St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-27


church last evening. Eight long tables,
ladened with choice flowers and edible
delicacies, with antique brass candle
tapers, were the attractive lines
of division of the 400 Pres
byterians who had gathered at the
reunion board. There was delegation
of about one hundred and fifty from
Minneapolis and as these W ere uShered
into the spacious temporary banquet
hall, the st. Paul contingent closed in
around every chair that held guest
and gave them warm welcome. After
the flutter of renewed acquaintance and
the seating of such a great host of
guests, Rev. DR.. Christie, pastor of the
church, made few opening remarks
in which he briefly outlined the
nature of the occasion, called upon
the Rev. DR.. Stryller, of Minneapolis, to
make the invocation-the prelude to the
evenings formality. With a pleasing
irony the doctor proceeded to show the
harmony of the twin alliances, accred-
iting the Flour City with $4,000 inhab-
itants and st. Paul with 10000. The
the two cities have thus met in kindred
communion. ''There are no cities.'
said the speaker. ''where there is more
mutual and harmonious friendship than
st. Paul and Minneapolis, There
is an object in all this,
however. This warm friendship
seems to have climatic effect. We
cannot even raise ice palaces in this
country, since the spirit of love and
friendship has permeated to our remote
precincts. Therefore, dare say, Min
neapOlis wants to be friendly and keep
up the intensity so that st. Paul may
never be able to raise another crop of
ice palaces" The speaker portrayed the
solidity of Presbyterianism, its one
shade of color, defined creed and mod
ern as well as ancient application to the
orthodox faith. He humorously al
luded to the succeeding speaker and
introduced him with words that brought
forth the applause Of the large gather
ing again and again.
Said he: 1--WE shall now have the
pleasure of tasting of the quality of
Rev. DR.. j. S. Withrow, OF Chicago"
The subject of DR.. Withrow's address
was: ''Presbyterianism and the Peo-
pie" With power and eloquence that
was refreshing, the reverend gentleman
ton of his hearers. He began with
and maintained spicy humor through
out his address, and oftentime the audi
ence laughed and encored at his wit.
He was just from Chicago. which
alone made him quite susceptible
of surprise at the thriving state
of northwestern religious organizations.
He said that coming from the mod
est little town of Chicago, to a people
who have great and lofty opinions of
their city he was highly gratifed with
what he beheld. ''Chicago never
boasts!" Laughter. webster said of
Massachusetts. There she is!'' 'But
the loving embrace in which 1 find
st. Paul and Minneapolis on this aus
picious occasion is enough to Danish all
viewed the origin of the alliance feature
of PresbyteriaDism. 1t began in BoS-
ton, not exactly with the Presbyterian
but among the Baptist brethren.
He then treated the subject of his adj
dress in most delightful manner, in
terSperSing the comment of great w rit-
ers upon the subject of PresbyterianiSm
and enough illustrations of his COMPARE
sons and anecdOte of worlds travel and
experience, to make his remarks highly
interesting. This world is much bet
ter than the peoples idea of it. The
Presbyterian church is a particular
form of church, supporting distinct
liberal orthodox doctrine. 1t is
the greatest church in the world.
1t is worthy of much more than
we do say about it. I prefer the Pres
byterian church on the ground of its
honorable antiquity. 1t is the oldest
church in Christendom, and as good as
it is old. We existed, or flourished 500
years before the Christian era or the
supreme pontiff of the papal church.
We are the pipins that swim. In 1919
the PreSbyterianS landed among the
Dutch on Manhattan island; the Puri-
tans came in 1921. You see, we are
ahead In our religion in this country
also. We are not creed-bound
but creed d-Presbyterianism fits.
We don't want a change; we've
got it right. Biblically, we are the
broadcast and most liberal church on
earth-nOt like the Scotchman's parish,
which when it had no ground at all, was
Denomination and the substance of the
great doctrine of the Presbyterian
church were rehearsed with ability and
wisdom. He scored so-called society.
Who are the people? Not the upper
crust-Mme. Cornerlots, Miss Sugar
Trust, etc. Not the lower layer or
sediment. 1t is the meat of the pie
which is the people. From bottom to
top. from the lowly to the lordIy.
Presbyterianism applies to the people,
and we are the people. Affluent but
shoddy society does not form the pillar
of our chnrch, nor does the slums of
the lowest and worthless. That great
mass is ours, and to it we belong. A
touch upon cost, color of goods, and the
influx of the foreign element and its
good will toward a logical religious
faith, all tend to the outpouriDg of the
true Presbyterian generosity of soul,
and certainly the speaker drew his au-
dience to this state of mind and heart
as he concluded amid salvo of enthusi-
astic applause.
DR.. Christie then invited all to attack
the tempting collation. spread before
the m, which they proceeded to do with
out a moments hesitation, the evening
having reached the hour of 10. Chat
ting and general conviviality held
sway for about forty minutes, when
Rev. George E. MacLean made re-
Spouse to the toast Minneapolis Ali
ance," replete with expressions of in
terest. A selection was then sung by
the House of Hope choir, and response
to the ''St. Paul Alliance" by W. B.
Dean, was listened to with pleasure.
The evenings festivities were happily
concluded by charmingly rendered
solo by Mrs. D. F. De Wolf, "Within
Mile O. Edinboro' Town."