The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-10
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.

Shall the Chicago Fair be Open on SIM
day?-PhiiIips Brooks photographs.
The New York Classics of the Dutch Re-
formed Church mas unanimously resolved
against opening the museums and libra
ries on Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Henry II. Rhees, mis-
sionaries to Japan. who have been living
in Mount Holly over year, started this
week with their two adopted Japanese
children for Japan. They never expect
to visit this country again.
The Mount Holly Y M. c. A. have Sc
cured plans for new building, which
win contain two stores, a large lecture
room, library, reading room, secretary's
office, gymnasium, dressing and toilet
rooms.
Army Is giving successful "parlor talks"
TO the society women of New York.
Missouri belieyestp the equality of the
sexes in matters of religion, ut least. Mrs.
Mary f. Miller, Miss Carrie Carter and
Miss Alice Smith have been ordained
ruling elders of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church in Stoddard county.
The largest plate collection ever taken
up at one time in any one Of che churches
at Plainfield was that received at the
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church on
sunday. The pastor. the Rev. w K.
Richards, announced from the pulpit that
because of additions to Hope Chapel and
other mission buildings, the church had
incurred debt of about $17 600 The at
tendance was small, but the total amount
laid on the plate in cash and checks was
81, SOB 10.
St. Johns Episcopal Church at Eliza
beth has decided TO permit no more bur-
ials in the church cemetery.
The Rev. X Turner tells the ministers
of Philadelphia that they are all wrong If
they believe the Garden of Eden was To-
Gated in India, Armenia or at the North
Pole. He finds 1t in the Mesopotamia
Valley. east of Palestine, but has been too
busy TO point out the exact spot.
Archbishop Corrigan of New York is in
receipt OF a voice message from Cardinal
Manning of London, which was recorded
by the photograph, the cylinders of
which were forwarded by steamer aud
reproduced on the instru ment in the
Arch bishops library. A reply message
will be sent by the same means.
Bishop Keane, rector of the Catholic
University. Mt Washington, says that
steps will be taken at once toward the
establishment of a school OF philosophy.
for which 100000 was received recently
from Father McMahon of New York.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks of Boston
will not permit the sale of any picture of
himself. One day some of the young
ladies' of his church besought him TO al
low them to place his photographs on
sale at a church fair. The young ladies
assured him they could make as much as
$50 by the enterprise. Very well" SAID
the preacher, as he seated himself at his
desk, II can save myself annoyance and
you much trouble In this way" and he
handed over che K for $50.
The Independent has obtained the
views OF nlnety-seven Roman Catholic
and Protestant arch bishops aud bishops
as to the question of opening or closing
the coming Chicago Fair on Sunday. The
cnnvass shows that an overwhelming ma
iority of the Protestant prelates are
strongly opposed to the Sunday opening,
and that of the twenty-five Roman eccle-
siastics fourteen wonld only admit the
public during he afternoon at best Two
only out of twenty five bishops or the
Episcopal Church declare themselves for
Sunday afternoon opening. The Metho-
dist bishops, white and colored, with a
sfnple exception, aud he colored. are for
closing the exhibition altogether on that
day The remainder, representing the
Moravians and the Evangelical Assocsa-
tiou, are ali against Sunday operlng