Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-27
WILL COMPLETE
FIFTEEN YEARS
DR.. w. F. DAY WILL OBSERVE
ANNIVERSARY
POPULAR MINISTER TO PREACH
ANNUAL SERMON
Pastor Emeritus of First Congrega-
tional Church of Los Angeles viii
Give interesting Church Sta
tistics Sunday Morning

DR.. Warren #. Day, pastor emeritus
of the First Congregational church and
one Of the popular clergymen of Los
Angeles, will complete fifteen years Of
his pastorate at the local church with
special services Sunday. The morning
will be devoted to an anniversary SER
vice at which DR., Day will speak on
"These Fifteen Years"
Or. Day assumed the pastorate De-
cember /, 1894. Since that time the
large church debt on the Hill street
church building was entirely cleared
and several hundred members added 10
the church roll.
In 1900 Rev. William Horace Day be-
came co-pastor with his father and
two years later, at the request of the
senior pastor, he was made pastor. Al
the same time and<by his own request
DR. Warren Day was made pastor
emeritus, continuing in active service
both in the pulpit and parish. In 1903
the present large and modern church
building was dedicated free from debt
as the result of untiring work on the
part of father and son, the two pas
tors.
Church Is Leading Contributor
The church, aside from carrying on
wide philanthropic works and foreign
as well as home missionary enterprises
has been a prominent contributor TO
educational work Of Pomona college,
Bethlehem Institutional church and
the Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. w. c. A. Since
the early DAYS Of the church six
churches have been started from the
mother church.
Gods Richest Gifts to Man" will
be the Sunday morning topic of Rev
w. d. Landis, pastor of the Westlake
Presbyterian church. In the evening
the choir will give Thanksgiving
praise service.
Rev. ]. w. Lehman will preach at
both services Sunday at the Central
Presbyterian church. Rev. a. B.
Prichard, the pastor, will visit former
pastorate in Santa Paula, where he
win preach.
DR.. Rurdette to Preach
DR.. p. S. Henson, d. D., who is sup
plying the Temple Baptist church, will
not preach Sunday morning in that pull
pit, as DIR. Robert ]. Burdette will oc-
cupy the pulpit. But DR.. Henson viii
resume his labors Sunday night, when
he will preach on The aforementioned
Hero" DR.. Henson will also resume
on Wednesday night his talks on the
Twenty-third Psalm.
In Berean hall of the Temple Baptist
church, Auditorium building, the Bap-
fists of the city are planning a unique
entertainment Tor Friday night, De-
cember TO- Representative Baptists
from the various churches will illus
trate at the entertainment the customs
in oriental costumes.
Cuba and Porto Rico" is to be the
subject of the missionary meeting of
the Baptist Young Peoples union at
the Temple Baptist church at 6:15 sun
day night.
breaches Suggested Topics
Rev Arthur S. Phelps. pastor of the
Central Baptist church, is preaching
series of Sunday evening sermons from
topics suggested by members of the
church. The course will be as fol-
lows, beginning Sunday evening:
"FoIsaken on the Cross" suggested by
Maurice w. Clapp of the Baraca
class; "a Young Mans Purpose" AL
bert Campbell; "The Nickel Habit"
T. C. Roseberry; THE Eleventh Com
mandment," f. c. Schilling; "Three
Links" George II. Zimmerman; THE
Charge of the Light Brigade" Arthur
Drew; "A Business Mans Religion"
S. Lewis Wood.
Will Begin Leeture-Sermons
At the West Adams Street Methodist
Episcopal church Rev. George A.
Henry will preach on Jesus at the
Unknown Feast" Sunday morning at
IL o'clock. At the evening service Rev.
Mr.. Henry will begin a course of ser
mon-lectures on Some Problems of