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Masses at half past six, eight, one-quarter to nine, and half past ten o'clock A.M. on Sundays and Festi- vals. Vespers at half past seven o'clock P.M.
St. Joseph's Church.
Location, west side of Tenth street, between Folsom and Howard. Rev. H. P. Gallagher, Rector ; Rev. J. A. Gallagher, Rev. P. Gallagher and Rev. P. Ward, Assistants. rectory, adjoining the church.
This church was opened for divine service on the eighth day of December, 1861. The building first erected was a neat and substantial one-story frame, sixty feet long by thirty-seven feet wide, and stands on the one-hundred vara lot donated by Horace Hawes, Esq., for the future cathedral of the Arch- Diocese. The forementioned building, removed back for a school, has been replaced by a new edifice, over thrice the size of the above. It is cruciform Gothic, and elegantly finished. The new building is designed to be, as nearly as possible, earthquake proof, the ceiling being done in finely finished wood.
Services on Sundays and Festival days. Masses,Sun- days at six, seven,eight, nine, and half past ten o'clock A.M .; Catechism at nine o'clock A.M., and Vespers at seven o'clock P.M. in Winter, and half past seven in Summer. Masses on week days at half past six, seven, half past seven, and eight o'clock A.M.
St. Rose's Church.
Location, Brannan street, near Fourth. Rev. D. F. Nugent, Pastor ; residence, adjoining the church.
This church, which was instituted as a chapel, and served from the various other Roman Catholic Churches of the city, has, during the past year, been
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entirely remodeled and rebuilt, and a separate parish constituted for it. The church will be formally ded- icated April 20 of the present year. A pastoral resi- dence will also be built during the year, in front of the one now occupied. The expenditures embraced in these improvements will reach $7,000.
Masses are said at eight and half past ten o'clock A.M. Sunday School at two o'clock P.M., and Ves- pers at half past three o'clock P.M.
St. Bridget's Church.
Location, southwest corner of Broadway street and Van Ness avenue. Rev. T. Callaghan, Pastor; Rev. John Kemmy, Assistant ; residence, rear of church.
This church was completed and services first held in February, 1864. It is a wooden structure, cruci- form, nave thirty-six by forty-two feet, transept thirty by sixty feet, erected upon a lot, purchased by Archbishop Alemany, at a cost of $1,400.
Masses every Sunday at half past six, eight, and half past ten o'clock A.M. and vespers at seven o'clock P. M. Catechism for the children at nine o'clock A.M. Masses on week days at seven o'clock A.M.
St. Peter's Church.
Location, west side of Columbia street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth. Rev. Thomas Gib- ney, Pastor; Rev. P. S. Casey and Rev. Edward Slaven, Assistants; pastoral residence, east side of Alabama street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth.
Since its erection the church edifice has been con- siderably enlarged to accommodate the ever-increasing congregation.
The Academy adjoining the church, under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy, accommodates the youth of the parish.
Masses on Sundays at seven, half past eight, and half past ten o'clock A.M. Sunday School at twenty minutes past nine o'clock A.M. for boys, and one o'clock P.M. for girls.
St. Boniface's Church (German).
Location, south side of Tyler street, between Jones and Leavenworth. Rev. Sebastian Wolf, Pastor; res- idence, in rear of the church.
This church was dedicated June, 1870. Masses on Sundays at eight, and half past ten o'clock A.M. and Vespers at half past seven o'clock P.M .; week days, Mass at half past seven o'clock A.M .; Catechism, Sun- days at a quarter to eight o'clock P.M., under the charge of the Sisters of St. Dominic.
Church of the Holy Cross.
Location. Calvary Cemetery. Rev. Andrew Cullen, Pastor ; residence, 1110 Eddy street. Masses on Sun- days at eight o'clock A.M. Sunday School after last Mass.
St. John the Baptist Church.
