The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-04
MEETINGS ARE Held.
VARIOUS CHURCHES LISTEN TO RE-
PORTS AND ELECT THEIR
OFFICERS
CONDITIONS ARE ENCOURAGING

Throughout the Religious Bodies
of ST. Paul-One Debt Completely
Wiped Out by Subscriptiom-
Wardens and vestrymen I'm Many
Cases Are Reelected to Once.
Annual meetings of officers and MEM
bers Of the various Episcopal churches
were held last night. Most all the re-
ports were ecouraging. -
| ST. CLEMENTS CHURCH
At st. Clements church guild hall, Vic
toria and Portland avenues. the meeting
was presided over by Rt. Rev. M. N. Gill
bert, bishop coadjutor OF the diocese.
and was very largely attended Each
member was presented a printed state
ment Of the financial condition Of the
parish which showed for the year end
ing April /, liabilities amounting to
$1,s93.25 and standing Indebtedness Of
little more than 5000. These amounts
were offset by liberal resources. There
remained, however, the standing debt
and an effort was made to secure pledges
towards wiping 1t out Bishop Gilbert
suggested subscription list and within
twenty minutes the parishioners had
raised $312 of the required sum. Reports
from the church officers for the year
! showed a gratifying spiritual and tenn
poral condition Of affairs giving promise
for a very successful future.
A bishops committee consisting OF Rev.
| E. Dray, o. Kipp, b. G. Yates, G. A..
lodi clr,lc U M
| Whitehead and o. Goldsmith was ap-
| pointed.
| Bishop Gilbert made short address In
| which he compared the condition OF the
church with that of others in the diocese,
finding ample grounds for congratulation.
He praised the church music especially,
saying that many other churches would
be glad to afford as excellent a choir.
The meeting was followed by q social
session, refreshments being served by the
ladies of the church.
CHRIST CHURCH.
Christ church last light elected Reuben
Warner senior warden, and John @.
Adams, junior warden. Vestrymen, w.
Fl. Iightner, Harvey Officer ST., w S.
Undertake. Maj. John Espy, Col. Ed
ward Hunter. s. NJ Hayes and Robert
Whitacre All of these were reelected
except Col. Hunter; board of city mis-
SlCLS, LII. JOHL MCLEAN, .. NJ. Hayes,
Robert Whitacre, Russell Van Kirk and
Charles J. ]. Ingles.
The selection Of delegates to the diocese
convention was left to the rector Mr..
! Andrews. The treasurer's report gave the
receipts and expenditures for the year
as S. 500.
A resolution Of thanks was voted the
ladies' association in raising $500 for re-
pairs on the organ.
CHURCH OF ST. JOHN.
In the guild hall of the church of ST.
John the Evangelist, Holly and Kent
streets, the annual meeting of the parish
was held. Rev. Dudley w. Rhodes rec
tor Of the church, presided and reports
were made by the different church Of
f1cers, showing an excellent condition Of
finances.
The annual election of church officers
resulted In the Choice Of v. M. Watkins,
senior warden and John H. Ames, junior
| warden. The members of the vestry
were reelected with the exception of
Thomas Irvine, who served, six terms
and was not elected at his own request.
The vestry Is composed Of w. T. Kirke,
w. F. Myers. NJ v. Seymour, E. Nv.
Hopper, Theodore L. Schurmeier, A. G.
Rice Capt e. C. Bowen, Richard Cor
don and E. w. Peet.
ST. PAULS CHURCH
The treasurer Of st. PauPs parish an
nounced at the meeting Of the parish last
evening that the Easter offerings have
been more than sufficient to clear up the
church Indebtedness and St. Paul
church will start the new year free from
debt. j. c. Bailie was elected secretary,
and G. D. Maclaren treasurer of the YES
try. The vestrymen elected were: c. D.
Maclaren, S. F. Forbes, J. C. Bailie, w.
H. Gemmell, N. D. Miller, c. X. Shar-
| rood and DR.. L. N. Benedict H. F.
| Stevens and w. J. Sloppy were elected
wardens.
The delegates elected to attend the
diocesan convention, which will be held
In June at Faribault, were: H. F. Stevens,
G. d. Maclaren, Maj. Pond, j. G.. Bailie,
Edward Tower and w. J. Sleepy; alter
mates, ]. l. Jellett, w. H. Gemmell, ].
Lydden, F. Hartman, C. P. Knuppe and
Ernest ]. Davies.
ST. PETERS CHURCH
The annual vestry meeting of ST.
Peters Episcopal church was held, with
| the rector, Rev. G. H Mueller, presiding.
! The report of the treasurer showed the
| receipts of the year to be $1,705.19; ex-
| penses $1,597.94, leaving a cash balance On
! hand Of $107.25. The Sunday school treas
urer reported receipts $56.47, expenditures
| S353S, balance $21.09
The rectors report showed 81 baptisms,
marriages, If combinations and one
| burial
| The election of officers and yestrymen
| resulted as follows: Senior warden, ]. M.
| Smith; junior warden, ]. R. Kearney;
vestrymen, c. d. Smith, E. M Freeman,
| H. w. Eddy, A. E. Peterson F. Albeck,
w. F. Hunt, D. Davies and S. Westby;
delegates to the diocesan convention at
| Faribault, to be held June I, H w. Eddy,
| ]. M. Smith, J. r. Kearney and E. A.
Peterson; alternates, w. F. Hunt, F. AL
| beck, E. M. Freeman and N. Fabian A
| vote of thanks was rendered to the retir-
| Ing vestry and wardens for their faithful
| services during the year.
HOUSE OF GOOD SHEPHERD.
At the annual meeting of the House of
| Good Shepherd, held at the church home,
| Twelfth and Cedar streets, the report of
| the treasurer showed that there had been
| marked improvement In the finances of
| the church and that It was in much
| better condition at the close Of 1898 than
| a year ago.
| The annual election resulted in the Sc
| lection Of the following officers: Senior
warden, George Bell; vestrymen, Edward
| Sturley, r. E. Exley, r. H. Rogers and
John T, Warne. E. H. Hale was chosen
as the delegate Of the church to the City
Mission society.