St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-03

uatlon of these is S3l5,2O0; Indebtedness,
$i5,500; membership, 4,5i5, aud average at
tendance, 9, 400. The GLOBE has obtained a
history of each, which is appended below
The statistics presented are accurate. having
ben obtained from the pastors or leaders.
The figures are a credit TO Saltwater. which
Is acknowledged to have more church-going
people than any city of the size in the West.
The strongest and wcalthieSt church is the
st. Michael's (Catholic), which is worth $780,
goo. The second is the St. Marys German
Catholic), worth $50, 600. ana the third is the
Presbyterian, worth $4,000.
ST. MICHAEL's.
The st. Michael's church was organized In
| 1858, the first services being held by Rev.
| Father Peyragrosse, a missionary. The first
editce erected was on Fourth and Mulberry
/ steeets, measuring 34Xj0 feet, and Rev.
| Father Fisher was the first clergymen sta
toned here. Rev. Father hurry succeeded
/ + .ther Fisher and had the edfice enlai ged
and improved at a cost of $1,000 in 1857.
Rev. Father McManus succeeded Rev. hurry,
| who went to Hastings and remained there
| during so and go. He returned in the fall
/ of go and remained till 80, when he was
| succeeded by the Rev. Father NJ. Z. Murphy,
! the present pastor. The population OF Still
water was then only 1850. and there were
| about 400 in the society. and the property was
valued at $4,000. The present commodious
| edif,ce was commenced in -, the corner
| store laid in 70 and dedicated in 20.
! The edihce measures l4SX62 feet,
| IS built of Saltwater sandstone, with
Kasota trimming, and is OF the composite
| order. The tower stands 200 feet in height,
| and can be seen for miles. The cross at the
| top is 10 be illuminated with electric light as
| several are in New York city. The church
has seating capacity OF loo, and Is the best
| in the state. There are eight chime bells OF
| the McShane manufacture. They were put
up in 's2 at a cost OF $500, and are the finest
in the Northwest. There are 300 families or
| 1900 souls connected with the church. The
/ Sunday school has a membership or about
500, and the parochial schools 800. The latter
| are taught by the five sisters of the church.
| In addition to the Sunday schools and the
| parochial schools of ct. Michaers church,
| there are several societies: The Crusaders,
membership so; Father Mathews society,
| membership sixty; cadets, finest in the state,
| membership 40; ST. Vincent de Paul con-
| ference, membership 80; Ladies' society
Rosary, membership I40, and Children of
Mary, membership 100. Three services are
| held on Sunday, two In the morning and three
in the afternoon. In winter daily services
| are held in the spacious basement of the
| church. There are two resident clergymen,
Rev. Father NJ. E. Murphy and Rev. j. II.
Gauchan. Father Murphy was alone TIL
| Father Gaughan came two years ago. The
church property, including the school and
parish adjoining the church on Third street
south, and the cemetery OF twelve acres at
South Stillwater,is worth fully Sl30, 900, with
a debt of $4,000, which is nearly twenty-five
times as much as the congregation was worth
when Father Murphy assumed charge fifteen
years ago. This certainly speaks well for
him and the congregation as well.
ST. MARY's.
The St Mary's church, Rev. p. Alphons
Krusle, o. S. B., pastor. was organized in
1865 and owns church edihce costing about
$4,000, on Fifth street. near Pine. The
church has 125 families and school attend
ance of between 80 and 100. The church
measures If0x50 feet and is OF the Roman
architecture, built of brick and trimmed with
stone; was erected in 1sS3-'S4 and is con-
secrated. Outside OF st. Paul il is one of the
finest German Catholic churches in Mime
Sofa The three bells are excellent ones and
cost s., 800. They are the McShane make.
The school and sisters house is q two-story
brick structure, stands on the south OF the
church, and cost Sll, 600 when built in 1879.
On the north or the church stands the parish
house, which will be removed and a better
one erected as soon as the congregation can
afford it. The church property occupies six
and one-half lots and is valued at $751;
The congregation expects to hquidate the
debt, which is about $4,000, in a few years.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
The First Presbyterian church grew out of
the earnest missionary work of Rev. w. It.
Boutwell, in 1s47 and 1S4s. The church was
organized by Rev. ]. S. Whitney in lS40 with
! eight members. The first sermon was in the
dIning-room of the St. Croix house. on Main
street. The second place for holding service
was over the market. corner of Main and
Myrtle streets. The first building was erected
| in 1851, and the second. the ArmOry building,
was erected in 1857. The present ediice, on
the lot I40x67, corner OF Myrtle and Third
streets was erected in 1884 at a cost of $50 600.
The church is complete and is the most boauti-
full in the Cit. The audience room is Ska feet
and SO feet high in the center. The Sabbath
| school room is 46x52 feet and 20 feet high IN
the center. The extreme length outside is 13s
feet, and width so feet. The vestibule Of the
, | corner tower is ID feet square, vestibule
for the smaller tower 10 feet square, and
height of the tower and square 100 feet. The
church is planned on the amphitheGtrical
, basis, with radial passages and curving
, | pews and the floor bowling regularly all
around, with entrances on Myrtle and Third
? streets. The interior of the audience room ie
subvivided into three divisions answering 70
the aisles and nave. The nave ceiling rises
considerably above the ceiling OF aisles and
) thus much picturesqueness is obtained. The
| pulpit is in the center OF the long side, and
! the organ and choir gallery in an angle of the
room. The audience room is lighted by
cathedral glass The Sabbath school room Is
so arranged that the various Bible classes
| may be entirely isolated from each other and
may yet be thrown together by
sliding doors. A service room is also
| provided with dumb-waiter communi-
cation with kitchen and basement
The structure is of stone sub structure with
, DTlch lADie A0Q WINDOW
D and door trimmings OF bud sandstone from
Driesbaeh, the whole being devised in q solid
a and substantial manner. The style of archi
: lecture is the early English gothic. and the
: audience room has a seating capacity of go.
The membership is 300, and the average
morning attendance 49, The Sunday schoO
! has membership of 200; average attend
> ance $50. The superintendent is A. NJ
Kiehle. The church property is worth $780,
600, with n debt Of S1l, 900. Rev. DIR. ]. Hal
\ stad, the pastor, assumed charge of the con-
gregation in June, 1852, when the armory was
used for services. The church was then not
worth over $1,000, and the membership was
not over $50. The building was I'm dilapida
ted condition and was sold for $500 and moved
! TO its present location. The church was
never more united, more energetic or more
prosperous than now, as the report OF the
! trustees published in last Mondays GLoBI
shows. From March i, 1885, to March l.
| 1885, over 81, 500 was raised over and above
all expenses. A large number OF the mem
: bers are wealthy, there being oyer s., 000, 00l
in the pews. Three societies are connected
2 namely: The Auxiliary OF Foreign Missions
membership %; Industrial society, member
7 ship IS, and Young Peoples association
! membership 40.
SWEDISH LUTHERAN.
The Swedish lutheran church was organ
lied in 1871 and is i'm prosperous condition
having erected house of worship and par
sonage in SO and 's3, costing Sl5,O00.of which
$1,000 is unpaid. The ediflce Is a neat bricl
structure, trimmed with sandstone, Gothic
( architecture. 56XS0 feet. stained-glas.
: windows, with a gallery, and viii seat SOI
persons. The pulpit. seats and wainscotins
is oak, and the ediflce is a credit to the con
gregation. The pastor is A. +. Tornell anC
the church has a membership Of about $50
q The Swedish Lutheran synod, lasting over ont
! week, was recently held in this church, anC
: all the visiting elerRymen expressed them