Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-13
NOTED EVANGELIST
is EXPECTED TODAY
BILLY SUNDAY TO PREACH FOR
RESCUE MISSIONS
"Lincoin as Seen by Southerner"
viii Be Subject at WestIake Pres
byterian Church - Other
Religious News

Billy Sunday, at one time a baseball star
and one of the best known evangelists, is ex-
pected to arrive in Los Angeles today for a
short series of services under the auspices of
the Union and City Rescue missions of Los
Angeles.
This evening a monster mass meeting is TO
be held in the great fight pavilion at Maud
Junction This meeting will be for men only,
and it is expected that a large number will
be present to attend the novel service in a
fighting arena.
Sunday at 10 a. m. and and p. m. ser
vices will be held at the Shriner auditorium
West jefferson street and will be open
to the general public. The meeting at o'clock
is for only. Seats free.
Billy Sunday is accompanied by his fam
lily and an able corps of workers Melville
Trotter, the well known rescue mission super
intendent is accompanying the party to Los
Angeles and will remain several weeks to hold
evangelistic services.
Lincoln as Seen by a Southerner'' win be
the subject of Rev. w. D. Lands, pastor of
the Westlake Presbyterian church, Sunday
evening. At the morning service communion
will be observed.
Abraham Lincoln" will be the subject Of
Rev. William Horace Day Sunday morning at
the First Congregational church. The twilight
communion will be observed at 4 p M, at
which forty-eight new members will be
ceived into the church Next Thursday after
noon a travel talk will be given by Miss Eliz-
abeth Packard before the women of the
church Sicily the Wrecked Garden of the
Sun" Misses Cowta will furnish Italian music
Abraham Lincoln, Man of Character will
T.
ton Hodgin, pastor of the First Unitarian
church.
The Emmanuel Presbyterian church orchestra
will give its third concert at the church
Thursday evening, February 1S
"Honest Abe LincoInism"
DR.. Henry win occupy his own pulpit Sunday
morning and evening, preaching on '"The Soli-
tude and Society of Jesus in the morning
and will conduct patriotic service in the
evening, at which he will speak on the need
Of xridoS aod
colnism." Special patriotic music will be rem
dered and the service will be followed by a
twenty-minute social, at which the Young
Women's club will act as hostess to The
strangers and friends.
The people at Vancouver are doing every
thing possible to secure DR.. Henry's services
up there In addition to the general call that
was both unaniomus and enthusiastic, prac-
tically every organization in the church there
has assured DR.. Henry of their loyal support
in the event of his acceptance of the pastorate
On the other hand he had been deeply moved
by the manifold expressions of his own people
IN this city that he should continue his sue
cessful ministry among them. They argue
that however great the need and opportunity
of the northern city may be, his present field
affords still further privileges for the exercise
of his gifts and powers. No final decision has
yet been reached
'"The New Patriotism will be the subject
of the address of Reynold E. Blight before the
Los Angeles Fellowship at Blanchard hail. 23S
South Broadway, on Sunday at II a. m In
the prelude Mr.. Blight will discuss ''The Tri-
umph of the Wireless" Alfred E. Walpert
will play Good By" by Tosti, and Miss
Helen Tape will play my Native Land bv
Marshall. At the combined meeting of the
Young Mems and Womens lyceums which
will meet at $3.50 a. in the art gallery
annex, fourth floor, 232 South Hill street
George W. Downing will speak on Wealth
Its Makers and It's Takers" All Fellowship
meetings are open to the public
Second Church of Christ, Scientist will hold
the usual services tomorrow at II a. m. and
p. at Simpson auditorium 734 South
Hope street. The lesson sermon will be from
the Christian Science Quarterly the subject
being Soul The reading will be from tbe
Bbe, with correlative passages from the
Christian Science textbook Science and
Health, with Key. to the Scriptures
Lincoln Not an Agnostic
DR.. Charles Edward Locke viii occupy his
pulpit as usual at the First Methodist Epis-
copal church. In the evening Lincoln patri-
otic service will be held Patriotic songs win
be sung and Dr. Lockes subject will be "Un-
mistakable Evidence That Abraham Lincoln
Was Not an Unbelieyer or an Agnostic'
D. z. Luther general secretary of the Y
NJ. G. A. will address the vesper service AT
the Y w. G. A. Sunday afternoon at
Rev. G. E. Foster. Methodist city mission
ary, returned the first of the week from San
Francisco, where he went to address the
Christian Endeavor convention.
Rev. Arthur S. Phelps, pastor of the Cen
tral Baptist church. will speak Sunday morn
ing on "a Cry from Across the Sea" In the
II n
coin" Next Wednesday Rev Mr. Phelps viii
deliver address at the Huntington han
school. when he will speak on Books and
Reading
A sacred concert will be given Sunday even
ing at the Haven Methodist church.
Rev. A. M. Prewitt, pastor Of the Calvary
Presbyterian church. will speak SUNDAY morn
ing on "A Study of the Temple and in tbe
evening or. ''Life's Lessons from the Book of
job
At the recent election of officers for the Altar
society of the Holy Cross church the follow
ing were elected for the six circles of the
society: Sacred Heart-Mrs George Barber
president; Mrs. Joseph Snabacher, vice presi-
dent; Mrs, A. Ziegler, treasurer: Mrs A
Krier Mrs w. J. Ford and Mrs J. Bangor
ter directors. st. Elizabeth-Mrs Neen-
zhuber, president: Mrs. J. Kaiser, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. ]. Prefer, treasurer; Mines e.
Cross A. r. Smith and Harwood directors
st. Mary ys-DIrs. John Riddle, president; Mrs
Frank Dolan, vice president; Mrs. Henry Nc
Mahon treasurer; Mines. Charles Scherer, Jo-
seph w. Schwab and Annie Bartol, directors
st. Joseph s-Mrs. Frank Koch president;
Mrs. John Donahue vice president; Mrs Frank
Bradford. treasurer: Mines. Jerome Muln
Nicholas Oswald and Stephen Keating direct
ors. St. Anthony-Mrs. T. Hogan, president:
Mrs. A. Huck, vice president; Mrs N. Nara