The morning call., 1890-06-14
RELIGIONS REALM.
A Weeks Happenings in the
Spiritual Fields.
Catholic Church Building in America - In
crease ot Episcopalism = Large Dona-
tions - A Grand Synagogue.

The cornerstone OF ST. JOseph's new Catholic
| Church at Bound Brook, N. j.. was laid by
Bishop 0Farrell OF Trenton last Sunday after
| noon.
The Church OF Our Lady of Good Counsel, Fort
avenue and Towson streets, Locust Point, Md,
was dedicated last Sunday week by Cardinal
| Gibbons.
convention OF Catholic editors and business
| managers was held few days ago In Gin
| cinnatl.
Memorial services have been held In all the
| Catholic churches at JohnstowD. Pa, in com
! memoraton of those who persisted in the great
| flood.
AT the close of a sermon ON temperance, de-
| livered by one Of The Redemptorisi Fathers in
| Montreal a short time ago, 800 Of the audience
stood up in the church at the request Of the
father and publicly took the pledge.
The movement for the suppression of mmod-
| crate drinking is taking deep root in Dublin. In
! Gardiner-street Church great numbers OF men
| were enrolled in Temperance League by Father
| James Walsh, Sd.
Rev. Father Landry OF st. Vinceuts College
! left for ST. Louis. Mo-, last Wednesday He goes
to attend a session OF the order Of which he is
| member.
Tie Catholic Truth Society was recently or
! ganized IN ST. Paul, Mimi, and is one of the
| results of the Catholic Congress at Baltimore.
| The society has been organized to enable
| Catholic laymen to perform their share OF the
| work in the dissemination of Catholic truth and
| encouragement OF wholesome Catholic reading.
| On the northern edge OF the Sahara building
! over whose door is Inscribed g Bit AIlah' Che
| House of God has been erected. 1t will be the
| home Of the new Catholic order, the Brothers of
the Sahara. The members OF the order VIII
| learn The languages Of the western Sahara, at
| tend the sick, give hospitality TO escaped slaves
| and enable them TO establish themselves where
they may be free. Similar establishments Will be
| established at Tuggurt, Wargia aud in other
| GASES OF the middle and western Sahara TO ex-
tend Catholic influences over the desert.
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
TTt a,
are desertng the Mormon hierarchy in great
| numbers.
Bishop Garrett has advertised for plans for
| $4,000 cathedral, $4,000 parish building
and $4,000 deanery, TO be built at Dallas.
| There are about one hundred Sunday. schools
| for Cinnamon in the United States.
The First Methodist Church, Burlington,
Iowa, the Rev. DR.. C. II. Stocking, pastor re-
ceived ninety nve into full connection on re-
cent Sunday.
Trinity, San Jose, has received from Mrs.
Phelps, IN memory OF her mother, carved pull
pit Of black walnut.
There are 455 Lutheran ministers resident In
the State of Minnesota.
The Bap,ists of the regular order" in the
United States have passed the three million
point.
OF this diocese have been printed aud be
had from the Secretary Of the convention, Rev.
IL. d. LaIhrop, Oakland. Cal.
The PresbyteriauS OF Tacoma have new and
elegant house Of worship finished. Rev. DR..
Chapman OF East Oakland is 10 preach the dedi-
| cation sermon next Sabbath.
| Last month member OF Grace Church. New
YORK, gave $50, 900 toward the proposed Church
Mission House. OF the $500, 900 asked only a
few months ago, about $4,000 has been sub
scribed
Boston, since 1880, has increased In popula-
lion about 400 per cent During that time Con
gregatioualism has increased $50 per cent, the
Baptists AIS per cent and the Episcopallans
1000 per cent.
THE HEBREW FAITH.
| The Jewish Ministers Conference, which has
just met In the East, has brought forth propo-
sltlon to establish Jewish quarterly.
| Max A Meyer, deceased, of Chicago, left a
check of $4,000 to the jewish Training school
OF tie city named.
Rabbi Gottheil Of New York offers prize OF
500 for tie best essay on The " Education Of
Rabbis."
The Earl OF Rosbery has long been a Judephll.
years before be married Jewess he set as a
member OF the Lords Committee on University
Tests and expressed liberal views on religious
| tests.
Baltimore Is TO have grand synagogue con-
structed In the Byzantine style. There are some
things even IN this enlightened age which IT Is
well to copy after, although they may be thou
sands OF years old.
The Senate OF the University OF Amsterdam
has given the following as the subject OF prize
essay: "A Treatise on the priestly oracle among
| the Hebrews" The University OF Leyden has
fixed the following subject for a prize essay:
the place occupied by The prophecies Of JeIe-
miah in the history OF Israel"