Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-09
To Hold Annual Meeting

To Hold Annual Meeting
The annual meeting OF the Los Angeles
Church federation will be held next
Thursday evening in the First Methodist
church. The following is the program ar
ranged:
President of the evening, Rev e. r. Ryland.
Organ solo, Dean w, F. Skeele.
Hymn, america
Prayer. Rev. Warren F. Day, D. D.
Vocal solo, Spencer Robinson
Original poem, 1.-THE Old Sugar Camp" DR..
Past, Present and Future Work." Rev. E.
P. Ryland and DR.. Hugh X. Walker.
Address, Rev. r. j. Burdette, d. d.
Hymn, ''Blest Be the Tie
Benediction, Rev. A. c. Smither.
Reception.
Rev. DR.. Wishard, a we'll known Pres
byterian clergyman, expects to sail the
last of the month for China, where he
will visit his daughter, who is the wife
of Rev. Albert Fulton, a missionary in
Canton.
The eighth annual convention of the
Southern California State Sunday School
association will be held in Los Angeles
at the First Congregational church No
vember 10, 20 and q. A fine program has
been arranged. Noted workers from the
east will be in attendance.
Mission Study Glasses
Interest in the public mission study
classes continues unabated. 1t is fire.
quently impossible to disband for half
an hour after the time of adjournment.
The class at the Young Mems Christian
association is quite cosmopolitan. Mr..
Chang, a Chinese is president. Another
Chinese is member, so is a Korean. A
gentleman from France is secretary and
two gentlemen from Scotland assist in the
debates. A visiting clergyman has spent
ten years In the central empire The
leader, Rev. L. A. Gould, has spent five
years there; another attendant has been
in mercantile life there year. 1t is evil
dent that this congress of. the nations"
gives spice and realism to the impromptu
discussions of each session. The class at
the Temple Baptist church Friday nights
is also full of interest. 1t is open to the
public. The same is true of the class at
the East Los Angeles Baptist church
Monday nights. Visitors are welcome in
all the classes.
AT all the classes last week the topic
of study was 'The Favorable Character
istics of the Chinese. They justified the
title of the chapter, "a Great Race with
a Great Inheritance" Next week the
topic will be chapter three in "The Uplift
of China" treating "The Defects in the
Social System" These defects show that
the family, in society, in the government,
in the individual and in woman's lot.
Persons who wish to read the latest on
Chinese affairs will peruse Arthur H.
Smiths "China and America Today" a
1907 book published by the Revell COM
pany. 1t is SIPS
On Monday morning at 10:15 the Baptist
ministers conference of Los Angeles and
vicinity assemblies at the First Baptist
church. At II o'clock the address of the
day will be delivered by Prof. Ernest D.
Burton, d. D., of the University of Chi
cago. Prof. Burton is head professor of
the department of New Testament liter
ature in the divinity school of the uni
versity. He is widely known through his
books on New Testament Greek and as
ore of the editors of the Biblical World.
His impression upon higher education has
been very deep. 1t is expected that he
will speak on one of the latest phases of
the educational problem, namely, 1.-THE
World Wide Problem of Education in
Mission Lands" The session is open to
the public.
Rev. Frank Cornell will preach both
morning and evening Sunday. November
10, 1907, at First Friends church, corner
Third street and Fremont avenue. The
theme for his morning sermon will be
The Time Is Short" and at 1880 p. M.
Eve and Her Many Daughters" Mrs
Murray Graham, whose voice has charmed
thousands both in this and other lands,
will render a solo at the morning service
and also at 1880 p. M, and assist in the
general song service OF the church.
On Sunday evening November TO- the
choir of st. Johns church, Adams and
Figueroa streets, will render a special mu-
steal service of anthems and solos. The
choir consists of a quartet-Miss Char
lotte Pinkham, Miss Crystal Waters. A.
Hannum and c. B. Petersen-and. chorus
of thirty voices. On the evening OF the
21st the same choir viii give an elabor-
ate program at the Cumnock hall, con-
sisting Of musical numbers, readings.
Spanish songs In costume and other at
fractions. The entertainment will be fol-
lowed by reception.
Anniversary servics5 win be held next