Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-24

theater building after successful run
of week.
At the First Baptist church the pas
tor DR.. Henry, will occupy his pulpit
at both services tomorrow, dealing
with questions of vital Importance. In
the morning he will seek to answer the
perplexing question as to whether the
miracles and the morality of the Bible
can be trusted. This is the crux of
Biblical criticism today.
In the evening the topic will be,
"Shall the Saloon or the Sabbath be
Saved" The bearing of this subject
upon the present aspect of temperance
reform in Los Angeles and the need of
Sunday law for the state. is vital
c. Eustace Harrell, recently of New
York city, where he was Bible class
| teacher in Rev. DR.. MacArthur's great
church for many years, is the teacher
of the young mems Bible class.
The pastor, Dr. Henry, is under en-
gagement to conduct series of evan
gelistic meetings in the First Baptist
church of Riverside, beginning with
MAY g. May a fine new edifice is to
be dedicated and the dedicatory SER
vices will be followed by this special
effort. Rev. DR.. Holt, pastor, and his
| wife, have for many years been init
mate friends of DR.. and Mrs. Henry.
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist,
will hold the usual services tomorrow
/ at IL 4. m, ana y. H., at oliupooH
auditorium, 734 South Hope street. The
| lesson sermon will be from the Chris
tan Science Quarterly, the subject be-
ing probation After Death" The
reading will be from the Bible, with
correlative passages from the Chris
tian Science text book, Science and
Health, with Key to the scriptures.
"Old and New Things" will be the
Sunday morning topic of Rev. William
Horace Day, pastor of the First Con-
gregational church. In the evening the
Easter musical program will be re-
peated and DIR. Warren f. Day. pas
tor emeritus, will speak on 1.-THE Mag
net in Christ for Men"
Mrs. Garrett Newkirk of Altadena
will give her lecture on 1.-The Bible as
Literature at the vesper service of
the Y. w. C. A. Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock in the association auditorium
Mrs. Newkirk will be assisted by Miss
Margaret Janet Stewart and Miss
Louise Crawford, who will illustrate
the lecture with dramatic readings
from the Old and New Testament. Mrs.
Norma Williams will be soloist.
Miss Clara Cushman, for many years
a missionary in China and who is re-
turning to that country to do evan
gelistic work, will speak Sunday morn
ing at the Boyle Heights Methodist
church. Rev. William B. Dodson, for
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an illustrated lecture on that country
at the evening service.
| Rev William Horace Day, pastor OF
the First Congregational church, VIII
deliver the commencement address be-
fore thu Pacific Theological seminary
at Berkeley next Tuesday evening. DR..
Day will be accompanied by Mrs. Day
and will remain in the north for the
week.
A class of thirty children will receive
first communion May at the church
of Our Lady of Loretto.
Beginning Sunday evening the reg
ular choice of st. Vincent's church will
assist at the Sunday evening vesper
| services.
Reynold E. Blight, minister of the
Los Angeles Fellowship, will begin a
series of addresses on 1.-The Fellowship
Religion" taking as his subject 1.-THE
| Fellowship Confession of Faith" at
Blanchard hall, 233 South Broadway,
at II o'clock.
The Quaker's Contribution to Re-
| ligious Progress" will be the subject of
Rev. E. Stanton Hodgin's discourse at
the First Unitarian church Sunday
morning, April 25.
Rev. Jesse P. Mcknight of 1135 West
Twentieth street has been voted a
| leave of absence of four months by the
congregation of the Magnolia Avenue
| Christian church, OF which he is pastor.
He will probably take an ocean voyage
in hopes of building up his health.
Rev. C. H. Kershaw, pastor of the
Boyle Heights Presbyterian church, at
a meeting of the presbytery at Long
Beach was elected commissioner to the
general assembly which meets at Dem
yer May 20.
The Presbyterian church of Stephen
son avenue of which Rev. D. McCunn
| is pastor will let out the contract in a
few days for the erection of an arti-
fetal stone edifice, located at Stephen
son avenue and Alberta street,