The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
Methodist

~ M. r. Church at comHunioh
1 a service last Sunday. In the
evening Rev. E. II. Milne. the
pastor. spoke on "Jesting With God.
Last Monday the Mems Club met at
the residence of w. G. French at 7sse
Pine street and Major E. w. Halford
OF the paymaster's department, I. s. A,
spoke on The Discovery Of America"
He was followed by w. A. Riggs. who
discussed English history OF the reign
OF Henry III.
This evening Mrs. Younslove. for
many years a missionary in India. will
give descriptive account of mission
work in that country.
into the church last Sunday ana since
Rev. Mr.. Milne assumed the church
after conference the acquisitions have
numbered forty-hS7e. During holy week
and during the first week following
Easter Rev. Mr.. Milne will hold Special
service. Preparations are being made
for a special Easter evening service
Rev A G. Bane OF the Howsrd-street
NJ. E. Church held service last Sunday
afternoon in the Social Han in the
Speedway Refugee Camp. This morn
ing the sacrament of the Lords supper
will be administered. Last Friday even
ing the Y. NJ. B. L. held It's third annl-
versary social. The prayer meetings
OF this church, which are held every
wednesday evening I'm the Norwegian
church in Seventeenth street near MIS-
sion. are well attended.
All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the pentecostal convention
to be held in the Wesley Church At
Hayes and Buchanan streets, under the
auspices OF the Beulah Park Camp
Meeting Association. It will open on
March Il and continue until Sunday
evening, March "a. The services, under
the leadership OF Rev. Joseph n. Smith
and wife, evangelists, will be at 1850
in the afternoon and o'clock in tbs
evening. Rev. A c. Bsne. president of
the California Penteoostal Association,
says: This is to be a union inter
denominational meeting, TO which ev
erybody is invited"
Twenty-three new members have
been added 20 the congregation OF Wes-
ley Church. Today Rev. George w.
White, the pastor, VIII preach TO the
children, and edults are asked to hear
Whist he will have to say 10 the little
ones. The Epworth League of this
church had charge of the gospel meet
ing at the Ingleside refugee camp last
Sunday, and distributed q great deal
OF literature
The congregation OF Hamilton
! Church, at Waller and Belvedere
streets, Rev. q. Avery Reeder pastor,
is soon to have a new house Of wor-
ship. Next month the first steps toward
the erection OF the structure, which
viii cost 1000 and have a seating
capacity of 700, will be taken. 1t is TO
be on the site OF the old church build
ing First the chapel is 70 be erected
as speedily as practicable. after which
work viii be begun on the main edi-
/ fee The Ladies' Union of the church
met last Tuesday in the home of Mrs
s. n Thompson. and made arrange
ments for a social TO be given IN the
church next Friday evening. The Wo-
mems Home Missionary Society Of
Hamilton Church held an interesting
meeting last Thursday in the home Of
Mrs. T. G. Huskey at ese Clayton
street when reports of the work done
since the last meeting were presented
and work laid out for the future.
The Sunday school OF Grace Church,
Rev George A. Hough, numbers nearly
three hundred pupils, and the pastor
and the several teachers are using
every effort TO increase the number to
400. This church has recently added
eight members TO the congregation and
publicly received into the Epworth
League thirty-eight men and thirty
three women. This branch is rapidly
/ increasing. The attendance at the
wednesday prayer meetings in the
church is in excess Of one hundred. A
pheasant entertainment was given in
the church last week by the boys of
Mrs Stetson's Sunday school class.
The proceeds are 10 be applied to the
Easter fund.
There was a meeting OF representa-
tive from each Sunday school in the
city in Wesley Church last week for
the purpose Of perfecting plans for the
annual Sunday school outing TO be held
in New sunset Park. Saturday May
\ il Stanley Webster is the chairman
of the committee of arrangements.
From the enthusiasm manifested dur
ing the meeting the prospects are that
Il will be the most successful picnic
THAI the Sunday schools have ever held.
Beginning on March IL fifteen minutes
time OF the Sunday school sessions in
the Mission street chapel, corner OF
Mission street and Richland avenue,
viii be devoted TO talks on temper
ance. The dates and subjects chosen
are: March II. Temperance, What Is
It?"; April Z. why Should / BE Tenn
perste p ;N-ApriI IL, in What Should
Be Temperate2r: April 21, -'Tobacco-
It's Evil Influence; May 5, Results of
Intemperance May IL, How Sunday
School Scholars May Help the Tenn
perance Cause; May 19, Effect Of Al
cohol on the Body; June 9. Local
Option, What Is It? Why Have It?'
The membership OF the congregation
In this chapel is increasing and the
services are well attended.
The following assignments of stu
dents from the San Francisco Nation
al Training School and Deaconess'
Home have recently been made: Miss
Beecher West Richmond Mission; Miss
Lane, Mission Street Chapel; Miss
Breckenridge. Fiibert street Church;
Misses Twidell and Miss Haines, How
ard street NJ. 4. Church; Miss Lenton.
California Street Church; Miss McMul-
/ len. Grace Church; Miss Faltings, Wes-
ley Church; Miss Bells, Richmond
] Church; Misses Loring and Champion,
Epworth Church, and Misses Erickson
! and Linderman. relief work.
EpiscopdIians