The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-28
IN RELIGIONS REALM.
NEWS NOTES OF CHURCHES
RELIGION IN MANILA.
Social Service-American Board
Capt. Philip and His Critics
Latitudinarians and Pulpit.

Capt. Philip and His Critics
Latitudinarians and Pulpit.
Isaac M. Elliott in Scribner's: "Con-
slant religious professions fill the
streets land images are carried, ar
rayed in the most costly raiment and
| covered with jewels. The churches are
enormously rich. While l was in Ma
Mia one order alone sent a branch in
America $1,500OO0. While the church
has absorbed a great deal of money
from the people still it lis been the
civilizing factor, and has built schools
and churches all over the Philippine
Islands, where the poor as well as the
rich are always welcome. 1t is said
| that the civil authority in many re-
spects is actually subject to the reli-
gious, and that large part of the real
estate of the city is in the possession OF
the religious orders. One writer says
| that the personal liberty of the COM
mon man may almost said to be in
their keeping"
An unusual amount of public interest
is just now being shown in the restora-
ton work at Holy Trinity Church.
Stratford-on-Avon. Workmen are en-
gagged in taking up the floor of the
nave, side aisles and transepts, pre-
paratory to the laying down of new
block floors and pavements, says a
writer in ''St. James Gazette"
| Having to excavate some depth for
the purpose of filing in with concrete
and sement, some curious old vaults.
quaint epitaphs and tombs are being
disclosed, and are being treated with
the greatest care. A portion of the
present church dates back nearly 700
years, and all authorities agree that
upon the same site stood a much older
church of the Saxon period AS a place
of sepulture the site has, no doubt, been
in use for LOCO years. The floors Of
the nave and particularly the tran
septs, are honeycombed with vaults
and it will be necessary to lower the
crown Of the arch of many so as to
lexcavate to the proper depth. AS inter
ments inside churches are not now per-
mitted, all the vaults will most likely
be filed in. They are not being en-
tered, but in the course of the work
collins, mostly of lead, are seen, and
skulls and bones are being turned up
occasionally. These are treated with
the utmost reverence, and will be REIN
TERED in the churchyard
A group of vaults In the south tran
sept has been exposed. They contain
the bodies Of the Mason family, the in
terments dating from 1859. The family
is now extinct, but old Stratfordians
tell of a remarkable yet horrible act of
one of the Mason family some sixty or
seventy years ago. Going into a howell
in the paddock at the back of the house.
he put together a great quantity of
straw, and, lying down on the top OF It.
he set the heap on fire. and was liter
ally roasted alive.
Quaint inscriptions are being brought
to light in removing the wooden floors
that covered the old stone paving OF
the transepts, and it is satisfactory to
know that all will be carefully pre-
served and shown in the random pave
ment" which will border the pews.
Young Lutherans in all churches in
New York who are members of the
Luther League of America are plan
ming for the third biennial convention
of the order, which is to be held in that
city in October. A Ways and Means
Committee, with George D. Boschen
as it's Chairman, is at work, preparing
for the 10000 visitors which it is con-
fidently believed will attend the three
days session. The first national con-
vention of the league held when it
had not a quarter of it's present mem
bership, had a watchword That word
was "Loyafty'- When the second cor
vention was held in Chicago another
"Lp was selected Literature" The
watchword for the New York conven-
ton is a third ''L"-"Labor" Belong
ing under this head, three topics have
been selected for the New York con-
vention Education" "Deaconesses'
Work" and Missions" One topic will
form the subject for each day. Details
are not yet arranged, but it is known
that the final session will be held in
| Carnegie Hall. The convention will
admit delegates from Lutheran Young
Peoples, Young Mems, Young Ladies',
and Junior Orders in all churches of
the country, and is not to be confined
to the leagues.
In it's last financial statement the
American Board shows gain in con-
tributions from churches and individ-
uals during the ten months ended on
|
boards of $S,577, from Sunday-schools
and the Christian Endeavor of $3072,
and from legacies of $50, 1872 A toyal
gain for the period is shown of $50, 700.
The expenses for the ten months were
500, 160. If the other two months are
carried at the same outlay as last year,
the total expenditure for the twelve
months will reach S675O37. In order
to maintain this outlay and end the
year on August 31st without loss the
Treasurer shows that 1927 094 is need
ed. This is a far larger sum than was
required last year from the fact that
last year there was available $40, 443
from the Otis and Sweet legacies.
| This conduct of Captain Philip has
called out the heartiest praise from the
press Of the country, religious and sec
ular. The Examiner baptist, New
| York; says of it: AS an example Of
the moral heroism that is at once the
source and grandeur of great achieve
ment, Captain John W. Philip has es-
tablished, through this incident of
spontaneous and unaffected piety, q
claim on the enduring respect and af-
| lection of his fellow countrymen The
prayer-meeting on the quarterback Of
the Texas should long have wide sug-