St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-21

twenty-one little ones have been left in care
of the home at one time. Secretary Holt, OF
the Associated charities. urges poor people
to move to this portion of the city in order
to receive the benefit of the mission. A sun
day school fills the room on Sunday that the
babies fill on week days, with William III.
Norris, attorney for the Milwaukee road, as
superintendent Kindergartens are also
part of the mission work. On Saturday morn
ings many of the ladies of the church are
busy in teaching i'll the kitchen garden,
where girls are taught to be housekeepers.
The question of renting pews is one which
has always awakened great deal of discus
sion among church people. The ministers
salaries are in many of our churches largely
supported by the pew rents. Some people
who are poor lay great stress on the fact that
i'll most of our big churches the pews are
sold, while others of them desire to own
their pew and have place In the churcn
that they can call their own just as much as
the rich people who can put few hundred
into much better seat The First Congre-
gational of the East side takes great pride in
supports high salary for its minister it may
well be. The Centenary Methodist is an
other centrally-located church with free
seats. There are many advocates for either
plan, many men high in the church de-
The custom of observing Easter has grown
wonderfully in the last few years. There
was time when the Catholic church was
almost the only one in which it was strictly
observed. Now there is scarcely church in
the land but what will observe the day more
or less in their services. Observances of
Lent and Easter have grown to be almost es-
tabliShed forms in the Christian religion. 1t
carries much of the formality of the Catholic
church into the less formal Protestatant
churches. Where it is not observed its infu-
ence is felt.
Rev. DR.. Stryker who resigned from the
Andrew Presbyterian church short time
ago, and who will remove the DR.. Stryker
Female seminary to st. Anthony Park,
where he will erect comodlous building in
time for the beginning of the next collegiate
year, will also, it is understood, organize
new Presbyterian church at st. Anthony
Park
Rev. G. Christensen, for some time past
the pastor in charge of the Riverside mis-
sion of the Westminster Presbyterian church,
is organizing a Presbyterian church. The
nucleus from which the church is to be built
up is the scandinavian element of the mis-
sion, and it will be Scandinavian Presby
terrain church. 1t is the first scandinavian
Presbyterian church in the United States.
The fact of Mr.. Christianson leaving will
nece ssitate new missionary, as the church
will be distinct from Westminster.
At the corner of Nicollet and Eighth street
is little sign bearing the words, Prayer
meeting within at O'Clock each day This
is plan adopted by Plymouth church, and
one that it carries year in and year out, and
an individuality which they consider an ex-
cellent one.
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The Hope Mission chapel which West
minister has been talking of building for
some time will be constructed now at once
The plans for a commodius building to hold
100 people are ready. 1t is to stand at the
corner of Ninth avenue and Third street
north. The other mission building at River
side will be also ready by next fall. They
are to cost about $4,000 each, and great
good is expected from them. The building
now at Hope mission is to be moved to the
Prospect Park mission.