494 HISTORY OF PASADKNA. 



Butler and wife ; L,. H. Buchanan and wife ; ly. D. Franklin and wife ; h- 

 H. Orr; Mrs. Dora Fisher; Miss Mary Larson; Miss Myrtle Griswold ; 



Mrs. Crosby, and others. In November and December of same year 



they built a small church on Waverly Drive. Then in 1893 they built a 

 new and larger church at corner of Raymond Avenue and Mountain street — 

 the lot and building costing about $1,500. It was dedicated in September, 

 1893. Auxiliaries within the church, besides Bible study class, are : Mothers 

 Meeting Society; Missionary Society. Trustees in 1895: D- D. Benton, J. 



T. Butler, Scanlan. Number of members, 35. Elder George Bremner 



in charge. 



First-Day Advent Christian Church. — In October, 1894, Elder L. 

 A. Wilkerson commenced preaching in a tent on North Fair Oaks Avenue ; 

 then he occupied G. A. R. Hall for some months, under name of " Church 

 of the Blessed Hope"; but in April, 1895, re-established their tent on Fair 

 Oaks Avenue, opposite the end of Mary street. The church was formally 

 organized April 19, 1895, the first members being Elder A. E. Vesper and 

 wife ; A. E. Pinkham and wife ; Smith James and wife ; E. F. Knox and 

 wife ; Jas. Mushrush and wife ; B. T. Knight and wife ; Misses Edith and 

 Bertha Tipple ; Daniel Kinkaid, Geo. Moore, and others. 



GERMAN LUTHERAN ST. PAULUS CHURCH. 



First meeting, to consider the matter of organization, was held in Opera 

 House Block, hall No. 11, November 10, 1893. Those present were 

 C. Klein, A. Frank, A. Golderer, E. R. Strabendorf, A. Wolf, H. Ahrens, 

 A. lyindner, A. Eau. The church was organized November 17, 1883, in 

 the Opera House Block. The first members were same as above, besides 

 G. Borman, W. Tenhaef, W. Fachan, F. Weik, J. Schaufle, F. Mertz, 

 — Bonowald. The first officers were: Frank, president; Wolf, treasurer: 

 Klein, secretary ; these, with F. Weik and E. R. Strabendorf constituting 

 the board of trustees. Pastor, Rev. Geo. Saager. A church was built in 

 1893-94 on the corner of Vernon Avenue and Walnut street, costing $1,500, 

 Number of members in May, 1894, were twenty-five. A Sunday school is 

 also maintained. 



SWEDENBORGIAN. 



In 1892 93 Rev. Mr. Bartlett, a minister of the Swedenborgian or 

 " New Jerusalem" denomination preached a few months at the Grand Opera 

 House ; but no church was organized, and the meetings ceased. 



APPLIED CHRISTIANITY. 



In August, 1894, about 100 persons united in inviting Rev. R. M. 

 Webster, a Congregationalist clergyman, to give a series of twelve dis- 

 courses in Pasadena during the vacation weeks of the regular churches ; 

 and G. A. R. hall was secured as their place of meeting. Judge A. J. 

 Utley, Prof. D. M. Harrison and Mrs. Katie M. Keese were the executive 



