St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-03
Formally Draped Upon the
Shoulders Of Rev. John
Paul Egbert.
Impressive Installation SepV-
ices at the House of Hope
Church.
George Refs Thinks Kenyon's
Report ThresheS Over Old
Straw.
Collector Geraghty Given a
Send-Off by His Rose
mount Neighbors.

lIlt eXcIClSeS OI lnSLdlldllOu dL Gut
House of Hope church last night. by
which Rev. John Paul Egbert became
the pastor of the largest and most -four
ishing Presbyterian church in the city,
were the elimination of months of en-
deavor to find one who all felt was
fitted to assume the mantle that fell
from the shoulders of the beloved DR..
Robert Christie last September. Rev.
Mr.. Egbert has been in the city for the
past month, and the friends his winning
manners have gained, and the enthusl-
asm his scholarly sermons have aroused
among the congregation, are sure tokens
of what may be expected from him
i'll the months to come as the
regularly installed pastor. He is
man of wide culture. not alone
but of travel, and the association
with many men. both in his native land
and in the old world beyond the sea;
and not only IN the narrower, but more
scholarly East, but in the wider and
more natural, spontaneous West. 1t
would seem that the House of Hope
could hardly have found man so spe-
cially fitted to be the pastor of such
church as this is.
The installation services were to be-
gin at o'clock, and before that hour
the church was comfortably filled with
an eXpectant and sly mpathetlc audience.
The pulpit was beautifully decorated
with blooming plants in pots, palms
and other delicate and graceful green
cry, in the beautiful modern way that
seeks to associate all sweet and lovely
things with that highest expression of
our faculties, the true worship of God.
The exercises were participated IN
by the leading Presbyterian clergy
men of the town. and were begun
promptly at s o'clock by the singing of
Mendelssohn anthem, "How Lovely Are
the Messengers" by the choir. which
was followed by Scripture reading and
an invocation by Rev. w. G. Covert. of
the Merriam Park Presbyterian church.
The choir and congregation sang a
hymn to the tune of the missionary
Hymn" Rev. NJ. d. Edwards, of Day
ton Avenue church, delivered the ser
mon, which was a strong plea for a
clearer and more distinctive statement
and following in the lives of protesting
Presbyterians of the tenets and beliefs
of that church. He claimed that two
thirds Of the martyrs were from this
church, citing the Waldenses and
Huguenots and other historical bodies
of Christians of similar beliefs as proof
of his claim. She has ever presented
strong, inflexible trout to the foes Of
right, and would not bend or
cringe to save her life. Not
withstanding her inflexlbility
Mr.. Edwards claims for her a wide
liberality and boundless catholicism
that made it easy for her to meet and
mingle and live among other Christian
churches in the utmost friendship.
81 he ark of God is Christ, not the Pres
byterian or any other church, and we
invite all other protesting Christians to
the Lords table. We demand nothing
as an admission into the church except
what Christ Himself demanded" He
quoted the renowned DR.. Hodge as his
authority for these statements. He
spoke of the scholarship of the church,
its advance in science and in culture
that kept we'll abreast Of the advanced
thinkers of the day, and claimed that
John Calvin was the father of the free
school and the spelling book, as we'll as
of the missionary spirit of the
church. Not alone in India,
China, Japan and Mexico, but in
the field of home missions, this church
can claim large proportion of all the
converts made. In closing, the doctor
declared his faith and belief in the
church Of his fathers; there might be
rocks and stones along the shore of the
future for her, but the great heart of
the church is loyal to Gods will, and
lie will guide and protect her as long
as time shall last. I'VE have built upon
the rock of God, the only sure foufda-
ton, and may go on with firm steps,
assured that while God is for us no man
shall prevail against u.s."
Hymn 763 was sung by the choir and
congregation to the familiar tune,
dwight"
Rev. w. c. Covert, moderator of the
Presbytery of St. Paul, propounded the
constitutional questions to MIR. Egbert
and the church, which, being satisfac-
torily answered, were followed by the
installation prayer of Rev. E. D. Neill,
d. d., first pastor of the church. The
charge to the pastor was given by Rev.
w. A. Hutchinson, of Westminster
church. Rev. r. A. Carnahan, of First
Presbyterian church, made very
pretty and pertinent charge to the peO-
pie, that had more of searching per-
sonal nature than such speeches usually
do, and seemed to be thoroughly appre-
ciated by the audience. A hymn was
sung, and the benediction by the pastor
closed the exercises,