The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-01-14
RELIGIOUS.
Religious News and Notes. Re-
ports From All Churches.
What Christians and PhilanthrOplsts
are Doing. Items Of Interest to
EVERYBODY.

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has disclaimed all responsibility
for the 90 called "Woman's Bible"
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The University Of Chicago finding
that the rule Of voluntary attendance at
prayers did not prove satisfactory, has
decided that hereafter short chapel
exercise shall be held four mornings in
the week, at which it is expected that
every member Of the University will be
present at least once during the week,
unless excused for good reason.
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Bishop Potter, Of New York, has sent
q letter to the parochial clergy and their
vest.ies announcing that for the next
three months he will devote himself
entirely to the work Of raising funds for
the completion of the Episcopal Cathe
dral Of st. John the Divine. The usual
duties attendant on his episcopal Office
being performed meantime by his sub.
ordinates or by Bishops Of other dioceses.
Up to the present time q million. and
half dollars have been given to this en-.
terprise unsolicited. The lot costing
$3.50, 900 has been paid for, the costly
excavations for the choir and tower have
been made, much Of the masonry of the
foundations completed, and large sum
of money in the endowment funds
which, however can not be used in the
general work of the building, and it is to
the object Of raising general fund that
the Bishop will devote himself.
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The Loomis Sanitarium for consump
tives was recently dedicated at Liberty,
Sullivan county. N. Y. The idea of a
sanitarium for the treatment of tuber.
culosis originated few years ago with
some noble women in New York city,
but it was .throught the late DR.. Alfred
L. Loomis that farm was purchased at
Liberty, and plans projected for the in
stitution, the main building OF which
was erected to his memory by Mr.. J..
Pierpont Morgan. Other memorial build
ing have been added to the group which
together bear the name of the Loomis
Sanitarium, and in which consumptives
will be restored or their last days made
more comfortable and happy.
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The Church Union proposes the gen.
eral acceptance of the life creed formu.
lated by Rev DR.. John Watson (ian
Maclaren) as symbol of universal
Christian fellowship. This creed reads
as follows:
II believe in the fatherhood of God.
l believe in the words of Jesus. I be.
ie.e in the clean heart. believe in
the service of love. believe in the un.
worldly life. believe in the beatitudes.
l promise to trust God.and follow Christ,
to forgive my enemies, and to seek after
the righteousness of God"
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The Rev. James G. Ditmars, of Brook.
lyn, dressed as laborer, tested by per.
sonal experiment the difficulty of q
working man getting anything to do in
the great city of New York. In detail
ing his experiences he says: II am not
of the opinion las has been reported
throughout the, city and the county,
that any man can get work if he really
wants it. I have spent whole days try
ing to find work for competent, temper
ate, industrious and Trustworthy men
But have:failed more often than have
succeeded. :. At whose door the fault lies
is not our present purpose to discuss"
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Thomas ]. Conarty, D., D., has been
appointed to succeed Bishop Keane al
rector of the Catholic University a,
Washington. DR.. Conaty is rector ol
the Church of the Sacred Heart in Wor
cester, Mass. has for several years beer
at the head of the Catholic summer
school at Plattsburg, N. Y, and is the
publisher OF the Catholic School Gazette, 9
weekly paper. He is known to be 9
strong advocate of the parochial school
system, and is thoroughly identified
with the conservative party in the churh
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In recent:number of the Forsnightly
Mr.. Oswald John Simon in his "The
Mission of Judaism, /" pleads for Jewish
preachers to preach Judaism to non
Jews. A periodical of that faith ir
speaking of that faith says :-"Just nov
it would seem. our preachers have
enough on their hands to preach t.
Jews"
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The fftieth anniversary of the MARI
ago of Robert Browning and Elizabeth
B,rrett was recently celebrated in tn,
parish Church Of st. Marylebone, Lon