The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

spirit of the thing at once and walked
up and added Z cents to the purse.
Then remembering the passage from
Revelations concerning the seven an
gels and the seven golden candlesticks
l called upon seven young woman to
impersonate the angels and presented
each with little book, on the first
leaf of which was written the. scrip
turau quotation I have mentioned.
Then things certainly started in earn
est, and before the next Sunday the
entire community had become ac-
quainted with the system Of seven and
everyone who was approached respond
ed. Some gave 81 and some gave S. or
$40, but even these added cents in
order to make the figure seven appear
in their contribution.
All Of my bank deposits, you will
perceive, are made in figures contain
ing the number seven or divisible by
seven. The best part of the whole
thing is that persons Of all religious
beliefs and views are helping us. Five
Jewish gentlemen handed me SIS each,
and Catholics anc Episcopalians, per-
sons of all denominations, are respond
ing with good will that shows a re-
freshing spirit Of Goodness in the hui
man race generally.
CattIennen Are Serious.
Especially liberal have been the
cattlemen at the yards. I am stopped
every day by some person who laugh
ingly hands NE a contribution. The
girls at the Offices of Swift & Co. are
constantly dropping Z cents into my
leather bag. l always walk around
with 1t In my hand = never in my
pocket. 1t opens easily and always
has room in 1t for cents.
Much of the money, especially the
q nd
no person can we'll refuse when he is
approached with proposition to do
nate only cents to cause so worthy
as the erection Of a church in the name
of God. In fact think it is the influ-
ence of the Almighty that has made
us so successful. I feel that the seven
system was ar inspiration. Contribu-
tons have come from as far as Ken
lucky and from the wives of cattle
men in the Dakotas, to whom their
husbands have told of having donated
while in st. Faul.
mot day has passed since the in
ceptton of the scheme that I have not
deposited in the bank a good little sum.
Every two weeks we give the con-
tractor his stipend of $3.50, and we in
tend to complete the work without
borrowing q dollar Already we have
raised $4,000, and the future looks
bright to us-thanks to the system Of
Seysn.
Is So!idiy Constructed.
The firm of John Nevin & Son is at
work on the church. The excavation
has been tlasted to a depth of ten
feet, leaving a solid stone floor three
feet in thickness. The foundation walls
are in and the superstructure Is rear
ing itself in red stone blocks to a
height of five feet above the ground
level. Thence upward the walls will be
Of brick. The structure is SO by 40
feet, and the auditorium will have
seating capacity of 400. In the half
basement will be the Sunday school
and meeting rooms. 1t was originally
Intended to construct the walls of
white stone quarried on the site, but
because Of the lesson taught by the
enforced tearing down of Christ's
church, on Fourth street, the walls of
which decaHed prematurely, an addi-
tional 5000 was paid for the use of the
more durable red stone. John Nevin,
who is superin1 ending the construc-
ton, watches the work constantly,
despite the fact that he has been in the
contracting business for sixty con-
secutive years. II is expected that the
corner stone will be laid next month.