The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-04

AeAS oUuE ~ tue COnSIeSatlOus ana was
followed by the reading by Prof. Swing
of the parable of the servants intrusted by
their lord with money for use during his
absence, and their account of it upon his
return, the parable being taken from St.
Luke xix. Prayer was offered for the
Divine blessing on the services of the &C.
casion.
The Rev. Edward Eggleston then in
troduced the Rev. Prof. Swing, who had
come over 1000 miles to be present with
them and to preach for the first time in
an Eastern city. After the singing of an
anthem, during which the collection was
taken up, the Rev. David Swing preached
a sermon from text selected from the
parable which he had previously read.
At the close of the sermon, q short
prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Egg
gleston, when the services of installing
| the new pastor was commenced by the
singing of the 769th hymn, "Jesus, Thy
Name I Love-" during the singing Of
which the Rev. Hyatt Smith, of the Lee
Avenue Baptist Church, were invited to
seat upon the platform by the side of
Prof. Swing. George w. Hebard, one of
the trustees of the church and secretary
of the Sabbath school. then made the an
nouncement that in February last the
Rev. DR.. Eggleston had been invited to
fill the pulpit Of that church for three
! months, but at the end of two months
the congregation had increased so
largely that at the meeting on Friday,
April 2, it had been resolved to extend
the call to DR.. Eggleston to act as pas
tor, the name of the church to be in flu
ture known as the Church of
Christian Endeavor. As the clerk of the
church, he had officially informed DR..
Eggleston, on April IL. of his call, and
had received his letter Of acceptance,
which he then read. After the reading
Mr.. Hebard called on Joseph Wilde, an.
other of the trustees, to extend to the
pastor, on behalf of the church, the
right hand of fellowship. Mr.. Wilde then
assembled the platform and made the fol-
lowing address, during the delivery of
which the whole congregation arose and
remained standing:
CDR. Eggleston: This people have ex-
tended to you unanimous call to the
pastorate Of this church, which call hav.
ing been accepted by you, lis my pleas
ing duty as an officer of the church and
society to welcome you to this pulpit and
field of labor, to our love, our confidence
and our sympathy, promising you our
constant kindness and earnest co.opcra-
ton in all your labors, and in all the dear
and holy ties which unite us; and, As an
expression Of the hope that as the year
rolls on we may more appreciate the great
work given us Of God to do, extend, in
behalf of my brethren of the church and
society, the right hand of fellowship, and
may the love of Jesus so cement and
melt our hearts with holy aims and holy
power that our united ''Christian En-
deavors' may result in great and per-
manent success
The Rev. DR.. Egglestcn, as he took
Mr.. Wilde's hand, said in substance that
it gave him great pleasure in extending
the right hand Of fellowship to one who
had been so faithful to the Church in the
hour of its necessity. He said that he
scarcely knew what else to say than that
he joyfully accepted the call, in the be-
lief that church could exist by itself,
and that Christians could labor for Christ
without being bound by a creed. It
would be a church that would not be an
tagonistic to other churches, but would
meet all denominations with brotherly
love and Kindness; and on this basis he
felt able to make any sacrifice and do any
labor which he might be called upon to
perform. The services then concluded
with the Doxology and the Benediction.
Rev. Mr.. Eggleston, as clergyman Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, was,
some years ago, we'll known in this State,
especially at Red Wing, St. Peter, Man
kato, Winona, and St. Paul. He was. we
believe. once pastor of the jackson Street
Church Of this city and also of the Mar
ket Street Church, now First
Methodist; and was also in
1854, for time librarian for
the St. Paul Library Association. At
Mankato or st. Peter he once undertook
to win fame and fortune in the manufac.
ture and sale of a superior article of soap,
but failed: On account of i'll health, as
we remember, his ministerial labors were
several times interrupted.
On leaving St. Paul, he engaged in
Sunday School work, living at Evans
ton, near Chicago. and edited
or wrote for the Little CORPORAL, besides
being western correspondent of the Inde-
pendent of Brooklyn. Then, going Fast
and locating at Brooklyn, he became first
associate and the editor-in-chief Of the H.
dependent. Afterwards he edited Hearth
and Home, and late- wrote books and
lectured. Some of his books-the ssMys.