St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-11
EVENTS OF A SUNDAY.
the oar DULL. BUT the WEATHER
DELIGHTFUL.
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UNIVERsALISC CHURCH

Dedicated With App opriate Cere-
monies -Children's Day at the
Various Charlottesville People
Went to the Lake Resorts and
Listened to Music-A Picnic at
Lake MinnetOnka.
So far as the weather was concerned.
yesterday was delightful. 1t was eX-
tremely dull in the city. however. for in
spite of knowing that it was against the
rules of the orthodox church to indulge
in any thing that is not churchly, the
people of the city betOok themselves to
the various lake resorts. There they
ate peanuts, listened to tho music and
enjoyed themselves generally. Last
night the crowd at Lake Harriet num-
bered several thousand. and the concert
programme rendered by the band was
| an excellent one. The Salvation Army
in the evening presented itself ON
Fourth street with long string of
soldiers" and for over an hour there
was singing and exhortlng.
Yesterday was "Children's Day" in
the churches, and many Of them held
special services of both song and prayer.
Sermons apropos of the occasion we're
also delivered by the pastors, and the
churches we've tastefnlly decorated with
flowers. These services were, for the
| most part, held in the forenoon.
One of the events of the afternoon was
the dedication Of the futile Universal
ist church. The sermon was preached
by kew. Marion Shutter, of the Church
of the Redeemer. Rev. NJ. Wing gave
the invocation, the responsive reading
by the congregation was led by Rev. w.
II. Harrington. Rev. s. w. Sample read
the scriptural lesson. President Cyrus
| Northrop. of the university, delivered a
| short address, and Rev. q. l.. Powers
delivered the dedicatory prayer. The
choir sang number of beautiful selec-
tons. The singers were: Mrs. John
Harris Chick, organist; Miss Josephine
| Jennings, soprano; Mrs. Weed Munroe,
contralto; K. ID. FineI, tenor. and c. E.
| Fisher, baritone. Among other selec-
tons a trio. Miss Jennings, Mrs. Mum
roe and MIR. Finel. sang Thou All
Gracious God'' in very effective man.
ner.
The Packers and Nailers' Benevolent
association held its picnic at Spring
Park, Lake Minnetonka. Special
trains left from both Minneapolis and
st. Paul. The picnic was we'll attended
and the packers and nailers enjoyed
themselves immensely. The affair was
in the hands of the following COM
mittees: Arrangements, A. j. Rowan,
j. F. McNally. w. Stapleton. H. Kee-
gan and A. Chisholm: sports, j. Z.
Chandler, r: Ryerson, T. Davis. Z.
Seaman and w. Craig; dancing chief,
E. Mu!lane. assistants. Charles Bartosh.
c. Smith. b. O'Neil and }. mclaughlin
transportation. P. McGown, c. Smith,
M. Carbozo and c. Seaman; refresh
land and A. Johnson; aids, e. Conroy,
G. Leahy.
There was a programme OF sport
which every one enjoyed, and there
were a number of hot contests for the
various prizes. The programme con-
sisted of the following: Prize waltz
mems 10O-yard foot race woman's race,
200 feet; tug of war. ladies' potatoe race,
| mems three-legget race aud sparring
OH the water.
Hotel st. Louis entertained large
| party of eXcursionists from Austin.
Mason City and various other points on
the Milwaukee road. There were sew.
eral hundred ladies' and gentlemen.
| Among the forms OF entertainment in
| dulged in was tour of the lake on the
| steamer City of st. Louis.