The morning call., 1891-09-28
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Notes of Interest About the Sew
eral Denominations.

General Booth of the Salvation Army pro-
| poses TO buy land in the western part OF the
| United States to found colony similar to
that which he has established in England.
J. w. 'Munson, an eccentric old philan-
thropist who died recently at Honolulu and
was buried by the Salvation Army there,
leaves $50, 900 to the army at Seattle.
The Rev. R. E. Bisbee has accepted the
| Presidency of Spokane College (Methodist),
| Washington, and effected a consolidation
with other institutions Of the place, FORM
! ing the Spokane University, of which he will
probably be elected the first President. The
| new institution will start off with lands and
! endowments the present value OF which IS
$780, goo, with a prospective value much
| greater.
There are three mission steamers on the
upper Congo which convey preachers and
teachers to the various stations on the river
and its branches and carry supplies when
needed.
The Rev DR.. THAN Davidson of London
remarked in his pulpit the other day that
! the miscellaneous character Of the popula-
| ton of that city is almost as marvellous as
| its stupendOus number. Not creed OF
religion or superstition on the EARTH he
exclaimed, that has not Its representatives
| here. Mere Roman Catholics than in Rome,
| more Jews than in Palestine, more freshmen
than in Dublin, more Scotchmen than In
| Edinburgh, and it is sald-although that
| cannot be pUssible-mOre roguec than IN
! AmericaP
A Chinese cook in California recently gave
| 500 to his pastor, saying: Il wish you TO
send this money to some missionary, no
matter of what church. who will use 1t to
| the best advantage. either TO help employ
some native preacher of the Gospel IN my
native district, or, If there is no preacher
available, TO help train one; or else use 1t IN
the erection of church buildings as he may
think best and l pray GOD to make II the
means Of doing much good"
Dr. Richard S. Storrs of Brooklyn re-
Gently celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday.
DR.. Storr has been the pastor OF the Church
! Of the Pilgrims for almost tOrty-nve years.
There are in Tochigi Province, Japan,
! where most of the work lies, nominaily
about 400 Christians, Of whom about 100 be-
| long to the Baptist churches, OF one Chris
tan to 1900 Of the population Of the prov
! iuce.
A friend in the diocese of Maine offered
recently to give $4,000 toward the compile
ton of the Episcopate Fund, If $500 more
is raised for il by the com, letiUn Of Bishop
| Neeiy'S twenty-fflh year as Bishop. in Feb
| ruary next. The standing committee has
issued an appeal to the diocese.
Catholic Notes.
ST. Joseph, No, is to have a new Bishop
early in December.
Cardinal Manning has been nominated by
the American Temperance Society to act as
Chairman of an auxiliary British commit
tee for the International Congress of 1898.
Bishop Marty of South Dakota proposes
to found a total abstinence society in each
parish of his diocese.
Cardinal Lavigerie has decided that for
the future all Belgian candidates who join
! his Society for African Missions shall be
| optnInVal in thA districts Of the BelpiaO
| Congo. lie has had happiness rarely
| enough enjoyed by missionaries in Islam.
Five Mohammedans from an oasis of the
| South arrived in Algiers with their sheiks
to ask for baptism at the hands OF the
| Cardinal ArchOi shop. They are stated TO
be men of education and Of considerable au-
| th0Tity.
Some Christian brothers of Port-Said,
France, consider that they have been saved
| from death by miracle. a schOol-hOuse
recently built by them, owing 10 some fault
in the construction, suddenly gave way
and they would inevitably have been
| crushed beneath the ruins had not tie
| brother sacristan, through mis- aking the
time, summoned them to benedctiOn in the
| church half an hour earlier than usual.
For them the good brothers mistake was
| mereiful Intervention OF Providence.
| Most Rev. DR.. OCallaghan, Bishop Of
Cork, Ireland, has presented to st. Vim
cent de Paul Society of Cork check for a
| very large sum OIL money! the S'II OIL a
| gentleman who happened to find out that
the society was In debt. The check covered
| the entire balance against the society,
amounting to 800 or &j0O.
A new cemetery is contemplated by the
| Catholics of Denver, Colo, on ground be-
! queathed to them by the late Bishop Marche-
beuf. The bequest includes 400 acres of
fine land about eight miles from the city.
Joseph E. Butler and Lewis Worthiagton,
two Protestant gentlemen OF Cincinnati,
have purchased the United States Marine
| Hospital, at a cost OF $1,000 and presented
| it to The Sisters of Charity of that city, the
only conditions of the conveyance being
that the institution shall be open to the sick
| poor without distinction OF religion OF Ian
euage or birthplace, and that preference lie
| given to women and children. The build
Ing originally cost the Government $500, 900.
The Hebrew Faith.
At the cost of Baron Edmond de Roths-
child, NJ. Dissengoff, a mechanic of the
Polytechnic in Paris, has gone out to Pales-
tine. He will establish a glass factory in
the Rishop lie Zion Colony, and the prepara-
tory works for its erection have already
commenced. A Jewish delegate from Blaly-
stock, Russia, has also arrived in Palestine
In order to open a leather factory In town
best suited for such purpose.
Rabbi Kaufman Kohler Of New York Is
at present a central figure in Jewish jour-
naiism. His eloquent plea for a restoration
of the old-time Jewish Sabbath has aroused
the entire press for or against him.
Between fifty and sixty members of the
Congregation Tiferes Israel gathered at 1895
Folsom street last Sunday and discussed the
condition of their unfortunate brethren in
Russia at great length. A large sum of
money wos subscribed toward General
Fund now being raised 10 all parts of the
| country.
According to latest reports there are
| 1920, 600 Israelites in Russia.