The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
DAY OF The SAINT MARKED
BY Special SERVICES BY THE
SOCIETY AND THE BROTHER
HOOD,
BEARS HIS HOLY NAME
Two Interesting Programmes Make
Merry and Profitable the OBJ
servance of the Day. 4 A

Local Assembly No. 80, observed ST.
Andrews day yesterday in its annual
meeting and religious services at Christ
| church
4 The work of the order is. annually re-
viewed and the results commemorated
4 in religious observance The order was
represented by over seventy members.
Rt. Rev. Bishop NJ N Gilbert delivered
! the chief addresses Of the sessions and
presided over the business sessions ..-.. .
| The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is a
religious order under the authority of
j the Episcopal church As the name
implies, it Is composed purely of men,
and the object declared in it's consti-
tuition is betterment Of the moral
standing of fellow men, and the ex-
/ tending of sympathy and brotherly love
/ in all times of need. The brotherhood
| is comparatively new organization.
| In 1883 band of twelve young men or
ganized themselves at ST James
| church, in Chicago, for the purpose of
offering daily prayer for the advance
| n1ent Of the kingdom of Christ among
/ young men. The movement rapidly
spread, until now the association num-
| bers thousands of members who are
scattered throughout the country. An
| nua1 conventions are held and each
| year the reports are more gratifying.
| The first services were held yesterday
| afternoon at 5:159 o'clock at Christ
church. After prayer and a short re-
| ligious observance, Bishop Gilbert,
president of the brotherhood, delivered
the opening address. Other addresses
were delivered byq Benz. B. Beardsley
upon ''The Past Year" Headquarters
Room" by W. S. Gillian; .Self Denial
Work." by Hector Baxter, council
member for the, Northwest; Work
Among the Boys by E. Freeman;
"Our Day in Chicago" by H. A. Hage-
mann, and others. The reports of the
various officers were also read. AT $50
o'clock supper was served in the guild
rocm and it was the original intention
to listen to toaStS by several of the
clergy, but owinglto the lateness of
the hour, this feature was omitted.
| An election Of officers was held with
/ the following result:
/ Oficers-Rt Rev. NJ. N. Gilbert, president;
Benjamin F. Beardsiey, first vice president;
| Rev. H. M. Hood second vice president; w.
urer.
Constitution and Organization-Rev. c. D.
Andrews, j. R. Kearney, S. c. M. Appleby;.
Services-Rev. Charles Holmes, Rev. H. M.
Hood, George c. Dunlap.
Finance-W. S. Gillian, r. B. Benedict, S.
! c. M. Appleby.
Hospitality and Room-G. G. Whitney, Will
lam Borland, Fl. Freeman.
Chapter INSTRUMENTATION Borland, E.
| MunDS, II. c. whitney.
| Jail and Hospital WOrk-George E. Dunlap,
| E. Freeman, G. E. James.
Mission Work-ReE. H. M. Hood, w, L.
| Cullen, Thomas Gaskell.
/ Advertising and PFinting-H. A. Hageman,
/ G. M. p. Pridham, j. W. Barker.
/ Employment-J. w. Barker. ]. r. Kearney,
Delegation -Buffalo-George c. Dunlap,
Christ church; R. B. Benedict, st. Johns
church; G. G. Whitney, st: Clements church;
Rev. H. M. Hood. St. Paul's church; E. Free
man, St. Peters church; C. E. James, st.
Phillips church; H. A. Hageman. Ascension
| shurch; William Borland, Christ church.
| At o'clock the religious services
| were continued in the church, led by
| the bishop. An address was, delivered
upon brotherhood Responsibilities BY
| Rev. E. M. Hood. Rev. E. p. Chitten-
den followed with an address upon
| 'aThe Life and Example of ST. Andrew"
| Rev. MIR. Chittenden told of st. An
Grew's devotion to Christ and of his
modest and steadfast character. ST.
| Andrew did not himself appreciate his
| worth and did not intrude himself upon
| the notice Of his fellow men. Drawing
| an example from the life of ST. Andrew,
the speaker exhorted the members of
| the brotherhood to follow the saints
| example and work among their fellow
| men with simple and unasSuming SYM
! pathy and love. Hundreds of men In
| the city never knew what it is to feel
the warm clasp OF the hand and to
| hear word of genuine sympathy and
personal interest. ST. Andrew attempt
| ed to do as much, good as he could,
| at the same time Sinking his person
ality. He never immagined that he
| would be made the patron saint Of o
| great brotherhood of men, ages after
| ward. The speakerItold of his intimate
| acquaintance with the head miller or
one of the large -four manufacturing
| concerns of the state. The man was
unknown to the world. He worked
IL Il
mill, yet he was the hidden life of the
| institution the master Of it's mysteries
So it may be with every man, he said
Each reember of the order might be a
hidden force in the everyday life
among men. The speaker advised his
hearers to eschew formalities and
mathematical calculation in summing
up their religious achievements, and TO
calculate their services only through
the amount of love and sympathy they
have given.
Bishop Gilbert, in opening his SER
mon, said the meeting had been one
of the most uplifting of his experience
He believed the brotherhood had been
elevated upon a higher plane and that
it would never sink below the lever,
it had gained. It had been rejuvena,
ton, a recharging of the battery of
brotherly love. God, he said, had
stored up in the hearts of men, great
reservoirs of sympathy, and it needed
only the rolling away of the stones
frcm the doors to electrify humanity
with the flood of love and tenderness
which would rush out
Bishop Gilbert said the beginning Of
the new Christian year should be an
epoch in the life of every conscientious
churehman. ST. Andrews day closely
conjoined the first Sunday in Advent.
The two synchronized and made each
significant to the other. st. Andrews
Gay signalizes revival of the mis-
sionary spirit II which governs the
brotherhood Every member of the or
der, if he is cdnscientious, feels this
instructive revival Of spirit but if he
| Joined the order merely because a
friend did, he long since tired of his
Speaking for the Scots, the bishoE
said that steadfastness and LOYALTY
was national trait IT had shown IT.
self in hundreds of ways. 1t had dis
played itself on, hattie fields in every
land. No one eyer heard of a Scotch
man who denied shis country. The
bishop illustrated his Interpretation of
steadfastness by telling the story of
Bull Run in which Gen. Thomas Jack
son received the name Of ''Stone WalIr
| as q tribute to 3hisr rsteadfastness and
! loyalty. The speakers closing words
were, "Be steadfast, be firm. Remem-
| Der that If you win. someone else win
win; that if you waver and fail some
| one will fail will, Won