Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10
RELIGIOUS.

Japan has 53.S72 Roman Catholics
Boston's Christian Science churches have
10000 members.
The grandson of the first woman to be-
come a Christian in Zuluand was recently
ordained missionary.
Seven Congregational churchea are pledged
to contribute $4,000 each to the twentieth
century missionary fund,
The Roman Catholic church will COM
memorate the year 1900 by the erection of
nineteen colossal castiron statues of Christ
in different parts of Italy.
The Bohemian National church Young
people have collected $1,000 for a monu-
mcnt to John liuss, which they hope to
erect on one of the finest sites in Prague.
Preparations for the celebration of the
golden jubilee of Archbishop Hennessy's
progress in the diocese of Dubuque The
celebration will take place next year
A Buddhist cloister, where twenttiyrone
which is said to be the highest spot on the
earth having an altitude of 1900 feet.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas c. Hall, formerly
of the Fourth Presbyterian church, Chi
cago. is talked of as a successor to the Rey.
DR.. Samuel McComb at Rutgers Riverside
Presbyterian church at a salary of $1,000
year.
A meeting was recently held at Bombay
by Indian Christians both Protestant and
Roman Catholic, for the purpose Of protest
ing against the imposition of the heavy
legacy and heirship duties of England
which the British government is disposed
to apply to Indian Christians.
Rabbi Emanuel Schreiher of Youngstown,
O.. who has been chosen rabbi of the
Emanuel syn4gogue of ChicaSo, Is Is years
of the Roya! college Of Vienna and has
written number of religious works.
one of the most remarkable examples of
an elective Office becoming hereditary oc-
ours in the recent designation of DR.. Nor
man Macleod to be the next moderator of
the Church of Scotland general assembly.
He will be the third of that name and the
fifth member of the family to hold that
high office, having been born IN the famous
mansc of Morycn, of which his father and
grandfather were ministers.
As a result of the sudden announcement
cese the priests of Schuykill county Penn
convention last week ana sent a committee
TO the ablcgate, Archbishop Martinelh to
loyal Catholics denOuncng the attempt to
annex them to the diocese of Harrisburg.
The Episcopal diocese of Milwaukee will
raise an endowment of $4,000 for the
bishop by placing ten-year endowment poll
cies on the lives of men or women for tho
benefit of the diocese. The diocese is the
sole beneficiary, All cndOWments are made
payable at death or maturity Cten years.
to the trustees of the funds and property of
the Protestant Episcopal church of WIS
cons!n. The diocese viii receive an immedi-
ate benefit from each endowment taken and
Of the endowment. Policies from 800 up
viii be issued, so that persons Of small
means may participate IN creating thi, en-
doWment fund for the diocese. Guilds and
other parish organizations can pay the pre-
MUM on the policy Of an approved life;
thus every parish activity can help to raise
the $4,000 required.
Few people are aware Of the large busi-
ness qualifications of the Salvation army.
During the year 1898 IN the city Of London
alone General Booth expended $150,00O in
maintaining establishments for the benefit
Of the poor and furnishing food and shell
ter for an average of 10000 persons daily.
In this labor l,s32 persons were employed,
Among the institutions so supported were
lg2 shelters" for the homeless; ninety-two
homes for fallen women, twelve refugees for
discharged COnNICtS, two homes for waifS
and straSs, hfty-thrce factories and work
shops, thirty-four labor bureaus, fOrty-twO
bureaus Of Information, thirteen farm col
ouics three homes for servants out Of
employment, two hospitals & two poor
mems lawyers for the benefit of those
who have no money to pay for legal ad-
vice and one collection bureau, whose duty
II was to attempt To collect free of cost
money OwinE 10 persons who applied to the
the Salvation Army was almost self
supporting, and Of the 100000 expended aS
already described FOR the benefit rf the poor
$Gll Ol5 was repaid by the people who were
the Salvation Army maintained "a total Of
l2l institutions, including furty-t\yo shell
tors for tho unemployed, whore 6,OI3 per-
sons took refuge durins the year twelve
inmates; two homes for lost children, ac-
commodating sixty; seventeen Industrial
depols, cmploylEs AN average Of 3i2 persons
daily, eight labor bureaus, two INJURY
collection bureau, one day nursery and
various other charitable institutions Of
similar sort, BESIDES these the Salvation
Army has conducted a large printing office
and several factories TO furnish labor for
the unemployed
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