Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27
LEE TO PREACH
CAUSE OF CLERKS
SUNDAY NIGHT SERMON ON
EARLY CLOSING
CHURCH FEDERATION ACTIVE IN
MOVEMENT
VIII Try To induce Other Ministers
to Give Attention to This SUBJ
Iect--other Church
News

Rev. Baker P. Lee, rector of Christ
Episcopal church, is planning to inaug-
urate series of services especially for
the employees of the large stores of Los
Angeles. The first of these Sunday
night services will be held this
evening, and Rev. Mr. Lee will preach
a special sermon appropriate to the oc-
casion. These services will be held on
the fourth Sunday evening of each
month.
Rev. Mr.. Lee believes there is field
of special work in this line and Will
endeavor to interest the employees or
the various stores in the services. He
is planning a series of special sermons
for the services.
Rev. Lee will devote his next Sunday
night service to the clerks Saturday
night closing movement, Christ Epis-
copal church, Twelfth and Flower
streets, 1880 p. m. All store employees
and friends of the movement are espe-
cially invited.
The Church Federation is taking an
active part in the Saturday night clos
ing campaign and has appointed
committee, with Harry Dean of the
Dean Drug company as chairman. All
the clergymen in the city will be re-
quested to take up the cause from their
pulpits, and a committee is also being
formed of all the prominent clubs and
organizations of the city to wait upon
the merchants who are still open Sat
urday nights. Arrangements are also
being perfected for a great Sunday
night union meeting of all the churches,
at which time prominent ministers Will
discuss the cause.
The clerks general committee, under
the direction of their chairman, e. w.
Lewis is vigorously pushing the cause
and says it will relentlessly fight for
early closing until every store is closed
Saturday nights, the year round, and
the remaining 10000 clerks, still in
bondage, are set free.
This Sunday will be observed as the
annual Association Sunday at the First
Congregational church, the Y. M. c. A..
and the ". w. c. A. to be represented
in large numbers at this service. Rev:
William Horace Day, the pastor, will
sneak on "Tlre Church and the Associ-
alton" Short addresses will be made
by Miss Cora L. latham, general sec
rotary of the Y. w. c. A., and ID. 70.
Luther, general secretary of the 7. M;
C. A. Rev. William Horace Day will
preach at the o'clock vesper service
at this church tomorrow.
Presbyterian ministers of the Los
Angeles presbytery attended the ses-
sions of the presbytery held at Pomona
Wednesday and Thursday.
At the Westlake Presbyterian church
Rev. Mr.. Lands, the pastor, Will
Inner Light Failed" as a sequel to the
sermon last Sunday on How the Inner
Light Came" Mrs. Catherine Wheat
will speak on temperance in the even
ing.
Mary Russell Mills, permanent min
lister of the Los Angeles Fellowship,
will speak in Blanchard hail. 233 South
T1x-rn = or
from Fra Elbertus." Soprano solo by
Miss Helen Tape All cordially well
come.
Second Church of Christ, Scientist,
will hold the usual Sunday services
at IL a. m. and 8 p. m. at Simpson
auditorium, 7S4 South Hope street.
The lesson sermon will be from the
Christian Science Quarterly, the sub
feet being Reality" The reading will
be from the Bible, with correlative pas
sages from the Christian Science text
book, Science and Health, with Key
to the Scriptures"
To Repeat Minstrel
A minstrel entertainment was given
for the children of the Church of the
last Thursday night. The
same entertainment will be repeated
at st. Marks church next Tuesday
evening.
Rev. j. N. Field Of Redlands. who is
in raising funds for the new
Baptist university at Redlands, will
speak this morning at the Cen
trals Baptist church.
1.-The Most Important Consideration
of Life" will be the subject of Rev.
L. G.. Morris this morning at
st. Johns Episcopal church. Evening
prayer and instruction will be held at
1880 o'clock. The various womens
service of intercession at the church
next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
to beginning the work or
the year.
The Neighborhood circle of the First
Congregational church will hold the
first meeting of the year next Thurs
day afternoon at the church.
An inspirational social will be held
at the Central Baptist church next
Tuesday evening preparatory to the
campaign which Is soon
to be inaugurated in this church. The
covenant meeting will be held
on Wednesday evening.
The annual Bible rally will be held
at the Y. w. c. A. this afternoon
at 4 o'clock. Rev. Hugh K. Walker
will speak and a special program of
music will be rendered. All women and
girls are invited.
Rev. ]. M. Newell will preach
this morning at the Bethesda
church and in the even
ing DIR. G. L. Tufts will speak on
America for America Institutions"
DR.. Tufts is the Pacific coast repre-
sentative of the National Reform bu-
reau.
''Wasteful Extravaganza" will be the
subject of Rev. William Mccormack,
dean and rector of st. PauPs pro-
this morning. In the
evening he will speak on "Supposition
and Certainty"
Rev. 3. e. Howard to Preach
Rev. Burt Estes Howard, former
pastor of the First Unitarian church,