St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-06
SAINT PAUL.
SUNDAY MUSINGS.

Ter contest. The worthy divine is to be
congratulated upon the result, and /
think that time will demonstrate that
the people acted rightly in thus uphold
ing. their preacher. Every clergyman
is entitled to a fair chance TO show what
he can do in his field Of labor. and he
ought to bc afforded sucha chance with
out being handicapped in the outset by
factions or prejudiced opposition. A
minister of the gospel has a right to eX-
pect this much fair play. If, after every
facility has been given for the display
of his pastoral talents, a preacher proves
himself incompetent and unfit for the
post. it will then be perfectly proper for
the congregation to take action with
view to protecting its own interests.
Rev. Edward C. Bill, formerly profess
sor at Scabury Divinity school, Fari-
bault, and now assistant minister III
Christ church in this city, is by most Of
his friends reck0ned a very lucky man.
He is rich, be Is learned, he is eloquent,
and his popularity is said to be un-
bounded. In one little matter, however,
he is not fortunate. he is constantly
having his name miSSpelIed in the pub
lie prints. 1t has heen used to appear
as "Bell," 'BGll" and '.Buel," and on
recent occasion it came out as Bell" |
do not suppose for moment that
clergyman of DR.. Bits well known
good nature and breadth of character is
apt to be worried much by such trifies,
but it is somewhat aggrayating, just the
same, to have ones Identity lost in this
way.
Not being familiar with the genial
professors caligraphy, / cannot say
whether the little mjsnomers cited above
are in any way due to his penmanShip.
do remember case, however, where
some amusing plumbers were caused by
the illegible handwriting of a reverend
gentleman in q neighhOring state. On
one occasion he was the means of cauS-
ing the unexpected appearance of
clerical friend at his parsonage one
morning. He had written to say that
he hoped to drop in on the aforesaid
friend SOne day in the following week,
and the friend thought it was an urgent
invitation for hm 10 go and see the
writer on very important business. This
clergyman's acquaintances and friends
now insist on his printing names. dates
and all particulars requiring special ac-
curacy, and that is the way his sigma
fnfe appears OH business letters, hotel
registers, etc.
The Church of the Ascension on the
West side has been for some time busIly
employed i'll looking for rector to fill
the place made vacant by the resigna-
tinnIowing. TOLL HEALTHY of Rev. J. IL.
Lloyd. This parish of the Episcopal
church is, as | have already had Occa-
sion to point out, an important and az
duous one, but it is a field which would
probably be full Of interesting features
IN n plaTnS-nNgn nncSnGSinO nbUCipal a Q
well as mental vig0r. 1t is rumored
that such a clergyman has been found
inthe person of Rev. Ivan G. Fortin,
nowarector at CrOnkSton, Mimi, a gen.
tleman who has made good record in
the past, and is happy in possessing the
confidence and esteem of the ecclesi-
astical authorities.
1t is one of the noticeable features Of
large Western CITY, that the places of
worship are attended on Sundays by
people who have come together from
every point of the compass. Every na-
ton, tribe and tongue seems to be rep
resented. Every language, dialect and
shade of accent may he heard as one
threads the thuroughfares while the
various congregations are pouring
homewdrd. Of the EngliSh-speaking
population there are, of course. the
thousands who have come here from
Eastern and Southern states, and there
are other thousands from the United
Kingdom and from nearly every colony
of England. The full sonorous tones of
the true-blue BntOn, the brOgue of the
lriShman, the rugged accents of the son
of Scotia, the thin unreSOnant articula-
ton of the Canadian from across the
border. may be heard blending with the
voices of native Americans from every
state in the Union, and forming a
strange though not unpleasing medley
Of sounds.
If you enter a church where CEN
glish'' is spoken, you can soon deter
mine whether it is queens, colonial or
plain United States. An almost I'M
falling test is the way in which the
first letter Of the alphabet is used or
misused. In some pulpits it is the
broad, open sound of ''A' which is
NEST affected. You hear such words as
''grahnt," mahster," inheritance"
etc. and you know you are sitting
under divine fresh from the center of
New England "culchaw." You hearken
tothe words of another preacher, and
listen as he diseuurses of waving
''pams,' holy '.cams" and joyful
'.sams,' and You realize that whatever
the nationality of the speaker may be,
he is certainty neither British, BoS-
tonian nor Southern.
For the second time in It's history
Gethsemane church, Minneapolis. has
been the halfway house between the
priesthood and the episcopacy. The
members of that Furnishing parish could
scarcely be blamed if they felt that
enough honor of the kind had been
thrust upon them, and that they would
like TO secure rector who would be
less of shining mark for the standing
committees. of vacant dioceses than
either DIR. Knickerbacker or DR.. Graves
has proved. | notice that the veStrv of
Gethsemane has extended formal call
10 the Rev. J. j. Faude, rector of TrIn-
ity church, Michigan City. Ind,
clergyman Of high repute in his section
of country as an eloquent preacher and
most interchangeable worker. Besides
being rector of an important parish, he
is the chaplain of the Northern In
diana penitentiary. He holds two,
and often three services in his
church on Sunday, and looks after the
Sunday school and gives service in the
prison chapel as well. On week days
he is principal of a high-class church
school, patrOnized by the leading fami-
lies of the town, and he also conducts
night school at the penitentiary. He is
Il fine musician and singer and person
ally trains his choir. In addition to all
this, he is a liberal, broad-gauge, pub
lie-spirited citizen, and very popular
with all classes. 1t may be suggested
that all this indicates the possession of
talents which rather fit man for the
bench of bishop than otherwise; but if
Mr.. Faude can be induced to leave
Michigan City he will be an immense
acquisition to Minneapolis in general
and to Gethsemane church i'll particu-
lar. 1t is exceedingly likely, however,
that strenuous efforts will be made to
retain him in his present parish. On a
previous occasion when he talked of
leaving, John Barker, the wealthy and
generous president of the Haskell and
Barker car WORKS, Immediately built a
very handsome $4,000 school house on
the lot next to the church, knowing
that the scheme of q church Snhool In y