Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-10-06
MIR. MENTIONS TRAVELS.


The first church attended while in
San Francisco was the Grace Ca
thedral, Episcopal, near the Fair
mount Hotel, where he had headquar-
ters while in the city. The building
was old and not so fine as one might
expect in the fashionable vicinity of
Knob Hill, yet it was commodious
and comfortable and the old time
gospel was preached in all its purity.
The service was simple, the rituals
tic portion being the same as heard
in all their churches in this section.
A specially attractive feature was
the singing by the large vested choir.
AT night at the First Baptist
Church Mrs. Hattie Robinson, mis-
sionary Of that church ut Shui-Hing,
emma, delivered missionary ad-
dress. DIR. Austin S. Phelps is leaving
the pastorate of this church, and on
the following Sunday we heard DR..
~. j. Ross, of Chicago, who had been
called to the pastorate He is plat
form lecturer as well us pastor. We
met DIR. John d. Humber, wife and
sister, all from near our homo sec
ton in N. G. He is professor in the
University Of California;, at Oakland
ASK Prof. Sadler, of Wittens Mill
if he did not meet Mrs. Numbers
sister.)
The largest congregations in Frisco
attend the First Congregational
Church, one of the largest and
wealthiest in the city. DIR. James l..
Gordon is the. minister. They brought
him from Winnipeg. A gentleman
from Winnipeg told me that he was
fine man and much thought of at
Winnipeg. lie is great drawing
power as an orator and fills the large
auditorium Mt every service. 1t will
seat $500. He breaches in tho fore
noon and answers questions ut night.
l said that he breaches in the fore
noon, but that is scarcely correct.
He lectures OH public and political
questions. His prayer was inspiring
and uplifting. He took n text from
the bible and announced his theme
THE Future of America He had
read quite extensively and named the
books he had read in connection with
his subject. God W.T., not mentioned
in the sermon, and there was moth
ing religious i'll it. In fact it is said
that he was not brought there to
preach the gospel but to attract the
crowds. And he gets them. lie in
vited the representatives Of the X
OF T. to sit on the platform Mt the
night service. 1Io spoke highly Of
the order He Is man of striking
appearance, not unlike the late Sen
ator Zcb Vance, of North Carolina.
All the seats in main auditorium
arc paid for by individuals and re-
served for them until the time for
tho opening of service. All others
have to so to the gallery.
One of the preachers OH the pacific
coast is Rev, Bob Shuler of Los An
geles. We were sorry that our itin-
erary did not include Sunday at
Los Angeles, for we would have been
glad to hear this famous man from
our section Of the country. He was
formerly in the Holsten Conference.
A great building ut Los Angeles and
one that can be seen from consider
able distance is the Bible Institute
of Los Angeles, where The Kings
Business is published, also large
number Of religious books. This in
stitution was erected by two prom
inent and wealthy christian laymen
of Los Angeles. They had previously
been instrumental in the issuing and
iilhIIlHS OUT OF thousands OF copies
of The Fundamentals. DR.. r. A. Tor
rey is editor in chief of The Kings
Business, and Dir. II. C. Horton is
assistant editor. The institution is
strong on the pre-millenial doctrine.
DR.. Shuler is also pronounced along
this line, as is DR.. L. w. Farr, past
or of the First Baptist Church, of
Los Angeles.
There is quite mixture of teach
ing on the coast, especially in the
cities. Free thought has lots of ad-
vocates. The writer heard promin-
ent teacher Of bible class deliver n
lecture on "The secret of personal
power" A good subject, but no Cos
pei in il. Rather the exalting of the
individual and urging the develop
ment of the latent power within us.
Christian Science has made rapid
strides in that section of our country.
The writer heard numerous com.
ments on the growing power oil the
Ku Klux Khan. A lady lecturer was
having hundreds if not thousands ev-
cry night ut her lectures OH Prac-
tical Psychology ut the Scottish Rite
auditorium. Her name was Mrs. Ell
sic Lincoln Benedict, and she seemed
to sway the audience almost at will.
j. M. N.