St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-08
TWENTY-0NE YEARS,
Anniversary Of the Organi-
cation Of the Gethsemane
Brotherhood.
Impressive and Interesting
Ceremonies in Honor Of
the Event.
Minneapolis ElkS Hold Ne
mortal Services for
the Dead.
p0u WiI1ioY, Wi1Ein nn
Rev. William Wilkinson on
Hypocrisy in Religion
News OF a Day.

| ahe, ana special services anu exercises
were held during the day at Gethsem-
ane church to commemorate the event.
| The Brotherhood of GethSemane was
/ founded by Bishop Knickerboeker, the
| first rector of the church, in the winter
| OF 1853. 1t was originally, and is to-
| day, composed Of the lay members of the
church and its object is To strengthen"
and aid the rector in the discharge
| of his parish duties. With the growth
| of the parish the Brotherhood has kept
apace, and its history may properly be
called the history of G-thsemane
| church. The exercises of yesterday at
| tracted large congregations at each of
! the three services. and were especially
| interesting to the older members of the
! church. Bishop knickerbocker deliv-
| cred the address of the morning., dwell
| ing particularly upon the history of the
| church, as follows:
My beloved. it is thirty four years
ago to-day since we were permitted to
celebrate the first services of our dear
| church i'll what was considered at that
| early day beautiful house of God. IL
was twenty one years ago to-day that
| the brotherhood or Gethsemane cele-
| DRAFTED its first anniversary. l count it
| high honor to have been invited to
| take part in the services of this impOr
tant parish anniversary, and 10
share with you, my well be
| loved, the joy of the day.
| OF the congregation of perhaps $50, who
! worshiped with US thirty-four years
| ago, few are left to witness the wonder
full progress of thu church of God in
this noble city. A few, thank God, are
| left mingling with the generation that
| has crowded into the places made va
| cant.and rejoicing with thankful hearts,
| trust, at what their eyes have wit
messed of the glory and progress of the
kingdom of our Lord and DONG what
they may to prepare their own hearts
and those of their fellows for that day
that must be very near to them now OF
the coming of the Son Of Man."
lie Ui,nop THEN spoke of the second
bereavement of the parish, when the
rector was once again chosen for the
| missionary episcOpate. 1t was then the
| speakers privilege TO send his dear st
and most beloved son in the gospel To
| take his place. 1t was OH cold winter
| morn. Dec. !. 1856. the second Sunday
| in Advent. the mercury 40 deg below
| zero. frozen ears, noses and CHEEKS were
thawed out by the use of snow around
the church door: but all was CHEEKY
| and warm within. and happy hearts
| gathered for the first time in their
fathers house. Mr.. and Mrs. Olds sang,
and how SweetIy it sounded. The new
| pipe organ was not forgotten, and the
manner in which everybody entered
! with hearty accord mo the services
was graphically described. The history
of the other Episcopal churches that
| followed in Minneapolis were touched
upon in sequential Importance, and the
bishop continued:
"A double anniversary this, the ripe,
full age of Gethsemane Brotherhood,
an organization begun III humble faith
in our old parish building yclept origin
ally the ''tOothpick church," because of
its sharp pointed spire. How well l
remember its first gathering of faith
full few in February, 1859, to talk over
the object and to plan its organization.
The secretary. DR.. Chase. the trainer
of its constitution, futile and COudre,
and Chamberlain and Atwater. and
Beebe and Martin, and llOlbrOOk and
DR.. Ames, and Robertaon and Jones,
| and many others. Who that WERE its
faithful members will forget these
| monthly meetings, with the reports of
| mission work at jail. at country school
house, IN rented rooms. of planning
ways and means for course of lectures,
ing chapelS? These supplied the fire
for keeping up steam for the work and
sunshine. How gradually it all came.
Each year saw new conquests. new
achievements as building in dependence
on the divine Lord with faith ana trust
in Him. Each in his sphere went forth
to do the work assigned him,
| as lay reader, singer, helper,
as paper distributor to persons
| in the Jail, as did the faithful Browne so
| many years, and we saw our pretty
| chapel of the brotherhood, now Holy
| 1nDOcentS, and then ALI Saints, st.
| Andrews. Lake chapel and Minnetrista
| Mills and st. Barnabas hospital as the
| fruit of those quiet, faithful labors, eX-
| tending the influence OF Gods kingdom
| in the city and country and bringing
| blessing comfort to SO many sick ones.
| 1t is well to tell the story of this BROTH
| erhCOd; to look back 10 see what by
| Gods blessing it accomplished. The
| story has served To stimulate many
soul to do good deeds for the Master,
and was not less helpful to our Amer
| lean church."
Bishop Knickerbocker spoke in ex-
tened eulOgy of the noble WORK accom-
| plished by the missions that have been
| established by GethSemane. This was
| enlivened here and there 10y reminiscent
! anecdotes in which well known cit ZenS
! took active parts. The Christmas feSti.
| walls of the church were not forgotten
| in the summary. Sumo of Gethsemane's
| Christmas trees have been events that
will never be forgotten by participants.
| Afternoon Services.
| In the afternoon the thirIy-fourth an
! niversary of the Sunday school was
! COMMUNICATED. After an Episcopal
! song service and a pleasant and en-
couraging address by the superlntend-
| ent. DR.. Faude. the rector, made a hap
| py address to the school. He consid-
| cred that the anniversary of the Sun
| day school transcribed the Importance
of the church itself. No one knows
| what will happen in thirty-f0ur years.
| This was the thirty-fourlh anniversary
| of the establishment Of the school. In
| the next thirty-four years the boys and
| girls will have become men and women.
| Some may become superintendent,
| some may become teachers, some may
| enlist as missionaries, while others i'll
deed may become rectorS of parishes in
| the diocese. The doctor charged the
| boys and girls of the school to prepare
for the next thirty-four years.
Bishop Knickerbocker followed in a
happy address to the children. He re-
| cited the history of the school, ana told
pretty story OF its institution. 1t was
a bitter day, and the bishop had vivid
| remembrance of the children going out
and gathering snow to thaw out the
| frozen noses and the frozen hands. Yet
| they We're not discouraged. The school
! grew and increased III membership.
This was just before Christmas. and a
| Christmas tree was arranged fer. Not
many of the children of 1856 really
| knew what Christmas tree was. The
| church building was new and pretty,
! and it was thought wrong to have the
tree on the handsome carpets, so it was
| placed in the court house, then Just
being built. The parish had feast IN
connection. There were turkeys, geese.
| ducks. game, chickens, and the like.
and they went down upon the flats
and invited the poor boys and girls
to come and participate in the
| festivities. 1t was an occasion the
| bishop would never forget. The bishop
| SnOEa feRliuOlv of tho last time ha ha.l