him a farewell on last
Thursday evening. He expects to return
to California when through a. Boston.
Bishop Newman, after meeting the
Neval a mission, wall reach this City next
Tuesday evening. Address him al The
Occidental Hotel.
Rev E. r. Ollie will preach this morn
ing in the Central NJ. E. Church on
"Christ, our Passover" In the evening
his SUBJECT will be Every Mans Lie a
Plan OF God" FRIDAY of this week is set
for the open session of the quarterly con-
ference. There will be reports from the
pastor of the year and the five years of
the pastorate; reports from all church
officers and committees and from all
societies of the church. There will also be
the election Of seventeen delegates to the
lay conference, which meets at Pacific
Grove, Septem Der Is
street, between Scott and Devisadero, re-
viva. services, conducted by Rev. w. A
Gardner ana Rev. f. T. Nesbit, will con-
tinue throug oit the coming week. Ser
mon topics: Sunday, II A. NJ, The Prcdi-
gals Brother the Worst Man of the Two" !;
S P. NJ, "W by | Am a Christian; Mon
day, The Three Heaven " Cllustrated) /;
trated); Wednesday, the Reasonable
and the Unreasonable" Thursday, "Ex-
cesses"; Friday, "The Food and Ra ment
Probe m SoIved." Praise services begin
each evening at 1880 o'clock.
The Pentecost mission is thoroughly
evangelical in doctrine and evangeIistIc in
practice Although the pastor is of the
Evangelical Lutheran denomination, he
makes no effort 10 build up sectarian
walls, but TO establish neig h borhood
church. The field is in he midst OF a
large number of blocks, thickly populated
and occupied by no other church. The
mission receives no support from the
slready overburdened church boards but
depends wholly upon contributions sent
in answer to prayer and with the assur-
ance of economical and judcious expend-
iture. hall, corner of Pacific and Leav-
enworth streets, has been com forta bly, fur
nished, ana was opened as a place of wor-
ship the first Lords dav of Nav 1897
Since that time five services each week
and a sewing school have been held. At
the three weekly services for children the
average attendance has been over eighty.
The prayer-meetng has maintained an
average OF over twenty-five. The improve
ment among the children is very manifest,
gratifying progress marking every service.
The work Is in connection with the Mis-
sion of the Holy Spirit. 2127 Jackson
street, and under the pa toral care of Rev.
Oliver c. Miller who a few years since
founded the First English Lutheran
Church on Geary street, near Cough.
The mission is in the midst of q popula.
tion which is either very poor or of verv
moderate means. There are found
mothers wasting away for need of proper
nourishment for their babes and children
without sufficient clothing living in places
unfit for healthful habitation. But more
deplorable than this is the moral and re-
ligious condition. Thousands of children
left TO the rulnous influence of the street
night and day; children growing into m a.
turity without proper training in morals
or any knowledge OF religious truth.
There l. already band OF earnest work
ers who are enduring great privatious to
further the work. One young lady has
given up her entire services to the mis-
sion, trusting God to send, through those
whom he has intrusted with sufficient
means, the necessaries of life. Two others
work. For forty years this field has been
| left without the gospel, and so great is the
| negltc CT that thus lar the work is scarcely
opened.
The Rev. w. H. Moreland will preach
at st. Luke's Episcopal c urch this even
| ing on What l. the Use of Going tc
! Church" and especially requests the at
tendance OF non churchgoers.
The next meeting ol the Episcopal Sun
| day School Teachers Institute will bt
he'd at st. Stephens Church on Monday
evening, September 13. The work of tn,
session will he an examination of the diff.
| ferent systems OF instruction in use by
| the schools OF the institute, particular at
tention to be given to the Diocesan, the
! Blakeslee and the Doane series.
At the Third Congregational Church
Rev. William RAIDER will preach this
morning on the Difficulties of Believ
ing" In the evening mis- subject will b,
The Modern Pagan" with Illustrations
from recent events
| There will be cele bration of the holy
| communion at tie First Congregation al
| Church this morning after which sixteen
| new mem bers will be received into the
| church.
A the First Christian Church the pas.
tor, Rev. Frank S. Ford, will preath h this
mornina on the subject, "Sin No More"
In The evening he will preach on what
| Man Does to Be Saved"