The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18

gret will relieve the mind; yet it does
50. And TO be the recipient of the con-
hdence of a fellow being in some such
serious matter is always benefit to
anyone. 1t eleVates and strengthens.
The Master, who signaIly observed his
own precept has commanded ingen-
uOuS frankneSs and surrender TO
friends and to the world. Neither do
men light candle and put it under a
busheI but on Gandlestick; and it
SlYeth light to all that are in the
nous says he. Let your light shine
before men that they may see
your good works" 1t is not my object
70 write sermon, but to narrate the
occurrences of a part of my life It
has long been my object to do so. Of
ten l have thought that I should not.
but the thoughts above expressed. oc-
curing to me in considering the mat
Ter, nave influenced me; so I have pre-
faced the following with the above.
shall now attempt to tell plainly q
chapter of my experience which has
reposed in my memory for MANY. wears.
and which has influenced my whole
life.
Looking back to my early life I see
my home in a small village in an East
ern state. My father was a pastor of
slnaH out prosperous rural congre-
gauon. Our family, Which~was small
lived IN cottage beside the ivy cover
ed church My early life was unevent-
Iul My elder brother left home tn 90
TO the city when 1 was twelve years of
age, and was sent off to college three
years later. My father was resolved to
make minister of me, and, if educa-
Ilonal advantages combined with zeal
and effort on my part could accomnlish
ms purpose, L may say that he has
succeeded in doing so. After leaving
the seminary L received a, small charge
IN the city of Philadelphia. That was
IN 1860, and when the war broke out
IN the next year volunteered to serve
as chaplain iQ the army I may saw
that served faithfully during the con-
dnuance of that unhappy conflict.
though in the war I had many re-
markable experiences it is not nv Dllr-
pose to speak of any of them now.
Shortly after my return received a
call to congregation in st. Paul then
a growing frontier town. 1t had then
developed from mere trading post and
steamboat landing into the capital of a
great state. l recollect coming up
the Mississippi river in small, labor
1ous steamboat. 1 was on the deck one
morning when it was announced that
within few hours we would reach our
destination. The steamboat toiIed
against the current around the curves
OF the great river. Soon we deserted
ahead the white bluff at the foot of
Which lay the eastern extremity of the
town. The town spread like a cres-
cent on the curved river bank. Several
steamers were moored at the wharf.
and the one 1 was on soon pulled in
among them. 1 was met and cordially
welcomed by a number Of the mem
berS of my new church
st. Paul at that time was even more
beautiful than it is today 1t is true
that with the devastating hand Of bust
ness has also come the refining and
cultivating hand of art; but the charm
OF primeval nature is always strong
est. Then the great bluffs of the So
called West side" We're covered with
verdure, and with the islands in fine
river presented a view of peculiar inn
pressiveness, which the presence of the
buildings and the bridges has now de-
stroyed. The business portion was
then clustered about the low lands
near the river, where the railroad
tracks are now, and, extended for a dis
lance along the bluff, which is now
LhTd street; and the residences were
thlnIy scattered about what is now
Lower town." The surrounding. conn
try, over which the city has now spread
Itself, was then partly laid ont into
Garnls and the rest was wild, where