The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-23
ENDS A HALF CENTURY
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AN
NOUNCES IT'S SEMI-CENTENNIAL
PROGRAMME
BARS OF CREED ARE DROPPED
Other Denominations will Partici-
pate i'm the: Services, Which Will
Begin Tuesday, Oct. 3, and Con-
tinue Untitthe Sunday Following
Former Members Are Expected
to Come From Far Away.

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| Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 8, the First
Baptist church, Of ST. Paul, will cele-
brate the completion of the first fifty
years of It's existence. A call, made as
general as possible; has been issued to
former members of the congregation,
who have gone toEother cities to make
their homes, to- come back during the
| semi-centenniaI week and assist the
church in f1ttinglys celebrating a Joyful
anniversary. The church has been
| thoroughly ref1tted and redecorated for
the occasion and the auditorium will be
large enough to welcome all returning
members as we'll as those who at pres
ent attend it's service.
The First Baptist church has seen
many changes since it's first organization,
Dec. 81, 1S49. From a Sabbath school
| started in small blacksmith shop on
Third street to the present fine edifice
| at Ninth and Wacouta streets is q
rather long stride even with fifty years
to make it in. Deacon A. H. Lavender
member of the present church, was
in charge of the Sunday school Later
tiiO -SHoICH HpiOpST" was SldfIeQ III
small building on what was known as
Baptist hill, where Smith park now is
| Still later another change was made to
| the little stone chapel on Wacouta
! street. Finally the present church was
built. Children that attended the Sum
! day school in the little blacksmith shop
! gathered in the new ediflce, grown up
men and women. They had seen great
| changes in their city and their state,
| but the memories that have grown with
| them from that first little gathering OF
| Sabbath school pupils are, perhaps,
more sharply outlined, more sacred,
than civic or state associations.
The semi-centennial will begin Tues
| day evening, Oct 8, with a reception ten
| dered by the various wemen's societies Of
| the church to members and former men,
bers of the congregation. Mrs. e. M.
| Van Duzee has general charge Of this
reception and the officers of the church
and their wives will comprise the recep-
ton committee. Mrs. Van Duzee will
by Mrs. J. R. Cleveland and Mrs. H J.
Moore During the reception congratu-
latory addresses will be delivered by
the pastors of the various denominations.
Bishop NJ N. Gilbert will speak on be-
half of the Episcopal clergy. Rev.
John Sinclair, of the First Presbyterian
church, will represent the Presbyterians.
Presiding Elder F.@sM. Rule will deliver
! an address on behalf of the st. Paul
M. E. conference. Rev. A McGregor,
of Park Congregational church, will
speak for the Congregationalists There
| will be a number of other addresses by
the clergymen of other churches, the
speeches not having as yet been decided
upon. g
Wednesday evening there will be an
address by DR.. Barnes, former pastor
of the church, now of Pittsburg. His
subject will be 1.-THE Church and It's En-
vironments."
The subject for. Thursday evening will
be educational Eork. The principal ad-
dress viii be- delivered by Rev. T. J..
| Morgan, D. D., Ii. D., Of New York
city, president Of the Home Missionary
Society Of Baptist Denominations. His
subject will be Educational Influence Of
Churches"
Friday afternoon there will be a wom-
ans meeting in the church parlors. Mrs
John H. Chapman, of Chicago, wife of the
president of the Nationar Baptist Young
Peoples union, will deliver an address,
and Miss Burdette, of Chicago, secretary
of the Baptist Woman's Home Mission
airy society, will speak.
"Bible School Service will be the sub
ject for Friday evening. It will be con-
Quoted by George H. Biggs, of st. Paul.
Sunday school superintendent Of the First
| Baptist church. Rev. ]. W. Conley, D.
D., the predecessor Of the present pas
tor, Rev. H. F. Stilwell, and now Of Chi
cago, will speak on 1.-THE Church and
the Young People"
Saturday evening will be devoted to
Greetings From Churches That Have
Gone From U.s." and the reading Of the
church history by Mrs. H. D. Gates, of
st. Paul.
Sunday morning the sermon will he de-
livered by Rev. E. B. Hubert, D. D., of
Chicago, a former pastor of the church
His subject will be "The Men and the
Message for the New Century"
There will be a young peoples session
in the afternoon, when Rev. E. e. Chiv-
ers, D. D., Of Chicago, secretary of the
n. B. Y P. u, will deliver an address
on "The Church Of the Future
The Sunday evening sermon will be de-
livered by Rev. H. c. Mabte, D. D.,
former pastor Of the church, now of Chi
cago His subject will be ''The Church