Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-28
.BAPT|STS WILL
HOLD CONFERENCE
EVANGELISTIC C0NCLAVE TO
OPEN MONDAY
egationaIsts May Postpone Con-
gress on Account of Disaster-SaI-
walton Army Home Dedicated
Tomorrow-church News

ference of evangelism will open Mon
day at the First Baptist church, to
continue until Thursday. Three daily
sessions will be held.
Rev. p. 70. Chivcrs, D. D., head of
the b. Y. p. u. of America, will be
one of the main speakers, as will also
Rev. Cornelius Woelfkin, well-known
evangelist.
Monday morning at 1880 o'clock a
Baptist ministers conference will be
held. In the afternoon a "Burdette
welcome" will be extended by Rev.
Robert Burdette, to be followed by an
address by Rev. DIR. S. A. Northrop
the pastor of the First Baptist church.
Others who will make addresses will
be Rev. Albert Hatcher Smith, Rev.
C. A. Woody and Doctors Woelfkin and
Chivers.
May Postpone Congress
Rev. William Horace Day, pastor of
the First Congregational church, left
Thursday evening for San Francisco,
where he will confer with the leading
Congregationalists regarding the Pa
cific Coast Congregational congress-
which was to have been held In Los
Angeles May 16 to 23 inclusive. Many
prominent people from the stricken city
were to have taken part, and If they
find it impossible to attend the con-
greSs will have to be postponed. Rev.
Mr.. Day goes as the representative of
the business committee of the congress-
which held a meeting yesterday morn
ing. 1t is hoped that no changes will
be made in the original plan and that
the congress will be carried through.
To Dedicate Industrial Home
Commissioner Kilbey of the Saliva
ton army arrived in Los Angeles yes
terday to dedicate the new Salvation
army industrial home tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. The commissioner
is staying at the Alexandria, and is
retary; Brigadier Pebbles, social work
secretary, and Colonel French of San
Francisco.
The ceremonies will be held in the
auditorium of the new building at
115-121 San Pedro street at o'clock.
Mayor McAleer will preside. The two
army corps will unite for the service.
Staff Captain Campbell, who has charge
of the industrial work, will Immediate
ly take charge of the new building.
To Tell Experiences
Fellowship services will be held at
Blanchard hall, 235 South Broadway,
at IL o'clock tomorrow morning. Charles
Mills, staff assistant of the Columbia
Park Boys club, San Francisco, will
tell his experiences during the earth
quake and describe the relief work
now being done in San Francisco and
Oakland He will also bring message
from Benjamin Fay Mills, who is now
in charge of the relief camp in Oak
land. Miss Helen Tape, soprano, will
sing "Just for Today" and Alfred e.
Walper, violinist, will play "Elegie
Slave"
To Celebrate PontificaI Mass
Bishop Conaty will celebrate pontifi-
cal mass tomorrow at 10:45 a. m. at st.
Vincent's church in honor of the feast
of the Translation of the Relics of
st. Vincent de Paul. Rev. d. j. Hur-
ley, C. NJ, will act as assistant priest;
Revs. ]. e. Lilley, G. NJ and F. j.
O'Connor, c. M, deacors of honor; Rev.
P. H. Mcdonald, G. NJ, and Rev. 7. j.
Devine, C. M, deacon and subdeacon
respectively. The sermon will be
preached by Rev. F. x. McCabe, c. M.
Briefs of the Churches
"Merognosticism. A New Word
Coined" will be the topic of Rev. w. H.
Rider at the Westlake Methodist church
tomorrow morning. AT the evening
service he will continue his series on
"Amusements and Dissipation" taking
for his topic 1.-The Card Table
The girls who received their first
communion last Sunday at st. Patrick's
church were enrolled in the CONTRA
ternity of the Scapula and the boys in
the knights of st. Patrick. The Sham
rock Glee club of this parish Is PLAN
ming a basket social to be given in
the near future.
The annual meeting of the Westlake
Presbyterian church will be held next
Wednesday evening.
"The Catholicity of the Church" will
be the topic of Right Rev. Mgr. Har-
nett, v. c., at the 10:S0 o'clock mass
tomorrow at the Cathedral OF 81,
Vibiana. Rev. E. A. Heffernan will
preach at the evening service.
The Young Mems league of the
Memorial Baptist church will conduct
a special service for young men at
the church tomorrow evening. Ad-
dresses will be made by Rev. G. G.
Pierce, the pastor of the church, and
Frank Pratt.
Rev. Warren F. Day. pastor emeritus
of the First Congregational church.
will celebrate the fortieth anniversary
of his ordination a week from tomor-
row. He has been in Los Angeles
nearly twelve years.
Rallies Come to End
Decision day" will mark the close
Of a series of Sunday school rallies
tomorrow in the Christian churches.
At the First Christian church special
services will be held. A large num-
ber of converts will be baptized at
the evening service. Sixty-one people
were received into the church last Sun
day.
Cottage prayer meeting was held last
evening by the Boyle Heights Metho-
dist church. Evangelistic services will
be commenced at this church next We'd
hesday evening.
The anti-saloon league work will be
presented at the Emmanuel Baptist
church at the morning service tomor-
row by Miss VIII.
Rev. It. G. Horton, assistant pastor of
the Emmanuel Presbyterian church,
will preach at both services tomorrow
at the Trinity Methodist church, south,
To Secure New Rector
Vestrymen for the ensuing year will
be elected for st. Athanasius parish
next Tuesday at a meeting to be held
in the guild hall. The new vestry will
endeavor to, secure new rector.
Four thousand dollars was the sum