Location, north side of Eddy street, between Oc- tavia and Laguna. Rev. A. Cullen, Pastor ; Rev. E. Morrissey, Assistant ; pastoral residence, 1110 Eddy street.
During the year a new pastoral residence adjoining the church has been built, which will be occupied during the present year.
Masses Sundays at seven, nine and half past ten o'clock A.M. Vespers Sundays, with instructions at half past seven o'clock P.M. Sunday School in the morning after nine o'clock Mass.
Instruction for children in Catechism every Satur- day morning.
Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
(Guadalupe Church.)
". Location, north side of Broadway Street, bet Mason and Taylor. Rev. Andres Garriga, Pastor; Rev. Charles Franchi, Assistant; pastoral residence 908 Broadway street.
This church was organized for the benefit of the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese residents. The first services were held on Christmas Day, 1875. At pres- ent the basement only has been erected, where ser- vices are now held. It is intended to erect within the next two years an elegant structure. The lot cost $11,000, and with the completion of the church and parsonage is estimated to cost about $40,000, of which $30,000 has been raised, nearly the whole having been subscribed by the Spanish residents of this city.
Services are held in the Spanish language at ten A. M., and in the Italian language at nine o'clock A. M., on Sundays and Festival days. Masses at seven, nine and half-past ten o'clock A. M. Vespers at half-past seven o'clock P. M. Mass on week days at seven o'clock A. M. The Sunday School has already an at- tendance of over two hundred scholars; meets at two o'clock P. M.
Chapels.
In addition to services held at the different Roman Catholic churches throughout the city, religious exer- cises take place regularly at the following institu- tions : Presentation Convent Chapel, Powell street; St. Rose's Convent, corner Steiner and Tyler streets ; New Presentation Convent, corner of Taylor and Ellis streets ; St. Mary's Hospital Chapel, corner of First and Bryant streets; Magdalen Asylum Chapel, Po- trero avenue, near Twenty-first street; St. Mary's College Chapel, San Jose Road; St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, South San Francisco ; Sacred Heart College corner of Larkin and Eddy streets, and St. Dominic Church and Monastery, northwest corner of Bush and Steiner streets.
SWEDENBORGIAN.
First New Jerusalem Church.
Location north side of O'Farrell street, between Mason and Taylor. Rev. John Doughty, Pastor ; resi- dence, 1508 Leavenworth street.
This society was organized February 15, 1852. It has erected upon an eligible lot, measuring fifty-five feet front by one hundred and thirty-seven feet deep, a very neat church edifice in the Gothic style, capable of seating about three hundred and fifty persons, and at a total expense, including lot and church, of a little over $12,000. The seats are entirely free to the public.
There is a library connected with the church, con- taining all the theological and nearly all the scien- tific books of Swedenborg, both in English and Latin, and a large number of collateral works by various anthors, explanatory of the New Church faith, which is free to all who desire to inform themselves con- cerning this peculiar religious system.
Services are held every Sabbath at eleven o'clock A. M. and half past seven o'clock P. M. Administration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at the close of the morning service on the first Sundays in January, April, July, and October. Sabbath School at half past twelve o'clock P. M.
Church Officers .- Charles Pace, President; G. H. Sanders, Secretary and Treasurer; B. Shellard, C. C. Webb, T. S. Miller, O. Davidson, A. W. Manning, Trustees; Dr. A. Kellogg, John McCraith, J. Mathew- son, E. Ekelund, E. A. Sawyer, E. D. Feusier, G. W. G. Harford, Church Committee; H. L. Hosmer, Secre- tary of the Society; U. Boynton, Librarian.
New Jerusalem Church.
Rev. Leonard E. Jordan, Pastor; residence, 212 Franklin street.
This society was organized April 3, 1870, with twen- ty-eight members. Present membership fifty.
Services are now held every Sabbath in the church of the First Society, O'Farrell street, between Mason and Taylor streets
Church Officers-Oliver Eldridge (Chairman) , J. H. Purkett, David Wilder, H. H. Ingerson, and Rev. Jos. Worcester, Church Committee.
