The San Francisco call., 1905-03-15
WILL OBSERVE
DAY OF PRAYER
Oakland Merchants to Close
! Stores So That Employees
May Hear the Eyangelists
SERVICE AT MIDNIGHT
Workers Against Sin Will
March Through the City
Before Holding Meeting
SERVICE AT MIDNIGHT
Oakland once San Francisco Call.


1o18 Broadway. March a.
One hundred of Oakland's largest
stores will be closed for nearly three
hours tomorrow that those employed
t In these places of business maS have
an opportunity to attend the great
midday service which has been ar
ranged by the evangelists. The pro-
prietors of these stores have agreed
to observe the day of prayer, and
/ it is likely that nearly every store in
the city will be closed between the
hours of 1880 a. m and 2 p. m.
The MONDAY services will be held
in the Maedonough, Bell and Novelty
theaters, the use of which has been
rendered free to the evangelists for
these meetings. The Rev. J. Wilbur
Chapman will speak at the Macdon-
ough Theater. and the. Rev. Henry
! Ostrom will conduct the services at
the Bell Theater. while the Novelty
will be reserved for an overflow meet
ing. All services will begin at IL
o'clock noon and will close at p m
The day of prayer" will begin at
10 a. m. with services in all the
churches. These services will be con-
Quoted by the pastors of the various
churches and will close at IL a. M
! AT the same time that the MONDAY
meetings are being held in the the
aters similar services will be conduct
ed in Alcatraz Hall in West Oakland
and at the Southern Pacific Railway
shops.
Immediatel,- after the MONDAY SER
vice Evangelist j. H. Thompson will
conduct personal work studies at the
First Christian Church. This meet
ing will begin at 2:15 p. m and will
be followed at 8 o'clock by afternoon
services in all the churches OF the
five districts. A joint meeting for the
first and second districts will be held
at the First Congregational Church.
In the evening the regular services
will be held throughout the city.
The Bible conference of the evan
gelistic campaign was held to-day and
was attended by nearly 100 clergy
men from cities and towns within
radius of 100 miles of Oakland
The opening session of the confer
ence for Presbyterian ministers was
held at the First Presbyterian Church
at 10 a. M, being conducted by Evan
gelist Chapman and his assistants. The
second session for pastors of all de-
nominations was held at the First
Methodist Church, where at 2:15
D. m. the Rev. J. H. Thompson con-
Quoted a personal workers meeting.
which was followed by an address by
DIR. Chapman. At o'clock a pastors
conference was held under the direc-
ton of Evangelist Henry Ostrom. The
regular eyangelistic services were held
this evening in all the churches of the
five districts.
A distinctive feature of the evange-
listic campaign will be the great mid
night meeting to be held at the Mac
donough Theater next Thursday night
At the close of the evening services the
evangelists. singers and the pastors of
the various churches of Oakland will
gather at the First Presbyterian
Church and after a brief prayer serv-
ice they will start on a march through
the streets of the city Saloons and all
other places where men cOngregate at
night will be visited and those present
at these places will be invited to at
tend the midnight service at the the
ater.
On Thursday afternoon at 2:15 D. m.
1.-the Rev. j. H. Thompson will conduct
a personal workers meeting at the
Christian Church. and at p. m. an
old folks meeting will be held at the
First Congregational Church under the
direction of the Rev. Henry Ostrom.
The regular meetings in the churches
will be followed by the midnight serv-
ice.
Afternoon meetings will be held on
Friday at the Christian Church at
2:l5, and the First Congregational
Church at D. m. The former Will be
conducted by the Rev. j. II. Thomp-
son and at the latter DR.. Chapman viii
speak on THE Christians Relation to
Amusements and the World" The reg
ular evening services will be held in
all the districts
The Rev. s. II. Hadley from the
Water-street mission of New York
City will speak at the First Congre-
gational Church on Saturday evening
at o'clock and the regular services
will be held in the other districts.
The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman will
hold a meeting for men only at the
First Congregational Church on Sun
day afternoon at o'clock. at which
ne will speak on Some Things About
Dissipation, Infidelity and Morality.
and on Sunday evening the last serv-
ices of the great campaign will be held
in the churches Of all the districts.
The street meetings which are being
held each evening by ]. L. McComb,
the "open air evangelist" are proving
a great success and Will be continued
until the close of the campaign Com
mencing tomorrow evening the serv-
ices in the Chester-street Methodist
Church will be discontinued, and the
meetings will be held in Alcatraz Hall
. on Seventh and Peralta streets.