Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-10
ADULT SCHOLARS
TO HOLD MEETING
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
ENDS SESSIONS
INTERNATIONAL SUPERlNTEND-
ENT is CHIEF SPEAKER
silk Banner to Be Awarded Class with
Largest Attendance-other News
and Notes of Los Angeles
Churches

Members of adult sunday Scnooi
classes of Los Angeles and vicinity will
hold a mass meeting Sunday afternoon
at o'clock in the First Methodist
church This will be the closing event
of the Sunday school convention which
has been meeting at Pomona.
w. C. Pierce of Chicago, international
Superintendent of adult Bible class
department, will make the principal
address. John r. Pepper, also proml-
nent Sunday school worker, will speak
and Prof. B. p. Stout will have charge
of the music. Hugh c. Gibson, sunday
school superintendent, will have charge
of the meeting.
A silk flag will be presented to the
adult class with the largest number OF
its members present at the mass meet
ing.
DR.. Henry, pastor of the First Bap-
fist church. will speak Sunday morning
on How to Solve a Tough Problem
and in the evening will continue his
series on "Six Big Why's" speaking
particularly on "Why L Believe the
Bible to Be the Word of God" with a
prelude on the Red Devil and the Red
Light District" The ordinance of bap-
tism will be administered in the even
ing.
DR.. Henry has been chosen by the
Church Federation as the chairman of
the committee of personal workers for
the Torrey campaign. The plan is TO
have each pastor designate the people
from his church who are qualified to
do this personal work. District meet
tngs will be held for the training of
these people, and every Friday night
a great central meeting will be held in
the New Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium. All
these meetings will be addressed by
DIR. Henry and Dr. George Salteau OF
London, with such other help as may
be necessary to get 600 or 40 selected
Christians in line for this great cam
paign. DIR. Henry has the advantage OF
knowing what DR.. Torrey requires In
this matter, because he has been in
many of the greatest meetings that
DR.. Torrey has ever conducted.
"consecrated Backbone"
"Consecrated Backbone" will be the
subject of DR.. Charles Edward Locke,
pastor of the First Methodist church,
at the service Sunday evening, His
morning subject will be 1.-THE Authority
of Jesus as a Teacher"
DR.. William Blackstone will speak
Sunday afternoon at the o'clock yes
per service at the Y. w. c. A. The
subject will be "A Mission Center in
India" All women are invited.
The knights of Columbus will at
tend the annual vesper service in honor
of the discovery of America by Column
bus Sunday evening at the Cathedral
of ST. Vibiana. A solemn vesper serv-
ice will be celebrated, the knights to
march into the cathedral in a body.
Bishop Conaty will preach the sermon.
The collection will be for the new
Catholic maternity hospital.
Bishop Conaty will leave Tuesday for
San Francisco to attend the jubilee of
d h0 a
twenty-ffth anniversarv of his ordina-
ton into the episcopacy. Bishop
Conaty will return to Los Angeles the
lattSr part of the week.
A new statue of ST. Anthony has ar
rived for the Plaza church and will be
placed in position next week. The
statue will be blessed a week from Sun
day by Father Leo.
Very Rev. Dr. Glass, C. M, will
preach at the 1915 o'clock mass Sun
day morning at st. Vincents church.
Rev. NJ. V. Richardson, c. M, will
preach at the evening service.
Rev. A. B. Prichard, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church, who has
been suffering from a light attack of
appendicitis, expects to be so far re-
covered as to occupy his pulpit Sun |
day. DIR. Silas Johnson of Africa will
preach at this church a week from
Sunday evening.
The Northern Baptist convention has
issued call for prayer from October |
is to 20, which will be observed by the |
local churches.
VIII Give Bazaar
Women of the Westlake Presbyterian
church are planning to give a bazaar
November 2 and 8.
The second anniversary of the open |
ing of st. Marks Episcopal church will |
be observed Sunday. Rev. #. c. Mar
shall, the rector, will preach at the
morning service on 1.-The Ideal Church" "
and at the evening service on "The |
Mission of the Church" A special !
musical program viii be given in the
evening.
Dr. Warren F. Day, pastor emeritus !
of the First Congregational church, |
will preach at the morning service Sun |
day. At o'clock the twilight COM |
munion will be observed, with reception /
TO new members.
The annual Christian Endeavor con- /
ference of the Los Angeles union viii /
meet in the First Congregational |
church next Friday and Saturday with |
all-day sessions and Sunday afternoon |
and evening. A special program is be- |
ing arranged for this conference.
THE Use of Trouble" will be the
subject of Rev. viii A. Knighten. pas
tor of the Union Avenue Methodist
church, Sunday morning. The evening
subject will be Resistance as a.
Virtue"
Mrs. Benjamin Fay Mills will address
the Los Angeles Fellowship at Ban-
chard hall, 233 South Broadway, at II
O'Clock, on 'The New Man" This ad-
dress was given before the Young Mems
lyceum, and as there was so much
interes, shown Mrs. Mills was requested
to repeat it. Miss Helen Tape, So
prano, will sins. All seats free.
The autumn Fellowship dinner will
be held at the Federation club, Third
and Main streets, Thursday evening, |
October Is, at 6:30 o'clock Reports |
Will be given from all activities, out !
line Of seasons work, and special ad- |
dresses by the Rev DR.. Davidson Bu- |
chanan late of Central Africa Mrs |
Gertrude Adams Fisher, the famous |
lecturer, and others. All Fellowship
pers and friends are cordially invited |
to be present.
Bishop Joseph II. johnson, who has
been in Europe for several months. is
expected TO arrive in Los Angeles early
in the week. He will preach next sun
day at st. Pauls prO-cathedral
John r. Pepper, a prominent Sunday
school worker will speak next Tuesday
night at the Trinity Methodist church.
south, on "Call OF God to Men"
"a Rule for Happiness"
"A Rule for Happiness" will be The
subject of Rev. l.. G. Morri. rector Of
ST. Johns Episcopal church Sunday
In the evening there win be
special musical service, without ser
mon.
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