Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-04
D. Morgan, pastor Of Clinton Avenue
The Fi..st Rap.iss chnrch

The First BapiiSt Church
was organized in school house on Jack
son street, Dec. 80, 1849, with twelve con
stituent members, as follows: Rev. John
P. Parsons, Mrs. Mathilda Parsons, H. H.
Lavender, Mrs. Elvira Lavender. LYMAN
Dayton, Mrs. Maria B. Dayton, Chas.
Stearns, Mrs. Samantha Easton, VIM. H.
Townsend, Harriet E. Bishop, John B.
Spencer, and Mrs. Nancy Spencer. Dec.
81, 1849, the first sermon was preached by
Rev. VIM. G. Brown, of Saltwater, assisted
by Rev. John Bates In June, 1850. the
members somewhat decreased, as a new
church was organized in st. Anthony, and
five of the constituent members of the st.
Paul church who were residents of st. An
| thony left, but in the same year there
were six more admitted into the church by
| letter, making an increase of one member
| That year building lot on Third street
was donated by H. M. Rice, which lot was
exchanged for one on Mount Pisgah, which
was sold in 1860, where founda-
ton was laid and the house
enclosed, when work was suspended until
the close of the winter of 1850 and 1851.
In May the pastor went east to raise
enough money, which was done, and the
church was completed at cost of $4,000.
After collecting the $4,000 as his books
| showed, he started from Boston by way of
| New York, on his return home. dispatch
was received from New York as follows:
| GDrugged, robbed, found insensibIe in the
street" He died on the Mississippi river
while returning to his parish, and the first
religious services ever held in the house
were the funeral services preparatory to
his burial.
The steamer on which he died brought
him to st. Paul.
During the first years of the church's ex-
istance, A. II. Lavender was absolutely the
man Of all work, acting as sexton, janitor,
usher, and whatever his hands found to do,
and on March z, 1852, Mr.. Lavender was
regarly ordained deacon of the church,
an Office which he still continues to hold.
The first baptism in the church history,
and probably first on the Mississippi river
north Of the Iowa line, and the first in
Minnesota, was in April, 1851, of which
Rev. j. P. Parsons was the administrator
and Thomas NJ. French the candidate. The
scene being new it created considerable
excitement and drew a large audience to
witness it, including q conspicuous group
of Sioux Indians.
The second pastor of the church was
Rev T. R. Cressy. During his stay the
membership increased to sixty, but after
two years he resigned the passionate to be-
come state missionary.
In November, 1854, the church having
been closed for some time, the services of
Rev. A. NJ. Torbet were secured. During
his stay the membership had increased
from sixty to eighty-seven. He resigned
in 1857, after passionate of two years.
September, 1857, Rev. J. D. Pope was
secured and was duly settled on as their
pastor.
In 1862 the stone chapel on Wacouta
street was erected at a cost of $4,000, and
was opened for services on New Years
morning, 1868, and during his faithful
passionate of nine years. He resigned in
1866, during which time the member
ship was more than doubled.
In 1873 the preliminary steps we're taken
for the construction of a new stone church,
which resulted in the purchase of the cor
ner lot on Wacouta and Ninth streets, and
the dedication of the present building on
the first Sunday in May, 1875, costing,
building and lot, $120,000 Through the
generosity Of the late Horace Thompson,
after the completion of the building the
church was left with only debt of $4,000,
which was swept out of the way by cash
subscription in the month of April, 1881 In
May, 1882, L. @. Barnes resigned and ter
minated this connection in July. The
church extend a call to r. r. Riddell, of
Wakefield, Mass, who commenced his labors
OF the third Sunday of November, 1882.
The following have served as pastors
since 1885:
Rev. r A. Patterson.
Rev. e. B. Hulburt.
Rev. Henry Gross, of Coventry, England. |
Rev. L. G. Barnes.
The present pastor is Rev. R. 4. Riddell. |
During the past year the church organ
ICED mission on Fort street, commencing
On the first Sunday of the year, and on the
LIST Of July they put Rev. @. n. Patterson
IN charge of the work as missionary, and
have also started another mission in East
st. Paul and constructed building which
is now finished, and services began on
the first Sunday in January. The Firs t
church has now 437 members.
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH (CoLORED.)
The church building is situated at the
corner of Cedar and Twelfth streets. The
society was started III 1863 under the
charge of Rev. R. Hickman as preacher,by
holding meetings in Music hall on Third
street The services were we'll attended
from the first. For some ten years the So
ciety occupied several halls, but IN 1872
they bought lot on the corner OF Twelfth
and Cedar streets and erected 3 church
building 35x75, which has q seating capac-
ity of 300 people. The structure is of
wood and with the lot cost about S2,400 !
The society is still served by Mr.. Hick-
man There is a fourishing Sunday school
connected with the church with an average |
attendance of about forty pupils. The
structure has been improved during the /
past year. The attendance is large and
the membership about seventy-ive.
FIRST GERMAN BAPTIST CHURCH.
This society was organized ON the Sd
day of August, 1873, and upon the same
day II. j. Miller was ordained as pastor,
and served until August 1, 1874. There
were sixteen members at the start, the off
GERS being F. Gernenz, treasurer; Abr.
Janzen, Jr., clerk. The Rev. j. F. HoeAin
was pastor from August 1, 1874, till July
1, 1879. Rev. f. Heisiz from October 1,
1879, to October l, 1880. From December
1, 1880, to April 1, 1881, student from
the thao1OOioaI seminary of POobortar N