The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-25
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.

Of the Various Religious BslieFs-Spur-
geon May Go to Australia.
Archbishop Janssens Of New Orleans
has provided his deaf mutes with
chaplain who has been giving sign
sermons every Sunday at his cathedral.
The Rev. john Frawley. c. SIS. r.. rec
tor OF the Church of Perpetual Help,
Boston, has been named by the Holy See
Is coadjutor 20 Blshop Wadhams OF Og-
denpurg, n. r. He has asked for a reyo-
cation 81 this order. bur as yet no reply
has been received from Rome.
The latest adyices are that Mr.. Spur
Qeou will seek to recruit his strength by
the help OF the sea air at Foikestone, and
he proposes Afterward. II hts vitality is
sufficient for tine voyage, to go to Austria
LA, the climate OF which is expected TO
prove of great benefit TO hirl. He has is
sued letter of thanks for the general
sympathy expressed for him In his Illness
He concludes as foliows:--.t1o my dear
and sorrowing wife the kind words from
all quarters were, BY Gods blessing. an
unutterable consolation. / was too i'll to
know much about the matter, but NOW
that am recovering the reading of these
generous expressions nils my eyes with
tears, my mind with establishment, my
heart with gratitude" The announce
meut Is made thar the Rev. A. 7. Piersen
is TO supply Mr.. Spurgeon's pulpit tor
three months
The Lutheran Church is the most pc iy-
gIot Of any In character, speaking most
OF the civilized tongues IN the world
Even in America this popularity Is evil
dent As an Illustration Of this, at the
opening exercises of the recently estsb-
lished Lutheran TheUIoy ieaI Seminary at
Chicago, the audience represented nine
Lutheran languages. five General Coun-
Gil Svnods, and the alumni CT the Phila-
delphia and Rock Island semfnaries. DIR.
sVeidner presented ssAn Outline of the
Course and Methods OF Study" as the
ideal up to which the seminary proposed
eighteen departments, six OF which We uld
constitute a normal years. WORK The
student may pursue as many studies as
he can successfully undertake, each being
completed IN a single year. When he
has graduated ia all the student is en-
titled to diploma
There was considerable feeling behind
the proposition introduced in q Greek
| Synod in Rnthenia that the Greek Church
should worship several Roman Catholic
/ saints including Ignatius, Of loyola, but
/ the vote was against It.
rhe gift of the laity of his diocese to
! Archbishop Kenrich OF st. Louis on the
| occasion Of tue celebration OF the golden
jubilee Of his elevation to the Eniscopacy
will De new archiepiscopai residence
! witch will cost $50, 900
A Congo native, who has been taug hI
TO read and write, has just sent letter
| his first to the Archbishop OF Canterbury,
| says the Catholic Home. 1t reads as fol
| lows:--"G Great and good chief OF the tribe
! OF Christ greeting: The humblest OF your
! servants kisses the him of your garments
and begs you to send to your fellow ser
wants more gospel and less rum. In the
| bonds of Christ. Ugaila.'
| The Rev. Heber Evans. D. d., recently
stated that Welsh people have erected 500
chapels in America, but not a single
| Welsh Episcopalian Church.
/ A Hebrew manuscript just sold in New
| York contains the PentaIeuch written by
| Jews in China, where the race and its
4 religion are believed to have disappeared.
1t is roll of al feet 5 inches long aud 2
feet inches white.
The Philadelphia Record says that 500
clergymen are liable to be summoned be-
fore the Board OF Health TO show cause
why they failed to report the registration
| of nearly 1900 marriages celebrated in
the last twelve months.
General Booth, the Salvation Army
leader is an angular and rather loose
| jointed man, with piercing black eyes
and face that indicates great earnest
| ness and force OF character.