The morning call., 1891-07-17
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Notes of Interest About the Sew
eral Denominations.

Non-acoholic wine was used at the sacra-
ment in connection with the late Congre-
gational Union of England and Wales, at
City Temple. London.
The great composer of classical chu reh
music, Palestrina, Will receive monu-
mental statue in his native town, Palestrina,
near Rome, on the three hundredth ami
yersary OF his birth. February 2, 1894.
Rev. DIR. Lansing Burrows d. D., pastor
of the First Church, Augusta, was recently
elected Secretary of the newly created Sun
day School Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, but his people made such an
energetic protest that DIR. Burrows declined
the new work.
DR.. d. G. Kelley has accepted the Pres-
dency of the Pacific Methodist College, on
condition that the Board of Trustees raise
an endowment fund of 100000 DIR. Kelley
knows that no cal!ege can be operated sue
eessfully without an endowment.
Somebody once asked Phillips Brooks for
a history of his life, says a Boston letter.
The Clergyman replied: Certainly, but |
suppose you mean by that the history of
my church; there is nothing much to tell
about me you will find the church very in
teresting." Yet, in spite of his modpsty.
the world has found Dr. Brooks also yery
Interesting. He was just 50 years of age
December 18th last. and has been twenty
years pastor at eTrinity. His salary, be-
lieve, Is $4,000, but of that good amount
goes 10 charity, for a more generous man
does not breathe. | recall one illustrative
Incident y worthy business man of Bos-
tor, thinking he ought to aid somewhat
struggling Episcopal Church in the village
where he WAS born, told the needs of The
church to Trinity's pastor, and declared:
Now, DR.. Brooks. am going to give that
society just as much as you do toward the
extinction of the debt"
What is the debt?" inquired DR.. Brooks.
'One thousand dollars" was the reply.
Very we'll, l will give $500" And he did.
General Booth of the Salvation Army was
not crippled by Mr.. Huxley's attacks upon
him personally and upon his plan for the
reformation of " Darkest England" Since
January 31st last when he announced the
receipt of the 100000 necessary for the
beginning OF the proposed work, he has
made most encouraging commencement
Several food and shelter depots AID odging-
houses, as well as a home for discharged
female prisoners, have already been estab-
iished. One hundred and twenty men
are employed in workshops in Old street;
about the same number of married men
with dependent families are employed in
another factory, 200 men are at work in
Hamburg street. for whom new shelter in
Shoreditch has been provided. These men
are ali paid daily and are at liberty TO leave
Their present places whenever they can do
better. A large and eligiDly located build
ing is about to be secured Tor the " salvage"
part of General Booths scheme. What are
designated as the "slum posts of the army
are now being widely extended in order to
reach etfectually what has become known
as the " submerged TENTH"
DIR. ThwIDg. formerly of Minneapolis and
now President OF the Western Reserve Col
lege, Cleveland, recently published the state
nient, as the result of his own investigations,
that religious faith was gaining among COL
inpe students all this Dtrxy
at Dartmouth and the University of Wis
eonsin. a Milwaukee paper takes DR..
Thwing to task for his statement concern
ing the Madison College
The Illinois State Sunday-school Conven-
ton meeting at Danville, representing 700,-
GOO scholars and teachers, has unanimously
protested against opening the Worlds Fair
on the Sabbath