The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

mig ht the large auditorium was crowded
to overf1owing and many persons stood
through the services. DR.. Locke breaches
without manuscript and presents his SUBJ
jects with ease and earnestness.
The Ministerial Union of the Christian
Church will be addressed by Rev. S. NJ.
Jefferson, LID, tomorrow at IL A. NJ. on
the topic, "The Civil Sunday"
A revival meeting will be conducted by
Rev. w. A. Gardner at Red Bluff, begin
ming next Wednesday. He held very
successful meeting there ten years ago,
and expects to be absent from the city
about four weeks.
The Clara Schumann Quartet Concert
Company will give a concert at the West
SIDE Christian Church next Tuesday
night.
The Christian Ministerial Association
will adjourn at II NJ tomorrow TO the
First Church, on Twelfth street. where the
ladies of the Christian Woman's Board of
Missions Will serve them with a lunch, to
be followed by a missionary rally that
will be addressed by Miss Boyd, who has
Just returned from India.
Rev. DIR. +. s. Ford of the First Chris
tian Church will preach at IL A. NJ. on
The Kingdom Come and Coming"
This evening complimentary mission
ary service will be conducted at the First
Christian Church, by the president of the
c. w. b. NJ, Mrs. Selden Sturges. Miss
Ada Boyd, in whose honor the evening
service is given, was one of the first four
miss onaries sent to India in 1882 by the
Christian Woman's Board of Missions.
The Rev. Mardon ID. Wilson will preach
in st. Peters Church. Stockton and Fill
bert streets, this morning, on "Baptismal j
Regeneration, and In the evening an
"All Saints Day" sermon. The music at
this church is under the training of j.
Wesley Wilkins, and has been recently
much improved by the introd uction of
eight vested young LADIES'. Special atten-
tion is given to The music at the evening
services.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gardner and
vile, reglmental officers OF the Volunteers
OF America, lett for New York City on the
9th, 10 take charge of the Greater New
York regiment.
Commander Ballington Booth and Sec
retary left for New York on the 25th.
Lie utenant- Colonel Sturgeon of Mjnne-
sofa Will arrive in this city on the 1St of
November. He is to take charge OF the
Pacific Coast Regiment of the Volunteers
of America. He is consiG cred a very able
man and one of the best officers IN the
Volunteer service Mrs. Sturgeon and Lieu
tenanI-COlonel and Mrs. Duncan OF Chi
cago will accompany him.
Colonel Duncan has for years been Gen
eral Fieldlng's right-hand man, and will
occupy the position of Colonel Surgeons 3
assistant here. Their first public meeting g
in this city will take place on the 7th.
The place has not yet been decided on.
Captain Thomas Rodgers ana wife ar
rived in this city on Wednesday last, and
will take charge of the training fort at
769 Main street. A welcome" demonstra-
ton will be given them this evening at
the fort.
The Volunteers are to open their second
fort in this city Thursday, November 4.
1t will be at the corner of Third and How
ard streets.
Friday evening services will be resumed
at the Temple Emanuel ana the Sheriff.
Israel Synagogue on November 5. The
Geary-street Synagogue will follow in De-
cember. In the Bush-street Synagogue
the new custom of Sunday evening lee
lures is to be Immediately resumed
The ladies of the Mission Hebrew Con-
ference gave an entertainment Sunday,
October IL, 10 the children attending the
Hebrew religious school in the Mission.
About fifty children participated.
The annual meeting of the members of
the Bush-street Congregation was held
last Sunday afternoon ana the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
j. Smith, president; 2. Stern. vice-presi
dent; i. Stem, secretary, and b. Reiss
treasurer. L. Blum, A. Altmeyer, S. Froh-
man, b. Blackman and NJ. Davis were
chosen as directors.
Rev. d. Meyerson, cantor, was reelected
for the twelfth consecutive term.
The election of officers of the First He
brew Congregation takes place at Cove
nant Hall this afternoon.
The following charitable bequests to
Jewish societies were made by Philip
Barth, who died October 2: Pacific He
brew Orphan Asylum, 500; Eureka
Benevolent Society, 500; First Hebrew
Benevolent Society, Hebrew Home, 500;
Israelitischer Frauen Verein, 500, and
Mount Sinai Association, $iO0
the Ladies Endeavor Society of Con-
gregatlon Beth Israel Will hold their Sec
ond annual reunion at Franklin Hall.
Fillmore street, Wednesday evening. No.
VEN ber 10, at 7:30 O'Clock.
At meeting of the board of officers OF
the Congregation Sheriff. Israel, held
october 70, 1t was decided to hold daily
prayer meetings, morning and evening. in
the synagogue corner of Post and Tay Ior
streets, beginning Novembe Der /. Charles
Harris was elected vice. president of the
congregation in place of NJ. Goldwater.
who resigned. M. J. Lyon and Marks
Green were elected trustees
Temple Emanu- Ell of this CITY has sent If.
annual donation to the Union OF Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations.
At meeting held at the CONGREGATION
Nevah Zedeck, wherein delegates of the
above-named congregation, as well as
those of Beth Menachim Streisand.
Share Zedeck. Chebra TilIim of San
Francisco and Beth Jacob OF Oakland.
participated, it was resolved that ali
moneys collected for distribution among
the poor of Palestine be forwarded as
heretofore to the central committee at
Jerusalem, presided over by Rabbi Samuel
Salant, and that the KolIeI America. re-
Gently organized, be not recognized in any
way. 1t was further resolved that the
American colony at that city be properly
represented on the central committee and
that they be well cared for.
The Congregation Snaare Zedeck held
its annual meeting last Sunday n the
vestry-room OF the synagogue, corner of
California and Stockton streets, and
elected the following officers for the ensu-
ing year: President, Isaac Friedman;
vice-president, ID. Gold berg; secretary,
Samuel Pollack; treasurer, Solomon Levy;
trustees-M. H. Lichtenstein, b. Kaskel.
d. Sommer, A. Baker. 1. Cohn; cantor.
M. A. Sommer; sexton, H. Rothman.
Rabbi Myers preached yesterday morn.
ing at the Bush-street Temple on ''Noah's
Ark" Sunday evening lectures will De
resumed the first SUNDAY in November