Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
PLAN TO WATCH
OLD YEAR PASS
CHURCH MEMBERS TO HOLD
MIDNIGHT SERVICES
METHoDISTS WILL CELEBRATE
SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY
Congregations Arrange Appropriate
Programs to Be Given in Annual
Event of Usherlng the
New Year In

To speed the parting and welcome
the new year will be the special fea-
ture of many watch night services to
be held in all parts of Los Angeles to-
night. Churches of all denominations
are planning to watch the old year out
and welcome the new 1910 with special
services.
One of the principal celebrations will
be the watch night service to be held
in the First Methodist church at
which the one hundred and twenty
fifth anniversary of the organization
of American Methodism will be cele-
brated. The servie will begin at 8
o'clock and the hymns sung will be
those composed by Charles Wesley.
Addresses viii be made by Rev. w.
A. Knighten, Rev. Otto Wilke, Rev.
q. A. Henry and Rev. Charles Edward
Locke, the latter to speak on John
Wesley, the Founder of Methodism."
A love feast will close the service, ben
ediction to be offered by Rev. f. NJ.
Larkin.
Methodlsts Organize in 1894
The Methodists of America We're or
ganized into a church at the Christ
mas conference" of 1884, held in THE
Lovely Land meeting house" in the
city of Baltimore. The Rev. John
Wesley, an ordained minister of the
Church of England, assisted by two
other ordained ministers of that
church, had previously set apart by
prayer and the imposition of hands in
England, the Rev. Thomas Coke,
LID, a presbyter of the Church Of
England, to be superintendent in
America. He commissioned him to or
dain as joint superintendent with him
AL, A ln
christmas conference" begun Deeem-
ber "a, sixty preachers met DIR. Coke
and unanimously approved the plan of
Mr.. Wesley. Thereupon they organ
lied the Methodist Episcopal church
and adopted the articles of religion
and the Sunday service. Today there
are 5,750,000 communicates in the va
rious branches of Methodism in
America.
viii Celebrate Masses
In the Catholic churches of Los An
geles special masses will be celebrated
on New Years day at the hour of the
Sunday masses. At the Cathedral of
st. Vibiana the masses will be at g.
| Z, s, 9:15 and solemn high mass at
1890 o'clock, at which Father Kirk
will preach the sermon. There will be
rosary and benediction at 1880 o'clock.
The first service at st. Vincent $
church will be at $3.50 O'Clock, with
low masses at 6, Gas, 1880, $3.50, $3.50
and solemn high mass at 1918 o'clock,
at which Rev. Thomas Lilley will be
celebrant; Rev. T. j. Devine, deacon,
and Rev. M. ]. O'Brien, subdeacon.
Very Rev. DIR. Glass will preach the
sermon. There will be no evening
service.
At ST. Joseph's church low masses
will be celebrated at 6, 7, 8, 9:15 and
solemn high mass at 10 o'clock, at
which Father julius Of Santa Barbara
will be celebrant, assisted by Father
Casian as deacon and Father Clement
as subdeacon.
The hours of New Year services at
the Church of the Holy Cross will be
7. s, 9:15 and 10:30 o'clock. Rev. T. #.
Fahey, the pastor will preach at the
two last masses. Father Cawley, the
assistant pastor, will preach at the
first masses.
At the chapel of Our Lady of Guada-
lupe on the new cathedral site, masses
win be celebrated at 6:15, and 9;15
O'Clock. Rev. Francis Conaty will cell
ebrate and preach at the first tive
masses
Rev. Juan Caballeria will celebrate
the masses at the Plaza church at z,
$3.50, 10 and IL o'clock.
Mayor Alexander to Speak
The annual mems banquet of the
Boyle Heights Methodist church will be
turned into watch night service. AT
$3.50 O'Clock the banquet will be served
in the church social hall, to be fol-
lowed by toasts. Those to respond will
be Mayor Alexander, Judge Lusk, b.