St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-12
The EPISCOPAL CLUB.
Clergy and Laity Of the Min
nesota Diocese Banquet at
the Ryan.
A Club Which Includes All the
Bright Men Of the
Church.
Two Distinguished Chicago
ans Enlarge Upon the
Needs Of the Age,
And Explain in What Way the
Church Can Reach the
Masses.

est laymen Of the state, and they are
! happily possessed Of that pre- objection
essential to the highest social ameni-
ties. The club had as guests two of the
most distinguished and most successful
workers in the church extension mis-
sion in the entire country. They were
James l.. Houghtling and w. Il. Ster-
ling, of Chicago.
After brief gathering in the parlor,
at which the guests were presented to
the members of the club and
Hon. G. II. Strobeck. Of Litch
field, was elected vice president,
| vice Judge Gilfillan, resigned, the par
| Elephants repaired to the hotel ordinary,
where a sumptuOus menu was dis
cussed. After the viands, cigars were
served, and then toasts and eloquent
responses were the order until 1870
| o'clock.
Judge Isaac Atwater. of Minneapolis,
! the president of the club, presided. He
made a felicitious address of welcome,
| especially to the distinguished guests OF
the evening. Bishop Gilbert also made
an address OF welcome in happy vein,
and amplified upon the work of The club
in the matter of church extension.
James l.. Houghtling was next intro
| duced. His address was repete with
| humorous anecdotes, and he kept the
| club in almost continuous laughter.
| However, there were pauses in the
| levity, when the eminenG layman dealt
| in solemn logic. He explained that
means the spread of the Gospel of
| Christ. Were this not true, he could
not have afforded 10 have come here
| from Chicago to address the club. He
| protested in emphatic language against
| the practice of closing the church doors
| during the week days. He urged that
there are oceans" of men.Who cannot be
got into church. because they will not
come. Such meu have to be visited,
They must he reached as other
men are reached in other fields.
work" In illustration Mr.. Houghtling
recited several instances III which the
most useful members of the church
were rescued by being reached indi-
| Yidually in the hauntS they frequented.
| He divided his address into several APP
propriate subdivisions, but never wan
dered from the main pertinence of the
main theme - the extension Of the
church. He asserted that the rectors of
| the true Catholic church of America are
making the church more Congregational
than the congregational church itself.
w. II. Sterling followed. lie prefa ced
his talk with an apt story, and then con-
graduated the club upon its member
ship and personnel. He quoted from
the paraphraseS of the bishops and
divines of the church. Mr.. Sterling
held that the
Church Is Responsible
for its environments. He counseled
that the church must deal justly with
everybody. At this juncture one of the
| doctors Interrupted the speaker with the
| statement:
81 want to say to the brothers that Mr.
Sterling has 1900 men under him whom he
directsI''
Il must qualify that" returned Mr.. Ster
ling laughingly. hts 10000"
Taking up the thread of his address,
he accentuated his position by urging
Justice tempered with mercy" as the
most profitable method of extensive
work.
"As churchmen we must walk humbly,"
he said, and drew picture of the church
| man who carries his head high and occupies
two seats in Church-one for his silk hat and
| the other for q seat
He said that so long as we spend more
money in the punishment for crime
than we spend in preventive measures,
we are not doing our duty. He advo-
Gated the parable
Painted so slow, when chided. reminded
! his critics he painted for eternity.
He argued that the church should
strive honestly and Zealously to deprive
the socialists and anarchists of their
stock i'll trade by teaching the golden
| rule, and he diSparaged the popular
custom of having one law for the rich
and another law for the poor Like
David, also, he advised that the men,
bers of the church should never offer
unto the Lord that which costs them
nothing. Again, they gave far too little
| of their time to the church.
There Is something radically wrong in our
social system and in the distribution of our
wealth. he said, land II is equally true that
we give too little thought to Fighting the
wrong. The sinews we require are men and
money-men first and money after. Too
many make no effort to induce young men to
| enter the clergy.
SAT this Loint, and at the suggestion
of Judge Atwater, the sincere thanks of
the club were extended to the gentle
men from Chicago for their interesting
and instructive addresses, and then he
explained that he was in receipt of two
volumnS, the gift of the New York club,
| comprising a course of lectures there in
18SS-S9. Other similar works now in
press will follow, and will be added 10
the library of the CLUB.
j. j. Faude, d. D., of Minneapolis,
| GeCGOI VI lOliOWGQ.
! He acknowledged, in facetiouS express
sion, visit at his church the previous
evening of two Chicago gentlemen.
MIR. Faude invited the laymen of his
parish to remain after the meeting and
be presented to the guests. The ladies
had taken umbraga at the slight. and
had taken the rector to task. He had
quieted the rebellion, however, by
promising that the next time the gen
tlemen called they would organize st.
Andrews sisterhood Mr.. Faude en-
phasiZed that what is needed in the
church extension work is strong, I'M
flinching. uneQuivocal churchmen. He
said that the visitors were the
living Embodiment
of true churchmen, and he hoped his
hearers would pattern after them.
Judge Wilder, RednWing, was in
troduced as the granger member. He
spoke at some length of the history of
the diocese, and regretted that he was
not more familiar with the history of
the club itself. He treated of the finan-
cial phases of the diocese, and drew
graphic portrayalS of the struggles of
long years ago against debt, and he was
happy to relate that the debts had been
met.
DR.. G. G. Andrews, rector of Christ
church, st. Paul, spoke briefly. He
said that the church wants the poor and
the outcasts within the fold, and also to
come into touch with the masses. Wnen
the church reaches the masses it never
leaves them masses. The Catholic church
reaches the masses, but it always leaves
them masses, while the church never
fails to lift them up into the very bosom
of the church and to mould them into
Christ's image.
G. H. Strobeck, the newly elected
vice president, delivered forcible adj
dress, eliciting frequent applause. He
said the key note is struck when the re-
sponsibility of the rescue work is placed
upon the laity. They stay the hand oil
the clergy. Laymen are good thing
to have in manY WAYS. 'When q CLERGY.