The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
NEWS OF CHURCHES
LOCAL CATHOLIC CLERGY PRE-
PARES A HANDSOME PRESENT
FOR ARCHBISHOP IRELAND
CHURCH DEDICATION TODAY

New Edihce OF the First Swedish
baptist Congregation, at Payne
Avenue and Sims street, to BE
COnsecrated-TOdny's Services in
and About the City-What the
Churchmen Are Doing.
The eighteen Catholic priests of the city
have arranged to present TO archbishop
ireland, on his return next month, a mag
njticent brougham, span OF horses and
harness. worth in all about s. 50U. The
brougham, which Is now on exhibition at
% West Fifth street, was built to order
by henry Hooker & Co., of New Haven,
Corn.
The color is dark green and black. The
inside trimming is morocco, dark green in
color, the appointments being complete
and sumptuous. There is d ten-inch fold
ms seat in front which can be folded
up out of the way when not III use. The
seats, doors, sides and back of caIrage
on the interior are trimmed and tufted in
morocco. the roof being in quilted satin.
The archbishop does not smoke but N
the event that he is accompanied by
guest who does, there is a smokers toilet
SCI ready at hand. \ watch Is set in
conspicuous place.
A speaking tube and whistle permits
Instructions to the driver.
To the left is pretty case containing
memorandum book, pencil. and slate.
The wheels have rubber tires and the
carriage is equipped with double evener
bars. making easy draft up and down
hills.
Great care has been taken in the trans
pOrtation of this brougEam from New
Haven, the Merchants Dispatch Trans
pcrtation company running. special car
through for the purpose. The carriage
reached its destination free from defect
or blemish.
The harness is silver-mounted, and in
style and finish is difficult to surpass. 1t
is st. Paul product being made on
special order by Charles Friend e Son.
The horses are a fine pair of blacks.
They were reared on the stock farm Of
James J. Hill, and are pronounced by
horsemen as excellent in all qualities that
go to make up the finely bred coach
The sacrament of confirmation will be
administered at st. Philips mission this
evening at O'Clock, by Bishop Gilbert.
A class of ten will be confirmed, the larg-
est class in the history of the mission.
Bishop Gilbert will administer the rite
of confirmation Sunday afternoon at
South st. Paul. The service will be held
in the Lutheran church at 4 o'clock
The Sacred Trust Total Abstinence So
ciety will meet this afternoon at. Cretfn
hall at 2:30 o'clock.
The services at the Central Presbyte-
rian church today will be the last of this
season, it having been decided to close
the church during the summer months.
The pastor, Rev. A. B. Meldrum will
spend the vacation in Scotland. DR.
Meldrum will speak morning and evening
tomorrow on the respective subjects:
Strength and Weakness, and The
Things by Which Men Live" In the
evening Kipling's. "RecessienaT' will be
sung as an offertory by Prof. N. E. Phil
lips.
Percy B. Churchill will sing the aria,
20 God, Have Mercy for the offertory
solo at the Church of St John the Evan
gelist this morning.
Rev. DR. Reynolds, of New Orleans
will lecture at the St. James African NJ
e. church Monday evening on Seven;
Years in the. Sunny South"
Miss Maude Earle Burdette will sing
today in the Peoples church quartette
In the evening she will sing for the offer
tory THE Lost Chord
He Was Despised," from Handlers
Messiah, will be sung by Miss Nellie
A. Hope as the offertory at the First
Baptist church this morning.
The First Swedish Baptist church,
Payne avenue and Sims street, will be
dedicated today. Prof c. c. Lagergren.
of Morgan Park, ILL.,, will preach at
1890 a. m; Rev. Olof Bodien, of Mime
apois, Mimi, at 2:30 p. M; Prof E. San
dell, of Minneapolis, at 7:3O p. m.
The Lutheran church has an important
part to play in the religious economy Of
the Northwest. The different Lutheran
peoples flooding our states are among
the very best of our citizens, and it is
right and necessary that they should
be taken care of religiously The spirit
and principles of the church are sadly
and in some cases Intentionally ignored
and misunderstood, because administer
ed, In so many instances, in a foreign
language. This condition is rapidly
changing. In 1888 the English Lutheran
work was started with one small mission
in Minneapolis and another in ST Paul
Now the work has grown to seventeen
congregations formed into the synod of
the Northwest, and the other synods
have been thus induced to start English
work.
Pastor Haupt, who assisted in the or
ganizatton of the Memorial English Luz
theran church of st. Paul, as its first reg
ular pastor. and who has held that po-
sition for fully fifteen years, will preach
a sermon this morning at 1920 on "The
Lutheran Multitudes. and How to Save
Them" In the evening at o'clock will
be held the vesper services, with the
theme THE TRANSPORTATION" The
church Is centrally located, on Sixth
street, Just west of Seventh. The public
generally are invited, but especially the
members of the United Norwegian
church now in session.