The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
Notes of Interest About the Sew
eral Denominations.

A new church building was last Sunday
dedicated. free from all Indebtedness, at
that delightful summer resort Ben Lomond,
in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Rev.
F. L. Nash and Elder Rodgers of Watson
vile assisted the pastor, Rev. Alexander
Eakin, in the exercises.
The first numbers of two missionary
magazines in the Chinese language have
lately been issued in China. Their titles,
translated into English, are the Missionary
Review and the Review of the Times. These
magazines are edited by the Rev. DR.. Y. j.
Allen, missionary.
The Society of Friends in England and
America, though numbering but 100000.
contribute to foreign missions upward of
$4,000 annually. A beginning was not
made until 1866 and since then representa-
tives have been sent to Syria, India, China,
Madagascar, Mexico and the American In
dians Though efficient work is done in
other fields, yet Madagascar has been the
scene of their greatest successes. Entering
the island in 1868, they now have eighteen
missionaries, forty native pastors, and $40
other native assistants; 40 churches Win
1000 members and 10000 adherents, and
132 schools with 14,600 scholars. Special
emphasis is laid upon educational work,
and thew are generous contributors to the
funds of the missions of other churches.
Bishop John P. Newman's liberal attitude
seems to be surprising some Methodlsts.
In speaking OF the possibility of Heber New
toms trial for heresy he says: "All catholic
broad-minded people would sincerely regret
to see DR.. Newton placed under ban,' or
sever his fellowship with the church OF
which he is commanding parsonage. NO
true man will agitate for agitation. The
martyrs struggled for a better future. They
contended tor the faith once delivered to
the saints The true reformer condemns
existing evils and seeks to remedy prevail
ing abuses. He is in hearty accord With all
that is essential to goodness and greatness.
and is in dissonance with assumptions tnat
work injury to the cause dearest to his
heart. Newton is not alone in his manfui-
ness for the right; his co-reformers are
many. Their high mission is to broaden a
church which to-day is too narrow for our
generous times"
The Methodist Episcopal Church has $50,
600 Sunday-school teachers.
The Rev Mr.. Rowan of StroudSburg, Pa.
has declined q Sl400 call, although he gets
only $1,000. The call didn't come from an
other church, but from baseball club.
And it wasn't his preaching delivery they
admired, but his pitching delivery.
Catholic Notes.
OF the $1,000 required for the bust of John
Boyle O'Reilly for the Catholic University,
S72S has been contributed.
Four members OF the Sacred Heart
Church, Sedalia, No., have given $500 To-
ward a new church building.
The Bishop of Buffalo was an altar boy in
| the Philadelphia cathedral fifty years age
| next November, and witnessed the conse-
| Grafton of Archbishop Kenrlck In ST. Louis.
The strength of the Catholic Church
| among the colored people OF America Is
| illustrated by the following recent statis-
tics: There are Isl .6l4 Catholic negroes in
the United States. They are divided among
| the dioceses rs follows: Alton 800, Baltt-
| more $4,000, Charleston 800, Cincinnati $50,
| Covingtnn 100, Galveston 600, Leaven worth
/ 1856 Little Rock 100. Louisville 1874, Mobile
| $500. Nashville 80, Natchez 1900. Natrhi-
| toches 1900, New Orleans $4,000, New
York $500, North Carolina $50. Philadelphia
1900. Pittsburg 500. Richmond 600, st
Augustine 100, ST. Louis 300, San Antonio
| $50. Savannah 1900 and Wilmington 100
| They have % churches Tor their exclusive
| use and SO priests to attend to their spir
| itual wants There ore 10 schools fol
| colored children, which are attended By
6460 pupils. During 1890 1858 children anC
500 adults we're baptized. Besides thu
schools there are eight orphan asylums, ont
founding asylum and one hospital.
The Rev. Father Bailey OF the Fathers o
| Charity, who is chaplain of Cardiff Cnstl
during the residence of the Marquis OF Butte
celebrates mass there with an anclen
chalice, which was used by the lnsurgen
priests in one of the pilgrmages OF grace
1t bears a date and device symb0iical OF til
five wounds, the fayerite badge OF thos
early ransOniers.
/ The coffin Of Demetrius Augustin Ga