Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-08
WILL CELEBRATE
HIS PAST0RATE
REV. Mr.. SMITHER PLANS HIS
18TH ANNIVERSARY
Salvation Army to Give Third and
Last outing Of the Season to
Poor People at the
Beach


the oldest pastor in the city in point of
service, and is one of the most popular
| clergymen that ever worked in the local
field.
He came to Los Angeles in 1890 and
! took charge of the First church, and
during his long pastorate has received
| over 1900 members into the church. The
membership now numbers 100, with
| Sunday school of 400. The other Chris
tian churcheslof the city were started
as missions Of the First church and
who regard 1t as the mother church. 1t
is the foremost church of the denomina-
ton on the coast. improvements are
now being made on the church amount
ing to $4,000.
THE Opening Gate" and THE Closed
Gate" will be the morning and evening
topics respectively of Rev. Mr.. Smither
| tomorrow.
The local Salvation Army corps is
preparing for the old peoples outing,
which will be given next Wednesday
at Long Beach. The Salvationists of
the beach town will furnish luncheon
for the old people. This outing will be
the third and last of the season, the two
previous having been given to poor
mothers and children. Maj. Morton,
local provincial officer, will visit the
Redlands corps this evening and to-
morrow.
Bazaar VIII Be Held
Rev. D. j. Hurley, c. M. will preach
tomorrow morning at the 1O:45 o'clock
mass at st. Vincent's church.
October 25, 26 and 81 have been chosen
as the dates for the bazaar to he given
by women of st. Patrick's church at
Furlong hall, corner Central avenue and
Adams street. Active work of prepara-
tion Is being carried on and the affair
promises to be a success. The proceeds
Will be for the benefit of the new
church.
L. w. Strickland, a member of the
local Gideon band, will speak tomorrow
| evening at the Union Rescue mission,
North Main street.
The j. o. c. class of the First Metho-
| dist church was entertained with a
lawn party at the home of DIR. H. w.
Brodbeek, superintendent of the Sunday
school, last evening.
Rev. William Horace Day, pastor of
| the First Congregational church. who
was passenger on the Manchuria with
Mrs. Day, is proving veritable peace
| maker between the passengers of the
i'll fated ship and the steamship Of
ficials in Honolulu. While there Rev.
Mr.. Day will climb some of the high
mountains and will sail September 10
on the Korea for the orient. Rev. and
Mrs. Day will return to Los Angeles
the latter part of November. Rev. DR..
Warren F. Day, pastor emeritus, will
preach at both services tomorrow. At
the evening service he will take for his
topic The Realm of the Church." as
the second of series of sermons on
1.-The Church.
Production to Be Given
The Young Ladies' sodality of st.
Joseph's church are holding active re-
hearsals for the production of "Pontia,
Daughter of Plate" which will be
given Wednesday evening, September
19, at the new st. Joseph's hall.
Rev. Thomas c. Marshall, rector of
the Church of the Neighborhood, will
speak at the evening service tomorrow
on Conscience"
Mrs. William A. Lindsay entertained
the Home Missionary society of the
Boyle Heights Methodist church with
an "at home" last Thursday afternoon.
The first meeting of the season of the
Ladies' Aid society of the Westake
Methodist church was held Tuesday
afternoon at the church.
"God Revealed in. Christ" will be the
topic of Rev. E. P. Ryland pastor OF
Trinity Methodist church south, at the
service tomorrow morning "The True
Motive OF Life" will be the evening
topic.
Rev. ]. r. Garnett pastor of the
Santa Ana Baptist church, will preach
at the morning and evening serices at
Temple auditorium tomorrow.
"The Mystery Which Has Been Hid
den for Ages" will be the topic Of Rev.
H. j. Weaver, pastor of the First Eng
llsh Lutheran church, tomorrow after
noon at the mems meeting at the Y.
M. G. A.
Rev. P. J. McGrath will preach at the
10:30 o'clock mass tomorrow morning
at the Cathedral of st. Vibiana. The
Young Ladies' sodality will hold a
meeting at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon
Rev. ]. M. w. Beaudry will preach at
the evening service, and on Wednesday
evening Rev. Joseph McManus will
preach at the holy hour service.
viii Speak on Jewish Work
Jewish work will be spoken of tomor-
row evening by M. Bercovitz at the
Central Presbyterian church. Mr. Ber-
covitz is superintendent of the Jewish
work under the auspices of the Pres
byterian synod.
A Sunday school institute is being
held Wednesday evenings at the West
lake Presbyterian church in place Of the
usual prayer meetings for the month
of September. At the service next
Wednesday evening H. NJ. Patterson,
VI lHt NITdIlOhleW GTeS-
byterian church Sunday school, Will
preside and will speak of Sunday school
work. The following papers will be
given: Sunday School Benevolence."
Mrs. e. L. Dodd; Purpose of the Sun
day School," Miss Ethel Phelps; How
to Promote Lesson Study" Miss Abel.
The annual Sunday school rally will be
held September 23.
Five memorial windows haze been
donated for the new Church of Our
Lady of Loretto, corner Court street
and Union avenue.
Second Church OF Christ, Scientist,
will hold the usual services tomorrow
at Ii a. m. and p. m. at Simpson
auditorium, 7S4 South Hope street. The
lesson sermon will be from the Chris
tian Science Quarterly. the subject be-
ing Matter" The reading will be from
the Bible, with correlative passages
from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health, with Key to the
Scriptures"
Rev. j. Nicholson. pastor of the Gar
avanza Methodist church. and Mrs,
Nicholson will give reception in honor
of Royal A. Weaver next Monday even
ing at the parsonage, 120 North Avenue
Sixty-six. The members of the Epworth
league are invited to attend.