Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-30
DECORATION DAY
TO BE OBSERVED
IN LOS ANGELES
MANY CHURCHES WILL HAVE
SPECIAL SERVICES
BOYS BRIGADE PLANS TO HOLD
MILITARY CEREMONY
Pastors at Several Houses of Worship
viii Preach Memorial Sermons.
To Observe Pentecost
Sunday

Memorial Sunday will be observed In
many Los Angeles churches by special
services and addresses today. A spe-
cial service will be held at the Temple
Baptist church in the afternoon, at
which all members of the G. A. r.,
Spanish War Veterans, Sons of Veter-
ans, Women's Relief corps and other
patriotic organizations will attend. Rev.
Robert j. Burdette will deliver the adj
dress. Members of Temple Baptist
church passed yesterday in decorating
the Auditorium.
Memorial day services will be OBJ
served in the University church, at
Jefferson and McClintock streets. at IL
o'clock this morning. The Bartlett
Logan post, G. A. R., with the Wom-
ems Relief corps, the Sons of Veterans,
the Women's auxiliary and the Cen
eral Otis camp of the Spanish War Vet
Grams will attend. The famous River
side quartet will sing 1.-THE old Flag
Never Touched the Ground" AT night
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes will preach.
This will be the first official visit of
Bishop Hughes, and 1t is expected that
the chruch will be crowded.
The Boys brigade of the First Con-
gregational church is planning to take
a prominent part in the Memorial day
services at that church today. In
connection with the service the bri-
gade will present the church with a
Large American flag and after the
church service will hold flag raising
outside the church building. This will
partake of the nature of a military
ceremony.
This company and the one at the
Salem Congregational church will go
to Pasadena to join with the COM
panies from the First Baptist and Lake
Avenue Congregational churches in
Memorial day services.
The annual boys brigade camp will
be held at Corona del Mar, near Bal
boa, July to IA. Ten companies, in
Guiding nearly 400 boys, will be at
camp. A parade of all the boys bril-
gade companies will be held in Los
Angeles, July Z, previous to going into
camp at the seashore.
The boys brigade numbers $4,000
boys and young men throughout the
world. There are about $4,000 in the
United States and in Southern Cali
fornia twelve churches, representing
five denominations, have companies
numbering 800 boys, over whom are
thirty men as officials. 1t Is expected
lied in the fall.
The object of the brigade is the
advancement of Christian work among
boys and the promotion of habits of
obedience, reverence, discipline, self
respect and all that tends toward
Christian manlineSs.
Religious Problems of the United
States" will be the subject of Rev. A.
B. Prichard, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church, Sunday morning.
In the evening DR.. Prichard will speak
on '"The Permanently of Calvin's Con-
tribution to the Worlds Betterment."
To Pay York ShlIIlngs
The choir Of the First Congregational
church and the Congregational choral
club will give an "old folks" concert
in costume next Thursday evening at
the church for the benefit of the kim
dergarten church and choral club. The
admission fee will be two York shil-
lings.
Rev. Warren F. Day, pastor emeritus
of the First Congregational church,
will preach Memorial day sermon at
the Sunday morning service. The
Boys brigade will attend the church
in a body and at the close will pre-
sent to the church a flag ski feet,
which will be raised on the church
tower at the close of the service. In
the evening Rev. William Horace Day,
the pastor, will speak on Hymns We
Love" At the service last Sunday the
congregation was asked to signify its
favorite hymns. AS the result, Lead
Kindly Light received the largest
number of preferences.
Pentecost Sunday will be observed at
the Church of the Holy Cross Sunday
evening with a reception to new mem
bers of the sodalities. The children
will be received into the Children of
Mary, the immaculate Conception and
st. Aloysius sodalitles. Rev. p. j. Nc
Grath will preach the sermon. The SER
vice will be closed with a procession.
Masses will be celebrated at Z, 8, and
1920 a. m. Rev. T. F. Fahey the pas
tor will preach at the last mass on
1.-THE Holy Ghost"
Commencement exercises will begin
at st. Vincent's college with mass Of
thanksgiving June 10. The alumni
banquet will be held Wednesday even
ing, June Is, and on the following even
ing the commencement exercises will he
held in the Father Meyer hall. St.
Mary's academy will hold its exercises
on the following afternoon in the same
hall.
A class of children which has been
receiving instructions since the begin
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