Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-24
CHURCHES UNITE
FOR THANKSGIVING
Congregations Gather at Various
Centers-FeIIoWShip and
B'nai Birth Join

Thanksgiving, the great distinctive
ly American holiday, will be observed
in Los Angeles amid. sunshine and
flowers with all the fervor displayed
in the rugged snowbound New Eng
land Of historic days. Although this
southland was undreamed of at the
time of the first American Thanks
giving by the Pilgrim fathers it has
succeeded to the American heritage
and today will be marked by the Civ
ing Of thanks in every part of the
city.
Charity has been a marked feature
of the approaching holiday season and
hundreds of families were made happy
yesterday with baskets of provisions
who would otherwise have had cheer
less Thanksgiving table.
For this one day creeds have been
put aside and faiths merged in one
great anthem of praise and many
churches will unite in central thanks
giving services.
This year will mark the uniting of
the Jew and the Gentle in thanks
giving services when the descendants Of
those who followed the cloud by day
and the pillar of fire by night into the
promised land will unite with those
who kneel to the Nazarene as the
promised Messiah. At the Temple
u
unite in a special service with the Los
Angeles Fellowship, both DR., Hecht,
rabbi of the temple, and the Rev. Rey-
mold E. Blight, minister of the Eel
lowship, to make addresses.
UNION SERVICES 10 A. VI.
The general hour of union services
will be at 1890 a. m. in order to al
low the good housewives to return
home in time to prepare the dinner, in
the majority of homes the principal
event OF the day.
The principal union service will be
that which embraces the downtown
churches. This will be held at the
Emmanuel Presbyterian church, corner
Tenth and Figueroa streets. The Rev.
J. Whitcomb Brougher of Temple Bap-
tist church will preach and the pro-
gram will include the invocation by
DR.. A. B. Prichard of Central Presby-
terian church; reading by DR.. Charles
Edward Locke of First Methodist
church; Thanksgiving prayer. Rev.
William Horace Day of First Congre-
gational church, reading of proclama-
ton. Rev. r. P. Howell of Trinity
Methodist church, South, with benedic-
tiOn by the Rev. Herbert j. Weaver
of the First English Lutheran church.
The churches of the Westlake section
will unite at the Westlake Presbyterian
church, 92O Grand View avenue. The
Rev. w. G. Bower of the Wiltshire Bou-
levard Christian church will preach,
The Second Presbyterian church will
be the place of service for the East Los
Angeles churches. The Rev. c. D. Cow
an of the Asbury Methods church will
preach.
The Broadway Christian church will
open for union service with five mis-
sions, the Rev. David Cary Peters,
evangelist, to preach.
A union service of the churches of
that section will be held at the Church
of the Messiah. Rev. J. L. Male to
preach.
The Universalist church. 1873 South
Figueroa street, will hold service at
which the Rev. G. ElWood Nash will
preach. The First Swedish Lutheran
church will also hold q special service.
MASSES IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES
At the Catholic churches special
THANKSGIVING masses will be celebrat-
ed, one of the largest services to be
that at the Cathedral of ST. Vibiana at
10;8O a. m., at which Rt Rev. Mgr,
Harnett will preach.
Thanksgiving services will be held in
the five Christian Science churches this
morning at II o'clock The subpect of
the lesson-sermon will be "Thanksgiv-
ing" First church is on West Seven
teenth, near Figuroa; Second church
is on West Adams near Hoover; Third
church is in Simpson auditorium;
Fifth church is in the Friday Morning
club house; Fifth church is in Tober-
man hall, Hollywood.
All the churches of the Nazarene Will
hold union Thanksgiving services at
the First Church of the Nazarene,
First and Wall streets. The Rev. T.
F. Bresee in charge of the services.
ST Paui'S pro-cdthedral Will nOlu