St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-19

up from 1866 20 1854, and now the church
had IA colleges and seminaries with l.319
teachers, PC. 4S3 students and 81 500, 600 OF
property These had traiued 4OS 600 youths
and sent them out into the world and in this
great work the church was out of the wilder
ness and into the bright sunlight, and
its work would sweep through
all coming time until the world as a spotless
Jewel should be laid at the feet Of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
HISTORY OF HAAILINE UNIVERSITY.
Rev. Vim. Mckinley, Of Red Wing, then
gave very interesting earlier history Of this
university, whose charter was altered on the
application Of Rev. David Brooks to VIM. P.
Murray, ESQ. who managed its passage
through the territorial legislature of 1851.
To Mr.. Murray also belonged the honor Of
naming the institution "Hamline." knowing
that the distinguished bishop Of that name
contemplated leaving his fortune Tor the
founding Of such institutions in the north
west, which BisnOp afterwards gave it s2S,-
600 in city property in New York and Chi
eagO. The charter designated that it should
be located somewhere between St Anthony
Falls and Lake Pepin, and the river being
the liveliest channel OF travel in the state ii
was located at Red Wing through the infU-
enee of William Freedom. Its first board Of
trustees were A. Ramsey, ". a. German,
Nj. Sorrel, Patker Payne, J. Hewes, c Her
bert, J. Bidweil and B. F. Hoyt. The school
was opened at Red Wing November, 1854,
with DR.. Brooks as its first president, who
was succeeded by Rev. B. F. Crary in
1915, who filed the Office 10
1861. when he went to the war
as. Chaplain in a Minnesota regiment An
Interesting history of the financial crash OF
1857, and its ruinOus effects upon the inst
tutions aud the final close at Red Wing was
given, though afterwards the Institution paid
all It's debts, except % some of its teachers,
who discounted half their salaries. To pay
is debts the New York property left the uni
versity was sold for So 600, which property
Is now worth $1,000, 900, and the Chicago
property would have been sold If the bishop
bad not fixed il so that it could not be. Said
Mr.. kinley, "We were up to our ears in
means" and he gave an anecdote where
three of the teachers were so poor that they
divided sack OF Hour between them after
dark for board for their families.
He closed with a noble tribute to those
who secured their education at Hamline and
Red Wing, which was the only school in
Minnesota where the classes we've taught in
the eleven years of the states history, and
the work they had made in the world. They
went there for an education under poverty
and privation and passed i've examinations
II was as much Of a delusiOn that great and
wealthy institutions make great men, as that
a great city makes big men Of those who live
in Il. The Methodist church OF Minnesota
had always been liberal toward Hamlne and
as the institution originated with st. Paul
men, and three Of its trustees were members
OF the Jackson street NJ. f. church, it should
be particularly upheld by its citizens.
OUR PRESENT DUTY.
The meeting came to a close with some
earnest words by r v. Mr. Forbes, Of the
Jackson street church, in regard To the duty
OF MethOdists 10 contribute means of support
and SEM students to the Hamlin uni
versity.
WEDNESDAYS PROGRAMME.
900 m.-Devotional exercises, W. s.
Chase.
$50 a m.-Confereuce business.
1920 a. m.-Exegesis, Matt. XIV, 31-46,
discussion, L. Gilbert.
II 20 a. m.-Essay on the Atonement, A.
W. Edwards.
$500 p. m.-Devotional exercises, W. H.
Matthew.
2:20 p. m.-How to preach so as to coun-
teract most efTectually the skeptical tende
cies Of the times, G.. II. Bridgman.
400 p. m.-Review-''Natural Law in the
Spiritual World" S G. Smith.
1880 p. m.-Experience meeting, r.
Forbes.