Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-23
THANKSGIVING TO
BE OBSERVED
PROTESTANT UNION SERVICES
TO BE HELD
Catholic, EpiscopaIian and Jewish De-
nominations Will Hold Individual
Excrcises-General Re.
Iigious Notes

Thanksgiving day will be observed IN
large and small churches of Los Angeles
with many and elaborate services.s In
each church of all denominations special
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the OBJ
| servance of the day. In the different sec
| tions of the city the Protestant evenSeli"
| cal churches will hold Individual services
Thursday morning.
The day will not be set apart entire'y
for church going, as the various cnar-
table organizations will be kept busy dis
trfbuting baskets of food and serving
dinners to the less fortunate in the city.
The Volunteers of America will serve It's
annual dinner to poor children at the
he duuarters, 1913 East First street. THIS
dinner will be served at noon to probaoy
about 400 children. Also the Volunteers
will distribute about 100 baskets OF food
to families.
The Salvation Army will follow its an
nual custom of distributing baskets OF
food to poor families. 1t is expected that
2co baskets will be given out, reaching
over 1000 people. The baskets will be dis
trihuted wednesday at the corps on san
edro streets.
bethlehem institutional church will give
its annual neighborhood dinner, In which
the people of that section Of the city will
participate.
Will Dedicate Church
| One of the most elaborate events OF
| THANKSGIVING day in church circles wall
ne the dedication of st. Agnes church, at
which Bishop Conaty, assisted by a large
number of priests, will off1ciate.
The new church is beautiful gray
stone structure at the corner of Vermont
avenue and West Washington street. The
dedicatory service will be held at lO:SO
| O clock.
| The hour of 10:30 has generally been de-
| cided upon by the Protestant churches
| for the union services.
The downtown churches will unite with
the First United Presbyterian church, DE-
j. Q. A. Henry to preach the sermon The
following churches will unite In TINS SER
| vice: First Congregational, Emmanuel
First Christian, First Baptist, Temple
| Baptist. Trinity Methodist south, First
1 Methodist, Central Presbyterian and
broadway Christian.
The Westlake churches will unite Witf
the Pico Heights congregations in the
| Central Baptist church, where DR.. D. h
Howe of the Westlake Methodist church
will preach the sermon. The churches
uniting in this service will be the enter.
tanning church. Pico Heights Methodist
and Congregational, Westlake Methodist
and Westlake Presbyterian.
In the southern section of the city q
union service will be held in the Second
| United Presbyterian church, washington
| ard Santee streets, in which the First
Presbyterian, Third Presbyterian, Knox
Vincent Methodist, Memorial Baptist and
Plymouth Congregational will unite. Rev
7. II. Mallows of the Plymouth church
will preach.
The Bethesda Presbyterian, Hamilton
Methodist and Naomi Avenue Christian
churches will unite In a union service al
the last named church Wednesday even
| ing. DR.. J. A. Johnson of the Hamilton
church will preach the sermon.
| The day win be observed in Episco-
ralian churches with celebration of COM
| munion.
AT the Temple B'nai Birth special
musical service will be held at 1880 o'cloch
with addresses by DR.. d. w. Edelmar
| and DR.. S. Hecht, the rabbi of the temple
High mass will be celebrated at O'Clock
in observance of the day at st. Vincentf
and ST. Joseph's churches and at O'Clock
| at the Cathedral of St. Vibiana, Plaza
and Holy Cross churches.
To Observe Alteration
The annual forty hours alteration will
| omen tomorrow at the Plaza church with q
! solemn mass at II o'clock, at which the
choir will sing Poletana Arabic mass
The evening sermon will be preached BY
Rev Felix Cumarraga, superior OF the
San Fernando mission. Monday morning
mass will be celebrated at O'Clock Rev
| J. Caballeria will preach at the evening
service. The alteration win be CLOSED
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock with q
solemn mass and general communion.
| The Young Ladies' sodality OF st