Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-07
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
BAPTIST ASSEMBLY TO MEET
AT LONG BEACH
Southern California lmmersionists
Issue Program for Yearly Conven-
ton of Members of Churches
and Auxiliary Bodies

Baptists of Southern California are
making arrangements for the annual
Southern California Baptist assembly
to be in session from July 25 to Au-
gust 8.
The assembly will meet at Long
Beach, in the First Baptist church,
corner Fourth and Locust Streets
Every day from II to 12 o'clock will be
devoted to Bible study. Rev. A. c.
Dixon of Chicago. formerly of Brook
lyn and Boston, will give eight Bible
studies this year. DIR. Dixon will speak
several evenings during the assembly.
Rev. Charles H. Dodd of Baltimore
will give a series of four addresses on
the general subject of Jesus and His
Critics OF Yesterday and Today" with
the following special topics; First,
Jesus in the Light of Everyday Life;
second Jesus Under the Scrutiny of
the Practical Man" third, Jesus and
Men of Thought" and, fourth, Jesus
and Men of Genius"
A union Sunday school institute will
be held August 9, 10 and IL. The morn
ing sessions will be held in the First
Baptist church. The evening sessions
will be held in the Auditorium. The
following Well-known speakers will as
sist in the institute: Albert Hatcher
Smith and F. M. Dowling, Pasadena
b. B. Tyler, Denver; r. w: Thornton,
Long Beach; w. B. Hinson, San Diego,
and ]. Harvey Deere of South Pas
adena.
David P. Ward is chairman and e.
w. Thornton is secretary of the COM
mittee. Permanent Sunday school
workers will preside during the sessions
of the institute.
To Study Missions
The first week of the assembly the
study of Baptist missions, home and
foreign, will be a prominent feature or
instruction and entertainment. the
interdenominational mission study
school of Los Angeles and vicinity Will
meet this year from Monday, August 2,
to Saturday, August Z, inclusive.
DIR. A, G. Dixon will give two lee
lures during the assembly on Lessons
from Lincoln" and Through Europe
With Green Glasses" He will also
give an address on Popular Amuse-
ments." Rev. Arthur S. Phelps will
give an interesting and instructive lee
ture on "Classic Greece" Rev. j. Q.
A. Henry will give his temperance lee
ture on 1.-THE Great Red Dragon" AL
bert Hatcher Smith of Pasadena will
give one of his popular lectures.
Rev. r. G. Seymour of Philadelphia
will preach the opening sermon. of the
assembly Sunday morning, July 20. A
missionary mass meeting will be held
in the afternoon of the same day, at
which DIR. Seymour of Philadelphia,
Lemuel c. Barnes, d. D., of New York
and Fred P. Haggard, D. D., of Boston
will speak. II. Russell Greaves, gen
eral secretary of Southern California
Baptist convention, will preside
DR.. J. Herndon Garnett of Santa Ana
will speak on the Emmanuel move
ment from the viewpoint of a minis
ter, and William Lawrence woodruff,
NJ D., of Long Beach, from the view
point of a physician.
Sunday School Work
It. T. Woodruff of the Temple Bap-
tist Sunday school, Los Angeles, will
superintend the assembly Sunday
school Sunday morning, July 25 L. A.
Gould of Los Angeles will conduct
model mission Sunday school Sunday
morning, August l.
The Baptist Social union of Los An
geles ana vicinity will give banquet
Thursday evening, August 5. Presi-
dent L. c.. Roseberry will make an
nouncements later.
Sunday evening, July 25, will be
known as University of Redlands even
ing. The completion of the 100000
founding fund and the opening of the
school next September Will make this
a specially interesting occasion.
DR.. j. N. Field will speak and Mat
tison B. Jones will preside. Several of
the new college professors will be pre-
sented to the audience.
DR.. Cronkite, who gave entertain
ments last year, will delight the as
sembly with beautiful scenes, moving
pictures, etc.
Prof b. P. Stout will be musical di-
rector OF the assembly. Miss Marian
Jacnues will assist as pianist and spe-
cial soloist. Mr.. and Mrs. William V.
Baker, the blind singers of Los An
geles, will give several selections dur
ing the assembly.
Miss Roena Walters of the Cumnock
school of oratory, Los Angeles, will
give several select readings during the
assembly.