The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10
News of the Churches

specialists, who have enjoined upon
| him absolute rest
The great rally of the San Francisco
Epworth League Alliance will be held
/ in Wesley M. E. Church at Hayes and
Buchanan streets Thursday, February
Il, commencing at half-past seven in
the evening. There will be a programme
! of vocal and instrumental music, the
presentation of the alliance banner to
the winning chapter, a social hour, an
acquaintance meeting and the serving
of refreshments. The theme of the
! evening will be "The Heavenly Re-
ward" On this theme Rev. George A.
Hough. Phi. D.. will speak on Earthly
and Heavenly Rewards Compared" Rev.
b. e. Paddock will speak on who is
Heir to Heavenly Reward and Rev.
A. c. Bane on How to Obtain the
Heavenly Reward"
In the Richmond church, Rev. Dr.
Raley pastor, the Epworth League was
! addressed last Sunday by Miss Lucy
Starbuck on False and True Foun-
dation." The Junior League and the
Epworth Guards are gaining in MEM
bership every week. The Epworth
League will meet next Tuesday in the
home of L. c. Thompson. Golden Gate
Park
Prayer meeting is held in this church
also Bible study on the subject of
prayer.
There was a large congregation in
Grace Church at Twenty first and
! Capp streets last Sunday morning to
listen to Presiding Elder Matthews and
the pastor. In the evenin sthe church
was well filed with an audience taat
was delighted with Rev. Mr.. Hough's
sermon on Spiritual Impressions from
the Grand Canyon Of Arizona" At the
Epworth League meeting in the even
ing DR.. Frederick D. Ashworth was the
leader and the subject was Wise and
Foolish Building"
f. d. Bovard, D. D., preached the
sermon at the Epworth Church at 1858
Twenty-sixth street last Sunday to
/ large congregation. A pleasing feature
was the music, which was as follows:
Solo. Fear Not Ye. Israel Dudley
Buck), Mrs. G. G.. Keith; Gloria In
Excelsis" (Schilling), the choir. AT the
evening services the following numbers
were rendered: Il Have Walked with
God Today" (McPhaiD, by the choir,
ston), C. D. Baldwin. There will be an
excellent programme of music today at
morning and evening service
The Epworth League of the wesley
f. M. E. Church will take charge of the
afternoon service at Camp Ingleside to-
morrow afternoon, commencing at
o'clock. The entrance to the camp is
through the first gate.
Last Sunday Rev. r. ]. Craig, pastor
of st. Paul's Church, South San Fran
cisco, organized the first Sunday school
in San Bruno The Improvement Club
of that place has allowed the church the
public school building for Sunday
school purposes. There is now a new
library connected with this church,
many books having been received from
Sacramento. The library, in charge of
Gustav Grigsby, is free to all who de-
sire to patronize it, as is also the read
ing-room
Next Tuesday night Miss Lillian Mich
oils, well known elocutionist and vo-
calist of San Jose, assisted by talent
of South San Francisco, will give a
concert in st. Pauls Church.
Mrs. A. A Burnham has been elected
president of the Ladies' Aid Society of
st. Pauls Church and great results are
expected during the current term.
The Sunday-school Association of
Santa Clara County will be held in San
Jose, February 1920; that of Napa
at Calistoga, February 21-22, and that
of Alameda County at the Tenth-avenue
Baptist Church, Oakland, March 1. C.
H Fowler and j. w. Morris. evange-
lists, have opened a campaign in San
Bernardino and vicinity.
Last Sunday was rehabilitation day
in all the Methodist churches in Califor-
MIA. There was an offering to a fund
| to be used in the restoring of the
churches in the State. What this
amounts to will not be known until re-
ports are received from all sections
Rev. A. W. Lamport of the First
Church in Pasadena announces that he
raised $4,000 in aid of the Methodist
| churches N San Erapcieco opd mora
! to follow.
Bishop and Mrs. A. w. Wilson will
celebrate the golden anniversary of
their wedding next month, and shortly
thereafter sail for Shanghai to take
part in the celebration to be held there
in commemoration of the centennial an
niversary of the founding of Protestant
missions in China. Bishop Wilson is
now in his seventy-third year.