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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 11, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 43.

News and Notes.

By Editor

RELIGIOUS.

—Yale College has, it is said, over one hundred Roman Catholic students.

—The recent Presbyterian Synod at Pendleton, Or., adopted, by a rising vote, a resolution favoring a national Sunday law.

—The Evangelical Alliance for the United States will hold a national meeting in Tremont Temple, Boston, the 4th, 5th, and 6th of December next.

—A recent house-to-house canvass of St. Paul, Minn., showed that not less than 3,000 church letters were held by persons in that city who had not presented them.

—At the Y. M. C. A. Hall, San Francisco, there is a Bible class at 12 o'clock every Saturday, at which the international Sunday-school lesson for the next day is considered. The class is conducted by Dr. Gibson, of the United Presbyterian Church.

—A correspondent of the Interior says: "Southern California is filling up with people of the better class. The era of reckless speculation has passed, and that of true and permanent prosperity has begun. Our churches there are well manned, and are growing rapidly in numbers and in wealth."

—The Hebrew Journal says: "Such a thing as a 'Jewish vote' has never presented itself in our government. Outside of the synagogue we are citizens of the United States. The Jew has always been remarkable for his loyalty, because he so completely adapts himself to the country in which he lives."

—The Presbyterians are establishing a new resort for summering, etc., at Santa Ysabel, San Luis Obispo County, Cal. It is claimed to be much preferable as a "retreat" to the popular "Pacific Grove," being free from chilling fogs. The place is twenty miles from the ocean, yet enjoys a tempered sea breeze, medicinal springs, a large artificial lake, and various attractions.

—The United States consul to Christiania, Norway, reports that there are 120 Mormon preachers in that country, 12 of whom are elders from Utah, who are working as missionaries with a view to obtaining recruits for the church on this side of the Atlantic. Last year 70 Mormon emigrants sailed from Norway to America, and the number will be much larger this year, as 66 left for this country recently at one time. Since 1852 about 5,000 Norwegians have emigrated to the Mormon settlements of Utah.

—Premier Crispi, in a powerful speech, recently outlined the policy of the Italian Government toward the Vatican. That Rome must remain a part of the Italian kingdom was very strongly asserted. Complaints and threats at home and abroad, he said, would have no effect.—America: Crispi is an able statesman, but a greater than he has spoken in regard to the "beast" with which he is contending: "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed; and all the world wondered after the beast."