Evening star., 1900-06-30
IN THE CHU URCHE S

| Rev. DR.. Stearns of the West Texas M E.
! conference is expected to arrive in this city
| at an early date in the interest Of the Col
| le3e Infirmary and Deaconess Home of
| San Antonio, Texas. This is the only col
| ored Methodist deaconess home. 1t has
| been in existence since April, 1896, and
during these four years eleven trained
| nurses have received diplomas from the in
| stitution and quite a number of certfi-
| Gates for proficiency as nurses have been
| granted. The present enrolment is thirty
| seven, and it is said applications continue
| to come for admission. The institution is
| regarded as being thoroughly organized
| under the West Texas conference, and was
represented and recognized at the recent
general conference in Chicago. 1t is
| chartered by the state of Texas and is said
to be doing good work.
| The course of study is in keeping with
| the nurses training schools and deaconess
homes under the auspices of the NJ; f.
Church The art Of nursing the sick is
made a speciality. Sewing, cooking, wash
| ing, ironing and visiting the sick are COM
pusory. The institution owns property
valued at more than $1,000. The demands
| for admission and sick wards are now SO
great that the managers are striving to
| erect a new building.
| BY special request Judge M. F. Morris
and Rev. DIR. Stafford of Washington have
consented to serve a committee which
| is to have in charge great Catholic re-
ligious summer school at Mount st: Mary's,
| in the Blue Ridge region of Maryland. 1t
| is contemplated to open the school July
| -, and have lectures daily, except one day
a week, and Sunday, until August ".
| This will complete a three weeks course
all that will be attempted this year. 1t is
| thought should the attendance this year
| warrant 1t the session next year will con-
tinue for a month at least and perhaps
| two months.
| The lectures this year will be on
| ligious matters, literature history natural
| sciences, modern languages, music, ethics.
| science of teaching, &c. Besides the lee
| lures recreation will provided.
Miss Fannie Whelan, secretary of the
| Tabernacle Society of this city, has re
ceived letter from Mother Aloysius of
| the Ursuline Convent Havana, thanking
| the society for altar goods sent by its mem
goods reached that city the collector OF the
| port refused to allow them to enter unless
| a large duty was paid upon them, and that
after considerable effort General Joseph
| Wheeler succeeded in inducing the treasury
| officials here to permit the entry OF the
| consignment free Of duty.
| Speaking of the donation the writer of
| the letter above mentioned said to Miss
| Whelan:
| Your great charity would have been
| amply compensated naturally by the delight
| expressed by the good young father when
| he opened the package and saw the nice
| articles for his church. 1t was especially
with the chalice and paten that the father
was charmed and he took 1t at onoe to the
| bishop to have it consecrated."
| Leading Baptists of Washington and vi
| cinity have received invitations to attend
| the twenty-fourth annual meeting for the
| ntudy of the Scriptures which will be held
| in tine Seaside Auditorium at Asbury Park
| II. j., beginning Tuesday. July 10, at pm,
ed continuing until the 18th, inclusive
/ This will be the twenty-fifth anniversary,
no meeting having been held in 1884.
| The society was organised in an informal
| manner by few Baptists who met for the
| study of the Bible and for recreation at
| Swampscott, Mass, In July, 1876 1t at
| once grew in numbers. The next year 1t
| met at Watkins Glen, then for three years
| at Clifton Springs. and later for one year
| each at Old Orchard and Mackinac Island.
| For fourteen years the meetings were held
at Niagara, Ontario, and in 1898 and 1889
The studies this year pertain to the in
| spiration and the integrity of the Scrip
| lures to Messianic prophecy, to typology,
| to the analysis of certain books Of the Old
| and New Testaments, to fundamental doc
| trines of sin and salvation, to Christian
| life and service. and to topics pertinent to
| of the denomination, all Of whom are well
| known in Washington, will take part in the
| meetings
| Bishop Granjon, whose conservation in
| Baltimore recently as bishop of Tucson,
| Arizona, was attended by many persons
| from washington, was IN the city 1or
| short time this week on his way to his new
| field of work. The bishop was accompanied
| by the two Arizona priests who came on to
| assist at his conservation. They are Rev.
| DIR. Edward Gerard, vicar general of the
! diocese of Tucson, and Rev. P. Thinner
| mans.
1t was the intention of the three travel
| ers to stop for a day or two in Chicago,
| and proceed thence to Denver, where they
| will spend little time with Bishop Matz.
| From Denver they will go to Santa Fe,
| New Mexico, the province of which the
| diocese of Tucson forms a part. They
| expect to reach Tucson Wednesday after
| noon next. The Catholic population in the
| diocese of Tucson is said to be about 4O,-
| 600. The diocese, including Arizona and a
| portion of New Mexico, contains sixteen
| churches with resident priests and thirty
| one missions with churches only. Bishop
| Granjon was ordained priest in 1887.
| in 1894 he carried on missionary work in
| Arizona under the direction Of the vicar
| apostolic of Arizona.
| The Christian Endeavor meeting at Mt
| Vernon Place Church tomorrow evening is
| expected to be very interesting. The Off
GERS of the society, who were recently
elected to serve for the ensuing six months,
| will be installed, and for this special
program has been prepared by the pastor,
Rev. MIR. Duffy The meeting will conclude
| with a farewell service to two members
| of tho society. Miss Ball and Mr.. Dietrich,
| who will leave the following day for Eu-
rope to attend the international Christian
Endeavor convention ct London next
month.