St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-17
THEIR NEW RECTOR.

Rev. j. j. Faude Formally In
stalled at Gethsemane-HisS Ser
mon.
Long before the services began at
Gethsemane church yesterday morning
every seat in the auditorium was filled,
and chairs in the aisles were brought
into requisition. A new rector was TO
be indicted into his pastorate. All of
the congregation, besides many not of
that parish, were there to take part in the
ceremonies and to listen to the pastors
first sermon as spiritual head of Geth-
semane parish.
A little after 1880 the surpliced choir
filed in from the vestry. The regular
Sunday morning service was conducted
by Bishop A. r. Graves. This being
finished Bishop Gilbert took his place on
the altar. with Rev. j. j. Faude, the
new rector, kneeling before him, and
asked if there were any reasons why
this man should not be instituted as
pastor OF Gethsemane parish. He next
read the formal letter of institution.
MIR. Faude arose then and received the
keys of the church from John l.
Black. senior warden. After prayer by
Mr.. Faude, Bishop Gilbert presented
him with the Bible, the book of COM
mon prayer and the books of canOns of
the general and state conventions. This
was followed by the singing OF the an
them, prayer and benedictiOn by Bishop
Gilbert, prayer by Mr.. Faude, and the
sermon.
Mr.. Faude took his text from st. Paul
to the Corinthians: '.And now by
Faith, Hope and Love, these three: but
the greatest of these is love-" and
spoke, in part, as follows:
The greatest of the apostles to the
Gentiles was Paul. He was always, even
before conversion, thinking on the prob
lens of religion. He continued to be
interested in the. same subjects which
occupied his mind before he came to
the true Christ. but under different con-
ditions. He was of nation which
faith had elevated from tribe of slaves
until iG commanded the attention of the
world. All about him were the fruits
of that faith. He had an abiding trust
in the power of faith. To the mind of
the believer in the religion of Abraham
and of Moses there was also hope.
Hope for the promises made by God
had much to DO, likewise. with their ele-
become through the power of faith and
hope, but he saw that something more
was necessary to lift up the minds of
men toward heaven. Faith produced
the spirit of persecution. Hope never
caused men to think of their fellow
creatures. The power of the fullness
and the iDtinity of love was needed.
ut may be asked what authority we
have for changing the name of the third
OF the three great powers from Charity
to Love. The meaning of charity has
become perverted. A man may be
benevolent and yet not love. We may
give our gold to satisfy the wants of the
needy, and then pull aside our garments
from the recipient of our dole for fear
of c0ntamin alton. We then have not
Love. We are cOmman led to love our
fellow men, and it is right that we have
been so commanded. Civilization de-
ponds upon it.
"Some say. is not this talk of love
sentimental? Call it what you will, it
is the Christly principle. The church
has never advanced by abandonment of
this principle. All divisions between
churches have been and are caused by
desertiOn frOm it. Crime is caused by
lack of love aloha, because 1t prevents
the getting together of the different
grades of society for mutual well-being.
How do know that crime exists? Be-
cause 1t is the natural order of things.
And yet there are men in this very
church to-day who have never thought
cannot say to the business man, 1T
will be to your interest to go forth and
labor for the setting right of these peo-
ple.' But l can remind you that the
Lord Jesus Christ came down to earth,
with all his heavenly attributes. to do
this very thing.
"The only reason for our existence is
to do the will of God. The preaching
of terrors may brighten US into doing
right, but nothing ever makes lasting
impression but this same love of God.
When we make some sacrifice, then do
we do some good. During this ap-
preaching holy season of Lent, let this
be consolation to you, that if you have
love for your fellow men, you have love
for God. You then have no need of
love for yourself. Come to God, because
| he will comfort you and love YOU Look
upon the cross, the symbol of his love.
| Mans energy is powerless without his
| embracing love-"
Mr.. Faude's sermon was supple
mented by few words from Bishop
Gilbert-an exhortation to remember
tie preachers words, and the new pas
| tor served holy communion to the con-
| gregation.