Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Religious Notes,

continued i'll health compelled Rev. DIR.
James a. Grier to officially announce his
~rGslgnatIon OF the presidency of the ALLIE
tloh was accepted, and DR.. Grier was ten
dered the position of professor emeritus.
al a salary Of $500 a year, which he ac-
cepted. Rev. DR.. John McNaughter was
elected to fill the vacancy.
In recognition Of his twentv-five wars
OF service as pastor of the Old South
church, Boston, more than SIS, OOO, contrib.
uted by more than 800 parishioners, was
presented to the Rev. George A. Gordon
recently. The gift was accompanied by
an Illuminated book Of parchment with
Nelium covers, bearing the dates of his
installation and of the anniversary. and
containing a brief inscription and the
names Of the contributors.
Prof. David w. Marks, who died in Lon
doh recently, was probably the only Jew
lsn minister VINO held a place with the
same congregation for s%iXty-nine years.
lie was 81 years old, but was a member
OF the younger class" having been the
ilrst clergyman of his faith to cast aside,
III an English congregation, some of the
antique usaSes and to make the service
OIL the reformed kind. He was recognized
as one of the learned men of his time, but
was not a university graduate.
According to the Milan correspondent Of
the London Chronicle, the vatican strongly
opposed the protest Of the Ruthenian Cath
9Ics IN the United States against the with
marry. The position of the Holy See is
that, while It allows the marriage conces-
sion to priests ministering in their native
environment, II cannot concede the same
right to Ruthenian missionaries going to
minister in countries where the Latin rite
nolus sway. The pope is all the more de-
termined not to admit a compromise be-
cause the anti-celibacy movement is
rapidly growing among the Roman Catholic
clergy in Europe.
The ikons in the cathedral of the As.
sumption in the Kremlin at Moscow are
immensely valuable. They yielded about
five tons of silver and five hundredweigh
or gold to the French soldiery in 1912, but
this treasure was recovered by the Cos.
sacks, who in their gratitude presented tC
the cathedral a silver chandelier weighine
300 pounds. The Jewels with which the
lkonastas is adorned are valued at SIPS. 900
a single emerald being worth $4,000. There
is a bible so large thai two men are needed
to lift II, and 1t is studded with gold anC
emeralds and other stones. A sober esti
mate Of the weight of gold used in the
ikonostaS and vessels of this famous church
alone places 1t at 1O5 h~undTedweight.
An important Catholic congress will b,
held here the second week in June, wher
the various missionary societies through,
out the United States will assemble at tn,
apostolic mission house near the Catholic
university. This congress Is the direct re
suit Of the great conclave OF Catholic mis-
sionaries who met in Chicago last autumn
and is called to DISCUSS in detail the vari
Gus papers and programs which formed tn,
work of the Chicago assemblage. The soon,
of the Chicago congress and the multitud,
of papers ana lectures rendered It limos
sible to discuss at length what had beer
suggested. All those who took part in tn
Chicago congress have been invited to com
to Washington and take part in the worl
OF organization which the missionarie
have in view. The congress will be opene,
by Cardinal Gibbons and will be attende,
by several hundred priests.