The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30

| ters which lay near his heart closed his
connection with the church and thence on
for eighteen months 1t had to depend on
| supplies. -
In August, 1885, the Rev John Mattocks
accepted call by the church, and began
pastorate Of over twenty years. For
some time he was also superintendent Of
the public schools scholarly man and
| an original and powerful thinker cool
clear and dispassionate In address: yet
withal spiritual and kindly, he went to
respected and esteemed by all. Early in
his paStorate quite a number of influen-
tial families all 3; drew out from the First
NELL, on returning, had begun in the
west of the city, thus helping to lay the
foundations of the great church which
the House of Hope Though this some
what affected the working strength of
the First church. 1t still grew.
Eventually, however, it began to feel
the need OF freer quarters and more ell
bow room; to settle in some place less
| crowded with churches, and this it found
IN lower town, at Lafayette and Wood
ward Ward avenues, there building a commo-
| d1ous frame church. selling the old one
on St Peter street to Oliver Dalrymple
to be turned into stores.
a few years only, Mr.. Mattocks was talk
en- suddenly i'll, and on the same day
died Nov; 49, 1870 in the fullness of hi.:
him a stricken household and a mourn
Ing church.
In 1873, after several supplies. DR.. Sam
uel Conn came to the church as pastor
lie was an earnest and powerful preach
er, devout, loving and gentle in all his
ways. In his time there were many Access
si0ns to the church, but the drift to the
First church began TO feel it. In the sum-
mer Of 1883 DR.. Conn resigned to go East
to labor.
And from that time on for 8, few wears
the old First church illIy SIIODliad In l1a
pulpit and not we'll supported otherwise,
had to wade through pretty deep waters
ana abide much in the shade. But quietly
1t kept together, bearing it's troubles with
patent bravery, humbly working and
waiting for the good time so long in
After many supplies, in the spring of
1883. the Rev. K. A Carnahan came to
the pulpit and labored hard, with good
success, to build up the broken walls
But on account of the rapid chance of
population in lower town, and the many
removals of church families to the hill
ana other places. it was after much con-
SHERATON thought advisable to remove to
the ne1ghborhood where the church now
| stands.
This was in 1890, and by the spring of
1891 May. 8, the church, commOdious
| edifice, with excellent school accommoda-
ton, at a cost of $4,000, was opened by
DR.: Christie, of the House of Hope, for
| public worship.
The many accessions to the church of
resident families and individuals in the
| new neighborhood gave it fresh and
larger, life; Indeed made it almost a
ment remained. During the period of
building, the boom time and prices be
gan to pass away. The financial crisis
of the nineties was fast coming, so that
much less was realized from the lower
town property than was expected Sub
Scriptlons We're harder to get, and moneys
depended upon We're not available. so that
when finished the church was more in
debt than anticipated, and a good deal
more than it cared for.
Very soon after this Mr.. Carnahan left
20 take charge of a church in Detroit
Mich. The brief pastorate of the Rev.
Mr. Cameron followed. A fine, sanity
gentleman. who, going East to be mar
Iied, returned not, for death overlook
him. The Rev. Mr.. Farmer occupied the
pulpit for some time-an able, scholarly
young minister. who returned East to
teach IN his alma mater
Save these. the First church was for
some years without a pastor, dependant
upon pulpit supplies and deeply troubled
with that ever increasing debt
But it is a long lane that has no turn
Relief came at last
Through the generous kindness of the
SESSION o7loh e., OF the House Of Hope, the
pastor. DR.. Egbert, and the hearty sup
! port of Its leading laymen, weiI-tried
d d6 Ct 81. d6@ old First church the great
debt of $1,000 the First church people
contributing about So, 500 and the H0nse
of Hope the balance
With an active pastor In charge this
dept would have been easily handled. but
win an empty. pulpit and lessening
strength even this proved more than the
church could manage.
Then 1t was in the fall Of 1897 the church
sent an earnest call to the Rev John Sin
clair of Redwood Falls, who began his
la 20 In February, 1898.
Under his warm and able pulpit minis
trat1ons and active pastoral care, the con
gregations began at once to grow, The
OH new life. -