The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-10-10

affairs of the church, promised to give
that letter a fair consideration. The
bishop was afterwards approached by
Bro. Lyles, who remarked that he hoped
the bishop would send us the kind OF
man we wanted, to which the bishop
suggested casually that he had better
send us the kind of man we needed.
Brother Lyles again said Eyes, send
the kind of man we need, such<as asked
for in our letter. This letter reads as
| follows:
ST.. JAMES A. NJ. E. CHURCH.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 25th, 1891.
We, the stewards and Trustees, as
joint board, met last night, the Oath OF
August, for the purpose of looking after
the interests of St. James A. NJ. E.
Church for the ensuing year, and the
following resolution was passed and
adopted:
Resolved, That letter of request be
sent to our beloved bishop in the inter.
est of our church.
The resolution calls forth the follow.
ing letter:
ST.. PAUL, MIMI, Aug. 25th, 1891.
To the Ri. Rev. John NJ Brown:
Esteemed Strive, the undersigned,
trustees and stewards of the St. James
A. M. E. Church, of St. Paul, extend to
you at this time, so important in the
duties it places upon you, our most cor
dial greeting, with. the wish that our
father may guide you in Judgment
through his grace and wisdom.
We feel at this time that it is most
proper that we should call to your at.
tention the condition of our own below.
ed church-to say word about it's past,
it's present, and what is nearest to our
hearts, it's future.
In the past we have had at least, as
you know, our share of trials, financial
ly. We have been burdened, both in
meeting running expenses and in
liquidating our debts. We have had,
too. dissensions, which if they came
from lack of grace have also tended to
detract from that which we had.
In the present we have some things
to encourage us, but many more to
discourage us. First of all we have
nearly paid our floating debt; on the
other hand, we have a bonded indebt-
edness of about So, 900, which must be
paid October LIST, 1892. Spiritually, we
are strengthened by the earnestness of
faithful few; we are discouraged by
the GOODNESS and inactivity of the many.
Out OF. 100 members only about fifty
are active. Our young people, and
some of the old for that matter, are 60
ing over to the Baptists and Catholics.
Take it all in ALL you will readily
perceive that this is a very critical Pc
Rod in our history We tremble for
the future, and we pray God to guide
us in our weakness to day of greater
strength.
| The son who is dear to you, has been
with us year. He has won our love
|
amiable disposition, and purity of life
Nevertheless, we feel deeply that his
lack of experience and his lack of years
tell against him.
We trust, therefore, that you will re-
lieve the situation by calling him to a les
trying field, and that you will send to u,
one who by reason of years and trials
shall be able by Gods help, to lead u
into the light. He. whom you send
should haue power to draw the youn,
and hold them, and to harmonize tn,
difference existing among the old. W.
would suggest as agreeable to us, and a
men OF strength, R5v.,T. w. Henderson
Rev. Lawes. and Rev. l.. j. Phillips.
We trus, that you will be gracious TO us
in this our time of need, and we hop
that the day may soon come when GU
young pastor may return to us grown il
all good things, with power to lead US on
ward to better things than we have We
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