The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
DIR. WHEELER FILLS
PULPIT IN OAKLAND
President of University of Cali
fOrnia Gives Literary
Analysis of Gospel
Two Farewell Sermons Are
Preached by Retiring Pastors
Across the Bay

OAKLAND, July 26.-Benjamin Ide
Wheeler. president of the University of
California, delivered a discourse on a
literary analysis of the fourth gospel
at the First Baptist church, Jones
street and Telegraph avenue, this
morning. DR.. Wheeler occupied the
pulpit of Rev Homer J. Vosburgh, who
is away on a vacation.
Another speaker of note who occu-
pied pulpit in Oakland was Rev. DIR.
Francis j. Horn, graduate of Oberlin
and pastor of one of the most infiuen-
tlal congregations in Seattle, Wash,
VINO hiled the place of Rev. Charles X.
Brown, who is in Europe.
There were two farewell sermons
preached this evening. AT the Tenth
avenue Baptist church Rev. H l..
tion with sermon on The Eagle $
Nest and the Sunward Flight" in the
morning, and The Challenge of Christ
and the Souls Reply" as his subject
this evening. Rev. w. H Reedy, who
recently resigned as assistant pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, closed
MS work in the church with forenoon
sermon on "Christ's Life as an Evi-
dence of His Divinity" Rev. Mr.. Reedy
Mems Christian association at the Uni
yersity of California
RALLY FOR AUDTToRIUM
At the First Christian church the
forenoon service was a rally meeting
for the new auditorium project. In the
meeting there were as participants Rev,
c. C. Macfarlane, pastor of the First
Christian church of Alameda; DR.. II. D.
McAneny, president OF the Berkeley
bible seminary; DR.. r. l. Rigdon, chair
man of the churches rehabilitation COM
mittee of San Francisco, and D. A. Rus
sell. secretary of the Northern Califor-
MIA Christian churches.
Good music was the event at the
First Methodist Episcopal church in the
evening, when the Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity quartet gave a concert under
the auspices of the Young Mems and
the Epworth leagues. The choir con-
Sists of H. c.. Chase, first tenor; G. S.
Battelle, second tenor; r. w. Goddard
barytone, and C. P. Lyon, basso. The
quartet assisted the choir from the
Young Mems league and bible class
Solo numbers were sung by J. \. Jones
The morning service at the First
Methodist church was preached by Rev
Francis A. Lamb OF Nevada City, the
subject being, Jesus. Savior from
Sim In the evening the assistant pas
tor. Rev. Frank c. Gale, occupied the
pulpit. Rev. Mr.. Gale preached this
forenoon at the Eighth avenue Meth
odist Episcopal church, and in the even
ing that congregation was addressed
by Rev. F. A. Lamb, his second subject
for the day being Men and Circum-
stances"
breaches ON HISTORY
Rev w. Farnsworth preached this
evening on Critical Hours in a Ma
tons History at Market street Con-
gregational church; Rev. George A. Mil
ler of the Philippine islands lectured
on THE Awakening of the Orient" al
Saratoga avenue Methodist Episcopal
church, Elmhurst, and at Centennial
Presbyterian church DIR. W. NJ. Beck
with gave a phase of another distant
part of the orient in his address on
The Enyirons of Constantinople."
The district convention and camp
meeting of the Christian and mission
ary alliance of northern California is
in session at Beulah park and will con-
tinue until August 2. The speakers
who will conduct the services are Rev.
G. n. Eldrige of Los Angeles, Rev. J.
Fl. Ballard of Los Angeles. Rev. Will
liam Moyser, Mrs. William Moyser, Miss
Jennie Fraser, Miss Hattie ODonnell
Miss Minnie Davis of India, and Rev.
and Mrs. William Christie of Tibet.