The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-20
AND rs PROSPEROUS. so THE RE
PORTS SUBMITTED SEEM TO
INDICATE.
INSTRUMENTATION ENCOURAGED
BY the Showing Made OF the Work
Accom- pIished During the Last
Year.

each organization were also presented,
showing the Episcopal churches to have
made progress both in membership and
the scope of work accomplished. An
unusual interest was taken generally
in the meetings and the attendance in
each instance gratifying to pastors and
Pensioners.
The, officers elected by Christ church
parish were: Senior warden, Reuben
Warner; Junior warden, j. c. Aadms;
vestrymen, Harvey officer, w. S. Tim
berlake, w H. Lightner, J. c. Hill A.
A. White, W. R. Ladd and DR.. John
McLain. .,.>.s
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST.
Reports which were satisfactory to a
high degree were submitted at the
meeting of ST. John the Evangelist
last evening. Rev. Dudley w. Rhodes,
the rector Of the parish, has been with
the church just one year and that year
has been one Of the most prosperous in
its history The treasurer's report
read:
Received during the year .......... SIC, 275 81
Discussed for general expense f-
and church maintenance. $7,1S2 4S
T RrnnS payaDte s s9z ~ ~
Bishops salary, diocesan
City and foreign II missions
and other donations. 1000. l. 005 Sc
Total disbursements ............ SIC, 223 50
Cash balance OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50 Is
Assets
Real estate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s. 800 90
Church, guild house and improve -. :.
Total assets ............. $26, 500 90
The above subject to $1,000 mortgage.
The Ladies' Aidssoeiety reported $75S.SO on
hand. The Sunday; school has received dur
ing the year $176.7a and the women's auxil-
larry $407.16. The election of vestrymen last
evening resulted in the reelection of R. B.
Bement w. F. Meyers, j. H. Ames B. l..
Stanton, W. T. Kirk A. G. Rice, Richard
Gordon, Theodore Schurmeier and E. w.
Peet. Thomas Irvine was elected senior war
den and V. M. Watkins junior warden. At
the meeting of the vestrymen which followed
r. B. c. Bement was reelected clerk and w.
T. Kirk treasurer
The rector announced that the do
cesar council would meet in ST Johns
church early in June and delegates will
be appointed later. Accommodations
will probably be made for the visitors
at the hotels. By a vote of the parish
the rector will send a letter of condo-
lence to- the Misses White daughters
of Maj. White, who was a member of
the avestry at the time of his death.
/ The members of the church. feel THAT
the last year has been all they couId
possibly have hoped for. The church
Is growing in membership, and is in
probably the best financial condition of
any church in the diocese The Sunday
school also growing, having increas-
ed So per cent during the last year The
corps of teachers is a faithful one,
though three new ones are. needed At
the close of the meeting coffee and
cake were served by the women of the
church in the parlOrs below stairs.
CHURCH OF GOOD SHEPHERD.
At the Church of the Good Shepherd the an
nual meeting was called to order by the rector
with prayer Committees were reported nv
Mrs. Hale F. Bel treasurer Ct the Altar guild ::
Mrs. Hobbs and Mrs. Lewis. Mr. Hurley
was elected secretary. 1t was resolved that q
vote Of thanks be extended to Miss Ford
for the gas fixtures for the school room, and
that the volume in the parish library en-
titled History Of Long Island" by B. F.
Thompson, and containing honorable mention
Of Barnabas Horton, teof SouthhoId, be pre-
sented to Mrs. e. P. Horton as a token of
the high esteem I'M which she is held by the
parishloners. The'7 treasurer of the parish
read the annual report. The election resulted
as follows: niorswarden Mr.. George Bel:
junior warden, Mr.iHebbs; vestrymen, F. Bell,
r. E. Exley, c. AICRoach and Mr. Sauders
II.
The annual parish meeting of the Church
OF the Messiah was held last night. The
meeting was opened with devotional exer-
cises by the pastor, Rev. c. E. Haupt, who
followed with a review Of the work of the
various boards of the church He said the
results for the past year had been quite
gratifying, especially in the Sunday school
where there had been net increase in mem
bership of twenty-five There were $50 com
municants, this being an increase of thirty
over last year.
The woman's auxiliary board reported that
it had received during the year $3.50 which
was about evenly divided between benevolent
work and the current expenses. j. B. Fow-
Ter, the church treasurer gave a detailed
statement of the church's finances showing
the total receipts to be 81, 65oS9. The Easter
offering was $333.20. The ballot for officers
resulted as follows: Senior warden George
Nj. Reade; Junior warden, A. L. Calvin. NJ
p; vestrymen, A. r. Bland, j. B. Fowler,
E. Septon S. J. NJ. Jolland and l. f Clear
man. George NJ. Reade and E. Septon were
elected delegates to the diocesan convention
which meets in June. After several matters
of minor importance were disposed Of supper
was served by the ladies of the church.
ST JAMES CHURCH.
If everybody in St. Paul could have at
tended the parish meeting Of ST. James Epis-
cOpal church, on Arlington hills last night
they would have left with the impression that
St. Paul is not, as claimed, in the midst of
hard times. This church. with considerab lv
almost $500, Of which s., 300 has been ex-
pended towards maintaining the church in its
several branches of work. leaving a balance
on hand of $500 Their only Indebtedness is
a mortgage on their church property which
has been reduced to 81 800. The Offering on
Easter day was $97. Reports were received
from the secretary treasurer and the choir
and the woman's auxiliary board
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.
The annual parish meeting of St. PauTs
church was held last evening in the church
Reports demonstrating the satisfactory condi-
tons that obtained during the year were
read, and the following officers were elected !:
Senior warden; DR.. A. Wharton; Junior war
den, W. ]. Sleppys vestrymen, H. F. Stew
ems, l. NJ. Benepe, 9Otto A. Spies NJ b.
Forbes, c, K. Sharood, NJ. McLaren, F. o.
Osborne.
ST. CLEMENTS CHURCH.
Owing to the fact that the affairs Of St
Clements church. at the corner of Portland
avenue and Milton street, are administered
by a governing committee appointed bv the
bishop of the dioceses no election was held
but at the meeting held in the guild room
OF the church reports1werc presented by the
various officers. Itswas shown that although
the treasury has felt the influence of he
hard times the finances are still in favorable
condition, and that there has been a salts
factory growth In zboth the church and Sab