The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29
IN Thu CITY CHURCHES
FEATURES OF COME OF THE SER
MONS TO he PREACHED
TODAY
FESTIVAL OF REFORMATION

Hoov of the Evangelical Lutheran
Con~rccntions Will Celebrate 1t
Today-Rev. G. e. SOper Begins n
Series of Historical Sermons To-
notwithstanding Service at the
First NJ. e. Church Tonight.
The festival of the Reformation that
great event which broke the darkness Oh
the middle ages and brought life and I'D
erty to light through the gospel will be
celebrated by many Of the EVangencai
Lutheran churches Of the country.i beng
the nearest Sunday to the S1st of OCTOBER
the anniversary Of the great event
A series of biographical and historian
sermons to be given at Plymouth CoI-
gregational church, by Rev. George H.
SoDer. will begin tonight with the SUD
1ect Christ the Faithful One" others
in the series are: Nov. 5. John Wycnne'
Nov. u John Huss; Nov. 10, John CALVIN;
Nov 26 John Knox; Dec. 3, John hoolh-
son; Dec 10, John Wesley.
The new English Lutheran church. on
West Sixth street bids fair to be great
Improvement to that part OF the CITY l ne
pastor. after hard struggle. mas SeCule Gu
enough to guarantee l44S SACSeAO-- -
new front and the proposed enlargement
of the main room, but the sum OF SioeO IS
sim needed TO erect the Sunday school
room and guild hall in the rear Oh the lol'
specially interesting service Will pc
held at the First Methodist churcn th4S
evening. Dr. c. E. Riggs and Or. He.eh
Bissel viii deliver brief addresses Oh ulia
general subject of the submerged
Tenth" The public will recognize d.
Ripgs' qualifications for speaking OF the
causes of criminality, on account OF MS
special lines of study and practice IN re-
lation to nervous disorders and amor
malities of every sort. DR. Btssell mas ndu
official relations to reformatories, ana mas
specially investigated certain phases OIL
crfminality in St Paul. Service VIII be-
gin at s o'clock.
"Ch,ts ian Statesmen" IS the subject OF
an address by Rev. Frank Is. Cowgirl
at the Y. NJ. c. A Auditorium, 70 west
Fifth street this afternoon at o'clocA'
There will be gospel temperance plat
form meetingg at the forest Street Con-
gregational church Sunday evening. Mu-
sic will be furnished by a male guar
tette. A chalk talk Will be given.
There will be a special service fer young
rconle this evening at the English Lu-
theran Church of the Redeemer. corner
LAFAYETTE and Woodward avenues.
The Woman's Congregational Mission
ary union held its quarterly meeting
Tuesday at Pacific Congregational church
on Acker street. Miss Cummings pre-
sided. Mrs g. c. Dickinson read the sec
retarv's report and Mrs. Durfee gave
report Of the annual state meeting held
recently at Rochester.
The subject for the afternoon service
was The Islands of the Sea- The tirSt
hour was in charge of the Minnesota
branch of Foreign missions: Mrs. Web
ster, of Minneapolis, presided. paper
read by Mrs. Jackson Mrs: Riser ana
Mrs. Sammis had charge of the second
hour Mrs Addie B.xby Upham read
historical review of the islands Of the
sea "Micrones a" was the subject of her
talk 1t embraced a concise sketch Of the
conditions and general characters of the
island. their geological formation. the
the people. THE American Congrega-
force" said the speaker, working to
Christianize Mlcror esia, with the excep-
ton of the Hawaiian Evangelical asso-
citation and the London missionary
of the Gilbert group of islands. Gen.
Adams of Minnea polls. who has lately
returned from Porto Rico, gave an in
teresting talk on the conditions there,
especially as regards m ssionary efforts:
Luncheon was served at noon by the
following women Of the Pacific church:
Mesdames Barber Benson. Guy. Cochran,
Fowble. Elder. Terrier. Mitchell. P erce,
Nelson, jacobson, Patrick, Franklin,
White and Risler.