Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-18
TOHOLD SPECIAL
CHURCH SERVICES
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL WILL
CELEBRATE
FoRTY-FIRsT ANNIVERSARY TO
BE OBSERVED
VIII Also Mark the Fifth Year OF the
Dedication of the Present House
of Worship on Hope
Street

sary of the organization of the First
CONGREGATIONAL church will be Cd
served with a special service. Inc Gay
will also mark the fifth anniversary
of the dedication of the present church
building.
AT the morning service Rev. William
Horace Day, the pastor, will preach
on Progressive Orthodoxy" In the
evening the annual anniversary mu-
steal service will be held, when Men
delssohn's oratorio, "Athalie," will be
presented for the first time in Los An
geles. The quartet choir, under the
direction of Harry Clifford Lott, ASSIST
ed by the Congregational Choral club,
in charge of w. H. Lott, an orchestra
and the organ will present this orato-
rio. assisted by Mrs. Merrill Moore
Griggs as reader. Rev. William Hor-
ace Day will read the priests part in
the oratorio.
Tuesday the annual anniversary PIC
mic and excursion will be held at XIV
erside. All interested are invited to
Join the excursion. An elaborate pro-
gram is being prepared by the River
side church.
Next Tuesday evening the topic at
the anniversary prayer meeting VIII
be held. when the topic will be "The
Progressiveness of the Pilgrim Spirit.
All former members are especially in
vited to this service.
1.-THE Guerrilla Tactics of the EVIL
One" will be the topic OF Dean Mac
Cormack tomorrow evening at ST.
Paul's pro-cathedral. In the morning
he will speak on 1.-THE Weathercock
Man"
"criminology" Is Topic
IT. S. Laughlin. former official of the
Yuma penitentiary, spoke last Wednes-
day evening at the regular prayer
meeting at the First Congregational
church on "Criminology."
Rev. A. B. Prichard, pastor OF tne
Central Presbyterian churcn, VIII
preach tomorrow morning at the
church on "The Measure of a Man.
In the evening a special song service
will be given.
Rev. w. d. Lands, pastor of the
Westlake Presbyterian church, Will
preach at the Presbyterian church at
Westminster tomorrow.
The sewing classes of the Church OF
st, Philip the Evangelist held picnic
at Sycamore grove last Wednesday III
charge of Mrs. T. C. Marshall, wife OF
Rev. T. C. Marshall.
oliver Clark, president of the South
ern California Epworth league, and
Roland futile, field secretary, will ad-
dress the Epworth league of the High
LAND Park Methodist church tomorrow
evening.
The choir of the Plymouth Congre-
gational church will give program OF
sacred music at the Y. w. c. A. Vesper
service tomorrow afternoon. Mrs
Warren f. Day will make a short ad-
dress. ~.
AT the morning service at the Union
Avenue Methodist church tomorrow
Rev. w. A. Knighten, the pastor, will
baptize a number of children. He will
sneak on Child knowledge" In the
evening he will speak on sensible
Christians"
Rev. j. M. Newell, pastor of the
Bethesda Presbyterian church, will
preach at both services tomorrow. His
topics will be: Morning, 1.-The Sweep
ing Range of Gods Grace" evening,
Power of Appropriation"
Rev. T. A. Mills to Speak
Rev. Thornton Anthony Mills, pas
tor of the Church of the Christian
Union of Rockford, ILL.,, is visiting this
CITY at this time on his bridal tour and
is to address the Los Angeles Fellow
ship on Sunday morning at IL o'clock
in Blanchard hall, 233 South Broad
way, on Creating Your own World.
Miss Helen Tape will sing a soprano
solo.
Thornton Mills is the oldest son of
BENJAMIN Fay Mills and for the past
few years has been achieving the most
brilliant success as a forcetul speaker
and orator in the east, formerly as
the associate minister of the largest
liberal church in New York city and
recently in his own Independent church
at Rockford.
Rt. Rev. Mgr. Hartnett, accompanied
by Rev. Joseph Barron, left last Mon
day for a vacation in the Yellowstone
park. They will be absent about three
weeks.
Bishop Conaty will preach at the
1O30 o'clock mass tomorrow morning
at the Cathedral of st. Vibiana on st
Vincent de Paul-His Life and Works. "
The bishop will preside at the quar-
terly meeting of the st. Vincent de
Paul conference at the cathedral hall
at a. IN.
A solemn mass in honor of st. Vim
cent de Paul will be celebrated tomor-
row morning at II o'clock at st. Vim
cents church. Rev. p. H. Mcdonald
c. 49,, will be celebrant; Rev. G. Ost-
hoff deacon, and Rev. l.. Moore sub
deacon. Rev. M. V. Richardson viii
preach the sermon. Benediction anC
rosary will be at p. m.
Very Rev. J. S. Glass, c. NJ, presi
dent of st. Vincents college, write:
from the east that he is in the mids
of the hot weather. He will return il
several weeks.
At Temple Baptist church Rev. JOIN
Roach Straton, who has been supply
ing for DR.. Burdette, will preach boil
services. In the morning his subjec
will be 1.-THE Transforming Power o
Christ"
In the evening the service which be
gins at 7:45 will be conducted especi
ally for business people. The topic o
the sermon will be 1.-THE Worlds Big
gest and Best Business"
The B. Y. P. u. topic for the vespe
service will be "Ministering to tn
Poor, the Sick and the Stranger" Mis-
May Hoyt will lead the senior section
and Miss Erma Lacy the intermediate
in the discussion.
Or. Landrith to Speak
Rev. DIR. Ira Landrith of Nashville
Tenn, general secretary of the Presby
terrain brotherhood, will address a unit
ed meeting of the Los Angeles chapter
al a mems mass meeting Monday even
ing at the Highland Park Presbyterian
church DR.. Landrith is on a lecturini
tour and will also speak at the Loni
Beach Chautauqua.
Rev. c. r. Pattee will preach tomor
row morning at the First Methods
church and in the evening Rev. It.
IJrenn will speak. week from to
morrow morning Bishop /. Scott o
Africa will preach and in the evening
Rev. Charles F. Seymour, A. NJ, B. d
a Los Angeles young man and a grad
uate of the U. S. c., will speak
Rev. Edwin F. Wilcox of st. George
church, New York, will preach tomor
row morning at the Church of the AS
cension. At 1880 p. IN. Rev. John Thurs
by. the rector will continue his serie
of open air services in the church yard