The morning call., 1890-05-10
RELIGIONS REALM.
A Brief Reyie W of Passing Spirit
ual Events.

The cornerstone of the new Methodist
Church at New Britain, Conn.,, was laid re-
Gently by Bishop Andrews. The church is
to be Of granite and cost $4,000, to be clear
Of debt when finished.
The First Congregational Church OF
Bridgeport, Conn.,, has refused bequest
Of $4,000 by Nathaniel S. Wordln on ac-
count Of its conditions.
The Congregationalst favors the adcp-
tion of the Apostles creed, with the :" de-
scent into hell =" omitted, as the profession
of faith for its people.
A successful entertainment was given
Thursday evening in Oakland by the Y. NJ.
Z. A. OF that city, and proved most enjoy
able affair. Among the singers were me
Misses Jones and Wade and Richard |.
Mould, A. X. Anthony and Emile Yates
The Misses Hough, Richards aad Roberts
accompanied the varions numbers.
A new and beautiful church edifice is
projected for the Presbyterian Church at
Helena, Mont, to cost when finished about
So, 900, aside from the furnishing The ex-
cavations are made, the lots bought at
cost of 5000. and the building is to be coul-
pleted within year.
In the diocese of Kansas the number of
COMMITMENTS has doubled in the last tnfee
years. Bishop Thomas says he is absent
from home three-f0urths of the time, and
averages 1000 miles month travelling.
The friends and alumni of the Chicago
University are now well into the task OF
raising the last 100000 of the S40O. 600 re-
quested by John ID. Rockefeller as guar
antee to secure his gift of 100000 for the
institution. The first sum named does not
Include the site given by Marshall Field,
which is valued at 100000.
The feast of dedication of the English
Lutheran Church, Geary and Cough streets.
will commence May 2lst and continue to
May 25th. inclusive. The act of dedication,
according to the liturgy of the church, viii
take place at o'clock Sunday afternoon,
May 25th. In which a number of visiting
Lutheran clergymen and invited city
pastors viii participate.
Ihe Methodist Episcopal Church (SOuth)
reports the following statistics: 1862 timer
ant preachers; 6269 local preachers; 1,l6l,-
666 members (white) an increase of So, los;
$40 coiored members, a decrease of 125, and
1888 Indian members, q decrease of 1125.
The total number of preacher and mem bers
Is LILY, loo, showing total net increase of
37,053. The value of church edifiees is re-
ported at nearly S17,000.000.
CATHOLIC NOTES.
Pope Leo has conferred the Order of
Christ upon DIR. Windthorst, the brainful
and courageous leader Of the German
Catholic party.
There are 173 Catholic schools in Scot
land, attended by 1886 children.
The plans for the new st. Joseph's Con-
ftut az univ duhCO WIS.,, udf0 uceu COll-
plered. 1t will have frontage of 2lS fee
and will cost $4,000.
The Sisters of Mercy have bought prop
erty at Sioux City costing 11,OOO, which
they will utilize for hospital purposes.
The work of demolishing old st. Mary's
Church, Washington, ID. c., has begun.
Work has been started on the construction
of the new Catholic Clubhouse in New
York City. The building will cost S1S5,0
and will be located on Fifty-ninth street.
near Sixth avenue. 1t will be handsome
structure of five stories in modern club
house style.
Bishop Fitzgerald of Little Rock. Ark,
has five schools for colOred children, with q
daily attendance of 800 children.
All the members OF the new Ticino 0sn-
ton Government are Catholics. 4.
There are about fifty branches of the Irish
Catholic Benevolent Union in Philadelphia,
with membership of 5000, and throughout
the United States and Canada there are 800
branches, averaging 10000 members.
One hundred acres of land have been pur-
chased between North Yakima and the Old
Tower in Washington Territory, on whic h
1t Is proposed to build Catholic Indian
training-school, where agriculture and other
useful arts will be taught
The new Church of st. James of Com
postella will be the finest Gothic church
in London-probably in England-belong-
ing to Catholics. The site cost f27. 600. and
already e30,00O has been expended on the
building.
Since 1884 the parent house of the Ca
puchin Fathers has stood beside the Church
of the Conception, on the Piazza Barberini,
Rome. The fathers recently received from
the Government an ultimatum ordering
them to quit the convent. Yielding to yio-
lence, the Capuchins departed from their
tlme-honored retreat, and are now in new
house near the Church of st. Nicholas of
Tolintene.
THE HEBREW FAITH
On the first day of the Passover Baron
George Anselm Won Rothschild, SON of the
Baron and Baroness Albert Won Roths-
child, was BarmitZyah in one of the temples
of Vienna. He read the portion of the law
and the Haphtorah very we'll Baron AL
bert offered 1000 florins on the occasion
The Jews of Tetuan, Morocco, are tax
ing active steps for the improvement OF the
Mellah or Jewish quarter.
Kaiser William seems rather friendly to
the Jews than otherwise. He frequently
invites an old friend, DR.. SOmmer, to the
palace, and, as the latter is an orthodox
Jew, dinner for him has to be sent in from
a Kosher restaurant.
The deceased Empress Augusta be-
gueatbed to the Home for Aged Of the jew
sn community of Berlin 5000 marks. For
many years she was a regular contributor
to that institution, as in matters of charity
she knew no difference of creed.
About 400 CZechs living in Leopoldstadt,
Hungary, have held demonstration, at
which they resolved to unite in their efforts
to combat the spread of anti-Semitism,
which they said, was working the ruin of