Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-10
A HAVEN FOR THE CLERGY.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves
apart into pleasant place, and rest awhile
MARX vI:31.
st. Paul has had but week of warm
weather so far this season. and but two
or three days have been so warm as to
necessitate the use of fans on the streets
at midday. Thus far few of the St. Paul
ministers have been so Frustrated by
the heat as to ask from their congrega-
tons leave of absence from their pulpits,
and all-or nearly all-will continue to
minister to the spiritual wants of their
parishioners during the summer. If any of
them require relaxation or recreation,
they will take it in the course of the week
by trips to Elmo, White Bear, Bass or
Forest lakes, or to score of others with
in an hours journey of St. Paul, where
they can enjoy as cooling breezes and as
lnvigorating an atmosphere as could be
found at any of the seaside resorts.
At the East the situation is entirely
different Half the pulpits in the metro
politan cities are already vacant, and
every paper that reaches the GLOBE
from those cities chronicles the fact
that innumerable reverends have
sailed for Europe to spend their summer
vacations, to be absent for two or three
months. Did it never enter the minis
terial mind-the Eastern ministerial
mind-that if physical relaxation and
mental rest are needed, there is something
better than trip to Europe?
A tour through Europe offers no
rest. 1t is one constant hurry and hustle
to visit one point or another of historic
interest. The mind is kept at extreme
tension from the moment of the arrival
at Queenstown to the re-embarkation at
Liverpool, Glasgow, or Hayre. There is
no mental or physical rest from the begin
ming to the end of the tour, and the min
lister returns to his congregation far more
exhausted than when he started. How
different it would be if they would direct
their footsteps to the cool and pleasant
lakes of Minnesota. Here they could en-
Joy absolute rest. Ensconsed in pleas
ant though not luxurious hotel, they
could spend their days in quiet beneath
the outrageous shades of the groves, or
pass an hour or two in sailing, rowing
or fishing. If these pastimes failed, they
could take gun, and, if as accurate
in their aim at ducks, pigeons
or prairie chickens, as they are
at his satanic majesty, they could
bring in enough choice game to serve for
breakfast, dinner and supper, with diff
ferent variety of game for each repast.
In Minnesota there is no occasion for
worrying ones self by plodding through
old ruins upon which the hand of time
has left its impress in mildew and slime.
Here everything is in state of repose-
the quiet of nature scarcely disturbed by
the rude touch of man. More rest and
y creation can be obtained at a small
cost, and the physical and mental system
reinvigorated. 1t is the paradise for
preachers, for here they can look through
nature up to natures God, to better ad-
vantage than anywhere else on this or the
other continent. Why should not our
ministerial brethren in this vicinity offer
their brethren at the East an opportunity
of experiencing the celebrating effect of
Minnesota scenery and a Minnesota eli
mate by inviting all those that are worn