St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-01

bership. the Plymouth Congregational
q church whose benevolent gifts last
year amounted to 100000. DR.. Charles
T. Thwing, one of the most popular of
men and most influential of ministers,
is the pastor.
Two blocks on Eighth street is the
handsome new Universaiist church,
known as the "Church of Our Re-
deemer," of which Rev. M. D. Shutter
is the acting pastor. This church seats
over 200 people. and is in the center of
church-going community.
On Ninth street, in the same vicinity,
is Gethsemane Episcopal church,
church of long standing and one very
popular with the people.
Only a block in the opposite direc-
unique home of the First Unitarian
church, of which society. Rev. III. M.
Simmons, the scholor and philosopher,
is the leader. Every Sunday he breaches
to large audiences in the church's
beautiful auditorium. A little way in
one direction from this church is the
Episcopal church of St. Marks. on
Sixth street, church long established,
of which L. B. Wells is rector. and an
equal distance in the opposite
direction brings one to the mag
nilicent structure of the First
Baptist church, whose tapering spire
towers 215 feet above Harmon place and
Tenth street. Here 1,500 people listen
to the word of God. On Hemepin av-
enue, in this same locality, is st. Paul's
Episcopal church-a church with con-
gregation of our best people. Rev.
Millspaugh is the rector.
The Catholic church of the Immacu-
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most extremity of our radius, and yet it
is one of the churches centrally located.
The spiritual wants of thousands of
people are cared for by the priests of
the church, of whom Father James Nc
Golrick is at the head. This church has
probably the largest attendance of any
in the city.
These are what are known as the up
town churches and OH Sunday mornings
the business streets take OH Sunday
aspect, seem 10 lay aside their weekday
clothes with the people and have true
Sabbath appearance with the carriages
and throngs of people passing along
them Oh their way to church.
But these uptown churches comprise
bynO means the larger portion OF the
churchgOers of the city with places of
worship. There are now 146 churches
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built during 1883. A larger number
will be built during the present
year. AS matter of course
as the city grows older the suburbs be-
come the residence portions of the city,
and in these the large churches of the
future are to be built. And the process
is already in operation in Minneapolis.
| On the East side, in the vicinity of the
| university, and surrounded largely by
university people, is the First Congre-
gational church, one of the new
churches, and one of the handsomest
Rev. George r. Merrill is the pastor.
| The auditorium seats 1,400 people.
Another suburban church is the First
! Presbyterian, in South Minneapolis, on
Portland avenue and Nineteenth street.
The structure is magnificent new one.
capable of seating 1000 people. Rev.
| S. NJ. Campbell is the pastor.
| The Holy Rosary church is a new
| structure for Catholic worship, in South
Minneapolis. 1t was but recently COM
! pleted at a cost of 100000. and has a
seating capacity of 1,S00.