The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
DR.. HENRY c. MABIE,
NOTED DIVINE, COMING
Baptists Prepare for Visit OF
Talented Speaker and
Missionary

Henry c. Mabie, DID,, one of the most
conspicuous figures among Protestant
churchmen in this country and well
known as a speaker and missionary
statesman throughout the world, will
arrive here on the Korea June % from
Nagasaki. Dr. Mabie sailed from this
port in February to attend the world
students federation meeting at Tokyo
and the Morrison missionary centennial
at Shanghai, representing the American
Baptist missionary union, of which he
is the home secretary DR.. Mabie is
to spend some days in this state after
his arrival and will lecture at Twin
Lakes summer assembly, near Santa
Cruz, about July 6. On Sunday morn
ing, June 80. at the First Baptist
church at 1920 O'Farrell street, he Will
give his first report of his tour and an
account of his impressions of affairs in
the far east.
The Baraca class of the First Baptist
church will hold its monthly luncheon
and business meeting next Tuesday
evening. This class, under the leader
ship of J. l. Rogers, who has been its
only teacher, has reached an enrolment
of over 200 members and is said to
be the largest Baraca class west of the
Rocky mountains. The class recently
fostered the organization of Califor-
mia Baptist brotherhood, which aims at
the federation of all mems classes and
clubs in the Baptist churches of the
state and the promotion of more ag-
gressive work by men for men. Philip
:. Vail of the Western electric COM
pany is president. The first annual
meeting will be held in Petaluma in
November.
The First Baptist church is to OBJ
serve Sunday, June 80, as Stainless flag
day" in accord with the movement
throughout the country in which the
churches give appreciative recognition
to the work of the antisaloon league
On the evening of that day Pastor Bur-
lingame will preach on The Irrepres-
sible Conflict" the struggle between
the gospel and the saloon. A special
invitation to this service is extended
to all persons engaged in the liquor
traffic.
The Twin Lakes summer assembly
will open on July for a two months
session. The program promises to prove
the most popular ever presented at that
delightful resort, which lies on the
Monterey bay shore near Santa Cruz
The list of lecturers includes Rev B.
A Greene and John Roach Straton of
Chicago, Curtis Lee Laws, DID,, of Bal
timore, Rev. Professor w. Douglas
Mackenzie of Hartford seminary, Pro-
Louisville, c. A. Woody, DID,, of Port
land, Or, President Arthur Amsden
Macurda of California college, together
with a score of local ministers and
other speakers from the coast. This
assembly is under the auspices of the
Baptist denomination.
Preparations are under way for an
extended evangelistic campaign by the
First Baptist church next month Rev.
James Francis of New York is to be
the preacher and services will be held
every night from July 81 to 81. Fran
els is one of the most gifted evangel-
lists in the east. He was at one time
pastor of the famous Clarendon street
church in Boston and is now state
evangelist for New York. He is to be
one of the chief speakers at the great
international Christian Endeavor So
ciety convention at Seattle early in
July and will come from that city di-
rect to San Francisco. He also will
give series of lectures at the Twin
Lakes summer assembly.
Pastor George Z. Burlingame is
preaching a series of Sunday evening
sermons on the Apostle Peter, under
the title The Visions of Peter" The
theme for this evening is The Vision
Of Power" and for July The Vision
of Suffering"