UNITARIAN. First Unitarian Church.
Location, south side of Geary street, between Du- pont and Stockton. Rev. Horatio Stebbins, Pastor ; residence, 831 Bush street.
This church was organized September 1,1850. The first edifice owned by them was erected in 1852, on Stockton street, between Clay and Sacramento. The first regular Pastor, the Rev. Joseph Harrington, ar- rived August .27, 1852, and died November 2 of the same year, of Panama fever. The second regular Pastor, Rev. F. T. Gray, arrived June, 1853, left June, 1854, and died in Boston February, 1855. The third regular Pastor, the Rev. R. P. Cutler, ar- rived August 31, 1854, and continued his ministrations
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without intermission until June 1, 1859, at which time he resigned his charge and left for New York. The Rev. John A. Buckingham then officiated as tem- porary Pastor until April 5, 1860. The Rev. Thomas Starr King arrived here with his family April 28, 1860, and commenced his ministrations the following day (Sunday) before one of the largest congregations ever assembled in this city.
During the period of Mr. King's ministry, the so- ciety extinguished a long-standing debt of $20,000, and erected a new church on Geary street, near Stock- ton, at a cost of $115,000, all of which has been paid. It is one of the mest beautiful structures our city con- tains, and is remarkable for the purity of its archi- tectural design and its interior beauty.
Upon the death of Thomas Starr King, on the 4th of March, 1864, Rev. Dr. Henry W. Bellows, of All Souls Church, New York, President of the Sanitary Commission, and one of the most distinguished and influential ministers of the denomination, responded to an earnest call from the society, and left New York within a few weeks to fill the pulpit thus va- cated, for a period of six months.
The Rev. Horatio Stebbins, of Portland, Maine, who had received an unanimous call from the society, became the permanent Pastor the following Septem- ber. Since then the society has enjoyed its accus- tomed prosperity.
The pews of the church are not owned by individu- als, but belong to the society, whose organic laws re- quire that they shall be rented annually, at auction, to the highest bidder. A clause in the New Consti- tution of the society provides that the property shall never be pledged, mortgaged, or incumbered for any purpose whatever.
There is connected with the society an organized charity. called The Society for Christian Work.
Religious services are held on Sunday at eleven o'clock A.M. and half past seven o'clock P. M .; all seats are free at the evening services.
The Sunday School has about four hundred and fifty scholars and teachers, and a library of two thousand volums. The Sunday School is held at half past nine o'clock A.M.
Church Officers. - C. Adolphe Low, Moderator ; James D. Bailey, Treasurer ; H. C. Swain, Clerk ; R. G. Sneath, Horatio Frost, E. Ransom, Christian Kirk, Mark Sheldon, and J. G. Jackson, Trustees.
UNIVERSALIST.
First Universalist Church.
Present place of worship, Mission street, between Third and Fourth. Rev. B. F. Bowles, Pastor ; resid- ence, 2622 Bush street.
This parish was organized August 14, 1874. Services are held every Sabbath at eleven o'clock A. M., and half past seven o'clock P. M. Average number of congregation two hundred and fifty.
The Sabbath School connected with the church meets at half past twelve o'clock P. M.
Church Officers .- E. C. Boobar, President; J. T. Hoyt, Secretary ; Charles H. Mann, Treasurer ; A. P. Payson, L. F. Baker, Col. C. P. Sykes, A. M. Jewell, A. Folsom, J. D. Thompson, and C. L. Haskell, Trustees.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Mariners' Church.
Location, northeast corner of Sacramento and Drumm streets. Rev. Joseph Rowell, Pastor ; resid- ence, 1416 Sacramento street; Rev. W. D. Bishop. Missionary.
This church was organized with six members, in December, 1858, and now numbers two hundred and twenty. The house of worship occupied by the so- ciety is a commodious wooden building, erected in 1866, by contributions from merchants and other citizens of San Francisco.
