The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13
RELIGIONS REALM.
Some Current Events in the
Spiritual Sphere.

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priests, dedicated st. Mary's Home for
Orp hans at Beaverton, Oregon, on Thanks
giving day. The bu ilding cost S14. 0O0, and
is free from debt.
During 1859 the various Catholic societies
In Great Britain contributed nearly $4,000
in aid of Catholic foreign missions.
The agitation for the recall of the Jesuits
continues in Germany. Meetings are held
daily in various parts Of the empire to pro-
mote petitions on the subject and there Is
good hope that the movement will be sue
cessful.
In the new Victorian Cabinet. Mr. Allen
Mclean, Scottish Catholic and most el0-
quent speaker, takes Office for the first tune
as Minister of Lands.
The Fathers Of the Holy Sacrament. new
religious order, have established house In
Montreal with eight fathers. The objects
OF the order are purely devotional, namely.
ment. The parent house is in Paris, France.
The Catholic population Of New England
is nearly one-ffth in Maine, one-third In
New hampshire. one-fourth in Vermont,
two-flths in Massachusetts, more than two
ffths in Rhode Island and one-third il Con-
nectcut.
Joseph Chandler. the Chinese convert,
who keeps a curio-Shop next to Drnids' Hall
on Suffer street. has become quite hero
since his biography appeared in one Of the
local Catholic papers.
Rev. Father Casanova of Monterey states
that instead Of erecting the Junipero Sierra
monument on the elevation near tie cross,
the statue will be placed on the plateau occu-
pied by the old fort. where it will be more
conspicuous, and show off to better ad-
vantage. The plaza around the monument
will be just 100 feet square.
A remarkable scene was witnessed In the
village Of Cicero, this county, on November
10th, according to dispatch from Syracuse,
n. Y, says the New York Catholic News.
All the Protestant churches dismissed their
congregations from evening services and
gathered with their clergy at the Catholic
Church of tie Sacred Heart to hear the
lecture of the Rev. Joseph Tiernan of st.
john the Baplisrs Church, Syracuse, on the
yited by the Christian Temperance Union
of the village to lecture about three weeks
ago, and announcements having been made
in all the churches on the intervening Sun
days, the concourSe at the Sacred Heart
Church was very large, and it completely
filed The edifice. The lecture was listened
TO with rapt attention.
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
The Rev. g. A. BENEFITS, B.A., has re-
Gently been. made Temperance Secretary of
the British Wesleyan Conference and is to
devote his entire time to the promotion OF
temperance.
The South Alabama Conference of Con-
to become Congregational.
a successor 10 the late Cas- on Liddon has
been found for ST. PauPs, LONDON, in Canon
Newbold, quoted as scholarly man
and lar more than ordinarily impressive
preacher.
The Executive Committee of the American
Baptist Missionary Union invites all Bap-
tlst churches and Snnday-schools to observe
Sunday, December 2Sth, as childrenS day
for foreign missions.
The number OF combinations in the Church
OF England last year was 220, goo against
IA, 600 in 1876.
A new society has Gene into existence
lately. 1t is called the Congregational
League Of ProporIionate Givers. and the
simple requisite for membership is the pur-
pose 10 set apart IA fixed proportion Of ones
income for religious and benevolent objects
and to induce others to do the same.
Rev. George ". Willard, ID. D., late Presi-
dent OF Heidelberg College, Tiffin. OHIO,
has accepted the call to a professorship in
Ursinus College, Ccllcgeville, Pa.
p. L. Barnum of Bridgeport, Conn, on
Thanksgiving day decided to the Universalist
Church of the Redeemer, of hich he is a
member, house and lot wortG $4,000. He
affixed his name and passed the document
over to the Trustees as gift
The Presbyterian churches OF Great
Britain and Ireland hold their annual season
Of united prayer for foreign missions during
the week beginning November Both. Tue
Presbyterian churches in the United States,
in accordance with the direction of the Gen
eral Assembly, are holding simultaneous
meetings" for the same purpose. CON-
mencing last Sunday. and ending tomorrow.
THE HEBREW FAITH.
lbrahim Pasba, formerly Governor of
T1ipell, Syria, has just been appointed to
the Govern0rship of Jerusalem. The
Hebrews III the Holy City have reason to
congratulate themselves on this appoint
ment, lbrahim Pasha having the reputation
of being both an able administrator and
friend TO the Jewish people.
According to "Maftir, - the LAYING of the
cornerstone OF the elegant new synagogue
OF the Beth Israel Congregation of this city
Will be quiet affair, says the Hebrew, and
the Temple EMANUEL will erect q new
temple eight blocks further I'D than the
present structure, at cost OF not less than
100000.
seraiewo. the capital of the former Turk
lsh IruYlnce OF Bosnia, which is now under
Austrian domination, is to be endowed with
philanthropic institution that will owe its
existence to Jew. This institution is to
be an asylum Tor the destitute, irrespective
OF creed, and its founder is Baron Marco
Won Morpurgo of Trieste, President of the
Austrian Lloyd, who, on recent visit to
Seralewo, was struck by the necessity for
such an asylum.
The entire body OF professors of the Uni
yersity of Halle have given smart rebuke
to the German Students Society. which is q
pronounced anti-Semitic corporation. To
celebrate the ninetieth birthday Of Count
Moltke the society gave fete. to which
many distinguished guests were invited.
But no invitations were sent to the rector
OF the university, Professor Bernstein, on
account of being Jew. The professors
resented this insult to their chief by absent
ing themselves from the fete