St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-11
7AMoNG THE CHURCHES.
News Notes and Comments From
the Many Denominations.

the Many Denominations.
Careless fnanciering will prove the
ruin OF a church just as it will of any
secular business. Many a religious
society, which is being slowly strangIed
by the deadly mortgage, might have
been saved if somebody had only
counted the cost before beginning TO-
build. There is church on the ''hili'
feiFafncludeS among it's executive
members several exceedingly level
headed men of business. The question
of enlarging the building having come
up. the feasibility of the scheme was
tested in the following practical man
ner: The plans were pre- AIRED
for the additional seating ca
pacity required. and then those
members of the church who had
taken prominent part ia recommends
ing the nlaigement were requested to
set down on paper the number of pews
or sittings for which they were willing
to become responsible. In this way the
rent OF nearly every pew was assured
before the work was commenced. A
parish whose temporal affairs are so
ably managed is not likely to suffer
from the Decuniary embarrasSmentS ill.,
Separable from muddled estimates.
Leaving to the church journals the
discussion of veStments for ministers
and choristers as question Of ecclesi-
astical pr0priety, has it ever occurred
to the general reader that the black cas-
sock and Write surplice, or Gotta may
perchafice cover multitude of sins in
the way of careless or homogeneous at
tire?; Boys are often sloyenly-loOking
III spite of watchful mothers; and some
young men are prone t0loudneSS of COS
tune as we'll as Of voice. A distinct We
habit, uniform and becoming, in which
no difference is observable between the
rich young exquisite and the under
paid clerk or mechanic, is much to be
commended. The cultured esthetes in
the large cities nave long ago declared
in favor of vestmentS; but it remained
for well-kn0wn missionary bishop to
make the discovery that the possession
of nice white surplice added mate
rally to the value OF young minister
in rough mining town. Here is the
anecdote as related at the recent gen
erai convention of the Protestant Epis-
cOpat church by Rt. Rev. DIR. Tai
bot, bishop of Wyoming and Idaho:
Twelve months ago l went into the north
ern part of Idaho to make a visitation and
found young Methodist minister who de-
found him anxious to become candidate
for molly orders. A few days after, sent him
a surplce and a book containing certain
services. He was receiving 500 month
among the miners, and they were rather
pleased to see him i'll a surplice and ill.,
ereasedshis salary, paying him Sl,4D0. /
was there a short time ago and l wish you
could see the circular that was issued an
nounciRg my visitation. Itshowed that they
wanted to give me a good send-of when /
came. / will read it to you: Great Day.
Sunday, Aug 1S. 1889. Divine services in
Georges hail, by Bishop Talbot. Baptism
and holy communion services in the morn
ing All are cordially invited to attend both
morning and evening services, Ii a. m. and
p. mi. sPlease leave your guns with the
usher"
'The singers go before; the Ministries
follow ater"-SO sang the sweet psalm
ist of Israel. The orchestra in Sunday
school is not new idea by any means,
but 1t has enjoyed rather limited de-
gree OF. popularity until recent years.
Now, owing to the rapid strides in mu-
sicai culture, the introduction of vari-
GUS instruments into cur churches and
Sunday schools is becoming an every
day occurrence. The Bates Avenue NJ.
E. Sunday school on Dayton's Bluff has
tine orchestra of sixteen pieces, and
this is the second year of its very sue
cesSfut existence. An Episcopal church
on the bther side of town has small
but well-selected corps of talented in
strumentalists who discourse sweet
music and add greatly to the attract
iveuess of the exercises on each Lords
day.
Some years ago, when it was less Gus
toniary than it is now to supplement the
organ in this way. the writer well re-
members the hearty admiration which
was called forth by the accomplishments
of very promising young cornetist,
who was engaged to play in a prominent
church in Northern Indiana. He was
even then regarded as musician Of
more than ordinary genius, and his per-
formances were Often-times enhancing.
The young mans name was Walter
Rogers, and that he has we'll fulfilled
the promise of his earlier days was
abundantly proven by the breathless,
spell-bOund attention, followed by rap
turous applause which greeted his bril-
liant solos at the Minneapolis EXPOSE
ton of 1888.
The annual meeting of the Church