The morning call., 1893-12-24
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Items of Interest to Members of Manv
Denominations.

There are now %, 800 societies of Chris.
tian Endeavor in the world. Nearly 1000
new societies have been reported since the
Montreal international convention.
Rev. Francis A Hort d, D. D., of Union
Congregational church. Providence. for
merry of Oakland. is preaching series of
expositOry sermons on Home, Sweet
Home"
Rev. George l.. Spinning. ID, once of
the Howard street Church of this city,
and late pastor of the Phillips Memorial
Church of New York, has been called to
the church OF South Orange. n. j.
DR.. j. G. Patton, the veteran missionary
to the New Hebrides. had au enthusiastic
and kindly reception in Edit burgh re-
Gently. lie addressed three crowded gath
erings in the Free Assembly Hall.
Rev. j. j. Sullivan of St. Joseph's
Church, Alameda, Will commence in the
spring to build new church editice, the
present building being altogether too
small for his growing congregation.
The Occdent says that the largest con-
tributiOn per member to the cause of for
elgn missions last year among churches of
San Francisco was made by The Chinese
Presoy terian church-S2 20 per member.
Baltimore. Boston, Washington, Sara
toga and Denver are all striving 10 secure
vention of 1896. The convention goes to
Cleveland next year, and comes to this
city in 1895.
The Pres bylerian Church at Blue Lakes
IS happy III the possession of new bell
weighing $50 pounds, purchased by the
Society of Christian EndeavOr. For six
months tney have been working and saw
ing for this object.
Rev. Mahlon Wilett, DID,, formerly
pastor of the Congregational church at
Santa Cruz. and recently of Spokane, has
accepted n unanimous call to the Pilgrim
Congregational Church of Oakland, aFd
has begun his WORK there. ~
An imperial ukase has been issued ri W
ing the Jews in Russian Poland permits
sion TO settle down In villages belopginc
to the landed aristOcracy, provided that in
such cases the noElemen guarantees the
good conduct Of their tenants.
The Jewish population of Palestine has
been STEADILY increasing in recent years
DR.. Dalman OF LelDslc, most reliable au-
thoTltv, on the basis of The latest sources.
among them also Jewish works published
In Jerusalem, reports the Jewish cnntin-
gent in tue land of their fathers as 41,17.
The prudential committee of The Amerl-
can Board has voted to recommend to Sec
rotary Gresham that he accept the sum
which Spain offers in settlement of the ac-
ton of the Spanish troops Ia destroying
the mission property of the board at P0-
napl, Caroline Islands, four years ago.
This sum c0yerS amply the actual value OF
the property destroyed, but nothing more.
Deacon William Brown of New Hamp-
shire began the work of distributing bibles
in 1919. and kept it up till his death, this
year. at the age Of rs. During that time
no fewer than 10000 copies of the Scrip
lures were given out by him, and, despite
his age, in the two years preceding his
death he canvassed 239 towns and visited
over $4,000 families.
Women physicians employed by the
leading missionary societies in foreign
lands have done noble service in propagat-
ing Christianity. They are now regarded
as among the foremost Christian agencies
in heather countries. 1t is therefore most
significant; that Judge Terrell, United
States Minister in Turkey. has secured the
recognition of women physicians in that
empire as legitimate practitioners.