The morning call., 1894-07-22
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Items That Interest People of Vari-
Gus Denominations

The Rev. DR.. John T. Beckley of Philadel-
phia Will become pastor of The Baptist Church
OF the Epiphany in New York.
A large number of Polish Roman Catholics In
this country will soon leave their church and
organize as an independent Catholic church,
and Father A f. KaIasZewski OF Michigan,
who has frequently been at odds with his
Bishop, will be the first Bishop of the new
church. He will be consecrated in September
by the Rev. Edward r. Knowles OF Worcester,
Mass. who is now on his way to Alexandria.
Egypt, where he will be consecrated an
Archbishop by Nicholas, the patriarch OF the
Armenian church. Tie career Of Father
Knowles has been an interesting one. He was
reared Baptist, but at 16 he became Roman
Catholic He abandoned that faith Tor a time.
but elnrned TO 1t again. He finally left the
Roman Catholic church and went into the Old
Catholic movement, being ordained an Old
Catholic priest by Archbishop Rene Vilatte,
who himself was cOnsecraled in 1891, in the
Cathedral OF Our Lady Of Good Death, CO.
lombo, Ceylon, by Archbishop Alvarez of Cey-
Ion and Goa. The adherentS of Father kOlas-
zewski say that a majority of the Polish Roman
Catholic congregations in this country will 20
int o the MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Rev. DIR. George X. Morris, pastor OF ST.
PauFs Methodist Episcopal Church, Cincinnati,
has been unanimously elected to the chair of
practical theology in the Boston University.
1t is said that Bishop Paret, Episcopal of
Maryland has received large number of let
tiers from EpiscOpalans thanking him for his
recent charge against extreme ritualists.
The honorary degree OF ID. ID. was conferred
upon the Rev. w. SIrother Jones, rector of ST.
PauPs Church in Fairfield. Conn.,. by Washing
ton and Lee University, Lexington, Va, at its
recent commencement.
Rev. William H. Furness of Philadelphia is
the senior alumnus of Harvard College and of
the Divinity Scnool, bur DIR. William L. Russell
OF Barre, Mass, is the oldest living graduate.
Rev. John Jasper OF Richmond Va, the most
noted of all slave preachers, is now over so
years old and believes as firmly as h. did in
1878, when his famous sermon was preached
that 1.-THE sun Do Move" He recently gave an
outline of that celebrated discourse, which, he
says, was composed in order to set at rest some
doubts which bad arisen III the mind of a young
member OF his flock.
Rev. Prebendary Kinsman, for upward OF
forty years vicar OF Tntagel, on the north coast
OF Cornwall, who died recently at the age of
SO, was one OF the personal friends OF Alfred
Tennyson. He took the bachelors degree at
Trinity College, Cambridge, as far back as
1884, in which year he was also ordained dea-
con, and was admitted into priests orders in
the following year.
Bishop futile Of Missouri, who Is the first
prelate in the world TO join the salvation Army
Is described as man OF strong and independent
convictions.
Rev. j. W. Horsley, an English clergyman
and secretary of the Church Temperance 80
ciety. is appealing to the brewers TO c0ntrloute
money for i mission that the society is carly
ing on.
The senate of Dublin University has agreed
to confer the degree OF LID. upon Lolu ~
Charles Russell OF England. Bishop oteVens Vi
Ohio and Bishop Walker OF Dakota.