Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-03
Installation of Elders.

An interesting service took place at the House of
Hope Presby terrain church, yesterday forenoon the
occasion being the ordination and installation of two
elders The elders elected for installation we're Mr.
B. G. Baldwin and DR.. c. H. Boardman, the latter
gentleman being also ordained.
During strain from the organ, the presiding
elders came forward and arranged themselves in
front of the altar the senior elders taking positions
to the right of the members elect the Junior elders
being assigned the positions the left. The names
Of the elders are as follows: Henry NJ. Knox, II. E.
Taylor II. J. Horn, Thomas Cochran Jr., H. l.
Williams and W. B. Dean
Dr. Breed briefly addressed the congregation, say
ing that the ceremony about to take place was the
contamination OF the will of the congregation as ex-
their neetiog few weeks since. After concluding
this portion of his address, Mr. Breed briefly outlined
the duties and relations that should exist between
me members and elders closing with a fervent ex-
hortation for harmony Of spirit good fellowship and
unity OF action. The Rev. d. 9. Lyon then charged
the elders-elect follows:
Dear brethren, do not know WHY I was desipnated
to perform the special service of charging your new
y elected elders, except it that your pastor
young man, wished to put honor upon an old man.
accept 1t, however, with pleasure, and proceed to
the task Dear brethren, let say, first, you have
received a distinguished werk of confidence from
your brethren, in being selected by them to bear the
important office with which you now have been in
vested There are many in this large body of COM
mullcants In our synod equally competent and
"ortIly, DAT the lou mas 1dllen yourselves.
You will not therefore, fail to recognize in this the
voice of the head of the church. not only calling Won
to very responsible duty, but confiding also to your
Keeping the most sacred trust. The Office Won have
accepted, the nature and warrant of which having
been stated, is that Of rulers in the house of God
known In our Presbyterian constitution by the title of
ruling elders. You with your associate elders and
minister constitute court of the Lord Jesus Christ
III TINS court and in all courts of our church. to each
OF which this ordination makes you eligible, you are
co-equa! with your minister and pastor, differing
from him only in that he is to labor in word and doc
trne, while you to be to him as body of cabinet
counseors in all matters that pertain to the interests
OF Ohrsts church. You will see then, brethren
from the very nature of your Office that great grace
and divine wisdom alone will be adequ tie to the
proper discharge of it's high responsibilities,
You wilt suffer me, therefore, dear brethren in the
words OF Paul to the elders of the church at Ephesus
to charge you in the first place to take heed to your
selves' your usefulness in the Office YOU are now
called to- we'll as your comfort in the performances
OF its duties, will depend much, very much upon
your walk in life. Your characters should be copy
or the Lord Jesus; your conduct rreproachable.
Your daily walk and conversation should challenge
the criticism of the world. In your relations in
hfo-husiness, social, do1nestc-it will become you
to show yonr brethren, distir guished from the
world that more excellent way in which the good
Jesus would have them walk. Be lot high minded,
out humble, lowly In meekness, instructing those
Who would oppose themselves to the truth. And SO
be your unbamable lives, in these and other duties
which need not at present be detailed to you that
others may aspire to the high plane on Which you
TO give strength, steadiness, and permanence in
such work, I only need say, be often and much
with your great exemplar--the meek and lowly
Jesus From Him draw your instruction. this
fountain fill your mind and heart.
But secord, you are to take heed to all the flock
over which the holy ghost has made you overseers.
me divine order is: first, yourselves; second the
flock. Notice. it is the holy ghost who has called
you to your responsible position, and since he has
confined this honor upon you, it is to him that you
are responsible for the in which you perform
the work Do not forget this But the flock is
TO pc me OBJECT OF your solicitude. It was
for the flock that your Office was created.
II would have no meaning but for the flock. You
understand the figure. It is that of shepherd and
his sheep, with the under shepherds he has an
pointed, the help he gathers around him. You,
dear brethren, are his helps. You are charged with
looking after this fold of his sheep. They will de-
mand OF you much careful attention, and much anx-
1ous, prayerful thought
It would be to count them more than human to in
fer that of this flock would stray from the fold
IT would be strange if none sought forbidden pas
lures. If there no tender lambs that needed
the shepherds cares. at f
If there were none that were spiritually lame.
blind or hating on their way to find the green pas
lures ard still waters, that were not content with
them VII IN found.
It were strange If there were not found In this
flock some silly sheep to whom the restraints of the
fold had become rksome and from which they had
determined to break away. In all these cases the