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

WHEREAS, While we bid them God speed il
their sacred work, to express our confiden
and earnest prayer that with church edificel
remote from each other, and hearty mutual
good will, the generous emulation OF the two
parishes may be overruled to the promotion
in peace and harmony, both of the glory oil
God and the salvation of men.
Thus the new enterprise was launched. As
DR.. Van Ingen himself very truly says, s'the
new parish was started not in schism, or as
the offspring of contention, but in the execu-
ton under friendly and united counsels OF
q cherished plan and purpose; and
with every prospect that by
Gods continued blessing, the picture OF the
gospel, first read in st. Paul's church shall be
realized, "They, filled both the ships"
| There is one clause in the preamble of the
| resolution which we have just read, which
| requires some explanation. 1t is that which
| refers TO the appropriation of 81 900 from the
proceeds OF the old cemetery to the new parish
in lower town. Thelold cemetery was a
land tract of three acres lying north of Ohm
| sted about five blocks on d. Bow street, west
of st. PauPs church. It was presented to the
church in st. Paul by the Rev. A. B. Patter-
son and wife, Of New Jersey. When set apart
for the purposes of a cemetery it was sup
posed to be sufficiently distant from the
center of population, but the rapid growth of
the town during the prosperous years oil. IS
and SO had already encroached upon this
home OF the dead. Another tract was there
fore purchased by the corporation Of Christ
church, and zone more distant from the city.
The old cemetery was sold to Caspar H.
Schurmeier, for 81. 500, and in obedience 10 the
express desire of Bishop Kemper, to whom
the donor when asked for clear deed re.
ferred the matter, and in consideration of the
one-half acre which in the first deed of trust
had been specifically set apart for the site of
rhnrchy N tho pf
Christ church at the suggestion Of DR.. Van
!ngen appropriated 81 900 for such site and
Improvements on the same.
The meeting called to organize the new
parish in lower town was held in the parlor
OF Capt. Dana's house, now the Roman Catho
lie Orphan asylum. The date was December
2S, 1856. At this meeting DIR. Van Ingen ap-
peared, and generously and frankly offered his
aid in perfecting the organization.
Action was then taken looking to the OBJ
tanning of rector for the new parish. By a
singular coincidence the two names under con-
sideration were Henry B. Whipple and An
drew Bell Paterson, the first Of whom became
candidate for this Office. This fact / learn
from letter of Father Gears, dated Fort
Smelling, December IA, 1856, and addressed to
the rector of Rome, N. Y. The call was ex-
tended to Mr.. Paterson. 1t was promptly &C.
cepted, and he removed with his family to ST.
Paul In May, 1857, accompanied by Mr.. L.
Henry Smith, the architect Of the church
There are persons who remember the double
cottage on the corner lof Ninth and Willius
streets, which the doctor with his fam:
lily first occupied, and where he remained
until his handsome stone residence on Phalen
creek, known as Lodore, was completed.
Henry Smith lived as an inmate Of DR.. Pater-
sons family, and so far as know, says Capt.
Dana, gave his whole time and labor to the
~s ha oh,rr al, nd
asked for any compensation. Whatever was
his motive, his life then was a devotion to
that work.
The first service of st. Paul's church was
held in the upper room OF the Washington
school house on the first Sunday in July, 1857.
1t was an suspicious commencement Of the
work that the new parish on that occasion
was favored with the presence of Rt. Rev.
Alonzo Potter. Bishop Of Pennsylvania, and
one of the noblest prelates OF the American
church. He read the service and preached
the sermon. The congregation numbered
about 100 persons.
On July 10 the first communion was cele-
brated: OF the twenty-five who then COM
parish to-day, namely: DIR. Edward A Boyd,
Mrs. W. E. Hunt, and Miss Anne E. Gill.
The corner stone of our present building was
laid on the 14th day of July, 1857, by Bishop
Kemper. The clergy, then small band in.
deed, robed at the house Of Capt Dana and
marched in procession to the foundation.
The address was delivered by DIR. Van Ingen.
Says DR.. Paterson in one Of his par0chial SER
mons: "Tbe building progressed satisfactorily
from this time until the great commercial
crisis of the following October. This event
almost stopped the work, for it prevented the
collection of subscriptions to the amount of
$4,000. the lathipg the building had then
just been completed; the plastering and pews
ho6 cfiII IN ha nr0vidnd In this
the members Of the vestry on their individual
RESPONSIBILITY succeeded in obtaining loan Of
$500 at 8 per cent. per month. With this
amount the building was put in condition
for worship on Christmas day, 1857.
1t will be interesting to know the names Of
the vestry who succeeded in such notable
commercial transaction: N. j. 7. Dana, ST.
Warden, Norman w. Kittson, Jr. Warden,
Henry A. Lambert. J. Irving Beaumont, JOnn
Livingston, Chas w. Wooley, vestrymen.
At this first service In the new church on
Christmas day, 1857, Father Gear, then chap
lain of Fort Smelling, was the preacher. Dis
abled by the violence of repeated accidents,
his chair. In spite of the rough and in
complete condition of the church building,
the service is spoken OF by those who remem-
Der it, as one of great joy. The unfinished
chancel and the uupainted timbers were
decorated with the fir tree, the pine tree, and
the box, brought together by Jealous hearts
to beautify the house of the Lord.
In the spring of 1858 funds were obtained
from the East to finish and furnish the chan
Gel.
At this time there remained upon the church
due to the mechanics debt of IS 900. In
consequence of its on-payment, in the subse-
quent fall q lien was put upon the building.
The following March in 1859, the holder of
the lien threatened a sale. 1t was therefore
necessary to make a vigorous effort to save
the church. A parish meeting was called and
an appeal made for subscriptions to pay off
the debt. DIR. Borup promised $l0O for every
81 900 subscribed. This stimulated applica-
ton to friends in the East, and very liberal
donations were there obtained which enabled
the parish 10 extinguish its debt. We at this
time can hardly appreciate the meauin of an
effort which undertook to raise more than
s., 600 in the dark years of 1858 and 1859. In
addition to the donations from the East above
mentioned, it is proper to add that DR.. Pater-
son, before his departure, obtained funds frOul
there chiefly from his personal friends and rel.
atives sufficient to purchase an organ, which
cost $3.50, stained glass windows, $500, CON-
munion service, $l75, and complete outfit
for the Sunday school. On the first Wednes-
day IN June, 1859, very soon after the indeb-
tedness was paid, the church was consecrated
by Bishop Kemper. On this occasion the SER
mon was preached by the Rev. Timothy VIII
coxson, and the choir consisted of Mr.. Rich
| ards Gordon, our present preceLtor, who for