Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-15
CHURCH FEDERATION LEADS
IN MOVEMENT
PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
TO TAKE ACTIVE PART
Tabernacle viii Be Built with Seating
Capacity for Ten Thousand Per-
sons to Accommodate Would
Be Worshipers

extended campaign was postponed
| from last year and is expected to be
ole of the greatest of its kind ever
held in Southern California.
| AT recent meeting of the federation
1t was decided to erect a tabernacle to
accommodate 10000 people for these
meetings. 1t is expected that this
building will be erected at the corner
OF Sevtnth and Los Angeles streets.
| A slight amendment in the city fire
! ordinance, however, will be required
before 1t can be put UP, and this is ex-
pected to be done the early part of the
| week.
Preparatory to these meetings the va
rious churches are organizing home
prayer meetings and prayer bands.
1.-THE objectionable Sin" will be the
| topic of Rev. G. e. Foster, pastor of
the Newman Methodist church, tomor-
row evening.
The Y. w. C. A. vesper service to-
morrow afternoon win be held on the
balcony in the new building. Rev. j.
w. Weddell of Cleveland, o.. will
speak on up Against the Heart of
East London"
"5e Not Anxious"
Rev. G. D. Heuver, who is supply
ing the pulpit of the Bethesda Presby-
terrain church, will preach tomorrow
morning on BE Not Anxious" The
evening subject will be "Giving Ones
| Self to God" The young people of this
church will have charge of the service
at the Sailors Rest at San. Pedro next
Wednesday evening.
Rev. c. e. Murphy, rector of st.
Athanasius Episcopal church, and Mrs.
| Murphy, have returned from an ex-
tended vacation in the east.
1.-THE Majestic Measure of Man"
will be the topic of Rev. Warren F.
Day, pastor emeritus of the First Con-
gregational church, tomorrow morn
| ing. He will speak at the vesper serv-
ice at 5 O'Clock on 'Jephtha's Vow"
Rev. William Horace Day, the regular
pastor, Is returning from Alaska and
will go from Seattle to the east where
he will deliver a series of Bible lee
lures.
Rev. w. D. Lands, pastor of the
Westlake Presbyterian church, and
family, are spending week at Cata-
lima. They will return next Tuesday.
The annual missionary and Sunday
school picnic of the Central Presby-
terrain church will be held today at
Echo park.
Rev. William MacCormack, dean and
rector of ST. PauPs pro-cathedral, is
now, attending the Mortified Bible
conference. Rev. L. M. Idleman, the
curate, will preach at st. PauPs to-
|
Prayer Answered or Not Answered
--Why?" will be the topic of Rev. w.
A. Hunter, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, tomorrow morning.
Triangle Club to Reorganize
The Triangle club of the Y. M. C. A.
| has been reorganized under the
auspices of the association, and the
| following officers elected: Byron
Hanna, president; Alex Garaway, vice
president; Earl Pfieffer, treasurer;
Frank Lillard, recording secretary;
Walter Marston, editor of the Triangle
News.
Bishop William Bell of the United
Brethren church will have charge of
the services of the First United Breth-
rem church, Hope and Pico streets, to-
morrow.
1.-THE Perpetual Presence" will be the
topic of Rev. A. b. Prichard tomor-
row morning at the Central Presby-
terrain church. A song service will be
held in the evening.
AT the Temple Baptist church next
Sunday in the Auditorium Rev. John
Roach Straton, D. D., will preach the
| last two sermons in the series on
Great Fundamental Truths of Chris
| tianity." The subject of the MORN
| ing sermon will be 1.-THE Meaning of
the Tabernacle" and the evening SER
mon Will Nc lie lay
This will be the last Sunday DR..
Straton will be in Los Angeles, as he
is to go to San Francisco to lecture in
the First Baptist church and then on
to Portland, where he is to supply the
White Temple pulpit for two Sundays
| for DIR. Brougher. DR.. Straton's work
as supply for the pulpit of the Temple
Baptist church has been so pleasing
during the summer months that he
| has attracted large audiences in spite
of the hot weather and the counter at
| fractions of vacation time, and he has
gained many friends who will want
| to hear him before he leaves. The
pulpit committee desires his services
during the rest of August, but the pull
| of Portland, where DIR. Straton won
the grand prize of $1,000 last year, was
too strong, and DR.. Straton goes north
in answer to DIR. Brougher's most ur-
gent invitation.
Pastor Celebrates Birthday
The latest word from DR.. Burdette
comes from Lake Killarney in Ireland,
where he is spending most restful
vacation time. DR.. Burdette just cele-
brated his sixty-fourth birthday and
sent birthday greetings to- his church.
He will leave England today and plans
to be back in his pulpit September e.
| At the Echo park branch of the
church, which meets at l64O Temple
street. the associate pastor, Rev. Ed
win r. Brown, breaches Sunday morn
| ing on Putting Away Strange Gods"
| Preaching services at this mission are
held at 1880 and Bible school at I1:S0.
| The topic for the Wednesday evening
prayer and praise service Will be
characteristics of Prayer" led by
Edwin r. Brown, the associate pastor.
Rev John w. Thursby, rector of the
Church of the Ascension, who has
been officiating at the Church of the
Advent, San Francisco, VIII resume
his work at his own church tomorrow.
Second Church of Christ, Scientist,
will hold the usual services tomorrow
at II a. m. and P; M, at simpson
auditorium, 734 South Hope street.
The lesson sermon will be from the
Christian Science Quarterly, the sub
ject being "Soul" The reading will
be from the Bible, with correlative
passages from the Christian Science
| textbook, Science and Health, with
Key to the Scriptures"
Rev. Thornton Anthony Mills of
Rockford, Ill.,, will speak at the Los
Angeles Fellowship meeting sunday
morning at II o'clock. He VIII repeat
| by. special request one or his most
| famous addresses which he mas uellV-
cred in many other cities.
The Catholic churches are observing
| the feast of the assumption of the
Blessed Virgin today with special SER
vices. Great interest will be centered
in the service at the Plaza church when
| Bishop Verdaguer, known here many
years ago as Father Peter will nraaah-