The San Francisco call., 1905-03-17
Sunshine Chorus"
Is Feature of Big
Daily Meetings
SINGER O. F. PUGH
INSTRUCTOR.
Gathering for the
Little Ones Is
in Preparation

OAKLAND. March 1e.-One Of the
most attractive features of the great
evsngelistic campaign is the sunshine
chorus" of $50 children that has been
organized by O. F. Pugh. the singer
who assists the Rev. r. A. Walton
IN the revival services at the Eighth
avenue Methodist Church.
Since the arrival of the eVangelists in
Oakland Mr. Pugh has devoted much
time to the drilling of the chorus, and
since the beginning of the second week
Of the campaign the singing of the lit
tie cnes has been one Of the features
OF the meetings in East Oakland
II is the intention of those in charge
of the arrangements for the childrens
meeting, which viii be held at the First
Presbyterian Church at 3:45 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. to enlist the ser
vices Of the sunshine chorus"
Prominent in the chorus is little four
yrear-old Gladys Pugh, the daughter of
the singer, who will sing at the chill
dren's meeting tomorrow afternoon. =
special invitation has been extended to
the children of the public schools to
attend this service.
The services to-day began with a
personal workers meeting at the Chris
tian Church, conduncted by the Rev
J. II. Thompson, and this was followed
at 3 O'Clock by an old folks meeting"
at the First Congrega tional Church
conducted by Evangelist Henry Os-
from. For an hour before the time set
for the service carriages, the use Of
which had been donated by generous
citizens, liverymen and others, had
been busy bringing aged and infirm
leople 70 the church that they might
listen 10 the cheering words of the
evangelist and hear the singing Of John
p. Hills.
DR.. Ostrom choose as the text of his
sermon the words Of the Twenty third
Psalm, The Lord is my shepherd. [
shall not want" and his words brought
cheer and happiness to hundreds who
are nearing the end of the Journey of
life. At the close of the service many
pressed forward to grasp the hand of
the evangelist.
Dr. Chapman and the Rev. Henry
Ostrom exchanged pulpits this evening,
the former conducting the service at
the First Presbyterian Church. while
the latter spoke at the First Congre-
gational Church. The regular services
were held in the other districts At the
close Of the evening services the evan
gelists, singers and people from all the
districts assembled at the First Pres
byterian Church. where at 10 o'clock a
brief prayer service was held, after
which. headed by a band, the workers
against sin marched to Seventh and
Broadway, where a street meeting was
held The march was resumed through
out the streets below Seventh street
and back 10 the Macdonough Theater.
where q great midnight meeting was
held.
Two thousand people paraded the
streets OF Oakland. headed by the re-
Fivalists and the Salvation Army band
Inc sky was overcast and stormy and
a cutting wind was blowing: but men,
women and children walked the streets
singing hymnos and holding meetings.
The parade was half a dozen blocks
long, and while one section was march
ing another would stop and hold
meeting Il was merely mass of peo-
pie without an OrganizatiOn-in some
places thin and struggling and in 9TH
ers crowd that reached from street
curb to curb.
The crowd marched about the streets
Tor nearly an hour and arrived at the
doors Of the MacdOnOugh Theater at
1880 o'clock. Long before the arrival
Of the main parade the theater was
crowded and an overflow meeting was
necessary. The main address was by
s. H. Hadley.
DR.. Chapman will speak tomorrow
afternoon at 3 p. m. at the First Con
gregational Church on The Christians
Relation to Amusement and the
World" and at 3:45 Evangelist Slough
viii conduct the children's meeting AT
the First Presbyterian Church. The
regular evening services will be held
in all the churches Of the five districts.