The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-06
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.

Bishop TAYLOR, writing to the Mission
arv Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, says that "Afri ca demands the
very highest order of mi ssionaries. with
high ministerial qualific atlons. to lay the
broad foundations OF the Church."
Passed mechanics and engineers. apt to
teach an d allie to develop the grand re-
s ources of the people anu country. Times
ave decidedly changed Tor the better.
Not many years ago the principal quail
ications for a minister IF oman African
standpoint was that he should be well fed
and willing to offer himself a living sac
rlfice on an altar whose leading ornament
was a large iron pot ready to receive its
victim.
At the rooms of the Architectural
bronze bust of John Boyle O'Reilly, soon
to be placed in the Catholic University at
Washington.
In March a consistory will be held at
Rome by direction of Pope Leo for the
purpose of filing the existing vacancies
in the College Of Cardinals.
A recent letter from the Eternal City
| states that Cardinal L~edochowski has
been appointed Project of the Copgrega-
| ton de Propaganda Eide, to succeed
Cardinal Simeoni. recently deceased.
A "pagan'' was originally the lnhabi-
tant of a pagus, or village, a countryman.
says III exchange. IL came 10 mean
"heathen" because it was chiefly In the
country, outside the town, that the wor-
| shippers OF the old national gods were
allowed to continue. A "heatnen" was
originally a person living on the heath.
For a long time the Catholic Church
has been mitigating the severity of her
rule in favor OF the Odd Fellows. III
England, for a long time, Odd Fellows
have been admitted to the sacraments.
III 1888, the occasion OF the meeting OF
| American Bishops ln Rome to prepare the
schemata for the Baltimore Council, Leo
XIII. lifted the ban of communication
from the order. In st. Louis last mouth
the Archbishops decided that the Odd
Fellows might be admitted to the sacra-
ments IN this country, says the Western
Waterman. Uuder a decree of the last
Baltimore Council they were made a tri-
bnnal for the decision of all questions
affecting societies..
There are three Photographic messages
from the late Cardinal Mrnning on the
way here to Cardinal Gibbons. to whom
the deceased was very much attached.
The campaign of the Salvation Army in
| Paris is becoming continually more ag-
gressive. The followers of the MARE
chalet have recently taken it into their
heads to organize PROFESSIONS along the
| great b~oulevards on Sunday afternoons,
aud yesterday there was quite Il scene be-
tween the Opera and the Rue Drouot.
The French papers are beginning to ask
how it is that, while Catholic professions
are forbidden in Paris, the police allow
the "Armee du Salut" to parade its red
jerseys, poke bonuets and rough music In
the streets.
Allow me to add my tribute to the efficacy
Of Eiy's Cream Balm. was suffering from a
severe attack of influenza and cat arrh and was
induced to try your remedy. The result was
marvellous. could hardly articu late, and in less.
than twenty-four hours the catarrhal symptoms
and my hoarseness disappeared and I was able
to sing a heavy role in the Grand Opera with
voice unimpaired- | strongly recommend it to