The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16
Want THE MINE CHANGED
PROTESTANT EPIsCoPALIANS NOT
SATISFIED WITH PRESENT
OFFICIAL TITLE
HAS FLAVOR OF LUTHERANIsM
1t III Proposed to Call 1t ''The
Church ina the United States
cf America''-Teday's
Services.

lar letter to 4 large number of bishops,
priests and lay deputies to the last gen
cr&l convention asking: Shall We be-
gin The new century with more ade-
quate name for the Protestant Episcopal
Church2" The subject is to be brought
up at the next general convention which
meets in San Francisco in 1901
A change of name has been before the
convention in various shapes and forms
for the past twelve years, consequently
it is not a new subject or one that need
startle American churchnen or provoke
the ire of non-churchmen.
Agitation when conducted upon strict
ly constitutional lines, proves a good -edu-
Gator if borne patiently. When the mat
lie. was proposed twenty years ago. it
was treated with scant courtesy.
The votes poled from the appeal--in--
formal of course-show out of ninety
five replies, sixty-three indicate desire
for a correction of name twenty-four
against any change, four non-committal
OF names suggested: Twenty-Five favored
The Church in the United States, seven
teen The American Church, ten The
American Catholic Church, four Amer
lean Episcopal Church. The tenor Of
The majority of the replies, however
indicates that they would be satisfied if
the words Protestant Episcopal" wher-
ever they occur in the prayer book or
rest of the title, THE Church in the
United States of America" intact
The present legal title Of the Episcopal
church is offensive to a large number of
her members. The term Protestant
which. strictly speaking, belongs to the
Lutherans, is scarcely ever used by we'll
informed churchmen, besides it is u neg
alive title and does not define her true
status. 1t is question whether the pres
into her constitution. Before the Revo-
}UiiOn she was known as the Church of
England in the Colonies. After the
Revolution the Rev. Mr.. Small dubbed
her The Protestant Episcopal and
th.e name stuck.
General Secretary Edward Grace, of the
I. M. {. A, will address the mems meet
ing IN the association rooms this alter
noon at o clock on a topic Of great i'm
portance to all men. The Secret Sim
invited.
=, Peoples church, FIeasant avenue. At
1V;5G a. m. Rev. Rev. Marion d. Shutter.
u D., OF Minneapolis, win preach At
p. m. DR.. Smith will lecture on THE In
teilectual Progress Of the Century
CHURCH SERVICES TODAY,
First Church of Christ (sclentisD Sem
maj ildii, <ASHidfiQr avenue and MaCkub-
liz street Morning service, subject, rs
Atomic Force?''
Cniversalist Church of the. Messiah.
Holly 1venue and st. Adams street. Serv-
ices at O'Clock p. m. Rev. A. N AIcott,
pastor. Subject, Jesus Compared With
ConfucIus. Sunday school at y o'clock.
CLINTON Avenue NJ. E. church, corner
Clinton avenue and Isabel street Thomas
Hambly, pastor Morning and evening
services; 1880 a. M, subject. Eternal
hoo Of 40
Rescue Band meeting al $50 p m. Eo-
worth league, $50 p. m. Preaching at 80
p M; subject The Wonderful Tenant of
he Building Prelude, the election of a
United States senator. Special music.
90 St Paul Episcopal church, Ninth and
Olive streets. Rev. john Wright, d. D.,
communion a. M; Sunday school $780,
morning prayer 1890; choral celebration
OF the hoy communion with sermon, IL;
choral eEens0ng with sermon, 1870
First Methodist Episcopal church, Day.
ton and West Third street. Frank B.
Cowgirl, pastor. Preaching at 1880 by
Life" Sunday school at u m Christian
EndeaEcr prayer meeting at Gas D. m
Fr@ach3ng by the pastor at p. m, sub
gect, The Religion of a Gentleman y
Singing morning and evening by The
quartette, consisting of Messrs. Stanley
and Gudder, and Miss Youngman and
Spiritual Alliance. Odd Fellows Hail.
FWabaSha and Fifth street Lecture by
Ms Ms. j. F. WhitWell ats p. m. Subject,
wing / am a Spiritualist." Following
The lecture Mrs. Ella White will give
tests and spirit messages.
University Avenue Congregational
church, corner Avon and Sherburne
streets. Rev. Robert Moore, pastor,
Preaching at 1880 a NJ. by Miss Jones.
Subject, Foreign Missions Evening
services 1T $50. Preaching by the nastor
Subject, Judgment"
New Jerusalem Cor Swedenborgisn)
church. southeast corner Virginia and
.JHzso n
pastor. Services at 1890 a. m; SUNDAY
school at Las a. IN. Subject of sermon,
genuine Good and SPURIOUS Good"
81 Peters church. Dayton's bluff
Fourth and Maple streets. Seats free:
strangers made welcome. Divine service
Tor the tfli-d Sunday in Advant: Morn
q Osborne. II a. m. Evening, PRAYER
and ara sermon, 7;G0 p. m; Sunday school
Holy Faith Mission. Post Siding. Sun,
cay scnool and rehearsal of Christmas
cSrois We a. m: industrial class Satur-
+ st. James A. NJ E. church. Fuller and
Jay streets. Rev. j. c. Anderson, pastor
Morning subject, The Character anG
Williams Addresses by Messrs r. Fl
Lyles' =, D; Parker, 4, J. Bell and Mrs
e. +: A. CGgrtley, and Miss n. Cook. ant
the choir and ny a quartette from. Min
neapOlis.
streets; Rev Charles D. Andrews, pas
ter. Third Sunday in Advent. Hoi,
coI1munfon, and IL a NJ; SlIndaJ
school. va Il. M; morning service, Ii a
NJ: subject of sermon, THE Christia,
Ministry and It's Relation to Men Ri
bic class every Wednesday night at a
o'clock in t5l;ild hall Evening service
t;;n p m. Subject OF evening sermon
,,Fhe Sacraments = What Baptism
Teaches Friday, the 21st of Decenber
being st Thomas day. there win b.
q service and communion in guild bal
chapel i.itany Wednesday morning.
CMtY Church. Unitarian, Wabash
i TtrGct. 5qot OF Summit avenue, Rev
I5lb!e as It Is; III The Bible in thu
Making. Services begin at 1O:45 a m
al seats free; Sunday school meets AZ Il
O'Clock; Young Peoples Bible class. 1871
h Woodland Park Baptist church. corne,
J. Selby avenue and Arundel street
] Prea ching. 1920 a m: by Rev. C. R. 6
F3oie; sunday school, y o'clock
near Kent, Rev. Henry Dixon Jones
rector. Services: Celebration Of tho boI,
communion, a. M: Sunday school an;
aIioie classes, g:i9 a. M; morning pray
er and sermon. 7:2o Subject. mornfns
The Message OF Advent to the Sl,j1if
uallN AttenJVe: evening subject Hes
us chirsts Estimate of a Soul" secon,
Friday evening O'Clock, subject %tTb,
Last Journey Continued; Christ Con-,
80 His CrHctiiXion'' 'ii;
Grace NJ. e. church. Burr ana Mirno
haha- Homer e. Ashcraft Pm, d mas
tori DR.. Ashcraft viii preach NJ 1SS
, and f:29 Morning theme '.,rhe Desjo,
4 ! and insI9rAti Of Prayer Special rn7,
sic. Evening subject, THE SPIRITS I7asf
= ion OF the New Age
On Tuesday evening, Dec. IS. n meet
ing In the interest OF city evan ralizafia,