St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-29
TWENTY YEARS PASTOR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAYTON
AVENUE CHUIe CHI
Celebrated Yesterday by Presby-
teriaas in Fitting Man
ner.

Yesterday forenoon and evening the
Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church
celebrated the twentieth anniversary of
the installation OF its pastor, Rev.
Maurice d. Edwards Notwithstand-
ing the disagreeable weather both au-
diences were so large that all the seats
were occupied. The church was taste
fully decorated with crysanthe NUNS
massed about and below the pulpit,
while behind the pulpit appeared. fash
toned with evergreens, the figures,
"1S74-1S94."
The exercises were much enjoyed.
The regular choir sang, besides the
usual hymns, three beautiful anthems.
ARISE, Shine" TIE Deum and "How
Lovely Are the Messengers"
Two addresses were delivered, one
by Senator S. J. r. Mcmillan and one
by the pastor, though the latter's re-
marks were more in the nature of a
friendly talk to his flock. Senator
Mcmillan related the history of the
church for the past twenty years, as it
was organized i'll April, 1874. The
history in brief was published yester-
day morning.
Senator NIcMillan's Address
was listened to with great interest as
it was full of facts and figures
Rev. Mr.. Edwards. the pastor, who
has conducted the church from the be-
ginning, then spoke to his parishioners.
He dwelt upon the pleasant relations
existing between himself and the
church. His pastorate had always been
agreeable ana cOngenial to him. The
pastor then briefly spoke of the outlook
for the future. The church. MIR. Ed
wards said, should not rest with what it
had already accom- plisned, but should
seek larger fields and results in order to
make progress in the future. The pastor
urged his congregation to continue its
activity in church work. and assured his
hearers that with renewed energy and
industry on their part he firmly be-
lieved that the growth and development
of the church would be greater in the
future than the past
The evening exercises were equally
as we'll attended. Besides the members
of the church, there were present a
goodly number of representatives of
other churches and interested friends.
Three addresses were delivered last
evening by representatives of three
presbyterian cnuFcneS lIldb were Iii eX-
istence when the Dayton Avenue church
was organized. The first to address the
congregation was Elder X. P. Lewis, Of
the Central Presbyterian church. Mr..
| Lewis discussed and described Earlier
Presbyterianism," that is. the PresbY-
| terianisrn existing in st. Paul prior to
1874. The next speaker was Will
| lam B. Dean, of the House of
| Hope church, whose subject was "Pres-
| byterianism in st. Paul During the
| Last Twenty Years." Rev. l.. L. Cam
eron, of the First Presbyterian church.
| closed the series with an interesting
talk on ''Presbyterianism in st. Paul as
/! 1t Appears to a Newcomer" The
three discourses were interesting to a
| degree that claimed for them the most
marked attention. The pastor made a
| few remarks to his congregation before
| introducing the speakers, but delivered
| no prepared address. The music at the
| evening service was excellent, though
not SO elaborate as the morning song
service.