St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-14

preachers Oh the continent out West.
The sleepy, quiet easy man remained
in the East, while the sha1p, live, Ell
ergetic man made his way out West.
Laughter and applause.] DR.. Forbes
spoke of their revival work and
the need of church for the
masses peoples church. He
proceeded: "The future of this city,
of this state-is not appreciated by the
most sanguine of the people who live
here. Ispeak seriously, believe the
most sanguine have not painted the
pictures bright enough. People will
RECKoNED BY THE MILLIONS
just here within the next half century;
and it is great thing to be here at the
time when we are laying the foundation
for such mighty empire.
This concluded the addresses of well
come, and Bishop Fitzgerald rose to
reply. He was received with hearty
applause, and said;
| was especially impressed with the
words that were first uttered by our
chairman tonight, that quotation from
the Old Testament scriptures, eXhOrt-
ing the people to be mindful of the
stranger. confess that / was little
timid about coming to st. Paul tonight,
because had heard that st. Paul was
the place where they take the stranger
in. Laughter. | was afraid to come
alone, SO brought my wife with me. l
am glad, however, to be here, and to
state to you, as already intimated by
DR.. Forbes, that come from Minneap-
alis. l think it altogether likely
that some of you just now ask
the question: "Can any good
thing come out of NAZARETH" Laugh
teri And yet want to say to you that
| was not born i'll Minneapolis. Laugh
teri l came from another country.
have only been in this country little
while, although they say that give a
pretty good or correct accent to the
language-speak it correctly for for
eigner. l came from New Jersey.
[Laughter.] "A foreign country,
it is true. There have been
good many promises that
it shall = be annexed to :. this
country-taken into the Union-but
they have all been conditional on its
voting some other than the Democratic
ticket. and that condition it is very slow
to comply with. | do not know whether
it will do it in the future. confess
rather like this new country. 1t is true
l have located in Minneapolis. A St.
Paul friend spoke to me this morning
about it and asked why it should
be so, and l said: sob, that
city is so beautifully. laid out"
"Well," she said, 80 have heard that
great many times, and we always an
swered, that when st. Paul becomes as
dead as Minneapolis it will be just as
beautifully laid out" Loud laughter
and applause.] Bishop Fitzgerald
thanked the speakers for the kind words
to him. He eulogiZed the Twin Cities for
their enterprise, but, from the oppor-
tunities afforded him, he was convinced
that the religious aud moral welfare of
the people was not ignored. Con-
Guiding, he said: II rejoice in
that my let has been cast here.
l give you my hand, give
you my heart. l am here to unite with
you in the promotion of every good
work. l am here to labor and pray
with you for the advancement of the Re-
deemer'S kingdom and to seek con-
stantly to revive His work, to increase
the members of the Sunday schools
and in the churches. and to promote
every interest that is dear to the heart
of the church of Christ. / bid you in
this city, and you who live in this.
country, and all of you who are identi-
fed with this conference. ''God speed,"
and pray that the treasure of the Lord
may
PROSPER IN YOUR HANDS,"
With the conclusion of the bishops
address reception was held in the par
lors of the church. All present took
the opportunity ofbecoming acquainted
with Bishop Fitzgerald and his wife.
The bishop is well advanced in years,
of commanding. presence and intel
lectual vigor. He is pleasing speaker.
and no doubt powerful exponent of
tho rnsnal