Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-17
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
IS NOW ASSURED
CONGREGATION RAISES LARGE
SUM AT MEETING
over $4,000 Pledged at Sunday Meet
ing and Building Chairman Says
That Actual Work Will
Start Soon
Pasadena Agency.
16h East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 752.

PASADENA, sept 15.-The Church
building day" meeting of the First
Christian church congregation this
morning was successful beyond the
highest hopes of Pastor Frank M. Dow
ling and Chairman r. NJ Lancaster Of
the building committee for over $13, 900
was pledged.
This means that the building commit
tee is in position to go right ahead
W. the construction of the new church
and Chairman Lancaster authorized
The Herald this evening to announce
that work on the new church will COM
nence at once.
The church is to be built at the cor
ner of Marengo avenue and Ramona
street on a large site already owned by
the congregation. 1t is to be a very
handsome structure, costing over $780,
900 for the building alone, and with the
amount pledged today the total already
raised, before even a sod is broken, Is
over $4,000.
The Church building day" meeting
this morning was held in the Wilson
school building and was well attended.
! was in charge of G.. G.. Chapman of
Fullerton, president of the Christian
Missionary society of Southern Califor-
mia. Mr.. Chapman is one of the largest
orange growers in the state and his ap-
peal TO the people of the First Chris
tian church of Pasadena was one which
brought immediate and enthusiastic re-
sponse.
So many rendered their contributions
that 1t was not until this evening that
Pastor Bowling and Mr.. Lancaster were
able to tell the exact amount raised.
After completing the count Mr.. Lancas-
tz,. Il. i,
ed our highest expectations. We' had
canvassed the situation and the con-
gregation and hoped to raise as much
as $4,000 perhaps. AS a matter of fact
we have raised $4,000 and the church
will be started at once"
Notes From Pasadena
The monthly meeting of the Christian
alliance of Pasadena was held this
afternoon commencing at o'clock, in
the Free Methodist church on North
Fair Oaks avenue. The meeting was of
unusual interest because the speaker of
the occasion was II. G. Crisman of
South America. Mr.. Crsman told of
religious work among the people of the
South American continent.
Major Morton of the Salvation Army,
who Is in charge of the Southern Cali
forna section of the army work, was
the speaker at the mems meeting In
the Y, M. G. A. this afternoon at 4
O'Clock. Major Morton gave the several
hundred men who attended u clearer
idea of the work of the Salvation Army
than they had ever had before. Captain
Elgin, also of the Salvation Army, sang
D. M. Linnard, manager of the Hotel
Maryland in Pasadena and president of
the Pasadena board of trade. practi-
caliy admits that he will probably have
the management of the new Hotel
Bixby at Long Beach when that insti-
tuition is finished. He states, however,
that he has not yet concluded negotia-
tions.
Charles Hills, the man who was ac-
cidentally shot by Tom Hawkins some
weeks ago, showed this evening that
that lesson has had no effect on him.
Policeman Coping discovered Hills in
drunken condition on the street and
promptly arrested him.