Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-24

for consultation. On the the third ballot the
Rev. b. B. Whipple received Il clerical
votes, DR.. Paterson 4. The. laity concurred;
parishes voting, 81; yeas, 81. The president
pie to be duly elected the bishop OF the diocese.
During this time the church, though con-
secrated, was still incomplete. There were no
buttresses, no spire, no chancel furniture, no
fence. In the spring of 1860 the interior Of
the building was finished, the spire was
erected, the butresses were placed, and the
church ground fenced. In the erection of the
spire fatal accident occurred. By the fall OF
timber one of the workmen was instantly
killed. The total cost of the church, as now
completed, was $l4, 600. The movement
which gave the present rectory to the parish
received its first impulse from Bishop
Whipple, who strenuously pressed 1t
upon the congregatio9 as ae, duty to
the principal care taker in this important
project. He secured the subscriptions, aided
by Mr.. Alanson Wilder, made the contracts,
and saw that they were faithfully fulfilled.
The principal subscribers were Henry Hale,
John L. Merriam, w. B. Litchfeld, who
gave $500 each; Fl. 81. Sibley, a. II. Wilder
and J. B. Braden. who gave $500 each. The
5000. The cost of the rectory as completed
in the summer of 1857 was $5,011.
The church at White Bear, built under the
direction OF DR.. Paterson in 1861 chiefly from
the bounty of one English family resident
there, cost $500. The new organ was pur-
chased in 1871 at a cost of $500. The mis-
sion chapel on Mississippi street was erected
ia 1874 under the auspices of the st. Paul's
Church brotherhood. The lot on which the
chapel is built was given by the Hon. Ed
mund Rice. The chapel cost - 600, OF which
amount $500 was paid by the brotherhood,
while the remainder was secured by a loan
from one of the building associations of the
city, which loan has since been paid by the
weekly offerings OF the parish Sunday school.
A complete history of the real estate belong
ing to the parish has been prepared by the
senior wsrden, who has the custody OF the
deeds and other evidences of title. The fol-
lowing is brief summary of the same:
The two lots on which the church stands
were presented to the parish by Capt. Dana.
The two lots on which the rectory
is placed aud one of the lots
fronting on Tenth street, were purchased Of
Mr.. Charles P. Choteau and others, for the
sum of $4,000.
The second lot on Tenth street was pur-
chased by the Ladies' Sewing society Of
Messrs. Thompson 81 Merriam, for the sum OF
81, 100.
50, 100, have now a valuation of $25, 900.
In August, 1874, owing to the growing in
firmities of the rector. 1t was deemed necessary
that he should have assistance. In accordance
with this conviction Rev. Edward @. Bill was
called by the vcstry to be the associate rector
of the parish. The call was accepted, and
Mr.. Bill entered upon his duties on the first
day of September, and continued his ministry
until June "a, 1875.
On Easter morning, March ID, 1876, at 2 Is
a. NJ, DR.. Paterson departed this life, and was
buried by the Rt Rev. Z. Il. Welles, from
this church, in Oakland cemetery, on the fol-
lowing Wednesday. The present incumbent
| became rector Of this parish on the LIST OF
July, 1876. His first sermon was preached on
the second Sunday of August. 1t was sim
gular coincidence that the rectorships OF
Christ church and st. PAul's became vacant
| at the same time, and that the new rectors en-
| tered upon their duties on the same Sunday.
The remaining history of the parish Is SO
| fresh in your memories that l shall leave 1t
| for another time, and perhaps for another
Chronicler.
But cannot leave the early history of this
church without saying a word in regard to
| the old Sewing society which did such noble
| work for the parish in its days OF dire ex-
| tremity, and without passing tribute to her
who was its founder and first president.
| Alice Consett Paterson was daughter OF
Charles King, president of Columbia college.
Though reared in luxury and accustomed to
L
entered upon her western life with an en-
thusiasm and an utter forgetfulness of self,
which gave charm to all her labors. Under
her leadership the ladies of the parish organ
lied the society of (which Mrs. Cakes, Mrs.
Carpenter and Mrs. Hale are still original
members, and which during the first ten
years of its existence earned by various ex-
furnishing the church, for fencing the ground
and for paying an indebtedness on the four
lots purchased of Mr.. Choteau and Mr..
Merriam.
In approaching the end OF my discourse
| feel very keenly how inadequate this sketch OF
our parish life has been. have done little
more than speak of the material growth OF
spiritual side to parish life, as there is to
the life of every individual. 1t is that which
| Is most difficult to shape into words. We
may number the baptisms and combinations,
and enumerate the increasing number OF
persons who have been admitted to holy
communion, and the multitude of children
who have been trained in the parish Sunday
school, but we cannot tell how much these
sacraments and this spiritual culture has
meant for the individual soul. We cannot
| tell when we have laid our dead away, how
| many have been rescued through these in
| strumentalities from hopeless immortality;
neither can we decide in this life whether the
apparent successes or the apparent failure oil
a parish have been most blessed in forming
and fashioning individual character. "Whom
| the Lord loveth he chasteneth." There is NO
life on the records of the parish whose cur
was more filled with sadness than that OF your
first rector. This fact has been impressed
upon me more and more deeply at every step oil
my discourse. DR.. Paterson came to you In
afluence. He came to you surrounded by
one of the most beautiful and promising
families that ever removed to Minnesota. Iu
his early ministry he gave bountifully, almcs
lavishIy, of his substance. The fatal year o
1857 robbed him OF his fortune. In 1861 hi
beloved and accomplished wife was takeI
from him, then child after chlld, after the
had grown to womanhoOd, until he, who maj
be called the father of the church in st. Paul
has left to one remaining daughter, (and she
child-b ereft widow, and to the only one who
bears his name, scarcely any other inheritance
than the holy memories which cluster about
this church. Let the dead be honored on thii
day of festal JOY, and especially those holy
dead to whom honor is due.
After the sermon the following letter o
congratulation from the rector OF Christ
Church was read.
To the Rector ard Congregation of ST
Paul's Church, st. Paul: :.
The Rector and Congregation OF Chris
Church unite in congratulations to st. Paul
Church on the conspicuous closing OF tn
first quarter of century Of her existence.
They desire to express the earnest wish thai
the wonderful success of the past may be bu