The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-23
AMONG THECHURCHES
The Labor Question to BE Dis.
cussed by Catholics.
Congregational Churches in Southern Califor.
nia-British Hebrews Will Honor
Cardinal Manning.

Among the Scandinavian countries, Nor
way is the most generous in the support of
missions.
The Canadian Methodist Conference has
authorized the establishment of Meth
odst sisterhood for church work and evan
gelization.
The Rev. E. Il. Atwin. DID, of Toledo,
Ohio, will, in September, be consecrateS as
the first bishop of the new Protestant Epis-
copal diocese of West Missouri.
The new house in course of erection for
Grace Baptist Church, Philadelphia, is of
stone, 107Xl50 feet, will seat 4210, and cost,
furnished, about $1,000 600.
During the summer months many pastors
have placed their Sunday evening prayer
service in the hands of the young people of
the Christian Endeayor Society, and often
with the best results
In Cleveland, Ohio, the Congregational
churches have increased from three in 1860
to thirteen in 1890.
Judge a. Green has presented to the
church, TeuatiY, \. j., Rev. V. b. Carroll,
pastor, stone manse as a memorial TO his
wife. 1t is to cost about $4,000,
The General Board of the Domestic and
Foreign Missionary Society of the diocese
OF Nova Scotia has reported contributions
for the past year of S81, So. This is a great
increase over previous offerings.
There are more than fifty Congregational
churches in Southern California. Many of
them have over 100 members. The First
Church in Los Angeles has membership
OF 427, of which r. q. HGtelins, ID, is
pastor
The centenary of the introduction of
Methodism in Boston is to be celebrated
next fall. The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes of
London has been invited TO participate in
the exercises.
AT the jubilee of the Baptist mission in
Denmark, held in Copenhagen, it was re-
ported that COCO i'll all have been baptized,
and there are now 2700 members in the
churches. All the Protestant missions in
Europe lose many of their best members by
emigration to America.
CATHOLIC NOTES.
The National Convention of German
American Catholics was held this year in
Baltimore, Nd, on August 18th, 18th, 18th
and 20th.
ST. MichaePs Church. Baltimore, Md, is
being improved al a cost of $4,000.
In few days work will be begun on
new addition to st. Xavier College, Cincin-
natl, ONO. This IS rendered necessary by
the great increase III the number OF its
students.
The Redemptorist Fathers, who have
within the past month gone to Portland,
Oregon, have already begun their good
work. They have opened a temporary
church and will soon begin the building OF
permanent home and church.
ST. PatrCk'S Cathedral, New York, is to
have chimes Of fifteen bells, weighing about
$4,000 pounds. They are the gilt of several
persons living in various parts of that city
and this country, as well as III other cOuu-
tries. Each bell will be inscribed with the
name OF the giyer.
The German Catholics of Seattle, Wash,
are preparing to build church, apd the
people CT the Sclay natIonaltles are pre-
pairing to follow suit. Father Simonik,
Sclav priest from Moravia, Is now Ia charge
OF Germans and Poles.
According to information received from
reliable source, the difficulties which had
arisen between the Vatican and Portugal
about the application of the cOncOrdate are
now completely settled.
A costly rosary has been presented to
Mrs. William O'Brien by the children of the
Presentation Convent, Cashel, Ireland. 1t
was accompanied by an illuminated address
engrossed by pupil.
The Vatican architects are giving atteu-
ton to the dome OF ST. Peters in Rome, and
say that no reliance need be placed in the
talk about its serious cracking. Beyond
some ordinary repairing, the dome stands
perfect to-day.
The Belgian Catholic Congress on Social
Questions will meet this year at Liege I'M
der the presidency Of the Bishop, Mon
slsn0r DontTelOuX. CatnollcS oil other
countries viii be invited to attend and the
Cfset subject for discussion VIII be inter-
national legislation on the labor question.
The preceding congresses held at Llege
have already borne good fruit in the reform
of the labor laws by the Belgian Parlia-
ment.
THE HEBREW FAITH
The Jews in Great Britain are taking
steps to show their regard Tor Cardinal
Manning. The acting chief rabbi, Sir Julian
Goldsmith Sir John Simon, Mr c. g. Mon
tefore and other eminent Jews have formed
themselves into a committee with the OBJ
Ject of presenting Cardinal Manning with
an Illuminated address Of cOngratulatiOn on
his silver jubilee, ana in cOmmrmoratiOn of
his Eminence's efforts on behalf OF the per-
secuted Jews in Russia.
Rev. Dr.. Falk Nidaver was reelected last
Sunday as. minister Of tile Congregation
Sherith-lSrael
During the lastyear nearly 2, 100000 marks
were spent by the Rhenish-W estphalian
Society for the conversion IF the Jews, and
one Jew was baptized.
Sir Julian GoldSmid, whose second daugh-
ter, Edith, was married recently, has six
others left, who have these unScriptural
names: Inerese, Grace, Nora, Marguerite,
Beatrice and Maud.
Herr Won Gossler, Plussian Minister of
Public Instruction, paid visit to the Jew
isA School at Hechingen. The incident is
time that Minister Of Education in Prus-
STA has inspected Jewish school.
An example of religious tolerance has
been given by the Roman Catholic COM
munity at Reichenhall. a Jew belonging
to another town died there suddenly, and as
there is no Jewish congregation in Reichen-
hall the body was placed in Catholic
chapel, from which every religious emblem
had been removed, until it could be con-
Feyed elsewhere for burial.