Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-22
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

st. PatriclSs cathedral in New York City,
begun forty years ago, will be clear OF
debt next fall, and the event is to be cele-
brated some time in September,
Rev. Harry Drew, rector OF Hawarden
since 1904, died recently. He was curate of
Hawarden I'm 1SS3-g3 and served as first
warden Of st. Deiniols Hostel and Library,
founded by MIR. Gladstone for the promo
tom of sacred study.
Rev. j. Martnnlere. a noted Catholic
priest, vicar general OF the diocese OF Dali
las died at Dallas, Tex. He was a native
OF Lyons, France, 70 years old and had
been prominent In Catholic church work at
Dallas for nearly forty years.
The Roman Catholic bishop-elect Of Bur
llngton, VT, Rev Joseph J. Rice was con-
secrated In the cathedral of that city April
H. Bishop Beaven OF Springfield was the
consecrator, and Bishop Feehan OF Fall
River preached the sermon.
The lord bishop Of SALISBURY, England,
Right Rev. DR.. John Wordsworth, Is to
preach the opening sermon at the Cinoin-
natl general conference OF the Protestant
Episcopalians next October He will also
deliver the Baldwin lectures at the Unlver-
sty OF Chicago.
1t pays to be successful evangelist. II
is estimated that DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman
and Charles M Alexander will receive &, 900
for their nineteen days evRngelistic work
in Columbus, o. This estimate was made
by minister and church official who
are prominently identified with the Chap
man-AleXander campaign.
The Oaks New Hampshire, boasts the
youngest full-fledEed preacher and pastor
in New England, Milan Smith, who is IS.
lie lives in Laconia and walks TO his
parish, The Oaks Memorial, Sundays,
three miles away He prepares his sermons
Saturdays instead of playing and the 100
church-goers think him the most finished
clergyman in the country.
After forty-five years Oh service as vicar
of St. Chrysostoms chapel, New York Rev.
! Thomas Henry Sill died in st. Luke's hos
! pital. He was " years old and a serious
operation he recently underwent left no
active minister In New York and was
widely loved among the poor Of the West
Side
| Rev. DR.. Thomas Fl. Sill, whose death has
been noted at the age Of ", was one OF
diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church
and among other offices, he held those OF
dean OF chaplains of the Actors church
Bible and Prayer Book society, and vice
president of the Church Association for the
Advancement of the Interests Of Labor.
| Conservation Of six Roman Catholic Dish.
| ops recently named for diocese in the arch.
diocese Of st. Paul will occur at one cere.
mony, at an early date PROBABLY in the
seminary at st. Paul. The new bishops, and
their sees are: Right Rev James O'Rsilly
Fargo n. D.; Right Rev. James Lawler
auxiliary, ST. Paul; Right Rev. Patrick
Heffron, Winona, MINI; Right Rev. JOSEPH
=. BUSCH, Lead, >. ~ hlBnt Kew. Nincen
Wehrle, Bismarck, N. D.; Right Rev. Tim
othy Corbett, Crookston, MINI.
One publishing house in New York ha,
issued $4,000, 900 copies of the Bible and 1.
printing more than 100000 copies year
The philology of the enterprise is not IL
least interesting feature. The Bible Il
printed in fifty languages, in its entirety
and portions Of the sacred book are printed
In 400 tongues and dialects throughout tn
world. These unprecedented publication
represent actual sales, and not gratuitou
distributon-it being understood, OF course
that while millions Of copies have beei
given away, they were all originally pur
the publishing house.
Women parishiorers Of the Church OF S
Mary at Bensonhurst i. l., must eithe
eschew the current enormous varieties G
spring millinery or stay away from church
Their pastor, Rev. Charles Wightmar
says, Our church Is able to accommodate
only 275 persons. Women with big hat
take up twice as much room as Is necef
sary to seat them. The hats make 1t diff
cult for men either to obtain seats q
two women have difficulty in one pew an
often Il is necessary for one woman to oC
cupy an entire seat. The small hat is tn
hat for churchgoing"