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


thereupon declared the Rev. henry B. Whip
pie to be duly elected the bishop OF the diocese
During this time the church, though con
secrsted, was still incomplete. There were nc
buttresses, no spire, no chancel furniture, nc
fence. In the spring of 1860 the interior oil
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 $4,000. The movement
| which gave the present rectory to the parish
received its first impulse from Bishop
Whipple,, who strenuously pressed II
| upon the congregation as duty to
its devoted rector. Mr.. Harvey Officer was
the principal care taksr 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. Litchfield, who
gave $500 each; H. II. sibley. A. II; Wilder
and 3. B. Braden, who gave $500 each. The
total amount of subscriptions secured was
$3.50. 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 DIR. Paterson In 1861 chiefly from
the bounty of one English family resident
there, cost $780, The new organ was pur-
CHASED IN lotl III Cost VI SoBOVV. 1ut HIS
sion chapel on Mississippi street was erected
in 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 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 s., 900.
The second lot on Tenth street was pur.
chased by the Ladies' Sewing society Of
Messrs. Thompson & Merriam, for the sum OF
LOO.
%, 100, have now a valuation of SIS, OOO.
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 c. 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 10, 1875, at 2 Is
a. m, DR.. Paterson departed this life, and was
buried by the Ri. Rev. Z. r. Welles, from
this church, in Oakland cemetery, on the fol-
lowing Wednesday. The present incumbent
became rector OF this parish on the 1st Of
July, 1876. His first sermon was preached on
CHM Of II woo eip
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-
trsnity, 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
the highest social culture OF the East, she
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-
pedients more than &c, coo for completing and
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 l
feel very keenly how Inadequate this sketch Of
nh vnar /
more than speak of the material growth of
the church There is, however, an inner and
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 Of
| 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 cup
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 Of
my discourse. DIR. Paterson came to you in
affluence. He came to you surrounded by
one of the most beautiful and promising
| families that ever removed TO MinnesOta. In
| his early ministry he gave bOuntifully, almost
lavishIy, of his substance. The fatal year of
| 1857 robbed him of his fortune. In 1861 his
beloved and accomplished wife was taken
| from him, then child after child, after the y
had grown to womanhood, until he, who may
! be called the father of the church In st. Paul,
has left to one remaining daughter, land she
child ereft widow, and to the only one who
bears his name, scarcely any other inheritance
| than the holy memories which cluster about
this church. Lit the dead be honored on this
day OF festal joy, and especially those. holy
dead to whom honor is due.
After the sermon the following letter OF
congratulation from the rector OF Christ
Church was read
To the Rector and Congregation of st
Paul's Church, st. Paul:
The Rector and Congregation OF Christ
Church unite in congratulations to st. Paul g
Church on the conspicuous closing OF the
first quarter OF century of her existence.
They desire to express the earnest wish that
the wonderful success of the past may be but
the beginning of an unchecked and ever in
creasing prosperity, and that God may bless
her works and ways. "May she strengthen
her stakes and enlarge her borders during all
| the coming years, and may Christ Church
aud parrfsc Chureh mother and dang htpr