The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

uo ulTu OOUgTeSdtlOnAi OnurCn, heY.
w lIllam RAIDER, pastor, has been re-
painted and extensive preparations have
been msde for the reception of 700 of the
Endeavor delegates on July 10. DIR. RAIDER
will deliver his last sermon next Sunday
before taking his vacation.
strong effort is being made by the
Methodlsts of the Pacific Coast to secure
the international Epworth League Con-
ventlon for Seattle in 1899. Committees
are at work III Seattle, Tacoma, Portland,
Spokane and British Colum bia writing 10
friends in the East urging them to use
their influence to have the convention To-
Gated in Seattle. Already the Seattle
! committee has received encouraging as
! suranc, from officers of the league.
| The New York World speaks thus in
regard to the Pope's recent poem on
| ''FrugalIty":
The Pope is undoubtedly poet. Were
1t not beneath his dignity to write in a
vulgar modern tongue he might write
Italian songs which would be sung wher-
ever the language is spoken. The study
OF his style is well worth the pains of
American Latinists, and the World hopes
| that some one of them will do him Justice
an English as simple, terse and melodious
as Is hls genuinely Horatian Latin
Rev. J. c. Robbins has resigned the pas
torate of the Nortn Berkeley Church and
will go to Palo Alto.
1he retreat Tor the assistant pastors of
! the archdiocese Will begin at Santa Clara
| College Oh Monday, June 2S. The exer-
cioes will be conducted by the Jesuit
| fathers.
On Sunday, the Fourth of July. the Most
Rev. Arch bishop will confirm a large
number OF boys and girls at st. Eliza
! beth's Church, Fruitvale
1he new church at Hopland will be
! dedicated on July 9 bv Archbishop Rior-
dan. On the following day his Grace will
minister the sacrament of Confirmation
at Ukian.
The regular quarterly rally of the Junior
branch OF the League of the Cross OF ST.
Francis Parish will be held on Tuesday
evening. June %.
At Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
this evening will be preached the second
! sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. n. BEARD
on Some Modern Phases OF Church Ac,
! tivity," entitled MY Brother-the Work
1 of Men for Men,"
The Theater and Dancing will be the
subject of Rev. D. w. Chilson's sermon
tonight at the Potrero Methodist Episco-
pal Church.
The pulpit of Howard-street Methodist
Episcopal Church will be occupied this
morning by Rev. NJ. c. Harris and in the
evening by Rev. +. K. Baker OF Epworth
Church
The fve-hundredth edition of the War
Cry since its first official appearance was
tSSUeu yesterday In Its columns appears
the following enthusiastic prophecy:
1t is not Wild surmise to advance thatIfa
SaIvaGonist of to-day should fall into Rip
van Mlnkle sleep, 10 awake some fine morn
ing less than decade of years hence, he
would find four thriving War Crys Drinted a.
the four extremes of the Natiop-Ney Yort
San Francisco, Chicago and in one OF tho
hourishing guilt cities of the far South.
Rev. DR.. NJ. C. Harris, superintendent
OF work among the japanese, is now on
an official visit to the mission in Port
land.
Rev. Francis B. Doherty. Paulist. will
open mission al Fort Bragg, Mendocino
County, to-day. At the conclusion of this
mission he will inaugurate another at
Mendocino City on Thursday, July l, ana
on Sunday, July 4, at Greenwood, Mendo-
cino County.
Pastor F. v. Jones has rendered his
resignation of the Congregational church
at San Mateo. to take effect August Is
On August ii. j. Mccoy, the porular
secretary OF the Young Mems Christian As
sociatlon OF San Francisco, will com plete
twenty-five years of service. He was nine
years secretary at Lowell, Mass, and six
teen years In this City. Only one other
secretary, r. R. McBurney of New York
! city, has been longer in service. He is in
ms thlrty-hith year Arrangements are
being made to fifty commemorate Mr.. Nc
| Cows quarter centennial
DISHop NlCnOIS Salled from New York
for Europe on the 23d. He goes to attend
the great conference of the Bishops of the
world.
Rev. J. Q. A. Henry, formerly pastor of
/ the FIRST baptist Church of TINS Civ and
now pastor of the La Salle-avenue Church
| Chicago, will spend us summer vacation
in London. He leaves New York on the
! 5Oth and will return on August g. He is
| TO preach for DR.. Barnardo in London
/ during the month of July. But for this
| urgent invitation from the great English
evangelist Mr. Henry would have at
tended the Christian Endeavor Conyen-
tion In this City in July.
Rev. Arthur II. Briggs plans tn return
after lew weeks spent at Santa Cruz and
close out the conference year with Grace
! church, Denver, and will then proceed 10
Europe for study. After couple of wears
he Is 10 return and take the chair of prac-
ttcal theology in Lift School of Theology,
Denver.
Rev. DR.. A. C. Hirst of Centenary
Methodist Church, Chicago, gave the
address before the graduating class of the
! chicago Missionary Training School in
Oakland Church.
DR.. J. Z. Widney OF Los Angeles has
been visiting this City, Oakland and
Berkeley III the interest of the Church of
| the NaZarene
The grand concert to be gwen by the
League OF the Cross Cadets band promises
to be very ENJOYABLE affair. The pro-
gramme has been arranged with the ut-
most care and will include selections to
please all classes. Metropolitan Hall has
been secured for the event, and the lime
has been fixed for Wednesday evening.
June 30 commencing at 8:15 O'Clock. The
entire membership of forty performers
will participate
A Christian home will be opened in
BERKELEY on August / under the care of
hey. a l.. Hathaway, which will be espe-
cially Tor students of Berkeley Bible
Seminary.
Inc new Pentecost mission on the corner
O. racine and Leavenworth streets is
proving quite success. The hall is filled
at the two serv .ces held each week for the
children, and the Thursday evening
prayer-meeting is attended by persons OF
different denominations and from differ
ent parts of the City. The work is under
the care OF Rev. Oliver C. Miller.
Rev. Frank ]. Ford will preach tbi.
| evening at the First Christian Church on
"Ihe Sin OF The Church"
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