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St Andrews Cathedral, Portland. on
June 10th. Archbishop Christie officiated.
There were more prelates in Rome dur
ing last weeks coronation ceremonies
than ever before in this century. There
were over 400 archbishops and bishops
present.
The Catholics of ST. Helena, Napa
county have responded to Bishop Pei
watts appeal and will send $500 in week
or sc, to India for the relief of famine
victims.
Archbishop Riordan officiated at the re-
cent ordinations at ST. Sulpice, Paris. in
the place of CARDINAL Richard. He is
now at Louvain, where he studied for the
priesthood.
"a Message From Hell" was the start
ling title of Salvation Army meeting in |
Grass Valley recently. The meeting, |
however, cooled off with an ice cream en-
tertainment.
Rev. DR.. S. NJ. Jefferson, president of
the Bible Seminary of the Christian
Church at Berkeley for several years,
has been called to a professorship in
Kentucky University, and has accepted.
| Rev. f. B. Meyer of Christ Church,
London, will be the president of the In
! ternational Christian Endeavor Conven-
| ton, to be held in the Alexander Palace,
| London, from July 14th to 10Th, inclusive
Al an expense of 1000 the entire south
wall of the Baptist Church edifice. Red
| lands, will be removed in order to make
| room for pipe organ that has been Of
| fered to the society by friends of the
church.
The San Bernardino Baptist congrega-
ton presented its pastor, Rev. M b.
| Shaw, with a beautiful bicycle recently.
| The presentation speech was made by
Rev. ]. c. Rollins of the Congregational
| Church.
The ancient palace of the Popes at
Avignon has been purchased by the state
from the city, to undergo restoration.
The work will extend over ten or twelve
years. The palace has been used as a
barracks.
Reports based on careful research by
Professor Purinton of the Cobb Divinity
School, Maine show that in Lewiston, as
throughout the State, the prohibtory
law is a farce. 1t is ignored and is a
breeder of contempt of law.
enson of Salem, Mass, Tufts College, the
Universalist local and general denomina-
tional societies and many undenomina-
tonal and fraternal Salem charities re-
ceive requests amounting to $450,000.
Chicago's church census shows a larg-
err Catholic population than any other
American city. There are in it 1l6 Cath
Ole churches, with a membership of 60o,-
GOO, as against 1913 Catholic churches III
New York with 543,163 members.
Bishop John Moore, Catholic Bishop Of
the diocese of st. Augustine, Fla. was
stricken with paralysis while preaching
a sermon in St. Mary's Church, ALE
ghany, Pa. His condition is serious. bu
immediate death is not expected.
The Congregational mission work a
Cape Nome under the charge of Rev. /
f L. Writ, is fortunate in having received
4 $500 from the insurance on the hospita
outfit shipped from Seattle last year am
lost while it was being unloaded from
! the vessel.
The Woman's Synodical Society o
, Home Missions of California in its re
cent report, says 1--WE have game,
eleven new auxiliaries. There is an in
crease of nearly $1,000 over last year
; making gain in our home mission tota
of 1919 per cent
The fftieth anniversary OF the frs
, temperance organization was celebrates
by a public meeting at 90 Eddy street
San Francisco. r. ]. Willis of Virgins
established the first society of the Son
lie of Temperance in California at Sacra
t. mento, May 9, 1850.
TT On opening his mail the morning afte
lie his election by the General Conference
Chicago, Bishop John w. Hamilton foun
d. in one letter a check for $500 for tn
OF Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educatio
re Society, and in another a check for IS,
a 600 for the same cause.
SIX Rev. Or. Macarthur celebrated Ma
lie 18th to 18th the thirtieth anniversary O
er his pastorate of Calvary Baptist Church
lie New York. The report showed that dur
It, ing that period over 2,O00, 600 had bee
OF raised by the church and over 1000 mem
y bers had been received.
Id The little Christian Church in Irving
to ton, Alameda county, recently took up
IN collection of SIT for the famine sufferer
ce in India. The Church Organ says if ey
st cry church in the United States would d
he well in proportion there would be Il
al .
Three of the most noted Congregations
OF preachers of the present century in til
to United States have died during the las
as few days-Professor E. \. Park of AndC
hit yer Seminary, rev. DR.. Behrends of til
20 Central Church and Rev. DR.. Richard
re Storrs, both of Brooklyn.
an Rev. w. A. Huffman, formerly Col
re- gregationalist. has been reordained by
le- Baptist council convened by the Bapt
rd Church of MADEIRA, and duly installed
We pastor of the church. Rev. r. Whitak
elp of the Twenty-third Avenue Churc
to Oakland, preached the sermon.
ter The carved table, says correspondent
he so ruthlessiy pounded by the Bishops ds
IN by day during the conference in Chicag
I'D was sold at auction for $500 to W.
ne Woodcock of Altoona, Pa. The tab
ng was made by the boys of the Method
be Industrial School at Venice and the mo
nd ey will go to that institution.
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