St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
AN 0AIVET OVATION.
Good East side People Rejoice Owe,
Il Fine church Dedicated.

Good East Side People Rejoice Over
Il Fine church Dedicated.
The church editice just completed by the
Olivet Baptist society of the East Side, and
which rears its slightly structure toward
heaven from the corner of Ninth avenue
and Fifth street southeast, was formally
dedicated to the worship of the Almighty,
yesterday afternoon. The struggling
church society has just emerged from a
career of adversely, and to-day is proudly
conscious of being the victorious pOSSeSSOr
OF the handSOmest church in the East Divis-
ION. About $40, 900 has been expended
and the result is a beautiful building of
pressed brick. with stone trimmings, meas
uring 110X63 feet. A square tower rises
from the outside corner, the two entrances
being through. its base. Besides the
rectangular auditorium are lecture room,
class rooms and parlor besides thoroughly
equipped kitchen. The auditorium will
seat 600 persons; it is amphitheatrical in
construction, the floor sloping gently
from the entry to the pulpit
and baptistry. Handsome frescoing
and fine wood finish are features of
the interior. the wood being polished oak.
Stained-glasS windows throw soft light
throughout the building. The church has
been well furnished and pipe organ will
be added next year.
DEDICATION.
Yesterdays services began with the usual
morning meeting, at which Rev. Palmer,
read history of the society ex-
tending back for thirty-fve years.
The formal dedication took place at p. M,
the auditorium being filled to its utmost ca
pacity. Special music had been prepared
by the choir, and the program opened with
a voluntary. Rev. G. l.. Morrill, of the
Calvary church offered the Invocation and
an appropriate scriptuaal selection was read
by Rev. ID. ID. McLaurin of the Evangelical
church. After prayer by Rev. T. &. Field
Of the Fourth Baptist church DR.. W. T.
Chase of the First church preached the
dedicatOry sermon. a mastery discourse on
the scope and obligation Of Christian
itv. Rev. Fred 7. Gates of the
Central Baptist church offered the dedicat-
Ory prayer. and DR.. H. C. Wood of the
Woodland Park Baptist church, st. Paul,
delivered the charge to the church. Bene-
diction was pronounced by the pastor, Rev.
NJ ID. Shutter. and the congregation was
dismissed Last night DR.. Shutter preached
Oh the Work of the Ministry.
CHURCH HISTORY.
1t is stated above that the Olivet society
has had a career of adversely" reference
being had to the fact that of the thirty-fve
years of its life eleven were passed in a
state of inactivity asa church. The society
is one of the oldest III the county and was
organized in the town of st. Anthony in
1850. In the days when it began to first
approach prosperity the city of Minneapo-
lis Sprang up on the west side and drew
away most of its people, and it was only
when the Second ward put on its present
stability that prosperity permanently re-
turned. The society early owned its real
estate, and first erected a small chanel
which was afterward sold to the Pilgrim
Baptist society of st. Paul 1t erected a
much larger building in 1870, but afterwards
sold it to the Lutherans for s., 500.
From 1875 to 1880 there was
really no church, but the society
never missed its prayer meetings and Sun.
day schools 1t also has the reputation oi
being the parent of many Of the Baptis
churches on the West side. which were
formed by its members as they removed
across the river. The church has had {
of service follow: W. c. Brown. one year
Lyman Palmer, three years: Lyman Whit
ney, one year; j. c. Hyde. two years
Il. NJ. 5. Pease, two years; w
H. Humphreys, six months; B. F. Scriven
six months: Asa Druryea. three years; S
W. StearnS. two years; J. W: Jerrall, si2
months; ", W. Moore, one year; A. a
Russo II, two years: Sewall Brown, three
years, and N. D. Shutter, since 1881. Tht
building committee. to which is due mos
of the credit of the new church. is com
posed of Phillip Herzog. E. D. Bowman
j. W. Smith. Willard Morse. and Profs
Il. 7. JudsOn and j. G. Moore.