Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL
TO Be DEDICATED
REV. r. M. RAINS TO CONDUCT
SERVICES
Church Has Grown from Fourteen
Members to One of the Largest
in the City in Severn
teen Years

The new Sunday school department
of the First Christian church, one of
the finest in the city, will be dedicated
with special services tomorrow. Rev
II. M. Rains of Cincinnati, who is
known as one of the best dedicators In
the Christian church, will conduct the
services At ii O'Clock Dr. Rains will
preach and also at the evening SER
vice. In the afternoon will be held a
union communion service, in which
the different pastors of the city will
take part.
The old Sunday school building Of
the church was removed from the main
structure eight feet and rebuilt. The
Sunday school auditorium has a seat
ing capacity of 1000 with a gallery and
thirty-four calss rooms 1t has a stage
pulpit which is elaborately decorated. |
on the second floor are the parlors forl
women, with an adjoining buffet
Kitchen and i'm the basement there Is a
large social hall fifty-six feet square,
with a large kitchen adjoining, which
has dumb waiter connecting with the
parlors above. There is one large room
devoted to the boys brigade, with lOO
lockers. and there are eight new rob- |
ing rooms for the use of baptismal
candidates.
over $4,000 has been expended in the
present Improvements, The church
property is estimated at $4,000.
Rev A. C. Smither, the pastor, is |
beginning his seventeenth year in the
paStorate of the church, which has
over 1000 members. During that time
he has received 1850 people into the
church, commencing with fourteen
members and property valued at $4,000.
Leon " Shaw is the Sunday school
superintendent and Mrs. Retta Geedy
pastoral helper.
1t is expected that the services to-
morrow will be of special interest. An
elaborate musical program will be
given under the direction of j. P. Du- |
Puy.
Mass for Priest
In honor of the name day of Father
Raphael Fuhr, pastor of st. Joseph's
church, solemn high mass was celebrat-
ed Wednesday morning, at which the
Christian Mothers society received
communion in a body, following an old
German custom. The school children
held a celebration in the hall following
the church service and in the evening
st. Cecilias sodality gave banquet,
at which habit was presented the
pastor.
Thursday evening the Young Ladies
sOdality gave an entertainment. Father
Fuhr was elected commisSary of the
German Catholic societies of the state
at the annual meeting last week in
Fruitvale for the seventh consecutive
year. He expects to secure the meet
ing of 1908 for Los Angeles.
IT is rumored in church circles that
Lev. e. p. Ryland, pastor of the Trim
ity Methodist church, South, will be
transferred to the pastOrate of the
Hollywood church at the annual con-
erence which will open next Thursday
at Santa Anna According to the laws
of the church Rev. Mr.. Ryland has
completed his pastorate of four years
and will have to change churches. He
is one of the most popular pastors of
the city and much regret is expressed /
a his departure. AT the morning SER
vice tomorrow he viii speak on "A !
Great Cloud of Witnesses" In the
evening Personal Conservation" will |
be his topic. /
Install Japanese Preacher
Rev. joseph K. Inazawa, pastor of
the Japanese Presbyterian church, will
be installed in that office tomorrow
afternoon at 8 O'Clock at the Central
Presbyterian church Rev. Drum |
mond McCunn, moderator of the Pres
bytery, will preside. Rev Charles NJ
Fisher will preach the installation SER
mon and Rev. Hugh X. Walker will
deliver the charge to the pastor while
Rev. A. B. Prichard will give the charge
TO the people. The Japanese church is
located at go West Eleventh street and
has sixty-twO members with congre-
Sation of $50
All Saints and All Souls, two of the
principal feaSts of the Catholic cal
endar will be observed next Thursday
and Friday On Thursday masses will
be celebrated in the different churches
as on Sunday and on Friday requiem
masses will be celebrated. 1t is ex-
pected that the chapel at Calvary GEM
etery will be blessed by Bishop Conaty
on Friday, and also the statue erected
to the late Father Meyer. Bishop
Conaty will return next Tuesday from
the northern portion of the diocese. He
is accompanied by Rev. Thomas F..
Fahey, rector of the new Holy Cross
church
Will Serve Luncheon
The Woman's auxiliary of Chris t
Episcopal church will serve luncheonS
at the Forthcoming flower show at
Blanchard hall. The daughters of the
church will serve light refreshments in
the afternoon and evening. The first
day the young women will be attired
in Dolly Warden costumes, the second
in French, with Dutch and japanese
to follow. The proceeds will be used
for charity.
The Queen Esther society of the
Boyle Heights Methodist church held its
annual meeting last Thursday after
noon.
The annual business meeting of the
First Congregational church was con-
cluded last Wednesday evening at an
adjourned meeting. Reports were made
from the various branches which
showed the large work done, impossi-
BILE to a smaller congregation. Rev.
William Horace Day. the pastor and
wife, who are now in China, will start
on their return voyage next Tuesday.
They viii return to Los Angeles the
latter part of November.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Mag
nolia avenue Christian church gave a
birthday party yesterday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Charles Griffin, 1926
West Twentieth street