This church finds a wide field for usefulness, in the usual church services, a large Bible Class for seamen and strangers, a free reading room, monthly meetings of the S. F. Marine Temperance Society, several
Prayer meetings on week-day evenings, preaching on the Sabbath, in the English and Swedish languages, and personal labor on the Sabbath and during the week at the U. S. Marine Hospital, distribution of bibles and tracts on shipboard, boarding houses, and elsewhere, and missionary labors about the streets, wharves and shipping, and on board sea-going vessels, Itis an nndenominational missionary church.
There is connected with this church a Bible Class and Sabbath School, numbering more than one hun- dred teachers and scholars ; meets at half-past nine o'clock A. M. Services every Sabbath at eleven o'clock A. M. and three and half-past seven o'clock P. M. Prayer meetings every Sunday, Wednesday, and Fri- day evenings, at half-past seven o'clock P. M.
During the year 1860 a society was formed among the business men of San Francisco, having for its ob- ject the moral improvement of seamen, called the San Francisco Port Society. It seeks to attain its ob- ject by sustaining the preaching of the gospel, and other missionary labors in connection with the Mariners' Church.
Church Officers .- Rev. J. Rowell, Pastor and Chap- lain of the American Seaman's Friend Society, who has labored here since August, 1858; Henry Chester, William D. Bishop and Charles Ferris, Deacons.
Reformed Episcopal Church of San Fran- cisco.
Place of worship Huddy's Hall, 909 12 Market street. Services every Sunday at eleven o'clock A. M. The church at this time has no regular pastor, and its prospects are rather undetermined ; but efforts for a reorganization will be made in the present year. It was organized October 15, 1876.
Church Officers, -Robert Ash, W. R. Benjamin, Charles E. Barnes, T. Washington, W. G. Newton, J. B. Wynn, and George Dixon, Trustees.
Second Advent Christian Church.
Location north side of Eddy street, between Taylor and Jones, Thomes Howell, Elder ; residence, 20 Oak street, near Mason.
This Society was organized in 1870. The church edifice owned and occcpied by the society was erected in 1873, at a cost of $3,000. Services are held every Sunday at eleven o'clock A. M. and half past seven o'clock P. M. Present membership about fifty.
Church Officers, - H. W. Snow, and A. Mero, Dea- cons ; H. W. Snow, Treasurer ; Horace D. Irwin, Sec. retary.
Seventh-Day Adventists.
Organized 1871; place of worship, Laguna street, between Tyler and McAllister; M. C. Israel, Elder ; residence at church.
Services every Saturday, at half ten o'clock A. M., and Sunday at half past seven o'clock P. M. Sunday School at ten o'clock A. M.
Trustees, Charles R. Chittenden, Olof Wilson, Jane Rowland, and Jane L. James.
Disciples of Christ.
Congregation of Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) ; Isaac W. Tener, Associate Elder ; residence, 7 Russ street. Number of members, seventy. Meets every Lord's Day at eleven o'clock A. M. in church building, south side of Minna street, between Fourth and Fifth. Sunday School meets immediately after morning service; Sunday School attendance, eighty- five.
Church Officers, -S. Sturgess, H. H. Luse, and Thomas Barr, Deacons; S. Sturgess, J. S. Lambert, Thomas Barr, R. Davidson, and Thomas J. Weaver, Trustees.
The Independent German Congregation of San Francisco.
Incorporated July 1, 1870. Lectures by the Speaker, Mr. Fred. Schuenemann-Pott, held at 310 O'Farrell street. Sundays, at half past ten o'clock A. M. during the Winter months, and on Thursdays during the Summer. Sunday School at nine o'clock A. M. ; num- ber of scholars, one hundred.
Officers, - William Westerfeld, President ; F. Aszta- los, Vice-President ; F. O. Reinhard, Secretary ; K. Plantz, Financial Secretary ; Theodore Meetz, Treas- urer.
