The Saint Paul globe., 1898-03-04
evening at the Goodrich Avenue Pres
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evening at the Goodrich Avenue Pres
byterian church.
DR.. Pringle will leave this evening for
Skaguay, Alaska, where he will enter
the mission field Of the Canadian Board
of Home Missions. 1t was the close of
most successful ministry in this city
by one jealous in the work of his choice
and prominent in the charitable and
educational work of the CITY,
The church auditorium was crowded
to overf1owing, not only by the mem
bers of his own church and the clergy
Of the Presbytery Of st. Paul, but with
the laymen Of the various Presbyterian
churches in the city.
Rev. A. B. Meldrum, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church, called the
meeting to order with some highly orig
1nal remarks, after which Mr.. Charles
A. Mexican, the church clerk, read the
following resolutions adopted by the
congregation of the Goodrich Avenue
church at their meeting Wednesday
night:
st. Paul Mimi, March I'd, 1898
We, the members of Goodrich Avenue
Presbyterian church, St. Paul. Minnesota,
having received with great sorrow the resig-
nation of our well-beioved pastor the Rev.
John Pringle and being compelled to rec
ognize in his removal from us a dispensa-
tion of Divine Providence which we may not
question, take this means of expressing our
sincere love for him, and our appreciation of
all that he has been to us as church. The
term Of his service with us, though all too
brief, has yet been long enough for us to
learn to know him not alone as pastor, but
as leader, brother, friend. In his chief
Office as pastor, we have felt the uplift of
his abounding faith in the Blessed Re-
deemer, the stimulus of his zeal for the ex-
tension of Gods kingdom in this and every
land, the strengthening influence Of his
sturdy fidelity to truth and righteousness.
Out of loving knowledge of Gods holy
word, he has given US deeper sense of its
power to help, through the Holy Spirit, in
the trivial round the common task of
daily life. The sacredness of common du-
ties has been favorite message with him,
and will ever be a blessed reality to us. His
preaching of Gods message has been
effectual to the salvation of souls and the
building up of Christian character and
many lives are richer and better for his
faithful ministry of the Word.
Mr.. Pringle's leadership in our worship
and work, has made a deep and lasting
mark upon our church life. The church, to
him. is no merely human device, but a
divine organism, the earthly representative
of the risen and exalted Christ. The order
and beauty of her worship, the virtue of her
sacraments. the unity of her fellowship
have been dear to his heart, and enforced
by his teachings and example. He has
taught us much of the grace of giving to
God, and helped up to largely increase our
offerings to the churchs work at home and
the midst of financial stress and his in
valuable aid to the trustees in their diff
hcult work, never sufficiently ac-
knowledge. His constant a:d in the Sunday
school and the Society of Christian En-
deavor have earned our heartest thanRs.
Mr.. Pringle has endeared himself to u.s.
not only In the activities directly connected
with our church, but in all the social rela-
tions of life Alike In the home, the hos
pital and the public school, he has Shown a
true interest in the concerns of his people
and their neighbors. He has borne the
comfort Of the Gospel to the sick and the
sorrowing, and the cheer of manly faith
to the burdened and the discouraged. He
has helped many to find employment and
brought aid to many who were in distress.
He has visited the widow and the father
less in their affiiction, and kept himself un-
spotted from the world
And now that Gods call has come to our
pastor, leader, friend, to go far hence and
bear witness amid Arctic SHOWS to the
truth of the everlasting Gospel, we say, as
the disciples said to St. Paul in Caesarea
of DID, ''The will of the Lord be done"
May the blessings of the Triune God, which
he has SO often invoked up u.s. most richly
abide upon him and his. May his work
continue to be owned and richly rewarded.
Our love and our prayers shall go with
him, and we shall be Joined with him in