St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-09
IT'S TENTH ANNIYERSARY-
HAehh horiaI English Lutheran Com
sresat1on Celebrates the
Event

gregatiOn Celebrates 4
Event
Inc tenth anniversary of the law
ihs VI the corner stone of the Me
iiiorial English Evangelical Lutheran
I!iurch on west Sixth street was fit
'liisly observed by the congregation
Yesterday. Sept. 6, 1885, just ten years
ago, at 70 m., the little chapel, then
useu as church, was crowded with
muse VINO, through deep interest and
sympathy, had assembled to witness
tne solemn and impressive ceremony
VI lne laying of the corner stone of
cne l!rst English Lutheran church. in
Ndlhnesofa- The service was conducted
ny the rev. W. K. Frick, then a, pro-
lesser IN Gustavus Adolphus college
dI 81 Peter, now president of the
SYNOD OF the Northwest The sermon
was delivered by Rev. G. H. Trabert,
the hrst Lutheran missionary to the
Northwest. The congregation, consist
ing OF only thirty-nine communicates.
was at that time two years old vet
hdu Tor some time felt the need of
a larger and better place of worship.
ana Notwithstanding the debt of So 200
sun dne on the lot, the little band
under the leadership of it's pastor.
Rev. Alexander J. Haupt, undertook
the building of the present structure.
which cost $4,5OO.
Inc congregation now numbers over
2CO communicates. and for the last
five years the church has been en-
tlrely self-supporting. Two other
churches have also been founded in
st. Paul by the first organization
the Trinity English Lutheran Church
of West st. Paul and the st. James
church, Marshall avenue and Grotto
street. There is also in connection
with the mother church a fourishing
Sunday school of 175 members. a la.
dies aid society and Luther league.
an organization devoted to the social
side Of church life.
Special music had been prepared for
yesterdays OCCASION which was beau
tifully rendered by the choir Rev. A.
j. Haupt, who has been the pastor
Of the church since its organization.
delivered an eloquent sermon beftting
the occasion. His text was: ITO
whom coming, as unto a living stone.
d1sallowed indeed of men, but chosen
OF God and precious, ye also, as lively
stones are built up as a spiritual
house, a holy priesthood, to offer up
spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God
by Jesus Christ. Wherefore, it is also
contained in Scripture Behold, I Law
in Zion a chief corner stone, elect,
precious; and he that believeth on him
shall not be iconfounded.'
In part, Mr.. Haupt said: eve must
never weary in well doing. Nothing
worth doing was ever accomplished
without a struggle, and we need today
to turn our eyes to the corner stone.
I mean the corner stone of whom Peter
so beautifully spoke. He is a. living
corner stone, full of life and life-giving
not a lead and worthless stone.
and yet stone for all that, fixed
and immovable. Those who fall upon
him are broken, but those whom he
falls upon are ground to powder. He
is the chosen of God, and precious.
What would life be without him? Yea,
rather, what would death be without
him? And vet he is .disallowed Of
men. Stop, think. Is he disallowed by
you? Are you indeed coming to him
daily as lively stones, to be built up
a spiritual house, a holy priesthood?
[ am sorry to say many of you are
not. I said a short while ago that
nothing great, nothing worth doing is
accomplished without effort and a sac
rifice. Was it not SO with our chief
corner stone? 1t was a great thing to
become q corner stone, elect and pre-
cious.' But think of what it cost the
Master, a short, weary life of trial
and self-sacrifice and death. Are you
fashioning your lives after the corner
stone? Are you making them elect
and precious in Gods. sight? Think
on your past lives, make them a per-
feet cube. See to it that they conform
to the similitude of the first and great
est corner stone, the Rock of Ages"