Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
WILL DELIVER
SPECIAL ADDRESS
w. J. MURPHY WILL SPEAK AT
METHODIST MISSION
MUCH EFFECTIVE WORK MARKS
CHURCH AUXILIARY
Many Persons Attend Services at Fifth
Street House of Worship and
Receive Assistance in
Various Ways


prominent in the mission work of the
city as well as in his own gospel tenn
perance work, and his address this
evening viii be a special event at the
Methodist mission.
This mission was organized last year
at the annual conference and Rev. G..
E. Foster, the superintendent, has
gone to the conference at San Diego
with a splendid report of the work
accomplished in less than year since
the mission was organized. Many
thousands of persons have attended
the daily services and many have been
assisted in various ways.
Frank Pratt who is also well known
in the temperance work, will speak at
1 the Mission Sunday evening.
i c. y. SWEET, the assistant superin-
tendent, is in charge of the mission
services during the absence Of Rev.
Mr. Foster.
Will Hold Novel Exercises
At Temple Baptist church, worship
ing in the auditorium, next Sunday
morning the Bible school will observe
Rally day. A special souvenir pro-
gram has been prepared and all the
school is at work to make the at
tendance reach the high water mark,
or rather, the high air mark, for 1t is
I to be Aeroplane day. The exercises
will be carried out as If from large
airship, a model of which has been
constructed as part of the decorations.
There will be birdSeye views of the
coming winters work as seen from
the airship, talks on motor power
steering gears, and sustaining force.
All visitors and strangers will be well
| come. Program begins at $3.50 in
Berean hall, on the second floor OF the
Auditorium building.
At the morning service in the Au-
ditorium Rev. Erwin S. Chapman, the
i grand old man" of the Anti-saloon
league, will be the preacher. He will
speak on 1.-TWO Coordinate Divine
Agents" Special music will be rem
dered appropriate to the subject pre-
sented.
viii Give Organ Recital
In the afternoon at 8 o'clock Pro-
i fessor Bruce Gordon Kingsley will give
a grand free sacred organ recital un-
der the auspices of the Temple church.
A silver Offering will be received for
the benefit of the music fund. A
splendid selection of organ numbers
has been arranged and this will be
one of the musical events of the sea-
son in Los Angeles.
At 7:45 in the Auditorium Rev. ].
) Herndon Garnett, D. D., will preach
the evening sermon on The OUTLOOK
of an Optimist." DR.. Garnett is one
of the most scholarly preachers OF
Southern California and his presence
will mean a rare treat to the people of
Los Angeles. 1t was DR.. Garnett who
| preached the sermon at the ordina-
ton of DR.. Burdette The assistant
pastor, Rev. Edwin R. Brown, Will
supply for DR.. Garnett at Santa Ana
in the evening. -,
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meet at $50 in children's hall. Sub
iect. "How Missionaries Win Souls to
| Christ" Miss Alice Wooruff will be
! leader.
At the annual business meeting of
the church this week, which was
marked by large attendance and splen-
did spirit, the net membership Of the
church was given as 1886, and an eff
fort will be made to bring this figure
to more than HOO during the coming
month.
The pastor emeritus. Rev. Robert j.
Burdette, D. D., continues to improve
i'm health and strength slowly, much
to the joy of his church and congre-
! cation.
| Temple street, an effort is about to
i be made to buy portable church In
which to do the work, and friends are
planning to secure a location for the
use of the mission. Sunday morning
Rev. L. A. Gould will preach the sec
ond in his series of sermons on Ihe
4 Conuueror." In the evening at 7:3O
Robert Anderson, an experienced mis-
sion worker from Illinois, who is now
with the Y. M. c. A, will have charge
of the service and bring with him mu-
sicians to assist in the worship.
How the Devil Is Whltewashed
DR.. ]. @. A. Henry, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Will speak IN the
morning on Something Worse Than
! Death" and in the evening on How
Los Angeles Whitewashes the Devil"
The young people will have a great
rallv at 6:15 p. m., the topic being
"How Missionaries Win Souls for
| Christ" DR.. and Mrs. Hays, mem
bers of this church who have been
missionaries in China for the past ten
years, have just returned for brlet
season of rest. The annual meeting or
the church was held on Tuesday even
ing when the following officers We're
elected: Deacons: J. A. Hammers, W.
| A. Ross, L. C. Cline, e. N. Langley,
N. ]. Young; trustees, B. o. Gardner,
D. r. Chester, w. A. Brown, d. Rior-
dan, r. NJ Close church clerk w. f.
Martin; treasurer, Weymouth CroWell;
| treasurer of benevolence, DIR. G. A.
Sewall; financial secretary, J. w. But
terfield; auditor Homer Chapman.
DR.. Henry is enjoying visit from
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Henry
of Penryn, California.
"Money Power" Is Topic
'"rhe Money Power" will be the Sun
| day morning topic of Rev. William
Horace Day, pastor of the First Con-
! gregational church. In the evening
! the general topic will be 1.-THE Sue
cessful Student" with addresses by
Prof. w. Fl. Housh, principal of the
Los Angeles high school, and Prof.
]. H. Francis principal of the Poly
| teehnic high school, and DR.. Day. Miss
Mary C. Cunningham, professor of his
tory at Occidental college, will resume
! her Emmanuel class of Bible lectures
Sunday morning at $50 O'Clock at this
! church. The topic for the winter will
| be 1.-THE Outlook Course
viii Give instruction
Father O'Gorman, who was recently
ordained in Ireland for the diocese of
Monterey and Los Angeles, will le-
| liver the instruction Sunday evening
| at the Cathedral of st. Vibiana, where
he is stationed. Father Donleavy will
preach at the 1920 o'clock mass. The
| Holy Angels society will meet after
the 9:15 o'clock mass and the Boys
sodality at 2 p. m. The Promoters Of
| the League Of the Sacred Heart win