The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

MANY PASTORS TO
DEN0UNCE RACING
Anti-Racetrack Leagues Re-
quest VIII Bring Sermons
on Gambling
Baptist Preacher to Discuss
Dancing and Early
Christians"

OAKLAND. May 2.-The evils Of race
track gambling and the ills which men
ace s community in which racetracks
are long continued viii be topics OF
sermons from many pulpits tomorrow,
IN accordance with the plan OF The anti
race-rack league. which asked clergy
men OF the state 70 preach on that sub
sect tomorrow.
Rev. William Day Slnon6s. pastor OF
the First Unitarian church. win preach
On Tragic Evils Of RaceIrack Gam
bling al Il o'clock
The same subject viii be treated IN
Ger the heading The Devotees o. Fate
and Fortune BY Rev. Il L Board
mar. pastor OF the Tenth avenue Bap-
t-st church, after q special study d the
question al the Emeryviile track
Rev Walter z. Tanner OF the Bap-
tist church OF Nelrose viii speak on
The Needs q Legislation and Legisla-
tors n Opposition 10 Emeryviile-" Later
IN The evening the pastor VIII give the
second OF his series upon EPOchs Of
Human Life" in discussion OF ''Chiid-
hood"
DANCING Is THEME
Is L Wrong 10 Dancer is the sub
3ect selected BY Rev Edwin s. Sucker,
pastor OF the Twenty third avenue Bap-
tist church. for his evening sermon TO
morrow At Il o'clock the pastor viii
deliver sermon or the First Chris
tisn." one % q series OF sermons based
on TIE Book OF Acts.
Young Men Wanted for the Army
and Navy Between The Ages OF Twenty
ore and Thirty-flve" viii be the sub
.ect OF & sermon BY Rev Orlando E
Hart. ID, OF Centennial Presbyterian
church tomorrow night
Rev. Frederick H Mar viii preach
On A Clean City" tomorrow night al
the Fourth Congregational church
A sacred concert viii be given at
Grace Presbyterian church IN Sixty
second street near Grove tomorrow
night with Nine MaTetsek leading The
Misses Natalie Anton Edith Lindsey
snE 7 l-s Morrow VIII sing. as viii
sfrt Frank Phelps. Mrs. John jenkins.
Mrs " s Ealverson. Nine. Msretsek
and Il B. ". Cady.
CONFERENCE Is ANNOUNCED
Announcements nas been made OF the
convention OF the Pacific coast confer
e-ce OF The Bsptists 70 &c held II this
city. beginning Nay - and continuing
10 Nav - Repres entatives OF the de-
nomination VII attend from Utah. Ne
Vada- Idaho. Oregon. Washington. Non
tsna and Arizona as wei as from cities
q this state.
David starr Jordan. president OF the
university a. Paio Alto; Rev Charles
r Brown Rev L J. Whitcoub Burgher
OF Portland and Rev 3. L Whitman OF
Seattle VIII be speakers Rev. Homer
7. Fosburgh. pastor OF Ihe First Bzp-
tist church O. Oakland. viii preside a.
AL sessions
SERVICES IN BERKELEY
BERKELEY. Nay Sunday ser
mons II many churches OF this city
VIII be preached tomorrow denounctag
the evils CT the rscetracks. This con-
certed action has been Affected BY the
California anti-recetrack league. To-
Eorrow has been named -Anti-race-
track Sunday
Practically al the churches OF the
state VIII take part n the demonstra-
ton sgaiEst the Eneryville and Los
Angeles tracks. More than 5000 circu-
lars have been sent throughout the
state 70 the churches and press. asking
support OF the movement The league
asks the cooperation OF mems and
women's clubs snd all civic and social
organizations IN rhe fight The officers
OF the California antt-racetrsck society
are: President Earl H Webb: secre-
tsry, Eugene Hallett