St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-08

ence. which was quite large. The huge
corner stone hung from a derrick within a
few inches of its resting place, ready by a
turn or two of the windlass to be easily
laid. and its face bore the monogram, ID.
A. p c." and the date. Nearly all the
PRESBYTERIAN clergymen Of the city and
many OF other denominations were
present. The exercises were conducted
by Rev. VI. D. Edwards, who has been
pastor of the church since its organization.
FORMAL EXERCISES.
The exercises were opened by the male
Quartette. consisting Of MeSSrs. Nathan
Ford. j. F. Merrill, w. r. Stahl and j.
w. Riser. who sang Raise High Your
Heads. Ye Lofty Gates" after which Rev.
NJ. n. Adams invoked blessing on the
exercises. DR.. E. D. Neill, pastor Of the
Reformed Episcopal church, read several
scripture selections, the chief being the
passage telling of Jesus Christ as the corner
stone of the church. Senator S. J. r. Nc
MILAN, an elder of the church and one of
its charter members. delivered an address
on the history of the church.. which was Or
ganized thirteen years ago. when there was
very little of the city west of it, The lot, cor
ner of Dayton avenue and Mackubin street,
was selected, and was the first sold of an
addition of forty acres lying west of
Mackubin street and south Of Marshall av-
enue A mission chapel had been planned,
and after deliberations by the PreSbyterians
of the city. was built with the motto, 1.-The
love of Christ cOnstraineth u.s." Four
churches of other denominations have since
been built in the area then unOccupied. but
in 1881 it was found necessary to enlarge
the building. Again at the present time
enlargement was found necessary, and
a large and permanent structure was de-
termined upon, beautiful, convenient and
cOmmodiOus. Mr.. Mcmillan said that men,
bers of the church had always been OPEN
handed, both towards the church itself and
toward every good charity. He spoke of
the tender recollections of baptism, mar
rage and death that clustered about the
Did church building. and closed by invoking
a blessing on the new structure. The quar-
tettee then sang SO, Spread Thy Truths
Bright Precepts Here. "Rev. r. T. McLaren,
pastor of the Central Presbyterian church,
then delivered an address, which was in its
nature somewhat historical. At the con-
clusion of his remarks the quartette sang
''Hark, The Song of Jubilee" W. l..
Wilson then read a statement for the
trustees, embracing a history of
the building on the site of that church. The
building. erected in 1872, was 3Ox20 feet
with small annex 12X20, and cost nearly
So. 600 complete. The lot was then valued
at $500. but the owner abated one-half.
Since then the adjoining lot had been pre-
scented so that now the church has ITO feet
frontage on Dayton avenue, worth 800
per foot. by ITO feet deep. Improvements
made to the church five years ago cost
Sab. He said that the alternative of
ceasing to grow, StagnatiOn and death or a
new church had come, and that the con-
gregatiOn expected to enter the new build
ing within year. At the conclusion of
this statement prayer was offered by Rev.
j. G. Riheldatfer and the
CORNER STONE WAS LAID
by the pastor, Rev. NJ. d. Edwards, who
also dwelt oh the growth of the church
from the time when it contained but twelve
families and but twenty-three members.
He read list Of the contents of the box
Of sealed copper-which he deposited in the
stone.
The contents of the box is as follows:
Church manual corrected to date; four issues
OF Dayton avenue church Record; photograph
of present church: place and elevation ofnew
church; programme of corner stone exercises:
articles of incorporation and place of organ
iZatiOn Of st. Paul Presbyterian Missionary
society; minutes of the synod of Minnesota
for 1885; copy of the N. w. Presbyterian, last
issue.
When the stone had been put in place,
the congregation sang ''An earthly temple
here we raise" followed by the doxology.
Rev. H. G. Woods. pastor of the Wood
land Park Baptist church. pronounced the
benediction and the exercises were ended.
The new church is to be very beauti-
full architectural structure, will have a seat
ing capacity of $50, and will cost complete
with the furnishings $45, 900. 1t will be
heated by steam and will be commodious
for every department of church work. The
present membership of this church is about