Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-19
WILL REMEMBER
PILGRIM FATHERS
FOREFATHERS' DAY TO BE
CELEBRATED
EARLY DAYS OF DENOMINATION
RECALLED
Christmas Sermons viii Be Features
of Program in Churches Sunday.
Other News of Religious
Institutions

gregational church of Los Angeles
Monday evening in celebration of Fore
fathers day, the two hundred and
eighty-eighth anniversary Of the land
ing of the Pilgrim fathers. Supper will
be served at $50 o'clock and it is eX-
pected that covers will be laid for $50
people. Rev. Willard 3. Thorpe of San
Diego, formerly a prominent pastor Of
Chicago, will be the speaker of the
evening,
Forefathers' day Is an annual event
in the Congregational church of Amer
lea and each year the stories of the
early days of the denomination are re-
told.
Monday evening the assemblage is
expected to be one of unusual interest.
Rev. Warren f. Day, pastor emeritus,
and Rev. William Horace Day, the pas
tor, will take prominent parts.
"The Increasing Christ will be the
Sunday morning topic of Rev. William
Horace Day. pastor of the First Con-
gregational church. In the evening the
choir will give the Christmas cantata,
1.-The Shepherds vision under the dl-
rection of Harry Clifford Lott.
DIR. Charles Edward Locke of the
First Methodist Episcopal church Sun
day morning will preach a Christmas
sermon on the subject, mo Room In
the Inn." In the evening DIR. Locke
will tell Christmas stories and the
choir will sing Christmas music.
Chinese Editor to Speak
Ng Poon Chew, editor of Chung Sal
Vat Pc, the Chinese daily of San Fran
cisco, will speak before the Los An
geles Fellowship at Blanchard hall, 2S3
South Broadway, at II o'clock, on
China: A Peep Into the Future" Ng
Poon Chew is an eloquent witty and
fcrceful speaker with a national repu-
tation. His address will be informing
and inspiring. Miss Helen Tape will
sing "Good Lord of Life" by Aylward,
and Alfred E. Walper will play ITO a
Wild Rose" by Mcdowell. All seats
free.
AT the Young Mems lyceum. which
meets at $3.50 a. m. in the art gallery
annex, fourth floor, 233 South HiH
street, r. o. Parker will speak on a.
M. o." Mrs. Ruth Gustorf will speak 10
the Women's lyceum on Immaculate
Conception" All Fellowship meetings
are open to the public.
A Christmas parise service Will be
held Sunday afternoon at O'CLOCK at
fine Y w. c. A. Miss Constance Nc
Corkle of Portland, Ore, will make the
address.
The series of special services at the
Central Presbyterian church will be
tion of the communion service. In the
evening Rev. A. B. Prichard, the pastor,
will preach on "Be Joyful in the Lord.
New members will be received at the
morning service.
Rev. A. S. Phelps, pastor of the Cen
trail Baptist church, will preach a spe-
cial Christmas sermon to children Sun
day morning from the topic, 1.-THE Star
in the East" Several children Will be
baptized following this service. In the
evening Rev. Mr.. Phelps will preach on
1.-THE Father"
Pastor Returns from the East
Rev. e. P. Ryland, pastor of the
Methodist church south of Hollywood
and president of the Los Angeles
Church Federation, returned Wednes-
day from the east, where he attended
the national meeting of church fedora
tions.
.sThe Great Success of Christ's Heal
ing'' will be the subject of Prof. Hazel
tine Tuesday evening in the series of
lectures on fright Living at Christ
Episcopal church.
1.-THE Call of Religion and the Call of
Morality will be the subject of Rev.
e. Stanton Rodgin. pastor OF the flrst
Unitarian church Sunday morning.
Rev. VIII A. Knighten, pastor of the
Union Avenue Methodist church, Will
preach special Christmas sermons suns
day. In the morning he will take for
his topic "Christ, the King of the
Free" and In the evening on Christ
mas Thoughts and Suggestions for
Young People"
Rev. William Mccormack, dean and
rector of st. Paul's pro-cathedral, Sun
day morning.
Rev. c. D. Heuver, pastor of Beth
esda Presbyterian church, will preach
on "The Home" at the Sunday morning
service. why ChrEtmas?" will be the
evening subject.
Second Church of Christ, Scientist,
will hold the usual services tomorrow
at II a. m. and p. m. at Simpson
auditorium, 7S4 South Hope street. The
lesson sermon will be from the Chris
tian Science Quarterly, the subject be-
ing rs the Universe, Including Man,
Evolved by Atomic Force?" The read
ing will be from the Bible, with corre-
lative passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and Health,
with Key to the Scriptures"
Many NationaIities to Meet
The anniversary of the night schools
of the Bethlehem institutions will be
observed Sunday morning at Bethle-
hem church. Rev. Dana w. Bartlett,
pastor, will speak on brotherhood"
Music will be furnished by the Russian
choir, by the Greeks, Armenians, MeXi-
cans and Japanese. This is expected
to be a special gathering of the various
nationalities of the nelghborhood.
Rev. Dana w. Bartlett has recently
issued a second edition of his successful
book. "The Better City, which has
been largely indorsed.
At Temple Baptist church next Sun
day morning the pastor, Rev. Robert j.
Burdette, DID, will preach from the
subject, "a Splendid Amalgam Spoiled
by SIM" using as his text Gen. 2:7. At
II O'Clock in Berean hall there will be
held a Children's church, at which a
special sermon will be given for the
children. No adults will be admitted
except in care of children. The chill
dren from the Echo Park branch will be
brought down to the Auditorium in
automobiles by members of the church,
in order that they may attend this spe-
cial service.
In the evening at 6:15 O'Clock the
Senior and Intermediate B. Y. p. u.
societies will be addressed by DR.. Bur-
dette at a union meetin, on the subject,
''Why the King Came" At 7:3O o'clock,
after the musical program, DIR. Bur1e
will again preach. The evening SER
mon will be the fifth in the series of
Letters from Home, and will be en-
titled "a Letter to a Dead Man"
Wednesday evening the Bible school
teachers meet for supper at 6 o'clock
in Berean hall, and then study the les
son until the hour for the mid-week
prayer meeting at 1880. Last Wednes-
doy nfoht thirteen new members We're