The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-13
HOPE CHAPEL MISSION
STEPS ARE TAKEN TO PROVIDE A
SUITABLE HOME
Trustees of the House OF Hope
Church Will Make an Active Cam
vas for Funds-New Building
VIII Be Located at the Corner OF
Bradley and Partridge Streets.

The trustees of the House of Hope
church will begin an active canvas
among the members of the church this
week to raise the necessary funds for
the erection Of a suitable edifice to ac-
commodate their Hope Chapel Mission
work on Bradley street.
The paper will be headed by six or
seven Of the prominent men OF the
church, and it is expected that the
necessary amount will be raised in
few weeks. 1t is the intention of the
trustees to begin work on the building
as soon as the arrangements for the
purchase Of the lot at the corner Of
Bradley and Partridge streets can be
arranged.
The property is s5xSO, and formally
belonged to the old Mayall estate. For
some years a mortgage has stood
against the property, held by an Eng
lish gentleman who spends nearly all
his time in Egypt. He is now in the
United States and Is expected to be In
st. Paul in week or ten days, when
the matter will be closed up.
The purchase of the property and the
erection of the edifice will involve
about $4,000, which will include the
church equipments.
The committee from the board of
trustees and session of the church, who
are circulating the paper are Gen. u.
c. Mason, T. c. Field, r. A. Kirk,
Joseph McKibbon and c. P. Noyes.
The erection of the church will full
fill a long cherished desire on the part
of the trustees, and give adequate ac-
commodation to a most worthy de-
partment of the work of the House of
Hope church, which has long since out
grown it's present quarters.
The building Will be 90X70, and
the exterior will present a substantial
ct n
several feet from the sidewalk, while
the interior will be very conveniently
arranged, having two auditorfums,
large one and a small one, being 50x40
and 30x40 feet, respectively, in size.
Around the main auditorium will be
the rear lecture room will be reading
room lunch room and study.
1t is so arranged that the sliding
doors, with which the entire building
is to be equipped, can be thrown back
and all departments assembled in what
will be practically one room. The
basement will be fitted up with a gym
will conduct their drills and recreate
themselves. Mr.. Scovel's study will be
situated just to the left Of the main
auditorium, and the building, though
not presenting an imposing prospect
from the interior, will be a model Of
completeness within.
Rev. Carl w. Scovel, assistant pas
tor of the House of Hope church, has
charge Of the Hope chapel work, and
conducts services on Sundays and three
times week in the old German Metho-
dist Episcopal church on Bradley
street, near Woodward avenue, for the
past three years.
DR.. c. E. Lee has charge Of the Sum
day school, which meets in the after
noon. The Germans also hold
services in the building now being used.
but their services are held in the morn
ing, while the House of Hope people
have used the edif1ce during the after
noon and evening.
From small mission school Of sew
enty-five, established by the Bethel as
ISOLATION ten years ago, the Sunday
school Of the Bradley street mission
has grown until it's present membership
numbers over 400. The church has
membership Of something over fifty. In
the ten years Of it's existence seventy
members have been received into the
House of Hope church by letter from
the mission.
The school has a corps of efficient
teachers, who example practical Chris
tainity by the conscientious perform