St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-16
BAPTIST SOCIAL UNION.
Its Meeting at the Metropolitan Last
Evening,


Fully two hundred Of the Baptists of the
two cities gathered at%he Metropolitan yes
terday afternoon, and at the business meet
ing of this popular union at its second gath
ering some twenty members from each city
gained its membership Then there was an
adjournment to the spacious hall, where
rare programme of song was given the gen.
tlemen and ladies by Miss Josephine Rand,
Miss Jingle Glidden and Miss Oliver, as also
by Messrs, R. J. T. White and Chas DeLacy,
under the direction OF Prof C. S. Titcomb.
AT O'Clock adjournment was made to the
spacious dining room at which 1877 plates
were fronted by most pleasant company
and who were served with a dinner of the
most abundant, elaborate and elegant char
acter, which reflected high credit upon the
present excellent management of that popu-
lar house, over which grace was said by Rev.
DR.. Woods, of Woodland Park chapel
At the close of the feast of appetite the
master of the intellectual report which fol-
lowed, introduced Rev. S. E. Gates, of Min
neapolis, whose theme was Christian culture
He showed the great strides made by the
other othodox denominations in Minneso-
ia in education, in the building of UNIVERSE
ties and the establishment of schools and
colleges, the last of which had been mainly
borne by st. Paul and Minneapolis, while the
Baptist denomination had made hardly any
effort in that direction, though most album
dainty able. He gave the figures of the num-
Der of members of each denomination in
the state, the cost which they had been to in
this direction, the Methodists being the most
numerous and active and the Episcopalians
spending the most money in the work, Every
Baptist son and daughter, rich or poor, should
be educated by money donated for education
al schools by the churches of the state, that
its highest interests and membership in the
future might be maintained. Schools
obroad would not educate the Bap-
fist youth of Minnesota, for such schools and
colleges were PUZZLED from children almost
within the shadow of their walls. Each state
must do its own work in giving its youth
Christian culture, and Minnesota Baptists
must accomplish their part of the work, and
they would, and by the blessing of God they
can do whatever they will do.
Rev. w. I. Chase, of Minneapolis, was an
nounced to speak on the subject of social
duty. After getting by anecdote and pithy
language his audience into great good humor,
he said that the changes of opinion on sub
jects in this day, it gave him great satisfac-
ton to know that one old knottv question
had been settled, which was g that the thorn
in the side of st. Paul is Minneapolis.
and he hoped that the grace would be
given to st. Paul to endure the thorn in its
flesh" This was received with great mirth.
when the speaker switched off into the sub
ject of Baptist social unions, by which he
said the Baptists Of Boston set the pattern to
all the Christian denominations of the coun-
try twenty years ago.
Rev. w. NJ. Lawrence, D. D., was called
out to speak on the subjectof 'sChrist and So
ciety." After some pleasantness, the gentle
man made some tender illusions
to Messrs. Riddell and Wood.
as his old time friends and class
mates, and entered upon the theme of the
power of Christian work when carried on So
cially. 1t was necessary to tap society to
make it feel the power of religion. Christ
was society being, and when in society he
was both the son of man and the
Son of God. The Pharisees in
criiicizing his social qualities, said of him
that he consorted with publicans and sinners,
failing to understand his moving about
among men, and thus sowing the seeds of
his work, and among whom he dropped
some OF the most sublime and comforting
assurances which he has bequeathed to us.
There is nothing which a pastor breads so
much as the first going out Of the young of
his people into society and Christian people
have no right to surrender society up to I'M
Christian influences. There is no field so help
full and promising as social union to throw
force and strength inte,the Christian church.
Rev. S. G. Smith, of st. Paul, though
Methodist, said he was not lonesome in this
happy gathering-his mother was Baptist,
and he was among his mothers
friends. He made some happy
hits on the Jews and Greeks of
st. Paul and Minneapolis, but he was happy
to know that 10 sectional strife entered into
church matters between the two
cities. He thought that the Baptists
and Methodist believed their
own particular creeds from fixed principles
though they differed widely, and that it costs
less to convert Baptist and Methodists than
other denominations. Jesus Christ was the
central figure, whatever things the Chistian
denominations belived, and he was a present
God. 1t took two summers of earth to bring
a hollyhock into perfect flower, but it took
the summers of two worlds with the winter
of death between to make saint and fit him
to stand before the throne.
The last train to Minneapolis was held
back by its officers to enable the attendants
from that city to reach their homes, the most
pleasant gathering not breaking up, and then
rplIIptantlV until fl oinIool-