Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-22
RELIGIOUS.

The Protestant Episcopal missionary
council will be held in Chicago OCTOBER ~
TO 25.
Twelve hundred new Christian Endeavor
societies have been organized since the con-
~vention last July.
A firm in Palestine IS engaged in supply
ing water from the river JORDAN TO churches.
1t is put up in sealed bottles and sold by the
case.
New York and Pennsylvania Lutherans
will celebrate the 4lOth anniversary OF Inc
birth of Martin Luther. The celebration
occurs November 10.
On Maui, one of the Hawaiian islands,
there is a Christian Endcavor society with
about twenty-five active members. some OF
them are obliged to travel seven miles to the
meeting, but the attendance Is excellent.
The bible has been translated into 1877 of
the leading Ian guages which are spoken oy
about 600, 600, 900 people. Added to these
figures those of the minor tongues 1t is a
fair estimate that the bible Is now aces
sible to fully 900, OOO, 900 souls.
Umbrella stealing is said to be OF frequent
| occurrence in St. Paul's cathedral in London.
IL has actually been found necessary to post
up a notice warning people against umbrella
thieves, and The presence OF n detective In
the cathedral has been found desirable.
Most Rev. William ]. Walsh, DID, arch
bishop of Dublin, who was present al the
celebration of the silver jubilee OF Cardinal
Gibbons last week, is one OF the most learned
ecclesiastics in the Irish church. AS n
learned musician he is also noted.
The editor of a southern religious paper
recently copied an article from another re-
ligious paper, and then remarked: III we
were a calf we would say Bah in reply to
this.n On the following week the other edi-
tor remarked: "Our good brothers. reply to
our article was Bah the reader can draw
his own conclusion"
The year book Of the.Young Mems Chris
tian associations of North America Tor 1873
has been issued. The number OF associations Is
now 1,439, with an aggregate membership or
245. 500. These associations own buildings
valued at Sl2, 59l, 900. Their total net prop
erty is valued at Sl4, POS ,O43-more than
81, SOC, 900 more than the year before.
In Protestant Episcopal circles there is
much discussion Of tine remarkable sermon
preached by Bishop Vhipple at the consecra-
ton of Bishop LawreRce Of Massachusetts
II was an eloquent sHea for church unity,
and the main thought set forth. was that the
church must make her appeal to men In her
Masters spirit of loving sympathy, OF pity,
tenderness, ~helpfulness, charity, must study
To know men as they are in daily life and
then into human lives by the door OF the
human heart.
The angelus, or bell rung about D o'clock In
the Catholic churches of this country, is Q
survival of the curfew bell. In many parts
of Europe il is known as the prayer bell
Pope John XIII, about l4lO, fearing deposi
ton at the hands of his people, among whom
he was unpopular, ordered all Christian peo
pie to repeat three AYES when the curfev
rang TO avert the misfortune. He was after
wards deposed, but the custum contin ued
The monday bell was hrst instituted b.
Pope Calixtus Ill, about l455, at a tint
when the contemporaneous invasions of Eu
rope by the Turks and the appearance OF
great comet seemed TO threaten the who'll
Christian world with determination.