The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
PASTOR TO SPEAK
ON CIVIC IDEALS
Rev. Homer j. Vosburgh Will
Discuss Problems of Govern
ment at Baptist Church
DR.. David Starr Jordan to De-
liver Lecture on Strength
of Being Clean

OAKLAND. May 23.-"Civic Ideals
Will be the subject of a sermon tomor-
row evening in the First Baptist
church, Jones street and Telegraph
avenue. by the pastor, Rev. DIR. Homer
}. Vosburgh This subject was dis
cussed at the Pacific Coast Baptist
conference recently in the same church
by Francis j. Heney and DR.. Vosburgh,
and the sermon of tomorrow will fol-
low the line of thought and action
then advocated by the pastor.
In consideration of the great prob
lens of administration now demanding
the attention of earnest men / believe
that it is the duty of the church to
take up the cause of honest govern
ment and theApublic good, and my dis
course tomorrow will be an initial ef-
fort in this direction,
Such is the statement by DR.. Vos-
burgh of his purposes. His sermon
Will be preceded by a recital on the
new pipe organ, one OF the finest on
the coast, by Charles W. Harnden, an
organist of Berkeley. In the forenoon
the pastor viii preach on Religious
Ideals"
DIR. JORDAN TO SPEAK
Bishop William NJ Bell of the United
Brethren church is to preside tomor-
row evening at service in the Eighth
avenue Methodist church, where DR..
David Starr Jordan, president of Le-
land Stanford Jr. university, is to de-
liver his lecture on The Strength of
Being Clean" The service will be
held by the combined congregations of
the East Oakland Methodist, Baptist
and Presbyterian churches Colts
chalks tie Deum'' will be the special
music of the evening. sung by large
chorus, under the direction of ]. Nc
Ewing. A part of the auditorium will
be reserved for young men
AT the morning service of the Eighth
avenue Methodist Episcopal church
Rev. f. c. Gale of the First Methodist
Episcopal church will preach.
The sermons at the First Presby-
terian church, Fourteenth and Frank
lin streets, will be preached tomorrow
by Rev John w. Buckhorn, DID, of
the Pacific theological seminary, Berke-
ley. The morning subject will be
The Opportunity of the Church in
California" and the evening, How to
Live Greatly"
MEMORIAL SUNDAY SERMON
Rev. William Day Simonds. minister
of the First Unitarian church, at Four
teenth and Castro streets, will preach
tomorrow forenoon on The Law of
memorial Sunday"
Rev DR.. Brown. pastor of the First
Congregational church, at Twelfth and
Clay streets. who has gone abroad on
vacation, gave over his pulpit, both
morning and evening, to Rev. Henry K.
Booth of Berkeley, who will preach on
Through Samaria" and Simplicity of
Religion"
St Pauls Episcopal church, at
Twenty third and Webster streets, will
have holy communion at o'clock,
celebrated by the rector, Rev. Alex
ander Allen: the morning and evening
services at the regular hours, and ves-
per service. with special music, at s
o'clock.
At st. Johns, Rev. Edward F. Gee
viii hold low celebration of holy
communion at 7:45 o'clock; litany, SOL
enn eucharist and sermon at 1915
o'clock, and choral evensongs, with a
sermon by the rector, at 1880 o'clock
in the evening Holy eucharist is held
daily In the chapel adjoining at s
o'clock in the morning, and devotions
and instructions at 1880 o'clock Fri
day evenings.
Tenth avenue Baptist church. is to
preach tomorrow morning in the First
Baptist church Of San Francisco, and
his pulpit will be filled by Rev. Rich
ard E. Day. In the evening the con-
gregation will unite with the meeting
to be addressed by DR.. Jordan at the
Eighth avenue church.
GRAND ARMY SERVICE
Rev Walter E Tanner of the MeIrose
Baptist church is to preach Grand
Army sermon tomorrow morning on
Then and Now; or, forty years after e
In the evening he will preach on she
Is a Strong Believer in Woman's
Rights" This evenings sermon Ia one
of a series on Some Individuals Who
Are Worth Reaching After Among
the subjects Of the series will be "A
Brother in Law or Sister in Law Of the
Church" "A Half Baked Man." Fluffy
Ruffies in Masquerade" AN Old Baoh-
elor in Despair and "A Married
Woman Who Dreams"
The Plymouth Congregational church
at Piedmont avenue and Howe street
viii be given over to the members
OF Appomattox post. Grand Army Of
the Republic. the Woman's Relief
Corps auxiliary and other patriotic or
tor, Rev. Albert NJ. Palmer, - to
preach q sermon appropriate to
memorial Sunday on The Ultimate
Nation
In the afternoon the Young Mons
Christian association is to begin a
series of Sunday services for young
men at Maple hall. DR.. Jordan OF Stan
ford will deliver the first address on
The Call of the Century" Music will
be rendered by a choir. with solo num-
bers by DR.. 0. S. Dean, Kenneth Fox
and male quartet