The morning call., 1891-06-26
RELIGIOUS WORLD,
Notes Of Interest About the Sew.
eral Denominations.

The great Reformation hymn by Martin
Luther, "a Mighty Fortress Is Our God,"
has been condemned by the Russian Gov
eminent as revolutionary, and in the Baltic
provinces 1t is forbidden to be sung in the
churches.
The Rev. Jacob Mills, probably the oldest
negro preacher in the United States died at
Charleston, S. c., a few days ago. He was
81 years old and had been an exhorter even
in slavery times. He married half the col
ored people in Charleston, and was the
spiritual adviser of four generations of ne
groes. Since the close of the war he had
been connected with the Centenary Church.
Funeral services took the form Of public
demonstration.
Edna Lyall, the English novelist. has sent
$500 to the Salvation Army as her protest
against Professor Huxley's criticism"
The two Reformed denominations, form
erly known the one as Dutch and the other
as German have agreed upon the form of a
constitution by which the two, retaining
each it's individuality, shall be federated 50
that q synod composed of thirty two min
isterS and elders chosen by each body-SiXty-
four members in all-shali have charge of
the general interests common to both.
The women of the Baptist churches in
triOuted SOP, 629 OF TO foreign missions.
DR.. William II. Lee, who sometime since
went out to Siam In connection with the
PRESBYTERIAN Board of Missions, has re-
signed and become physician to the royal
family with residence at Bangkok.
According to the Christian World there
seems to be many more unemployed min
listers in England than in thu United States,
and they have way of applying for vacant
places by preparing circular to which
thirty or forty ministers seeking for stu
atiOnS sign their names. This Simplifies
matters for church committees. The sal
aries are often pitiGully small, men of good
abilities receiving only from $500 to $500
per year.
Miss Kate Marsden Is now in Siberia
prosecuting her mission to the leperS. She
writes to the Union Signal that at Ola she
met Bishop DlOnYSluS. who has lived forty
years in that district, and his description of
the situation Of the poor lepers is simply
dreadful lie confirms the report that the
native do hold the secret of an herb which
in some cases cures and in all cases greatly
relieves the leDers, but having been among
them so long he is afraid that her mission
will tax her strength too much.
The Building Committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Portland has
decided TO go ahead and put up building
suited to the wants Of that city.
The Southern Presbyterian Assembly de-
proper for women to speak from the pulpit.
But the right of the female membership of
the church TO contribute money to organize
aid societies aud TO work their finger-nailS
off for the support of male preachers and
the financial ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Zion was
not questioned nor abridged.
Catholic Notes.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas O'Gorman, Pro-
lessor of Recent Ecclesiastical History In
the Catholic University, Washington, is at
present engaged upon the history Of the
Catholic Church in the United States.
The Catholic Union for social studies in
Italy have, with the full approval of the
Pope, ar ranged to celebrate scientifically
the fourth centenary of the discovery of
America by Columbus by a congress of
Catholic students Of nistorlco-sGcial sciences,
to be cOnvOked at Genoa in the fail of 1892.
The will Of Sir Edward Kenny Of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, who died a short time ago.
shows that he left to Mother Kenny of the
Sacred Heart Convent of MaTysVille, in st.
Louis, $1,000, and TO his three sons, who are
priests-one a Beuedictine and another a
Jesuit-S8000 each. The remainder of his
large fortune was divided among his chill
dren and charitable institutions. His son,
Thomas Z. Kenny, Is member of the
Canadian Parliament. Mother Kenny has
two sisters, one the wife of Admiral Fame of
the British Navy and the other the wife of
the Governor of Nova Scotia.
The Society Of Jesus, which has served
the Catholics of Alexandria, Va, since be-
fore the Revolutionary War, will withdraw
from the mission there, and the church at
that place viii be supplied by pastor sent
by the Bishop of Richmond, Va.
Much interest, says the Irish World, has
been taken by the committee in charge of
the Latin American department of the CO.
lumbar Exposition in crucitiX In possess
sion CT Mrs. Hefferman OF Durango, Colo.
1t is said that the crucifX was once the
property Of Columbus, and was worn by
him on one of his voyages, and left by him
in Cuba. The cross is about twenty inches
long, made of some foreign wood, and elab-
Crately carved. The figure of the Savior is
of ivory. about eight inches long, and is a
piece of beautiful and realistic carving. Its
appearance shows 1t to be of great age.
Mrs. Hefferman, who prizes 1t very highly,
has offered to loan it to the Expos ton, and
also an old manuscript setting forth its his
tory. 1t is thought by some that it came
from one of the ancient Franciscan mis-
sions in California, but its history will
doubtless be definitely traced and the QueS-
ton of its identity established.
Right Rev. Mgr. Hassan, Nice-President
of the Irish College, Rome, died at Naza-
reth House, Hammersmitn. London. on
May goth.
The sum of $4,000 has been subscribed
IuI Tue eIccIOu Vi cHulCh III west IoiHl,
n. Y, and full plans and specifications of
the proposed building have been received.
1t is to be an editce that will be credit to
the Catholics of West Point.
The Catholics IF PorterVille, this State,
have in contemplation the erection this
summer of a brick house of worship, to cost
about 5000.
Archbishop Ryan will deliver the Grafton
at the unwilling of the statue of Arch bishop
Hughes in New York next month
Bishop Hedley of the English di Geese of
Newport and Minevia, TO whom the holy
father intrusted the duty of tranSla ting into
English his recently issued ency clical on
the social problem. Is learned member of
the Benedlctine order. who was consecrated
Bishop of CaSaropolis, in partihus, in 1873,
and succeeded Bishop Brown IN his present
position eight years later.
The Hebrew Faith.