The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-04
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Notes of Interest to Members OF
Many Denominations.


Evangelist Currie is addressing la rye
congregations in Santa Cruz.
The Baptists and Methodists North
united in an evangelistic service In Pres
colt. Ariz.. last Sunday. The Rev. Dr.
Chase preached the sermon.
Evangelist Frank L. Smith is holding
revival meetings in the Congregational
church at Petaluma. and he has awakened
a deep interest in religious matters
b shop Keane of the Catholic University
at Washington, ID. c., occup ed tn e pulpit
in ST. JOseph's Cuurch, San Jose, last
Sunday and discoursed TO a very large
congregation.
a jubilee service was held in the First
NJ L. Church OF San Diego last Sunday
to celebrate fu ! hundred ron versrnS TO
that church by means of revival services
held during several weeks previous
TIL trustees Of The Norwegian and Dan
ish church # Eureka. Hum boldt County,
have applied for permission 10 mortgage
the church and parsonage property in
order to nay off e floating Indebtedness.
The Salvation Army has been holding
characteristic meetings n tie First Pres
hyterian Church at Los Angeles. The
congregation were addressed by NJ jor and
Mr.. Keppel. leaders of the Pacific Coast
forces.
The Rev. Wallace Luras, d. D., a leading
preacher of the Presbyterian church Of
New York and well known a. q writer 90
church "pics. occupied the pulnit OF he
Preshyteri'n church in San Bernardino
last Sunday.
Rev. j. A. Finnell, the Indian evangei-
iSt, has for some time past been reaching
to the peorle of Sacramento. A few days
since he preached to the patents in the
| Comfy Hospital in the Interest Of the
| Nnmen's Christian Temperance Union.
| The boys OF X d Bluff have recently dis
| turbrd public worship TO such an extent
thai The editor of the Sentinel found il
| necessary To print warning IT, the ju-
venile offenders aud quote the section IL
the code relating to punishment for dis
| turbing religious meetings.
A. Fond du Lac. Wis, Rev. Wflli.m
! Clark. aston of the Methodist church.
has been suspended for preaching too few
temperance sermons, and w. w. Collins,
the Sunday-school teacher. has also been
suspended for violating the rule In regard
to the grading of sch GLARS.
| L. =. Gas on, weil-known newspaper
man of the City of Mexico. has accepted
! the position of director Of the work IF The
Young Mems Christian Association in
! Nj, xicO. Mr.. CASTOR has been identified
with such work tor many years, and he
entered upon his new duties on the 1st
INST.
The Rev. Joseph Smale commenced the
| second year OF his connection with the
Baptist church Of Prescott, Ariz, last
Sunday. On the following day the pastors
anniversary was celebrated by an English
tea, followed by a public maeting at which
ministers OF the town gave short ad-
! dresses.
The Salvation Army of the Unites States
| and England has large colonization schemes
brewing for Mexico. A syndicate of cap
| italists interested in he work OF the s ,Iya
ton Armv has concluded the pur base
from the Mexican Government of 200. 600
acres of land in the State of Chiapas. in
| Southern Mexico.
| W. REYNOLDS. field superintendent of the
| International Sunday-School Ass cia'ion.
| will be in Riverside tomorrow A meet
| ing of The pastors of the different churches.
| as well as teachers of the Sunday schools.
was held to arrange for the reception of
the gentleman, as well as to arrange for a
union meeting while he is in Riverside.
St. Augustine's Church. Sou Boston. of
which Rev. d. O'Callaghan is pastor re-
| ceived through ii les, subscriptions, enter
tainments and church debt and pew COL
! lections last year the sum of $4,000 OF
this $4,000 paid the yearly expenses of
the parish. and the balance. nearly sos. 600.
went toward the liquidation Of the church
! debt.
By consent of Archbishop Williams the
new Catholic church at Houghs Neck,
| Quincy, has been named ST. Frances by
ihe-Sea, in memory Of the late Mrs.
! Frances E. Tracy. Mr.. Tracy was one If
| the most earnest and faithful wOrke to
| aid in the building of the church. and in
memory of her good work tie par shion. rs
earnestly requested to have il so uam-d.
| The dedication will take place early the
coming summer.
The first woman TO be ordained as a
| preacher in the Congregational church in
| Massachusetts is Mrs. Amelia A. Frost
who was received intO holy orders al Lit
Teton recently. Up to within a Compare
lively recent time Paul's injunction against
| the prominence of women in the church
was rarely disobeyed, but the success in
! the pulpit of late years of Miss Rollock in
Chicago, Mrs. Patterson in Buston and
| Mrs. Sietson in New Yurk has shown tina,
w, man is peculiarly fitted TO be religious
! teacher.
| The Rev. Mr.. Martin of the Christian
| church on Sunday evening preached a
| powerful sermon on the careers of Evans
| and the Sontags says the Fresno Exros-
itor. He clearly showed how inevitable
are the punishments that follow the infrac-
| ton of law, moral as well as physical and
! civil, and drew an impressive lesson for
| young and old. In the course of his re-
marks the reverend orator and teacher paid
| his respects to the press and very strongly
| condemned the publica ton of the details
of the crime and the opi ions of criminals
| and their friends. because such attention
To such people invests them in the public
mind with an undue importance, He de-
clared that the editorial CO. demnaiiou OF
crime does not offset the decentralization
that the publication of the details of
crime produces, and while warmly COM
meDdng the editorial course of the news
| papers he as roundly condemned the pol
icy OF their news departments.
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