The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-09
ARE DEvoTIoNs NOW OFFERED IN
CHRIsT's NAME ON THE
HILL.
ST. JAMES'ssLUTHERAN BODY
DELEGATES NEW CHURCH BUILD
ING WITHOUT, A DOLLAR OF
DEBT.
ALSO INSTALLED.
Rev. f. e. JensOn, but a Recent
Graduate OF Chicago TheOIOG-
zeal Seminary.

ice heavenward. st. James Eng
l1sh Lutheran church, Marshall avenue
and Grotto street, was formally dedl-
Gated, and it's pastor, Rev T. E. Jen-
son, installed yesterday afternoon with
appropriate exercises. The dedication
OF ST. James Lutheran church
makes the fourth church of that de-
nomination dedicated in st. Paul.
This church is yet in it's infancy, but
1t has had phenomenal growth. Pas
tor Jensen has for three summers been
IN charge of the services held among
the English Lutherans of St. Anthony
hlll AT first meetings were held in d
little chapel just back of the new
church, when it's pastor was a student
at the Chicago Theological seminary.
Both church and pastor grew together
Rev. Mr.. Jensen was ordained June %
last, and installed yesterday afternoon.
His congregation numbers about $50
people, but not all of these are men,
bers of the church.
The church building itself is on the
corner, little back of Marshall ave-
nue.. 1t was erected at cost of 81, 700,
not including the church furniture and
altar furnishings. 1t is finished off on
the inside with highly polished Norway
pine, and the auditorium is 35X50 and
will seat about 275 people.
In taking possession of the church
building the congregation is not ham,
pered with a church debt The church
was erected at the expense of the
Northwestern English Lutheran synod,
and is rented by the congregation of
st. James church. The church is
self-sustaining and owes nothing The
Lutheran synod felt that there was
large field on the hill, and it was
through the persistent efforts Of MI.
Jensen that the synod built the church,
winch, by the way, is very unusual
with it. Nearly all the furniture and
altar equipment were donated by
friends Of the work among the Eng
lish Lutherans of ST. Anthony hill. Sew
eral members Of the congregation made
generous donations. The reading desk
and pulpit were made by young man
who is a student of the Mechanic Arts
nigh school, the material being donat-
ed. Probably no student of that school
has put in his vacation months to bet
ter advantage than this young man, the
pulpit being a marked credit to the
Mechanic Arts high school as evidence
OF the practicapility of the teaching
given there.
The dedication services commenced
at $3.50 p. m. with the church filled.
Rev. Alfred Ramsey, of st. Johns Eng
Ish Lutheran church, Minneapolis, con-
Quoted the services The pulpit was
set. with large palms and the railing
was entwined with smilaX and sweet
peas, The service opened with a ser
vice of song, followed by devotional
exercises, after which the vesper ser
vice was said.
Rev. A. Ramsey preached the in
stallation sermon, taking for his sub
ject The Life Of Paul" He compared
ST. James church to the first Christian
church established at Antioch, mas
much as it was a new church starting
in a large field. He told Of the hard
ships of Paul, the original Christian
missionary, Of his long sufferings, ship
wrecks and of his final victory He
predicted bright future for ST. James
church, and congratulated the congre-
cation on securing such an earnest
Christian worker as he knew Pastor
Jensen to be. He had known him all
during his student days, and he hal
ever been active in promoting the king
dom. At the close of the sermon the
elders of the church came forward and
presented Mr. JenSonS credentials. Mr.
Ramsey then formally installed Rev.
F. E. Jensen as their pastor and in
vOked a blessing on the future of ST
James church. He then read a letter to
the congregation from President w. K.
Frick, of the English Lutheran Evan
gelical Church Of the Northwest. 1t
was as follows:
To the st. James Congregation.
Dear Co-Laborers in Christ-On the happy
occasion of your entrance into new hoase VI
worship, and the installing of your first pas
tor, l desire, although absent, to extend nv
congratulation and that of the syuod ,nto
which you have ente.sd. We are creatures
of His grace, bought with the blood Of the
lamb and consecrated to labor as well as to
prayer. Not the least of Chri5ts mercics is a
faithful pastor and having known Brother
Jensen as a student Of Christianity and de-
voted to his church, L therefore commend him
to you and invoke on his ministry of the
word and sacrament, the rich favor Of AL
mighty God. Yours in the Lord
w. X. Fr'rk
After the close of the service, Mr..
Jensen was the recipient of many con-
gratulations on the possession of the
church free of debt.