St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
REV. G. G. REYNOLDS BIDS FaRE-
WELL TO HIS CONGREGAl
TION. ~
He WILL GO TO JOLIET, I'LL
AN ACCOUNT RENDERED. OF ms
PASTORATE FOR THE PAST
SIX YEARS.
II {
Is the Theme for n Strong Sermon
by Rev. J. w. Conley, of the /
First Baptist Church.

Rev. Clarence G.ReynoIds preached
! his last sermon yesterday as pastor
of the Goodrich Avenue Presbyte-
| rian church. He has served this
| congregation for six years, coming
| to st. Paul from Winnebago CITY.
where he began his first pastorate
eleven years ago. Mr.. Reynolds
now goes to the First Presbyterian
| church of Joliet, Ill. After a brief
vacation he will inaugurate his new
labors Sept. 1. The change is made
from no dissatisfaction with his late
ccngrega ton, whose kindly feelings
are reciprocated by Mr.. Reynolds,
but because the Illinois pastorate
seems to offer better opportunities
for a man of family. The retiring
pastor leaves the Goodrich avenue
church in a strong and flourishing
condition.
Mr.. Reynolds had no desire to
emphasize to an unpleasant degree
the regret that he felt in parting
from his old Pensioners. Yester-
days services were therefore so ar
ranged as to touch but lightly upon
this subject. The pastors morning
sermon gave a brief review of the
work which he had accomplished
during the past six years. In the
evening there was the usual OBJ
SerVance OF a communion service,
in recognition Of the pastors depart
ure. Several well-known Presbyte-
rian clergymen of the city We're
present to testify their friendship
for Mr.. Reynolds. The latter made
a few remarks concerning himself to
the medieval knight, whose practice
it was to partake of the holy COM
munion previous to engaging in bat
tie. The speakers contest, however,
was to be a struggle to live rather
than to die for the cause of Christ.
Previous to the regular evening
services the Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the church held a special
meeting, at which Mr.. Reynolds bade
the members a brief and kindly
farewell and presented them a pho
tograph of himself in a handsome
frame.
The text of the morning sermon was
from Acts IL, ~, '"They continued
steadfastly in the apostles doctrine
and fellowship, and in the breaking of
bread, and in prayers" Taking for
his theme ''Tne Ideal Church, Mr.
Reynolds briefly touched upon three
of the essentials of such a church.
First was mentioned the active inter
est and worship of the people. Second
Oh h. i
doctrine. The Christian church had
gained it's power and had stood since
the days of the apostles because it
was well grounded upon truth and
doctrine. Third, appeared the value
of a prevailing spirit of fellowship, the
feeling of entire fraternity. Each
member should, if possible love his
neighbor as himself, and consider every
other member his brother.
The Goodrich Avenue church had at
tempted to live up to these principles.
A decided spirit of fellowship had been
we'll established. Much had been effect
ed for the good of the church, i'll spite
of the congregation being by no means
wealthy. During the six years of Mr.
Reynolds pastorate the church had
given $4,000 for ordinary expenses and
over $500 towards the various outside
boards and benefices of the denomina-
ton. The pastor had received 1873
members. Of these, 131 were received
by direct confession of faith, and the
remainder by letter from other
churches, showing that the congrega-
ton had been built up by missionary
effort from among the people in it's
immediate neighborhood. The church
organization had been improved, and
was now excellent. To the local
Christian Endeavor society was given
due credit for its powerful aid as the
chief factor in the upbuilding of the
church.
A reception in honor of Mr.. and Mrs
Reynolds will he given this evening at
the residence of H. ]. McAfee, 552
Dayton avenue. All who desire to bid
farewell to the departing pastor are
cordially invited.