The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-09
DR.. BOYLE TRIES
TO STIR HIS FLOCK
Depiores Inactivity in Church
as Shown by
Reports.

m no pessimfst, and I don't want
10 be pesSimist; but it does maize
me feel sad. considering all the forces
that might be brought to bear by those
OF TINS church-cOnsidering the fact
that this is the largest and most inf1u-
entlal church in st. Paul-to think
that only seventeen were brought into
the fold during the last twelve
months. were the words of Rev. Dr.. w.
II. w. Boyle, pastor of House of Hope,
as he addressed those who had gather
ed to hear the report of the church Of
hclals for the past year.
1T seems to me-" he continued. that
the best of the reports come from Hope
chapel, our Junior branch, and the sit
uatlon appeals to me as though We
mere, are lot of machinery working
for nothing else than to further the in
tereStS of Hope chapel to the detri-
ment of the House of Hope church.
And 1 do think that if the work of
Christ cannot be done better we would
better disband. The outlook all over
me country last year was dreary
enough. Out of a total of 1900 Pres
byterian churches there We're $4,000
upon the rolls of which not an added
membership was recorded
In the reports from the chapel. the
Sunday school, the cooking class, the
gymnasium and the sewing circle a
great deal of hope was evident but in
that of the superintendent, of the main
church Sunday school, H. A. Board
man. there was no trace of hope what
ever. And it is not good for things to
be like this. Intentions may be all
right, but intentions will only become
potenttalitieS when each member be-
comes a soul winner"
The financial standing of the church
was then read and the benevolent dis
bursements were found to be S9.644.69.
airNtc- frv-
$I4'S9S.IO, and, although this amount
Is less imam last years showing, it was
explained by the treasurer that owing
| to certain peculiar conditions and cir
cumStances, although the footing for
TINS year showed less, there was actu-
ally more received than last year. The
disbursements were considerably less
than usual on account Of the church
having been without a pastor for six
months of the time The total amount
of disbursements was $11,614S6. The
balance on hand was 81 cents.
The election of trustees followed the
reading of the treasurer's report and
it was moved and seconded that the
secretary be instructed to cast a ballot
re-electlnS the present trustees, ex-
Gov. Alexander Ramsey Judge San
born and Kenneth Clark.
The report of the session showed the
membership of the church to be SOL
NtiOu5AA w Cllly iii &c were duuGu TO the
church roll last Sunday will not be ac-
counted for until the report of one year
from now. The report also showed
that since the establishment of the
church in 1855, about 1880 persons
have been members of 1t. The report of
the superintendent of Sunday school
H. A. BOardman, was unusually mel
ancholy in tone. He bitterly deplored
the fact that it seemed impossible to
secure teachers for the young He
could not account for it. The greater
portion of the congregation was adult.
and 1t appeared to be nothing but
chronic passiVeness and a general
aversion to work. He hoped that some
thing would be done whereby a great
er interest could be stirred up.
In all the other departments. manual
training. cooking schools sewing class
and the Christian Endeavor societies,
everything seemed to impart a hopeful
tone.