Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-19
CHURCH NoIEs.

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archbishop Riordan.
Father I. Murphy has been electe
9 sIccessor to Father Newell as Pric
of the Dominican Monastery
Benicia.
The ladies' fair in aid OF -
Teresa's new church, POtrer", wi
commence October 1st in the base
ment of the new edifice.
Rev. Father G. O'Connell, $. J. .
.-auta Clara College, left last Mon
day for the East, owing TO his fail
inr health. He intends to locate il
Nebraska.
Kev. DR.. j. o. Peck was calle'
upon recently to dedicate new
Methodist church church ut Eas
Portland, Or. He insisted that thu
debt on the building should 3e paic
or before dedication, and it wa'
done. The amount raised 0a'
$500.
The new Methodist Chapel al
santa Cruz was dedicatad by Bishop
Warren. II will seat $50 persons
AID cost, Including the lot, 5000
Rev. f.. c. McCreary IL the pastor.
Rev. w. i. Harper, a director IN
tie Board Of Baptist State Missions
for Washington, has received Il call
from the First Baptist church OF
rAc1nla to become It's pastor and
will accept.
Rev. DR.. Stewart. who has been
associate pnstor with Rev. Dr.. Me
Kenzle in the First Presbyterian
church of San Francisco for TIVE
years past, has resigned. AT a part.
ing reception given to DIR. aud Mrs.
Stewart the ladies presented bin
with fine portrait of his wife, and
MIS-. Stewart With one of her hus-
band.
Rev. DR.. Duryea, formerly OF
Brooklyn, n. Y, brt more recently
of Omaha, has been invited to
preach as candidate In the First
Con ngregational church of San Fran
cisco. Little doubt is expressed
that he will be invited to the pastor
ale and will accept.
Tie members of the Park street
Methodist church, Alameda, have
voted unanimously their desire To
retain their present pastor, Rev.
John Kirby, another year, and it is
expected that he will be returned to
them by the conference now con-
vened a. Pacific Grove.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church, Berkeley, Of which Rev.
Mr.. Woodward is pastor, has done
grandly during the past year The
fine main auditorium of the church
is nearly finished, aud will be ready
for dedication in two weeks.
The new Van Ness avenue Metho-
dist church, San Francisco, is pros
pering finely. Last Sunday the
Boys Brigade officers were muster
ed in, ten additions were received TO
the church and seven To the Sunday |
school.
Last Sunday twenty seven new
members were received by the pas
tor, Rev. DR.. Case, into the Central
Methodist church, San Francisco,
making a total membership Of 543,
exclusive of probationers. There
haye been about fifty accessions to
the church from the Sunday school
during the past year.
The Presbyterian church at Bcrke-
ley has taken on new life and
courage since the arrival of the new
pnstor, Rev. DIR. Ketchum, in June
last, The congregations have so
increased that extra seats have to
be brought in. Thirty members
were admitted last Sunday.
The new gallery in the Brooklyn
Presbyterian church, East Oakland,
viii be occupied for the first lime
Ioday-tbe sixth anniversary Of
Rev. DIR. Chapman's pastorate.
This evening the First church will
unite with them In reopeniug and
service. Rev DR., Coyle
will preach.
Rev. +. u. Liljegren, who was
susl ended from the exercise of his
ministry in tue Swedish Methodist
Church of Oakland after eXamina-
tion upon charges ofa serious nature
brought by three of his ministerial
brethren, was tried at the conference
at Pacific Grove last week and ac-
quilted, greatly to the surprise OF
many acquainted with the facts,
Very large audiences attended the
dedication OF the new and beautiful
Unitarian church in Oakland last
Sunday, The sermon by Rev. Mr.,
Savage Of Boston was greatly al
mirod for It's eloquence, but was ob.
jectod to 10y some Of the more con-
servaiive members as completely
agnostic.
At the recent meeting Of the
Woman's Mission Board of the
Pacific In the First Congregational
church, San francisco, Mrs Gullck,
a missionary from Spain, made a
special plea for young ladies to go
out To missions to teach the gospel.