JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 306, 19 September 1908, Page 12

JOTTINGS.

The fiftieth anniversary of the admission cf Jews into Parliament has just been celebrated in London. It was on July 23,. 1858, that the Royal assent was given to the Bill' which removed the< civic disabilities of Jews. Throe days later Baron Lionel de Rothschild., teok his seat in the House of Commons. For a long time past it has been felt that some memorial to John Bunyan should be placed in Westminster Abbey, and negotiations have been going on with that end in view. At a recent meeting of the .signatories (convened by Dr. Clifford), who include peers, Members of Parliament, ministers of. the Established Church (including five bishops), Free. Church'ministers, literary men, and others, it was agreed, that the memorial should take the form of a' window in the north aisle of tho Abbey. It has been decided to raise a fund for the purpose. A proposal is on foot for a permanent of the Pan-Anglican Congress. It is suggested that a painting of "Christ uoaiu..; tiio ,Sick," attributed to Murillo, should be acquired and placed as a memento in St. Paul's. Cathedral. The Rev. R. Jackson, the minister of Chalmers Church, Timaru, who is at present on furlough for the benefit of his health, has written from England, resigning tho pastorate. ■ The Reman Catholic Archbishop of New York will shortly take to Rome an offering of Peter's l'enco amounting to £20,000. This splendid tribute, "raised in celebration of the Pontiff's jubilee, exceeds in amount, any former single diocesan offering made by the New York diocese, and, therefore, it Is believed, exceeds tho offering made at ono time by any other diocese in the world. Dr. Campbell Morgan's Saturday night lectures for those perplexed by the problems of religion havo been almost the most extraordinary feature of his really extraordinary ministry at Westminster .Chapel, London. His coadjutors there argued against his undertaking tho course, and were confident' that audiences could not be secured on Saturday nights in the dog days. Dr. Morgan ' persisted, and the average attendance has been about 1200 people. Though still in its infancy, tho movement for Roman Catholic retreats for English working men is progressing, most favourably. A four days' retreat at Stonyhurst College was recently attended by 70 workers. The King has approved the appointment of tho Rev. Canon William Moore fide, M.A., Rector of Whitburn, Suuderland, to bo Dean of Worcester in the place l of the late Dr. Forrest. Canon Moore Ede, who is about fiftynine years of ago, is a son of Mr. William Ede, iormorly hen.d of H.M. Victualling Yard at Deptford. He was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where, in 1871, ha was bracketed with three others as second in the first class of the Moral Sciences Tripos. Ho has frequently renewed his connection with tho University as Select Preacher, as Hulsean Lecturer (1895), and as Lecturer on Pastoral Theology (1906). Bishop Westcott made him an honorary canon in 1894, and made great use of him in the ventilation of those social questions to which tho bishop devoted his enthusiasm. Tho diocese of Delaware (Protestant Episcopal) has at last succeeded in electing a bishop. Tho election (the third attempted) occurred at the annual convention, June 3. The Rev. Frederick J.' Kinsman, Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the. General Seminary, was elected on tho first ballot by a practically unanimous. vote of both orders. Dr. Kinsman has accepted his election. Ho was bom in Ohio in 1569, educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, and Keblo Collego, Oxford, from which latter institution he received an M.A. in 1898, with' honours in theology. His work has been chiefly educational, at St. Paul's School and tho General Seminary. Tho election is very generally welcomed. Tho bishop-elect is understood to be a staunch Churchman.