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Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (San Francisco Branch) .
Organized 1863. William Anderson, Presiding Eld- er. This congregation numbers eighty-six members, including five Elders, two Priests, two Teachers, and two Deacons
Meets every Sunday at half-past two o'clock P.M. Saints' meeting and preaching at half-past seven o'clock P.M., in the Grand Army of Republic Hall, 71 New Montgomery street.
Christian Brethren.
These brethren had their origin at Plymouth, Eng- land, about forty-five years ago, in which country they are generally called Plymouth Brethren; they, how- ever, disclaim being called by any name. They have no organization, as they believe it is not scriptural- they simply meet to the name of Jesus.
Meetings held every Lord's Day at eleven o'clock A.M., for the breaking of bread at 15 Ninth street.
Russian Church.
Place of worship, Greenwich street, between Stock- ton and Dupont. Rev. W. N. Westhomoff, Arch- priest; residence, 520 Greenwich street. Rev. N. Kov- regin, Missionary Priest; residence, 1141 Union street.
Services every Sunday at ten o'clock A.M, and Sat- urday at five o'clock P.M.
There is a school in connection with the church held every day during the week except Sunday, for the instruction of children in religion and preparing them for the church.
Friends' Meeting:
Members of this Society hold a meeting every First Day (Sunday), at half-past eleven o'clock A.M., in the Fifteenth District Court room, 8 Montgomery avenue, third floor.
San Francisco Spiritualists' Union.
Organized May 26, 1872. Meets every Sunday in Charter Oak Hall, 771 Market street. Number of mem- bers, one hundred and fifty. Children's Progressive Lyceum at half-past ten o'clock A.M. Conference or Lecture at two o'clock P.M. Lecture at half-past sev- en o'clock P.M.
Officers-Mrs. Lavinia Mathews, President; George C. Irvin, Vice-President; A. W. Allen, Secretary; N. C. Mayo, Treasurer.
SOCIETIES.
Religious.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY-PACIFIC AGENCY. -Rev. Frederic E. Shearer, Secretary. This society was organized in 1825, to diffuse Gospel truth through the printed page. Its headquarters are at 150 Nassau street, New York. It prints the Gospel in one hun- dred and forty-five languages or dialects, publishes over twelve hundred different books, thirty-three hun- dred tracts and cards, and seven periodicals. The Pa- cific agency was established in December, 1869, and employed last year twenty-two colporteurs, three of whom were converted Chinamen. Its missionary work in this field, with the aid rendered to churches and Sunday Schools, was at a cost of $10,000.
Its depository, at 757 Market Street, is also the de- pository of the California Bible Society, the American Sunday School Union, the Presbyterian Board of Pub- lication, and the Congregational Publishing Society.
BAPTIST MINISTERS' MEETING OF SAN FRAN- CISCO AND VICINITY .- Meets every Monday, at two o'clock P.M., in the Metropolitan Temple, northeast corner of Fifth and Jessie streets.
Officers .- Rev. S. B. Morse, President ; Rev. Win- field Scott, Secretary.
CALIFORNIA BIBLE SOCIETY .- Organized Octo- ber 30, 1849. The location of the society's building was on Stockton Street until the present building on Market Street was erected, the corner stone of which was laid May 2, 1862. The building has two stores on
the ground floor, one of which is now occupied as the depository of the society. The name of the society was changed by Act of the Legislature, 1859, from the San Francisco Bible Society to its present title. New constitution adopted November, 1860. Depository, 757 Market street. Meetings of the Board of Trustees are held by appointment, on the Tuesday after the first Sunday of each month.
