The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-28
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Items of Interest to Members of
Many Denominations.

Items of Interest to Members of
Many Denominations.
Collections in churches for the payment
of debts are not uncommon, but contribu-
tons of this kind in one church to pay
the debt of another church are less fire.
queut. This is what was done in the
North Avenue Congregational Church of
Cambridge. Mass. where $500 was given
to assist the Wood Memorial Church Of
the same city o pay off its debt.
The Jews OF Italy. as might have been
expected from so generous a community,
have DISTINGUISHED themselves by the lib
erality of their gifts for philanthropic pur-
poses in COMMUNICATION of the silver we'd
ding of the King and Queen of Italy.
Rabbi Jacob Nieto. from England, Off
clated at the Sheriff Israel Synagogue, lin
this city, during the Shevuoth holidays.
His sermons were interesting and made a
good impression on the congregation. He
was born in 1868, was educated in the
Jewish College. London, ana held the posi-
ton of rabbi in Sheffield, England, for
three years.
The Bible has been translated into 1877
OF the leading languages, which are spoken
by about 600,000,000 people. Adding to
| these figures those of the minor tongues,
it is fir estimate that the Bible is now
| accessible to fully 1000 000, 600 souls, fully
two-thirds of all mankind
The PauliSt Fathers advise their par
ishionerS to omit 'set pieces" of flowers at
funerals.
The coming International convention of
the Christian Endeavor at Montreal opens
| Wednesday night July 3, and closes Sun
day night, July 9. The meetings are to be
held in two auditoriums, each seating be-
tween 5000 and 5000. Simultaneous pro-
grammes have been arranged for the meet
ings.
$4,000 site on Fourteenth street, near
Sixth avenue. New York City. where they
expect to erect a four-s tory building, which
shall be headquarters for the army in the
United States.
Pilgrims still arrive lE Rome to con-
graduate the Holy Father on his recent
jubilee, and last week his Holiness gave
audience to number of pilgrims from
Belgium. to which country he was sent as
Gregory XVI.
In the Pres byterian General AssenhhW
now in session in Washington, d. c., taevy
DR.. Poor said last Monday that in the asst
SIX years the Presbyterian deDominat alton
has been compelled to draw on oth9r de-
nominations for $50 ministers IL do its
work.
The Catholic authors exhibit at the
Worlds Fair promises to be quite success
full, and the aim of the management is to
secure a copy of every work written in the
English language by a Catholic resident
in any part of the world.
The distinetively Jewish exhibits at the
Worlds Fair are the products of the handi-
craft of the Alliance 1sraelite schools. So
| says an Eastern contemporary, which de-
clares that no visitor should miss either.
Rev. John E. Stuchell has accepted the
call 10 the pastoral charge OF the Presby-
terrain church of Gilroy. He will start at
once from Chicago, where ne has just COM
! pleted his theological course.
This year is the semi-centennial of the
founding of three religious orders Of
women in the United States. viz: The
Sisters of the Holy Cross, the Sisters Of
Mercy and the Sisters of the Good SheL-
herd. Two originated in France, the third
in Ireland.
One hundred and forty-three religious
/ den ominations are sheltered under the
American flag.
The institution of Arbor day, while new
! in this country, was observed bv the Jews
of cid, who called it the New Year of the
Trees" a beautiful and suggestive namt
| indeed.
The new Congregational Church as
| Reno has been dedicated. The building is
>of brick, with a seating capacity of 500. Z.
| is two stories high. the basement being
| gatherings and the upper story for church
! services.
Of the nine Catholic prelates deprived
last year Of their stipends in consequence
of their av0wals of hostility to the repub-
lie, all except one have been restored 10
all their rights and privileges under the
| French Government. The one prelate eX-
copied IS Arch bishop Gouthe-Soulard Of
AK, who was tried and fined.