The morning call., 1892-10-02
TIE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Items Of Live Interest 10 Members Of Many
Denominations.

C. S. Mason, evangelist, and Raymond
Chandler. singer. commence meetings at
Vaeavile to-day.
The Congregational church at Sequel has
done good work during the past year, both
financially and spiritually.
DIR. Clarence Thwing, Md. graduate Of
New York University and two years medi-
cal missionary at Sitka, was ordained al
Portland. Or. on the Goth.
The board of directors of the general Bap-
list convention of California will bold their
regular quarterly meeting this week in Sac
ramento in connection with the Central AS
ISOLATION.
The Congregational church at Eureka is
moving tremendously and aggressively for
ward under the able ministry of Rev. Grit
fifth Griffiths. Eighteen entered into fellow
shin at the last communion.
The action of the Archbishop of Canter
bury in approving the opening of museums
and picture-Ralleries on Sunday is bitterly
denounced by English Sabbatarians, some
of whom declare that he Is no Christian.
The annual reports of the churches in the
Baptist Tulare Association are most en-
couraging. They show net increase in
membership of 81 per cent since year ago.
The aggregate membership is now about
900.
Though the venerable DR.. Newman Hall
retired from the ministry recently after a
service Of fifty years, he lately preached
seven sermons within one week-an inter-
esting exhibition of industry for a veteran
of rs years.
Catholics have noticed with considerable
satisfaction that two of the foremost men,
bers of Mr.. Gladstone's new Cabinet are OF
their faith. They are Sir Charles Russell
and the Marquis OF Ripon, Secretary of
State for the colonies.
r<xs. ffnv .,J krnt Gfak
are pushing their Sunday school work with
vigor. Since one year ago their mission
ary, Rev. Loyal l.. Writ, and his assistants
have organized seventy-~ight Sunday
schools In Central and Northern California
alone.
Notre Dame at San Jose, has been called
by the mother superior to the head house
in Belgium, and left on Monday of last
week for Europe, not, however, before re-
ceiving at the hands of the students few
tokens of affection.
A number of the great American univer-
stiles now have Jewish professors, notably
Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and the
new university at Chicago. Referring to
this matter. DIR. Wise says that he believes
that Yale. Princeton, Michigan and the new
Stanford In California have none.
The late Archbishop Smith of Edinburgh
has bequeathed bis splendid library to the
Scots College at Rome, and il was shipped
recently for Italy. The Roman Catholics of
the north regret the loss of the collection.
which was regarded as the finest library of
ecclesiastical literature in Scotland.
The Catholic church in this country Is
not alone DESTROYS OF seeing negro priests at
work among their c0untrymen; Ii also
wishes that Indian clerRymen should la
Dor among tho descendants OF the ab-
origines. and for that season ii has sew
eral Indian students now preparing for the
priesthood In some of the Western semina-
ries.
DR.. Pierson. formerly pastor OF the Beth
any Presbyterian Churcn In Philadelphia.
communicated his decision to accept the
passionate Of the London Metropolitan Tab
ernscle in the following unique and
economical cablegram 10 the Rev. James
Spurgeon: philemon %. Pierson." The
text Ia question was found TO read, But
withal prepare me also lodging; for [
trust that through your prayers shall be
given unto you"
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