The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-06
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
Recent Happenings in Religious
Circles.

The German Methodists in this country
have built and dedicated forty churches
since the beginning of the year.
farm of fifteen acres bordering on the
grounds of Mortified Seminary, Mass, has
been secured as homo rest for returned
missionaries.
An anonymous donation Of $4,000 for
building has been made to the Young Mems
Christian Association of Haverhiil, Mass.
Work will soon be begun on the new
building Of Trinity, Seattle.
A committee has been appointed to draw
up and issue an appeal for liberal offerings
to the Disabled Clergy Fund on Christmas
next
Mrs Sarah Braman of Georgetown, Mass.
is now within few weeks of 100 years. Her
husband, Rev. Isaac Braman, was pastor OF
the church in that town sixty Years.
Rev. w. ID. Williams, DID, OF Iulare mas
accepted the call to Plymouth Church OF
this city. lie will probably come here about
the 1st of January.
The colored congregation worshiping in
Quinn's Chapel (Methodist EpiscopaD,
Chicago, H., are about to remove to a new
editice being erected at a cost OF $4,000
AS the result of a great revival at Cleve-
land, Tenn, $50 converts have recently
joined the different churches. The Cum
berland Presbyterian Church received I6
new memuers.
Mr.. James Pott, the well-known pub
Usher, who has recently returned from
visit TO China, says that the usefulness OF
the mission in China depends upon lis hay-
ing the wisdom 10 CO. operate with and help
to guide in the organization oil National
Chinese Church
The cathedral of North Dakota has been
completed, and has started for its diocese.
Bishop Walkers cathedral is church-car,
by means of which the Bishop will be able
to visit and hold services in large number
of towns in his immense Jurisdiction. The
car has been neatly fitted up as church,
with organ, font, lecterD. bishops chair,
and altar.
CATHOLIC NOTES.
Since the foundation OF the Catholic Uni
yersity of America great activity has been
noticed in Catholic circles in Nashin gton,
new churches have been built and new par
| ishes are about being erected.
All the Fridays during advent are fast
days. also the 18th and Goth of this month
Ember days.
A Spanish pilgrimage will shortly pro-
coed to Rome TO personally present to the
Holy Father the resolutions adopted at the
Catholic Congress of SaragosSa.
The Italian General Naviga ton Company
has concluded with the Capuchin Order a
| convention by which the missionaries and
other members of the order will in future
| be allowed 90 per cent reduction on the
price Of the passage to all parts OF the world.
| of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union OF
| America has transferred TO Bishop keane,
| rector of the Catholic University, funds to
| the amount of $4,000 for the establishment
| of a - Father Mathew professional chair ="
| in the University.
Nine. Helena Modjeska contemplates
| having small chapel erected on her estate
at Arden, in Southern California. 1t will
| be built of rough hewn stone in the most
| picturesque style of church architecture.
1 Naft nal 1sIl "a q
| erected by the republic of Ecuador on Mount
| Pinchincha, 1900 feet abOvs the sea, is
| rapidly approaching completion. The
| President of the neighboring republic of
| Venezuela has lately subscribed very large
| sum for the erection of another church OF
| the Sacred Heart in Caracas.
Bishop McQuaid of the Rochester diocese
| has gone extensively into the manufacture
| of wine at Conesus Lake. He has erected a
| wine-celar with walls seventy-two feet
| high, inclosing six floors and the vaults, and
| with a capacity of $4,000 gallons. This sea-
| son the Bishop will press 1900 gallons. He
| intends to make and keep his wine entirely
| pure. The product of his cellar is to be used
| for church purposes only.
THE HEBREW FAITH.
Jews in Russia have to pay 500 rubles for
| their exemption from military duty.
There are about 1000 Israelites in A tlanta,
Ga. They all seem to be industrious and
| prosperous and popular.
There arc 1000 lSTaellteS In Sweden, and
| they flourish as well as they do in this
| country.
The vacancy in the Grand Rabbinate of
| Paris, consequent upon the promotion of NJ.
| Zadoc Kahn TO be Grand Rabbi of France,
| is TO be filled up shortly. Several formai-
new spiritual head of the Partisan Jews is
| actually elected.
The anti-Semitic party in the Hungarian
| Diet has at length been dissolved after an
| existence of some ten years, says the He
brew. 1t was the first regularly constituted
anti-Jewish party in any Parliament, and,
although in its most fourisbing days it num-
| bered scarcely a dtzen members, it never
| theleSs by its persistence and boisterouS
| tactics achieved a certain success as a par
liamentary group Lately the leader OF the
| party, NJ. Stoezy. brought forward motion
i directed plainly against the Jews, but was
| not supported by single one of his former
| colleagues. who, in fact, voted against him.
| The party thus ceased to exist