The morning call., 1891-10-24
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Items of General Interest About
the Several Denominations.

The only Congregational Church in Ne
vada is at Reno, and is in course of con-
struction. 1t is ts be fine brick building,
to cost $4,000 when finished. Its corner
stone. recently laid, was given by Governor
ColcOrd.
A vested choir of women will shortly be
Installed in the church of st. John the
Evangelist in this city.
Bishop Nichols has returned from his an
nual sea trip to Eureka, where he visited
the lumbermen in Humboldt County.
TIE Pacific Coast Unitarian Conference
is to meet in Los Angeles the last of this
month. The beautiful building of the
Church of the Unity, in that city, having
recently been destroyed by fire the confer
ence will meet in a public hall.
The first Christian Endeavor Society in
the United States Army has been organized
among the soldiers of Jefferson Barracks,
near ST. Louis, and has proved itself as we'll
adapted to tue needs of the soldiers as to
young men in other walks OF life.
The Salvation Army holds $4,000 meetings
every week in different parts of the world.
1t is said that the experiment of the tele-
phonic church service has proven so success
ful at Birmingham, England, that it is now
proposed to develop the idea by connecting
the hospitals of the locality of ChriSt's
Church, the center Of the experiment.
The Board Of Missions of the Presbyte-
rian Church South has recently sent out
tweuty-four missionaries, seventeen of them
going out Tor the first tiTle. There are three
others also under appointment. Five 90 to
japan, nine to China, two to the Congo,
eight to Brazil. The receipts of the board
for the first quarter of the year show an in
crease of S95p9
Dr.. Newman Hall. the noted English Con-
gregatiOnalSt divine, is 70 years old. The
famous tract, Come to Jesus, of which lie
is the author, has had a greater sale than
almost any other rel gious work, excepting
the Bible. Several million copies of it have
been printed, and it has been translated
into more than thirty languages
Mr.. Albert Pike StoCkwell Of Aurora, H.,
r graduate OF Knox College and the Y. NJ
c. A. Training g-schOol at Springfield, sails
fOr Melbourne, Australia, next week, to take
charge for three years of the physical de-
partment Of the \. NJ. c. a. in that city.
The citizens there have Just completed a
building four stories high Of stone, costing
S225, 600, nearly all paid for, and are branch
Ing cut into new lines OF work.
Catholic Notes.
Up in the mountains about thirty miles
from Chihuahua, Mexico, is au old Catholic
mission. The church IS said to be one of
the Oldest on the continent, having been
built just after the subiugation OF the Az
tees. This church is away from the usual
nauuts of white men. and all the members
are Indians. The priest, Father La Lumere,
an old, white-hairei Frenchman, has had
charge of the parish for more than half a
century. In the church is statue Of the
Virgin Mary, a foot high, of pure gold.
worth fully $4,000. The church is closely
guarded by the Indians, but an enterprising
American artist recently forced his way IN
and saw the treasure. II was made from
tile ornaments and idols Of the old AZtecs.
Rev. Father Christian Of Switzerland, the
General Of the Capuchin Order, and the
Provincial General of the order in this
country, are on a visit 10 the Pacific Coast,
the latter to visit bis two brothers, who re-
side in the northern part of California.
The main building OF the ST. AlOysiuS Or
phan Asylum on Reading road, five miles
north of Cincinnati, Ohio, was burned few
days ago. One hundred and ninety-two
children, who were in the building at the
time, were saved. Three men were in
jured while fighting the fire.
Archbishop JaBsens of New Orleans has
provided tue deaf-muteS Of that city with a
chaplain, who has been giving Sigu sermons
of late at the Cathedral.
Rev. Father Thomas Z. McMahon, who
died at Toronto on the 9TH Of August, has
left real estate valued at $1,000 and person.
atty S21.711 His executors are Archbishop
Walsh and NJ. W. Mills of Toronto. Nearly
all the personally is in cash in bank. Ann
hold effects and what cash is in the Domin-
ion Bank, and the rest is divided as follows:
House Of Good Shepherd, $4,000; House of
Providence, 5000; General Hospital, $4,000;
Home for IncurAblpS, $1,000; ST. Vincent de
Paul Society, S2500; masses for the reDose
Of the soul Of the testator, $500. The sunny
side Orphanags gets the Ruth street prop
erty.
The venerable Father Dominic Duranquet.
S. J., now in his eightieth year has just
completed very successful mission gwen
to the OiIbway Indians of kilIganbisiug,
Canada.
st. Mary's Church, Cincinnati, the oldest
Catholic building in that city, is being thor
oughly renovated.
new Catholic parish will soon be or
ganized in ST. Louis, Mo. The western por-
tion Of the city has been built I'D 50 rapidly
that church accommodations have been very
poor west of Grand avenue. Archbishop
Kenrick has just granted permission to Rev.
J. T. Tuohy to build a new church in that
portion Of the city