St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-08

the structure Of granite rGb4
bic. with trimmings of Indiana
limestone. We are Gained with the as
surance that strictly classical treat
ment will be used In the interior of the
main building" but then, again, we are
rather disquieted In reading: THE
choir dome, under which the pulpit Is
to be placed" and further on, 1.-THE
organ. which is to be q very fine one, is
to be In the main tower. while the key
board will be under the choir dome.''
Now, is that keyboard above or belo W
the pulpit, and how is 1t going TO be-
with the preacher, not to mention the
organist?
While the memorial church is au ex.
pehslye aud grand tribute, there is,
perhaps, more direct and American
way OF achieving commemoration In a
fashion combining economy and
straightforward statement of intent. Ii
mas the advantage, too. of being enjoys
able to thea person honored while yet Id
this life; that is. II he were instrpt
mental in placing the remindI
er OF himself as did our IllustrIous
countryman, Stephen B. Elkins. In the
Catholic cathedral of Santa Fe, n. NJ,
where Steve's personality, IL not hld
nagnifcence. shines through the glass.
suggestively stained, of a memorial
window, which is Inscribed:
To the Memory of
STEPHEN B. ELKINs.
Born Sept. &c. 1S41; Died -
Now every casual biography of lStevS
obtrudes the information that he is an
Eplscopalian and Yestryman, yet hi
Catholic ''sympathies" and the voting
responsiveness of the population repret
senting at one time his ''sympathies,"
induced him to put himself OIL record in
that window.
From many sources the world is mad
aware that religiosity is In fashionable
favor. st. GabriePs Episcopal convent
at Peekskill, n. Y, was announced as
the place of religious retreat for $50
society women this past month, inf u.
enced by Bishop Starkey, of Newark.
Two young women of New York of
prominent family names announced
the order OF their retreat at the convent.
They were to take part in continuous
services and prayers. On the grounds
they were to be accompanied by a sisA
ter. They would only leave the grounds
for drive OF an hour or two daily. In.
terspersed with the devout exercises of
the retreat, they had laid out course
OF study, embracing civil goverM
ment. art and literature. Such a
retreat is decided novelty, in
fact an inversion of the very intent, bea
cause it includes distractions that the
genuine retreat was Instituted to shut
out. But distractions intrude everyI
where. more persistently, perhaps,
where mood OF spiritual elevation is
sought in utter singleness of purpose.
1t may be an advantageous progress ID
retreats to mingle study with medita
ton and provide against distraction 81
However, the scientist may work to IN.
dermIne the props of Biblical be-
lief. and the doctor may ter4
rorize church members into having
individual communion cups rather than
risk imbibing the germs of a frightful
number OF diseases In the one orthodox
cup ordinarily used, but what they Leave
undone in subverting religion and its
usages may be- accomplished by so-
ciety's humorous incongruities in its
name, such as memorial churches to
Napoleons of finance, and spiritual re-
treats for women without belief. Among
the varions shams gravely accepted by
the hypocrisy of the time. religionism
is the most demoraliZing.