The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-19
RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Notes of Interest About the Sew
eral Denominations.

The First Presbyterian Church of San
Jose has extended call to Rev. j. w. Dins
more, d. D., for twenty years past pastor of
the Second Church. Bloomington, ILL.,, the
largest church in Illinois outside of Chicago.
The Rev. DR.. L. n. Wheeler, well known
as a missionary of the Methodist Church in
China, has taken the agency of the Ameri-
can Bible Society in that empire, and has
also become the editor of the Chinese Re-
corder.
The first woman who has completed the
course of study and training in the New
York DeaconeSses' Home and Training
School of the Methodist Episcopal Church
has been licensed The services were held
at the Park-avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church and conducted by Bishop Andrews.
Mr.. c. F. Stndd, one of the China Inland
missionaries, had fortune oil some 9l00. 900.
On determining to consecrate himself wholly
to the Lord he placed this whole sum in the
hands OF trustees, the interest to 90 to the
mission, while ne himself went to China to
engage in the work, sharing the common lot
of the other missionaries.
1t was feared, says the Leader, that the de-
parture OF DR.. Bridgeman from the Baptist
ranks would result in serious break on tho
part of his members also. Recent word
from New York, however, indicates that
the fear was groundleSS.
Centrala, Wash, has no less than three
churches in course of construction at the
present time The First Baptist Society is
erecting very fine ediice, which vii! cost
not less than $1,000 TO $4,000 when COM
pleted George Washington, the original
settler on the TOWNSHIP, and one of the
founders of the Baptist Church, has seeded
from the society and is engaged In the cree
ton of church edifice of his own. The
building is well under way and will be COM
pleted in few weeks. The German
Methodsts are also engaged in the erection
of church building, their aggregation
having grown to proportions sufficiently
large to warrant them in so doing.
Red Canyon, Wyo., is to have Finnish
Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- 1t has been remarked" says the Spring
field Union, "that ministers who have had
experience in newspaper work write the
best sermons"
1t was recently reported that a band OF
Colorado Sneak-thieves had broken into
cergyman's barn and carried off barrel of
sermons which he had stored there. The
COngregatonalist, leading organ of the
clergyman's church, tries to comfort him in
his aff1ictiOn by qOting former theological
professor OF Yale, who expressed decided
conviction that ii sweeping fire should
destroy in one night all the old sermons in
Connecticut a general revival would begin
throughout the State the next Sunday.
Catholic News.
Father GIieta, a missionary priest in In
dia, has discovered a remedy, successfully
tested in Calcutta, for that fearful scourge,
the cholera, which has threatened to DESC
late the world so frequently.
1t is said that Mrs. Leland Stanford has
signfed her intention to give another fine
oil painting t. the new cathedral in Sacra-
mentO. 1t will probably be copy of Mu-
rIlio's Madonna
A $4,000 new convent will be dedicated
by Bishop ManOgue at COluSa next Sunday,
Lucien johnson, the son of Colonel Rich
ard Malcolm johnson, the Southern writer,
is studying for the priesthood in Rome. He
is said to be remarkably proficient in lan-
guages.
Bishop Doyle of Grafton, New South
Wales, is making an extended tour of
America and Europe for the purpose of
studying the educational methods in the old
and new worlds with view to the adOp-
ton in his own diocese of whatever he finds
best in the systems and methods of both
continents.
The Portuguese of Mission San Jose,
Alameda County. have incorporated so
ciety known as the irmandade do Devino
ESpirito. 1t is benevolent organization
and It's purposes are to promote religion by
che observance and celebration of feaStS
and festivals of the Roman Catholic Church,
and to extend fraternal aid and charity to
its members.
Preparations have been commenced for
the fitting observance OF the fftieth ami
versary OF the establishment of the Order of
the Sisters of Providence in America. The
event will be celebrated at the Mother
House, st. Mary's Of the Woods, near Terre
Haute, Ind, the last week OF this month.
The famous Holy Coat Of Treves" will
be exhibited in TTeYes this fall. Since 1874
it has been kept in the treasure-hOGSe of
the cathedral, and has been visible only TO
thu rricote ond TO vioitore of distincti on.
In that year more than 100000 people
made pilgrimages to TTeyes to view the
relic.
The Rev. Father Cayls Mari Curci, the
distinguished Italian ecciesiastic, died at
Rome on the 10th inst Father CuIci was
born about 1900 Entering the Society Of
Jesus he soon became distinguished orha-
ment to the organization, and he acquired
high reputation throughout Italy as pulpit
orator and as II writer on theological tOpirS.
Three times he was the Lent preacher be-
fore the Chapter of San Pietro in Vaticano,
where Plus TX was won't occasionally to be-
present, privately, at his sermon. Father
Curci also founded the "Civilta Cattolica ="