St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-20
REV Mills CALLED.
Dissenters Distanced in st. Peters
Parish---Lively Time Among
Chnrahunan

Dissenters Distanced in ST. Peters
Parish---LiVely Time Among
Churchmen.
A special meeting of the Vestry of st.
Peters Episcopal church was held last
evening, when a call was extended to
Rev. Samuel Mills to become the first
rector of this young and growing par
ish. The church is situated at the
corner of Fourth and Maple
streets, Dayton's bluff, and up to
within the past four weeks. was
a mission church conducted under the
auspices of the City Board OF Episcopal
missions. This bond has been severed
at the desire of the regularly attending
members of the church. and in conSe-
Quence a rector was necessary to take
charge of the incIef sing work of the
parish. The building of the parish has
been the work of Rev. Samuel
Mills, who filled the position OF
city missionary. Mr.. Mills recently
resigned that post and strenu-
Gus efforts have been made
to secure his services by parties inter-
ested in an Episcopal mission at Tower.
But the reverend gentleman was too
well liked by the members OF st. Peters
parish to let him go without some effort
to prevent it. Accordingly, a spirited
canvass among the members was made,
the overwhelming opinion being IN
favor of his selection as the pastor
of the newly formed church. There
were a few residents in the paTiSh-a
number of them could hardly be called
high standing members of the church
who protested against the selection Of
Mr.. Mills. Their protest was the out
come of the personal strife which has
existed in the parish for some time, but,
as they numbered but twenty lndivid-
uals, while the rest of the Pensioners
were a solid phalanX for call being eX-
tended to MIR. Mills, the protest was
very properly ignored. Attorney Sam
Whaley, representing the prOteStants,
attended the meeting this evening
to voice their objections, which
were: % that the meeting had been
illegally called; q that the parish
ought not to have been severed from
the Jurisdiction of the city mission
board: 90 that the pariShl0neFS were
unable to meet the salary of rector
and the Indebtedness of the church.
The vestry declined to give Mr.. " haley
a hearing, deciding that the meeting
had been legally called. and knowing
that they were acting i'll ac-
cOrdance with the wishes of
the communicates of the church
in whatever action they might
take for extending call to rector,
sufficient pledges having been made to
iiquidate the current expenditure and
pastors salary. The Indebtedness on
the church building is to be liquidated
by special subscriptions.
So much interest was taken in the
parish as to the result of the veStry
meeting that the guild room was filled
with ladies and gentlemen await
ing the decision. The ladies' guild
took advantage of this, and gave the
gathering a sOciable turn by dispensing
coffee and choice edibles. The ladies
participating in the sOciality were Mrs.
Mills, Mrs. Appleby, Mrs. ii. II. Girls
void. Mrs. McIlvaney. Mrs. III. l.. Gray,
Mrs. ID. Davis, Mrs. ". Tienan. Mrs. E.
c. Klinkerfues, Mrs. W. l.. Cullen, Mrs.
W. f. Pease, Mrs. ii. Freeman, Mrs.
Pace, Mrs. c. H. Stevenson, Mrs. Leo
pOld. Mrs. W. Lynes Jr., Mrs. q. w.
Dodds, Miss Lowe, Miss German,
Miss Teit. Miss Anne Capt.,
Miss Cavenagh, Miss Zophy and
Miss Jenny. When the announcement
was made of the veStry'S selection OF
Mr.. Mills as the first pastor, the guild
room resounded with prolonged ap-
plause and G. II. Stevenson delivered
short, pertinent, cOngratulatOry address
to the parishionerS and their new rector.
Mr.. Mills feelingly replied, stating that
he did not doubt as to the future sue
cess of the parish, and that his first, sole
and last duty would be to exercise
moderation in all its affairs. Addresses
were made by f. b. Willard and h. l..
Gray and by unanimous vote the
action of the Vestry was Endorsed.