Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-27
CoNGREGArIoNA1 CLUE.

The Monthly Meeting at the Metropolitan
Last Naturalization Work-Papers Read
and Discussed.
The Congregational club of st. Paul and
Minneapolis held its monthly meeting at
the Metropolitan hotel last evening.
About fifty members sat down to the 5
o'clock dinner, after which they adjourned
to the spacious ladies' parlor on the sec
ond floor. G. ". Hackett, of st.
Paul, presided at the meeting. Mr..
Montgomery, superintendent of the
Home Missionary society submitted very
encouraging report of the home mission
work. He said the first English speaking
church ever established in New Ulm would
be dedicated next Tuesday night. 1t was
combination of different elements and
the result of mission work for the past
two years. There were two Congre-
gational families, two or three
Methodists, one Episcopal, etc., and
in that way the church was made up. The
citizens of New Ulm had contributed $1,000
towards the erection of the building. The
speaker hoped all who possibly could
car would leave here Tuesday morning and
IcbulA w SuhOoooy HOcus
In st. Paul two churches had been es-
tablished. The Atlantic on Dayton's bluff,
was organized last February with thirteen
members and now had thirty. They had
erected and were occupying new church.
Park church on st. Anthony hill was Or
ganized last April with thirty-two members
and now has fifty mine. Their chapel is
| nearly completed. Two weeks ago a col
lection was taken up for the home mission
and sos Is was contributed The Home
Mission society had aided this church to
! the amount of $500, and nov in six months
| time they had received back twenty per
cent, which he thought WAS good return
| A paper was then read by Rev. S. V. S.
| Fisher upon "The Cardinal Principles OF
the Reformation, and their Developments -
| This paper was listened to with close at
| tention and treated of the fundamental
principles of the reformation under Luther
andipointed out their workings, more partic
ularly on their agency in freeing the human
mind from the chains in which it had been
held for years. The discussion
on this paper was limited, on account OF
the desire of some of the members to leave
for Minneapolis. Mr.. S. L.. Pierce, of st.
Paul, conceded with the views expressed
in the paper One great advantage, be
| SAID, of the revolution was the freeing OF
the human mind from the dominion OF
the priesthood. After this was
done, however, boundaries were placed
around this freedom in the form of creeds
in order to keep it within reasonable linn
its. Mr.. Pierce caused considerable mer
riment by referring to an incident per
tanning to the ark and the children of Is
rael. He spoke to the ark being drawn
from the enemy's camp to the camp of the
Israelites by heifers or bullocks, he did moi
know which, and this was what caused the
ministers to laugh right out in meeting.
On the programme the second paper
was to have been read or
German University Life" by Rev. R. A
Torrey. Instead of reading paper Mr.
Torrey gave an exceedingly Interesting
verbal statement of what he had observed
while in Germany. They have about thirty
ministers in territory, about as large as
Texas. The Leipsic university has about
5000 students, and there is another al
Munich with 1000. The others are well
attended, and some of the smallest
have some of the best professors. The
largest universities do not monepolize all
the best professors. He gave a very hu-
morous and interesting description of how
the student is enrolled as member, and
told Of the manner of duelling which is
very common at all the universities. The
speaker holds most of the German profess.
ors in high esteem, and
many things are taught
there, and developed in their lectures that
he never heard alluded to in this country
His description of these lectures was pc
culiarly interesting and life like. AZ it's
conclusion the speaker was applauded in a
manner that left no doubt as to the inter
| est excited by his remarks. The hour was
TOO late for any discussion and the club
adjourned Immediately.