Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-14

trust, forever" This irascible ''fire-eater''
cannot silence the Nemesis of history. The
black and damning story of American
slavery will remain while the worlds his
tory endUres.
RELIGIOUS progress and church building
are among the noticeable enterprises in
st. Paul. This is encouraging as laying
broad and deep a substratum of morality,
without which no populous community can
be truly prosperous, and under the pro-
lection of safeguards against the inroads
of immortality, vice and crime. Most, if
not all, the leading denominations, have
several distinct church organizations and
church edifces. But until recently there
has been in this, already large and growing
city, but one Congregational church, that of
Plymouth. This fact has caused some
surprise, and led to the frequent
inquiry why Plymouth church alone rep
resented that denomination here, when
that church alone could, confessedly, afford
accommodation to but very small portion
of the large number of:people in sympa-
thy with their modes and tenets. Ply
mouth church, at last, has itself become
aroused to the necessities of the situation,
and is sending out colonies and organizing
churches at several important points in
the city. The GLOBE learns from the
Pilgrim, published at Minneapolis, under
the auspices of the General Congrega-
tional association of Minnesota, some in
ter esting particulars, in regard to their
church work in st. Paul. One
year ago Plymouth church was the only
| Congregational church in the city, strong,
numerous, overcrowded. In January last
she sent off a colony which was organized
into the Pacific Congregational church, y
located in a populous portion of the city
away from other churches. This church
has secured the R ev. G. A. Conant for its
pastor and has completed handsome
church edifice at cost of $1,000. Upon
Dayton's bluff another church has been or
ganized called the "Atlantic Congrega-
tional church" In this part of the city is
population of 5000 or more, cut off from
convenient religious privileges by distance
to the city churches and the
want of means of transit. In this
populous portion of the city, iso-
lated from the main part of the city, there
are but two churches, one Catholic, the
other Methodist. The Congregationalists
on this bluff have assumed their share of
Christian work, by organizing the Atlantic
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furnished convenient building for wor-
ship, and have entered vigorously upon
Sunday school work, and have issued a
call to the Rev. E. H. Votaw, of Manhat-
tan, Kansas, to become their pastor; and
it is hoped and confidently expected that
| he will accept the call. A subscription has
been already started to procure means. to
build house of worship, which Mr.. G. w.
Hackett has headed with the generous sum
of $500. There is no doubt that the At
lantic, like the Pacific church, will soon
have convenient and commodious house
of worship of their own. Thus, one year
ago there was but one Congregational
church in st. Paul, and now there are
three. A movement was inaugurated dur
ing the year past to organize a
fourth, but all could not be
accomplished in one year. The enterprise
however, has not been abandoned, and the
present year may witness its success. st.
Anthony hill has been selected as the prop
or location of the fourth church. This
beautiful, already populous and rapidly
growing resident portion of the city, dis
tant like the bluff, from the already exist
ing city churches, presents peculiar claims
and inducements for the organization of
Congregational church. The parties es-
pecially interested in organizing church
on ST. Anthony hill have secured the servi-
ces of the Rev. F. N. Walcott, to take
up subscription to secure
means for the erection of
church building, and Col. G. W. Griggs has
alreadypledged one-tenth of the sum needed
to buy lot and build. The object may
thus be considered secured, and the organi-
cation of fourth Congregational church
will soon follow. Other denominations
are active and Jealous in their distinctive