The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

strenuousIy oppose the proposition
| DR.. Hopkins voiced his opposition to
the cup at a meeting of the directors last
| week
ct is true that the matter has stirred
| up considerable feeling" said President
futile, ''but the flames will die away
!
If the cancellation of mortgages can be
| taken as a criterion, St. Paul churches
this year are enjoying a degree Of pros
perity that is unqualled in their his
! tory.
Since last July nine churches have
| given thank offerings by a public cele-
bration attendant upon the burning of
| mortgages, while the year previous to
July found no less than twenty-one sat-
isf1ed and strickened from the records.
| Information is not at hand to show the
| amount of this satisfied Indebtedness,
| but it is sufficient to know that it is
| quite large, as several Of the mortgages
| have been as large as $10,0 900 each.
/ St Paul churches who can attest to
| the lifting of a burden of debt are as
| follows:
Plymouth church, East Baptist church,
! Christ church, st. Peters Benevolent and
! Aid society, Peoples Church Of st. l aul
| Congregation of the Sons of Zion, Cen
| trail Park Methodist Episcopal church,
| Asbury Methodist Episcopal church,
! Olivet Congregational church. Methodist
| Episcopal Church Of st. Paul, Methodist
Episcopal Church of West st. Paul, Ger
man United Evangelical church, German
Evangelical Lutheran church, First Ger
man Regular Baptist church, Congrega-
! ton of the Sons of Jacob, Church of ST.
Mary's of St. Paul, Church of ST.
| Charles, Swedish Lutheran Evangelical
Mission church (two), Norwegian Evan
| geIical church (two) Trinity English
Do,
church (threel, Westminster Presbyter-
j ian church and Woodland Park Baptist
! church (two).
Other institutions including those en-
| gagged in the busy mart of trade have
also kept apace in this line so that 1909
can really be styled the baner year in the
satisfactions Of mortgages as far as
Ramsey county is concerned,
Rev. Henry B. Steelman, of Salt Lake
City, Utah. will preach at the Woodland
Park Baptist church, corner Selby and
Arundel, today, and Sunday, Dec. 2, both
morning and evening. He will spend
the intervening week in st. Paul, and
have charge of the Wednesday evening
mid-week prayer meeting.
The three English Lutheran eongrega-
tons, Memorial, Trinity and St James,
will hold a union Thanksgiving service at
/ Trinity church, at the. corner Of Ada
and ROBBIE streets. Rev. G: L. Warstler,
pastor, at IL a. M, on Thursday.
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The young people of Memorial church
invite the members and friends of the
congregation to dine with them on Tues
day evening, the 9th, at IT'S Iglehart
street, and to enjoy the musical features
prepared for the occasion as we'll as the
appropriate decorations. There are a
few Christmas articles for those who feel
disposed to secure them at this early
| date.
The annual convention of the ST. Paul
Home and Foreign Mission society will
take place in the Memorial Lutheran
church, West Sixth street, on Friday,
Nov. 80, at 2 and p. m. DR.. G. II.
Gerberding, of Chicago, and Rev. A
Ramsey, of Minneapolis, will deliver the
addresses, and there will be interesting
| reports from the field. An election Of
officers will take place at the afternoon
session. and in the evening an offering
for home missions will be lifted,
The committee of st. sigfried church's
supper will meet at Mrs. E. Johnson's,
946 Payne avenue, Friday afternoon,
Nov. 80.
The Baptfsts of St Anthony hill are
especially invited to attend the services
! church. Selby and Arundel streets. Rev:
Henry B. Steelman, of Salt Lake City,.
and formerly of Jersey City, NJ. J., will
! preach both morning and evening. The
trustees and pulpit committee of the
! Woodland Park Baptist church desire TO
have all the Baptists in this part of the
city hear Rev. Steelman. ,-.s
Today being the Sunday next before
advent all of the parishes in the city
will unite in missionary service at
Christ church. The service will be under
the auspices of the ST. Paul board OF
city missions.
union Thanksgiving service of the
hill churches will be held this morning
at II a. m. at the Dayton Avenue Pres
byterian church. Dr. NIeGregor will de-
liver the sermon and will take for his
subject, Some Reasons We Have as a
Nation For Thanksgiving"
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Throughout the entire Anglican COM
munion today is to be abserved as str
up Sunday or the Sunday next before
Advent. It is the last Sunday in the
Christian year." and takes its name
from the collect for the day. beginning,
Stir up, We beseech thee, oh, Lord, the
wills of thy faithful people" etc It is
customary for the Episcopal churches in
st. Paul to close up on that evening and
go to Christ church for a United Serv-
ice, and the time-honored custom will
be observed this year as usual
The members Of Atlantic church and
the Bates Avenue NJ E. church win hold
union services Thursday morning at Il
O'clock in the Atlantic church. Bates
avenue and Conway street. Rev. George
Parker, of the Bates Avenue church. will
preach the sermon.
strong effort will be made to help
st. Philips mission in securing a church
edifice if the Episcopalians will grant
what the board of city missions asks,
1900 for extension work this year. The
prospect of a new church for these very
worthy people is not far distant
The Rev. Archdeacon Haupt will corr