The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-08
HANDSOME CHURCH EDIFICE TO
REPLACE THE BURNED STRUC-
TURE DEDICATED.
SERVICES WERE SIMPLE
LARGE AUDIENCES AT BOTH THE
DAY AND EVENING MEET
INGS.
FUNERAL OF c. A. HEFFELFINGER.
Tbronc of SorrOyvInG Friends Fol
low the Remains to the
Grave.

With a beautiful and impressive serV-
ice was the new Westminster Presoy-
terrain church formally opened Tor pup
lie worship yesterday morning. Inc
services were not in the nature OF
dedicatory ceremony, but nevertheless
very appropriate. The choir platform
and the space which will be occupied
nv the organ were filed with palms
and foliage plants and brlght-colored
chrysanthemums When the chords OF
the voluntary were sounded upon the
grand piano the great auditorium was
filled to overlooking. People DESTROYS
of seeing the new edifice turned out in
the morning rain by the hundreds, I'M
til every nook and corner was filled,
and many were unable to gain admis-
sion.
The Westminster people, who have
been wanderers since their church
burned two years ago, have every rea-
son to be proud Of their new home.
Although nearly 1920 people attended
the morning service, and nearly as
many in the evening, the exits are so
arranged that the congregation was
not inconvenience in any way. The
ventilation of the building is good, and
the acoustic properties proved perfect.
1t was particularly fitting that Rev.
DR.. Fair, who first established the
Presbyterian church in Minnesota, was
present and offered prayer. DR.. Hunt
er preached an eloquent sermon. His
text was from the seventeenth chapter
of John and the eighteenth verse; LAS
Thou hast sent me into the world,
even so have [ sent them into the
world" In opening, he said: 1.-The
voice of this church has many times
been raised to God in Thanksgiving for
blessings received. 1t was so raised
in 1861, when, after much sacrifice,
little band Of loyal men and women
We're permitted to give the name of
home to a building ON Fourth street
1t was so raised in 1865, when this
same little band was able to do
greater service in another building; in
1883, when, after years of struggle, it
was permitted to enter more elegant
home at Seventh and Nicollet, and
March last, when after eighteen
months of wandering we were permit
ted to enter into the construction of
that which we could call our own.
This morning gives an hour of great
Thanksgiving; the entire heart Of this
church should give itself to the same
service, a time for rejoicing; it is also
a time for serious thought, time
when the parable of the talents stands
out clearly. What has this church to
Go for the city? What has this church
to do for the state? What has this
church to do for the world? That is
q very important question, but not as
definite and personal as this occasion
demands. A more appropriate ques-
ton would be the duty of the individ-
ual Christian. 1t is not so much the
mission Of Christianity, nor the mis-
sion of the church that concerns US this
morning, as the mission Of the indi-
vidual Christian life
The divine then eXpOunded upon the
duties Of a faithful Christian, as por-
trayed by the life of Christ. He i'm
pressed his hearers with the fact that
right living and good example, by
which a peaceful conscience and ulti-
mate happiness are attained, are more
to be desired than great wealth.
In the evening the subject Of the
sermon was Daniel" which Is the last
of a series on the major prophets.