Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-08
RELIGIOUS.

The Universalist general convention
meets In Boston october 49,
The receipts Of the American board
are $6Ii, ,2OO.S9.
A Michigan Methodist minister who for
eight years has been leCturing against the
Roman Catholics has now Joined that com
munion.
The new catechism recently prepared in
England Is being printed in Spanish by
the american ca Tract society and viii be
At the dedication of the Jewish syna-
gogue recently finished at El Paso an
Episcopal, a Methodist and Presbyterian
minister assisted Rabbi Oscar Cohen in
the exercises.
The American Sunday School union in
closing up its seVenty-tive years of con-
tinuous labor, points to the organization of
over 100000 Sunday schools, with over
100000 teachers and 100000 scholars,
1t is stated that Bishop steere substl-
zibar, and many of the. slave, children
whom the sultan gave the bishop as n
compliment are now themselves mission
aries.
Most of the bishops of the Church Of
England have issued letters to their vari-
Gus doceses ordering the archbshop's de-
cision In regard to riualistc practices to
be held in allegiance, Many of the clergy,
1t is stated, frankly announce that they
will not do so.
Science. Christian Science teaches that
there is no such thing as disease that is
a preposterous falsehood Faith teaches
that God can heal disease; that is sub
lime truth"
An order of the ",sisterhood of the Per
this country. Mrs. Thomas +. Ryan of
New York has purchased n site In Wash
ngton rnn and VII build and @ snd0w dow the con
cleus of the order In this country will
come from Brussels
An English soap manufacturer has re-
pnNfN mi inl Hon, hn
tiles of a Presbyterian church in Scotland
asking for the firm to advertise the soar
timated that the church was in pecuniary
| difficulties and that this way had been de.
| cided on as the best means of raising
| money.
complete. Roman Catholic ritual and
prayer book has been issued In the Welrl
language, and 1t is said that Protestant
! stirred up by the wel-laid plans of The
! Roman Catholics for carrying forward {
5 n the nS @sntns @aas has bedf
| made separate see and Welshman ap
pointed bishop.
Proceedings before court for the salt
! OF a piece of property belonging to tn,
Salvation Army has developed the fac
that the total value of real estate hell
by 5ss army IS werih is Ss %hf The Its
amount to s270,0Oo, of which s250.0o0 is Sc
cured by mortgage and 100000 is not sc
cured
New York is the strongest Lutheran cit,
in the world, having thrty-four ehurche
of that denomination, with 15,9s4 com
municants. and church property valued a
81, 100000 This church also controls an or
phanage, two homes for the aged, thre
hospitals, six immigrant missions and
deaconess home. Preaching Is done II
eight different MISUNDERSTANDING, Eng
lish. Swedish, Norwegian, Danish. Finnish
Livonian and Slavonian.
An international congress under the pat
ronage of the French government will b
held in September, 1900, to consider tn
question of Sunday as a legally and SO
cially recognized day of rest. The ses
sons will be held in the Palais du Cor
gres of the exhibition, there being tw
sessions daily, at 3 and at o'clock. Th
: president of the organizing committee
Senator Berenger and representatives, froi
both Catholic and Protestant clergy al
on the committee.