Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-20
TURN THEATER
INTO MISSION
METHODlSTS WILL OPEN NEW
INSTITUTION
SERVICES WILL BE HELD EVERY
NIGHT
international Secretary of Y. M. c. A.
for China VIII Address Men Sum-
day Afternoon-other News
of Churches

Foster, Methodist city missionary, will
be formally opened next Tuesday even
ing in the old Metropolitan theater, 255
East Fifth street, which has been Sc
cured for the mission and where evan
gelistic services will be held every
night during the year.
At the opening service Rev. A. w.
Atkinson, the district superintendent,
will preside, and DR.. Charles Edward
Locke, pastor of the First Methodist
church, will make the opening address
The theater which is being converted
into mission will seat about 300 per-
sons, and it is the aim of the Methodist
denomination to make it an evangelistic
mission, carrying on the work begun
during the Torrey campaign.
wednesday evening DR.. Atkinson will
preach; Thursday evening Rev. d. f.
Howe will be the speaker; Friday even
ing Rev. e. j. Inwood and Saturday
evening J. W. Wilmington will speak
Rev. Mr.. Foster will preach Sunday
evening.
"Melodious Meadows" will be the
Sunday mornig topic of Rev. Baker P.
Lee, rector of Christ Episcopal church.
Torrey to Be at Camp Meeting
Preparations are being made for the
Methodist camp meeting which will
open at Huntington Beach the last
week in July. DR.. r. A. Torrey, who
conducted the recent evangeliStic cam
paign, will have charge of the services,
assisted by DR.. Palmer chorister. Mrs.
Torrey will accompany her husband to-
Los Angeles.
What Must I Do to Be saved?" will
be the topic of Rev. William MacCor-
mack, rector of ST. Paul's pro-cathed-
raj, Sunday morning. In the evening
the choir will render Stainers Mise
rere."
At the City Rescue mission special
services have been arranged as follows:
Saturday evening ]. D. Nautilus will
speak; Sunday, w. H. Fisher; Mon
day, Rev. Fred Ross; Tuesday, ]. Eau
cette. and Wednesday, o. D. Conrey.
d. Willard Lyon, international secre-
tary of the Y. M. c. A. for China, will
speak to men only at the Young Men'sI
Christian association auditorium, 721
South Hope street, Sunday at 1920. Mr..
Lefebre, the noted saxaphonist, will
play. Preceding this meeting there will
be social hour in the lobby, beginning
at 2:30, when the Y. NJ. c. A. orchestra
will render several selections Home
hour in lobby at 4:45. All men invited.
especially strangers in the city.
Lining Up for the RecaIr'
At the First Baptist church DR.. Hen
rvs sermons on perplexing problems
are attracting large and enthusiastic
odNACllSCos Odiiudy illSuI ne VIII uedlI
with what is probably the most difficult
of all these topics "Sin-Why Did Not
God Prevent It?" This sermon will be
preceded by brief prelude on Lining
Up for the Recall" The ordinance of
baptism will also be administered. In
the morning DR.. Henry will preach on
Our Blessed Dead" sermon to the
sorrowful.
Reynold E. Blight, minister of the
Los Angeles Fellowship, will continue
his series of addresses on 1.-THE Religion
of the Skeptics," taking as his special
subject "Voltaire's Message to the
World" in Blanchard hall 232 South
o'clock.
Great preparations have been made
for the mass Prohibition meeting at the
First Pentecostal Church of the Naza-
rene, Sixth and Wall streets, Sunday
morning, March 81, at II o'clock. Hon
speak on 1.-THE Church and the Liquor
Traffic" Special music will be rem
dered and a full orchestra will play
Rev. DR.. Bresee will preside. It is
thought this will be the largest Prohi-
bition meeting ever held in this city.
Will Speak on Recall
DR.. Charles Edward Locke, pastor of
the First Methodist church, will con-
tinue his series on "If Christ Should
Come to Los Angeles. How Would He
Observe the Sunday? Would He At
tend church," etc, in the evening. In
this sermon DR.. Locke will read and
reply to an authentic letter received
from working girl. DIR. Locke will
speak also final word concerning the
recall election.
"a Mans Past" will be the Sunday
morning topic of Rev. William Horace
Day, pastor of the First Congregational
church. Lee Hong pW1nOpiiGt of
the Chinese mission of the First Con-
gregational church. will make an ad-
dress, and the annual Offering for the
mission will be taken. The anniversary
of the mission will be observed at this
service. In the evening DR.. Day will
take for his subject "a cycle Of Ca
thay," with stereopticon illustrations
Gospel hymns will be sung at this SER
vice. A week from Sunday passiontide
services will be begun at this church,
to continue until Easter Sunday. Mon
day, March 20, there will be no service,
but Tuesday, March go, a special mis-
sion service will be held in accord with
the Get together campaign of the
Congregational church in the United
States. Several prominent speakers are
travelling over the country and will
hold 200 meetings in the interest of this
campaign. The service at the First
church will be an all day affair, clos
ing with a supper in the evening, to be
the one for Southern California.
At Temple Baptist church, in the
Auditorium, Sunday DR. Burdette will
preach in the morning on stories by
Che Sea-"
At the B. Y. p. U. meeting in the
evening in Berean hail at els the topic
1.-THE Wicket Gate" will be illustrated
by stereopticon pictures from Bunyans
"Pilgrim's Progress"
To Talk on Arrov life
In the evening DIR. Burdette will
preach on "The Roll Call" and will
illustrate his sermon with "reminiscences
of his army life.
At the Echo Park Baptist tabernacle
the assistant pastor of the Temple
Baptist church, Edwin r. Brown, will
preach at 1926 Sunday morning on "A
Dead Messiah"
Monday evening in Berean hall the
intermediate r. Y. p u. will give a
benefit musical and literary entertain
ment consisting of instrumental and
vocal music and humorous readings.
Wednesday evening Pastor Burdette
will conduct the prayer meeting in Be
rean hall at 1880, continuing the series
on the Christians senses. The topic
for the evening will be Learning to
Feel" The interest in these prayer
meetings has been intense, and they
are proving to be exceedingly helpful
and uplifting meetings.
The orchestra of the Haven Methodist
church. consisting of eighteen pieces,
assisted by local talent, gave an inter-
esting program last night in the church
building under the direction of M. l..
Ridderhof. musical director. Mrs. T..
M. Fisher reader gave several selec-