St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22

IT any other city, has decided to go
mother field of labor. just where
Dr.. Dana will 60 he has not yet deter
mined, but that his work in st. Panl is
nearly at an end may be regarded as
certain.
For some time past calls from other
churches of the Congregational denomi-
nation have literally been pouring in
lpon DR.. Dana, chiefly from points in the
Eastern and New England states, where
he is almost as we'll known as in st.
Paul, and held in equally high
regard. The latest announcement,
which appeared in the GLOBE OF
congregational church in Lowell, Mass.
Dr,Dana received it by wire while at
breakfast yesterday morning. AS he
had read of the meeting of the trustees
and its result in the GLOBE, the
call did not come to him in the
form of surprise, as it did to some
others. Still he was not unappreciative
Of the high compliment paid him, and in
his Acknowledgements to the trustees,
requested brief time for consideration
Of their offer, which, on account of the
unanimIty that prompted it, he felt at
liberty to regard in favorable light.
AS to the Kirk Street church and the
advantages, aside from those of resi-
dence in such close proximity to Bos
ton, which must accrue to its pastor,
something may be said. 1t is practi-
cally metropolitan church, and one
of the chief of It's denomination
in the Bay state. 1t has a
Guiding many of the most prominent
residents of Lowell and vicinity, and an
attendance of some 700 at its Sunday
school. 1t is field III which DR.. Dana
will
FIND UNLIMITED SCOPE
for his ability, where he will be accorded
the fullest appreciation of his public,
moral, religious and educational Serv-
ices, for he is not content to labor alone
in the narrow confines of parish. DIR.
Dana's work in st. Paul during
the last decade has been incessant
and unselfsh. He has accomplished
what would satisfy ordinary man, but
no approximate estimate of his toll can
be had from his successes, though
they are almost innumerable. He
has not only worked for the
religious upbuilding of his own
church and denomination, but for the
institutions of the state as we'll, and he
ments inaugurated in this city and state
during the last ten years, looking to prog
ress and reform. He founded the state
board of corrections and charities, and
has been its vice president since its Or
ganiZation. He has also taken a deep
interest in works of charities, and on
that account, aside from his prominence
as a divine man, chosen one of the
vice presidents of the relief
societies of St. Paul, the sue
cess of which is largely attributed
to his efforts. For eight years he was
chairman of the Congregational State
Home Missionary society, a corporate
member of the American board, as well
as a member of several other ma
tional bodies in his church. He
is also president of the Gospel
temperance union and one of the lead
ing spirits in the law and order league
and anti-saloon Republican convention.
It was mainly through his efforts that
st. PauPs admirable high school
the ablest members of the
national board of corrections
and charities, and at the last annual
convention was selected Oh account of
his ability to deliver their annual ser
mon, which was a mastery eff
fort. DR.. Dana's friends in st. Paul are
numbered by thousands. They admire
him not only because of his quality, but
for his outspoken manner, and the fact
that he is SO devoted to good works that
he never hesitates to express himself
for reform, even though it
may not be polite so to do.
In his removal, which will
not be long delayed. st. Paul will lose
available and honored citizen. and the
state man who has done more to pro-
mote the prosperity and development
of Minnesota and the whole Northwest,
by sounding its advantages and re-
sources in the public ear.
A BROOKLYN BOY.
DR.. Dana was Brooklyn boy, and in
his early life he was member of DR..
Starts congregation. He graduated from
Amherst college in 1859, and studied
theology at the Union Theo-
logical seminary. He was Or
dained to preach in Brooklyn.
Not long after this he was chosen to
supply the Congregational church of
Winsted, Conn. Here he was married
to Miss Susan 3. Clarke, the only
daughter of Hon. Lucius Clarke. After
this he was settled over the Second Con-
gregatiOnal church of Norwich, Conn.,, as
the successor of DR.. Alvan Bond, bibli-
cal scholar and preacher of note. He
spent some fifteen years in Norwich,
founding the New Park Congregational
church, said to have been architect
urally the handsomest edifice in the
state. DR.. Dana became its first pastor.
After remaining some time with this
church he accepted call to Plymouth
church, ST. Paul, coming to this charge
in 1878 and remaining the pastor ever
since. Under his ministration Plym-
outh church has grown in membership
and influence, and has been the parent
of several churches in other parts of
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