Officers .- Annis Merrill, President; Rev. W. A. Scott, D.D. LL.D., Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Rev. William Al- exander, D.D., Rev. M. C. Briggs, Rev. T. K. Noble, Rev. John Hemphill, Rev. Otis Gibson, Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, D.D., Rev. M. M. Gibson, and W. B. Par- sons, of San Francisco ; Rev. Lucius Hamilton, Rev. James Eells, D.D., Rev. Robert Bentley, D.D., Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D., Rev. S. B. Morse, Rev. Thomas Guard, D.D., of Oakland; Rev. W. H. Hill, of Los An- geles; Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D.D., Rev. E. L. Rice, of Sacramento; Rev. S. Willey, D.D., of Santa Cruz, Vice- Presidents : Nathaniel Gray, E. P. Flint, Ira P. Ran- kin, John R. Mason, Elijah Bigelow, W. H. Coding- ton, Charles Wittram, and William R. Wadsworth, Trustees.
CHURCH SOCIETY OF ST. FRANCIS PARISH .- Organized February, 1874, Number of members, twenty-five hundred. Meets monthly at St. Francis' Church.
The object of the society is to promote the spiritual and temporal well-being of the parish, and to co- operate with the clergy in all matters in which they may require the assistance of the laity.
Officers .- Myles D. Sweeny, President ; Robert J. Tobin, Vice-President ; John Mulholland, Secretary; Rev. John Harrington, Treasurer.
LADIES' PASTORAL AID SOCIETY OF TRINITY CHURCH .- Organized 1873. Meets every Friday at Trinity Church, after morning service. The object of the society is to take under its care the destitute and friendless within the bounds of Trinity Church parish, to find employment for thoserequiring it, and to pro- vide clothing and assistance for such as may be in need of it; to visit and comfort the sick and the afflicted; to endeavor to bring to the chuch those who are neglectful of its services, and particularly the poorer and friendless classes; to gather children into the Sunday School, and to aid in providing active and competent teachers ; in short, to do all in its power, under the guidance and direction of the Rector of the parish, to advance the interests of the Church of Christ, and to extend to those around the privileges and blessings of the gospel.
Officers .- Mrs. Charles C.Keeny, President; Mrs. H. W. Beers, Vice-President ; Miss Ella Maynard, Secre- tary; Mrs. Elizabeth M. L.Wigfall, Treasurer.
OCCIDENTAL BRANCH OF THE WOMAN'S FOR- EIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE PRESBY- TERIAN CHURCH .- Organized March, 1874, and has for its especial field of labor the evangelization of heathen women on the Pacific Coast. Thirty-one auxiliary societies have been formed on the coast, seven of which are located in this city. The society purchased in June, 1876, the property at 933 Sacra -. mento street for the purposes of the Mission Home. Daily school in English and Chinese is maintained, and Chinese women are in cases of persecution afforded shelter in the Home.
Officers .- Mrs. P. D. Browne, President ; Mrs. J. W. Stewart, Secretary; Mrs. B. O. Devoe, Treasurer.
PACIFIC PRESBYTERIAN UNION .- Organized Oc- tober, 1875. Composed of the clergy and laity of the several Presbyterian churches of the City. Objects: The advancement of the interests of Presbyterianism upon the Pacific Coast, mission work and evangeliza- tion,
The Union meets on the second Monday of each month at the different churches. The Board of Di- rectors meet on the first Monday of each month. A complete directory of all the members of the Presby- terian Churches upon the Pacific Coast will be kept by the Union.
Sabbath Schools are maintained by the Union every Sunday afternoon at 56 First street, and corner Steiner and Geary streets, and evening services at both places every Sunday, under charge of J. E. Bidwell and A. L. Taylor, respectively.
Officers .- D. W. Horsburg, President : Geo. M. Ed- munds, Vice-President ; A. L. Taylor, Recording Sec-
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SAN FRANCISCO PORT SOCIETY. - Organized March, 1860. Objects: The moral improvement of seamen and others connected with the sea, in this port, by aiding the American Seaman's Friend Society of New York, in sustaining the Mariners' Church of San Francisco, and in such enterprises connected therewith as the society may approve. Any person may become a member by paying $5 a year, or a life member by the payment at one time of $50.
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