The morning call., 1891-07-10
( THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Notes of Interest About the Sew
eral Denominations.

AT procession of the Blessed Sacrament
which took place on a recent Sunday at the
Church OF Our Mother of Sorrows, PhIladel-
phia, it is estima ted that fully 1900 people
We in line.
Mexico has O,21S Catholic places of wor-
ship.
Father Ambrosins, one of the Irappist
missionaries at Marianhill, III Zuuland. has
published Zulu-KaffiT grammar, which has
received the highest praise from competent
critics.
AmonsteT meeting of Catholics has been
called at Dantzig 10 consider the question of
the participation of the German Catholic
Church in the celebration of the centennial
anniversary of the birth of Pope Plus X.
Dir. LaboucheTe is authority for the state
ment That q Catholic who recently applied
for admission next October at Pembroke
College, Cam bridge, was informed that
Catholics are not admitted to Pembroke.
All The priests Of the Paulist Order doing
missionary work throughout the country
have returned to New York. The summer
house of their order at Lake George has
already been opened, and it is there the
members of the order will spend their sum
mer vacation and recruit health and strength
TO be ready for the coming year.
a new chur eh building is being erected at
San Jose, Cal, for the German cOngrege-
CATION of st, Joseph's parish. 1t Will be
known as ST. Mary's parish.
The Roman Catholic hierarchy now con-
Sists Of Ga members, namely cardinal
bishops, IS cardinal priests and 10 cardinal
Oeacons; of these 80 are Italians and % are
OF other pationalties. France is credited
with cardinals, Austria with 6, Spain with
4, England, including Canada and Austria
liza, with 4, Portugal with ., both residing
In Rome, Belgium, the United States, Po-
laud and Switzerland each with J. Be-
side the cardinal bishops and the 10 car
dlnai deacons, II OF the cardinal priests have
their permanent seats IN the Holy City. In
the College of Cardinals there are repre-
sentatlyes of the various religious orders.
namely 3 Benedictines, DOminicans, l
Franciscan. Oratorian and Jesuit.
Father Laceuse, a young priest from
Salzburg, greatly beloved by his congrega-
ton, recently climbed the University, a
difficult mountain still covered with ice.
The rope by which he was tied to his guide
became detached. He neglected t. tie it
again, confident in his own skill and
strength. As he was descending his foot
slipped. and in a moment he had rolled to
the edge of the precipice and disappeared
over the edge into tremendous crevice. A
hundred men, headed by the guide, have
been searching Tor the body, but have not
succeeded in finding it
Among the Churches.
A lady recently died in Glasgow, Scot
land, leaving $4,000 to General Booth for
the Salvation Army.
The Supreme Patriarch of the Armenian
Church, Maksar /, died lately in the convent
of EtschmaidZin at the foot of Mount
Ararat.
The Episcopal Church in the United
States now numbers 5OS,000, as against
33S, 1888 in 1880.
Preparations for the great international
Convention of Church-workers at Minneap-
oils are going forward with great enthusi-
asm. The task of finding boarding places
for li,Goo delegates is being successfully
accom- pllshed: Mr. Il. b. Daniels is the
Chairman Of the Committee of Arrange
ments. Large excursions are already ar
ranged from New England, Connecticut.
Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, the
South, Southwest. etc. Half-fare OF less is
TO be given on all lines, with exceptionally
long time limits on all tickets. The ribbon
for delegates badges has been procured by
the Minneapolis committee. 1t is of orange
color, and measures over a mile and a
quarter in length.
The Samoan Islands have Christian
population OF $4,000. In the largest of the
Islands there are not fifty families that fail
TO observe family worship. Last year, be-
sides supporting the gospel at home, they
sent a tbank-otiering, 1880, to tho parent
missionary society Of London. When
church member dies they still keep his
name on the books. and put mark after it,
aenoting word-picture, which means
we cannot think of him as dead either to
us or to the work. We shall give contri-
button IN MS name, that the cause may not
suffer by his removal hence"
The preearious health of the Rev
Charles Spurgeon, the great London
preacher. is engaging the anxious sympathy
OF the whole religious world. At the Taber-
nacle last Sunday, when the announcement
was made that the doctors considered his
case critical, the audience was deeply af-
iected. nearly every one shedding tears, and
iervent prayers were offered that the pastor
De spared to continue his great work
Most people know that Bishop Walker of
montana has railroad car fitted up as a
chapel. In which he journeys from station to
station IN his diocese and holds services.
and the Pacific Churchman says: Among
various suggestions as to the name of this
car we nave ialied to note the Chancel Rail-
Rev Charles j. Little, DID. LII ID. III
the Syracuse On. " University, has ac-
cepted call to the chair OF historical theol.