Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-08
WILL WELCOME
NEW OFFICERS
SALVATION ARMY ARRANGES
RECEPTION
MAJOR AND MRS. SMITH COME
FROM DEs MONIES
Charles Howard Mills to Speak Sum
day on "Religion of Play"
Other Items of Church
News

Welcome services for Major and Mrs
Smith, the new divisional officers OF
the Salvation Army, will be held to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock at Mon
arch rink. Col. Miles will come from
San Francisco to officiate at the install
lation. A service will be held tomorrow
morning at the corps on Wilmington
street and tomorrow evening at corps
| No. 2.
Major and Mrs. Smith come from Des
Moines, Iowa, where they served three
and a half years. Major Smith is prob
ably the oldest divisional officer of the
Army in the United States, having
served in that capacity for the past
! twenty-five years.
Although Major Smith arrived in Los
Angeles only last Monday, he is thor
oughly acquainted with the local Army
work and is actively engaged in max
| ing preparations for the free outing ia
be given poor mothers and children at
Ocean Park next Wednesday. 1t is eX-
pected that about 600 will be taken on
this outing, funds for which are beng
secured by contributions. The last
outing of the season will be given Sep
tember 2 for aged people.
Charles Howard Mills will speak on
THE Religion of Play at the regular
service of the Los Angeles Fellowship
in Blanchard hall, 233 South Broadway,
| Sunday morning at ii o'clock.
For the past year MIR. Mills has been
the assistant minister of the Fellow
ship and is now to take up work un-
der the city playground commission as
manager of the new Eighth ward rec
reation center, which is to open in
August.
"Hell-Are You Going?"
"Hell-Are You Going?" will be the
| topic of Rev. G. T. Foster, pastor OF
row evening. His morning topic will
be "One Standard of Life"
! DR.. s. Hecht, rabbi of the Temple
Bnai Birth, will sail August 20 from
Liverpool and is expected to arrive in
Los Angeles the middle of Septembr.
He has recently been in Vienna and
Budapest.
Rev. Burt Estes Howard, former
pastor of the First Unitarian church,
will leave August 25 for Stanford Uni
versity Dr. Howard's successor has
not yet been named.
The Methodist churches are prepar-
ing for the annual conference to open
September % at the First Methodist
church. Bishop Warren will preside.
Dr. McNineh of Fowler, Cal, will
preach at the Emmanuel Presbyterian
church tomorrow morning and in the
evening will preach at the vesper serV-
ice at $50 o'clock at the Westlake
Presbyterian church.
Bishop Johnson's diocesan address
will be read tomorrow morning by Rev.
l.. M. Idleman at st. Pauls pro-ca-
thedral.
The members of the mission of st.
Philip the Evangelist were entertained
at a lawn fete Thursday in Pasadena.
Rev. T. c. Marshall will officiate at the
afaY1
The annual summer school of the
Episcopal Sunday School institute
closed yesterday at Long Beach after
the most successful series in its his
tory. Rev. A. A. Butler, a member OF
the Sunday school commission OF the
general convention, gave series of
addresses on child study. Rev. Robert
L. windsor gave lectures on 1.-The New
Testament" and Rev. p. II. Hickman
on ''Church History" Lillian Allebach
gave class demonstrations, and ad-
dresses were made by Rev. f. 7. Hen
stridge, Rev. r. l.. Howe and Rev.
Robert B. Gooden
To Hold Catholic Picnic
1t is expected that fully 10000 pople
will attend the annual Catholic picnic
and reunion to be held at Redondo
Beach Saturday, August 22. Reduced
street car rates, also launch and path-
ing suit rates, have been secured anu
the executive committee is planning
for one of the greatest Catholic gather
ings ever held in the diocese. The prln-
cipal features will be the picnic and
baby show Handsome prizes will be
awarded the lucky winners. Athletic
games and races will also be the order
of the day. Bishop Conaty viii make
the address of the day in the audito-
roum. at which session Joseph Mes
mer will preside and make the opening
address. During the afternoon dancing
will be enjoyed in the pavilion. Martin
Betkouski is chairman of the execu-
tive committee. A two-minute car ser
vice has been promised to care Tor the
big crowd of pleasure seekers.
Thomas C. Murphy, son of William
T Murphy and grandson of the great
Temperance apostle, has been carrying
ON q series of aggressive and success
FIJI omen air temperance meetings at
the corner of First and Los Angeles
streets. having secured over 800 signers
to the pledge. Mr.; Murphy has oeclae9 e'si
to go to the people where he can tind
them. and after the brief services has
gone into the saloons and greeted the
bar tenders. William j. Murphy is ex-
pected to return from the east the hrst
of the week.
Two mass meetings will be held at
the Prohibition Chautauqua assembly
i
tomorrow. At - m. Rev. G. l.. La
Fontaine will speak and in the evening
Rev. c. ]. Hall viii deliver his lecture
"Patriotism and Prohibition"
Plan EvangeIstc Campaign
The time for the evangelistic cam
naign under the leadership of DR.. Tor
rev will begin November 8. The Church
Federation will hold a meeting at the
Rihle Institute, 260 South Main street,
next Wednesday, August IL, from to
IL a. m. ,,
The plan is to have an open discus
sion regarding the organization of
PRAYER circles, the training of workers
The sending out of literature and invi-
tations and all such matters as Will
concern this campaign.
The executive committee OF the
Church Federation also expect to make
a report at this meeting concerning the
building and location for the campaign
AT the Temple Baptist church in the
Auditorium Sunday morning DR.. John
Roach Straton will continue his great
series of sermons on doctrinal truths
of Christianity by preaching on the sub
tect "Does God Answer 2rayer?"
In the evening DR.. Straton will preach
on "The Highway to Success" and the
service will be of an evangelistic ma