St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-13
BABE HIS AU REVOIR.
Rev. DIR. j. III. TuttIe Takes Leave
of His CONGREGATION.


Yesterday morning DR.. ]. Il. futile
babe goodbye to his congregation of the
Church of the Redeemer. 1t was not a
goodbye in the full sense, but an au
revoir, with blessing for the fruits OF
the past and trust IN the future. When
the members of the church entered the
church they saw several intellectual
looking men seated in the pulpit. They
were old ministerial friends of Dr.. Tut
tie come to assist at his celebration.
After the regular song and devotional
services, DR.. Shutter announced the re-
ception to occur at the church
tonight. emphasizing the point
that the invitation thereto is general
Then DR.. futile arose to speak few
words to those to whom he has minis
tered for so many years.
twenty-five years ago last month"
he began. Il was i'll st. Paul. it was
my first visit to the state. | came up
from Chicago to help organize the first
state UniverSalist convention. The
trustees OF this church invited me to
come up here for the summer. | did so.
The UniversalistS had no church in
Minneapolis then. We held services in
Harrison hall. Some of the faces | saw
in that first congregation l see to-day.
Many more | do not see. They are
seen no more on earth. They are in
visible to us. We may not beinvisiDle
to them. We cherish the memory Of
these loved ones. Possibly they send
back thoughts to us. sometimes think
they are not far from us. But far or
near, it is written by God that we shall
see them in paradise. Sooner or later
we will all meet. These windows speak
of some of them. Our hearts speak OF
all. "a
Before that first summer was over,
had promised the trustees to stay here a
year. When | first came here, had no
expectation of staying beyond few
weeks. You did not dream
and did not dream that
that one year would stretch into
twenty-five. If | have stayed too long,
you are to blame. True, you never
asked me to stay here more than year.
But you did not tell me to 90. You
gave me no hint that l was clever
enough to take hold Of"
DR.. futile spoke of the size of Mime
apOlis and st. Anthony when he came
here in 1866 and how the New England
and New York aspect Of the place
attracted him. He has never been sorry
that he remained. He has travelled
much bu1 has always been glad TO get
back to Minneapolis.
II can say" he continued. "that
[ never have for one moment
longed for another charge. My love for
you has never grown cold. L have spent
my longest and best years in your
midst. [ have experienced here my
greatest joys and deepest sorrows. But
| must not dwell on these things. SO l
pass to a simple explanation.
ksVk ,,1 > Nj cor CO nv
ministers in this pulpit. This occasion
is unusual. l am not in the habit of re-
signing. | have not done it for
twenty-five years and hope it will not
occur here again for twenty-five years
more. Some of my people have COM
planned to me OF what they must 20
through now. | told them:
"'You won't have to do it again.
Yes they reply, well have to go
through it all again when DR.. Shutter
goes
But he won't go. If l remember
rightly, you didn't ask him to stay over
a year. But Eve told him to stay as
long as you will let him. And if he
does that, he will stay always. You
won't find a better pastor and he won't
find better people,"
DR.. futile then rererred to Dr.. Deere,
to Minneapolis for this occasion, and
proceeded:
II wish l could tell you about the
other friends that L see around me.
friends who have done so much for me.
| see here an old gentleman, over eighty
years of age, who has come from Cali
fOrnia to be present to-day. l see other
friends. many of them from Chicago,
from Omaha, from Rochester, n. Y. l.
am stronger for their presence. They
have come because Of faith in God, the
Bible and human nature. Ny trust in
human nature has been enlarged be-
cause of the illustration you have given
me.
81 have been accustomed to give you
advice. leave you this word-if the
church has advanced, it is because it has
accepted Christ. Let me say as last
word-continue.
God bless every one of you! God
bless youn
Many there were who could not have
restrained the tears, did they not know
that DR.. futile would still be anon g
them, and sometimes speak to them.
After the sermon DR.. Shutter voiced the
sentiments of the congregation in few
eloquent words ON DR.. Tuttle'S pastor
ate.