The San Francisco call., 1906-06-04
SEES A SOURCE
Of INSPIRATION

Grace Church and St Peters Church
congregations worshiped together at
Bishop Nichols residence at 2515 Web
ster street near Pac11ic avenue yester-
day morning. the Rev. David Evans,
rector OF Grace. delivering the sermon
The Rev Mr.. Evans said in part:
When great disaster overtakes a
man and throws him down there is
only one thing for him TO do-to gather
himself together rise to his feet and
turn, with Gods grace, defeat into VIC
This is the thing for US to do. over
taken by our disaster. II is calamity,
but we can receive 1t as brave men
even with a welcome, and so rise upon
ii as 4 stepping stone to a higher life.
Our old material landmarks have
been burned away. Let our former
ideas and conceptions, as lar as they
were material. perish in the general
burning, and let US make our own lives
living stones that shall be built, not
merely into more beautiful Grace
Church a-rchitecturally, but into one
That shall be more spiritual than be-
fore. Then the glory of the new Grace
Church shall indeed exceed that Of the
=: Grace choir. under the direction of
Organist William H Holt, rendered the
sacred music with beautiful effect.
The members of the First Presby-
terlan Church united in worship with
> the members of the Calvary Presbyte-
u
Of the congregations of both churches
have left town, there were enough left
from both churches to pack the Calvary
Church morning. afternoon and even
. ing. Sunday school exercises were held
in the morning and afternoon. The
mem bers Of St Luke's Episcopal Church
held brief services at Calvary in the
afternoon.
At the united exercises in the morn
ing. sermons were preached by Rev.
John Hemphill Of Calvary Church and
Rev. William Kirk Guthrie of the First
Presbyterian Church. The afternoon
services held by the homeless congre-
cation OF St Lulke's were presided over
by the pastor, Rev Burr NJ. Weeden.
A meeting Of the Christian EndeavOr
Society was held in the afternoon. The
Berean Society Of Calvary Church will
meet there at o'clock this evening
Many of the members of this society
have been lost track of. and it is the
purpose Of the society TO gather them
together again
-.. From the camps. from the homes OF
friends and relatives who were more
fortunate, the members of st. Joseph's
parish trudged through the rain yes
terday TO attend services in the tenn
porary edifice erected on the site of the
ruined Church OF St Joseph. The tenn
porary church is far from completion
the roof Is leaky and the unfinished
walls let in drafts, but the devout wor-
shippers did not seem to heed. The
congregation that gathered in the tenn
porary structure was almost as streng
numerically as any that gathered in
the. church before the disaster.
At the 8 o'clock mass the mem bers OF
the Sodality of the Immaculate Concep-
tion received communion. The sermon
at this mass was preached by the pas
tor, Rev. Father Mulligan. He sounded
the hopeful spirit Of the parish in his
address We are not Respondent, we
- DO not complain, we are glad of the
opportunity to do big work. God helr
the idle man." That is the spirit of ST
. Joseph's parish
St Joseph's parish was one of the
q first to reassemble in the vicinity of its
burned. church The members of .hc
parish are nearly all homeless The
fire swept over their homes and their
church the first day. but before the
ashes were cold the parish was at work
rebuilding
There was large attendance of wor-
shippers yesterday morning at Trinity
Church, Bush street. corner of Cough
when the Rev Frederick ". Clampett
D.: D., oficiated, assisted by the Rev
David Mcclure, D. D., and the Rev
James Hume.
DIR. clampett founded his sermon
on Luke 24-4s-.'Tarry ye here in the
city of Jerusalem until ye be endued
with power from on high"
Trinity choir sang in its usual i'm
pressive style. Miss Evelyn Hore pre-
siding al the organ.
DR.. Ciampett announced that the
Sunday school viii be resumed next
Sunday at 9.30 a. m. in the Sunday
School room of Trinity Church.
The Rev DR. George c. Adams and
the members of the First Congrsga-
tional Church took part in the services
at Plymouth Congregational Church
yesterday. DR.. Adams announced that
every Wednesday evening the First
Church members viii resume Wednes-
day night prayer meetings at the resi-
dences OF members of his congrega-
tion beginning at o'clock next
Wednesday night at Deacon Dexter's
home, sS4 Waller street.
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