Show ST Si PAULS WORK SHOWS UP UPWELL WELL 1 Record Accord of the Parish for Tw Years Since the the Beginning i INTERESTING INTE ESTIN SERVICE HELD COMPLE COM E E STORY OF QUARTER EA EAF F tA The t or t tor teOr of oC th U St Paul Pu Salt Lake waa ws IS solemnized d yesterday at the th church hurch The were ware ere well wel attended both in tn the morning and even evet evenIng Ing g Tha Th choir sang ng the monn Redhead service Hr Ji I the te evening The Te were Mrs Mr Fisher I Harrl Mrs Mr M C C halley Bailey Hafey MIA BertUs Johnson Mian ll MI Rene Redman so sopranos s pranos Miss Mi Hattie Foster contralto Sol McCurdy bass baas IH The Th epitome of ot the history of the St St StPaul Paul Pavil Pall parish wa was t given GI u in an address addre by Rev Chrle Char lee B E 1 Perkins aa a follows Object of the Meeting We e have met net together today toay to o cele eele celebrate c brate the anniversary of or the Ue first services held In St Paula Pauls Salt Lake City Uty Utah It I is I my pleasant t 1 isk t k this morning to give an epitome of ot tIp tin history work Ve We Shall study together t ther the history Y of ot the organization of 1 f the work it Its It continuance through years its IU present It t condition ind id consider pie he prospects for the near I IJ future J t I N I rhe Th first tNt glimpses Ump we gain in our retro vi v w are upon the first Sunday alter atter 11 the Epiphany Jan 12 1 when St St Pauls Sunday school hol with wih twenty four members member was begun in a room rom of ot a ahouse I house then tl n owned by Mr Mn In W W p D Wilson lIn incorporated in jn Rebels row on Fifth South street t between J rt and Second West Vet streets str ts The rhe first was a held heM by the te Rev fey Samuel 1 an t the sine same cotte cottage on the third thir Sunday SundRy after atter fEr the Epiphany Jan 2 1879 1 with ith an attendance of persons The Te av average rage attendance at the service until untilA A th new chapel chanel was WiS built was wa about abut I Ij i j forty fort and that of the Sunday school bout about the seine same me number The he Mh 1 es I Mount of Ot New ew York City Cf paid Id the renter V UK ilie building b and mi furnished the ro 11 m First Move for a Church Early to hi t the year er the lot on which th church chur now no st corner of Bast TV rr now HOW fOW Main and Fourth South streets was ws bought for ut i On the Festival J lal of oe the Purification of ot the Blessed m ed irgin Mary I ary Feb 2 1880 1 the bids bide for the tle building of ot St Pauls chapel were opened at It Wallin Wailin Waln office The rhe con contract contract contract tract price was wa 1631 which sum nuin was wal increased later by b some im extra work not provided for tor in the contract In April Apri of the th same year ground was broken for the new building and ad on Monday May lay MayMo 3 XO Mo the corner stone was WM laid by b the Masonic fraternity Judge Tilford officiating offic nUng and delivering a very eloquent ad address dress drese Great Gret Display Great Gret Crowd Is la the comment In Mr private register On Sept 26 X G 1880 18 O the last service was ItI tid in the Wilson house which was torn down that week wk On Oct 81 31 1880 ISSO 18 being bing tut tt Sunday Sunda after atter Trinity 4 the tl new church was opened A large lare con congregation attended although Moody and San Sankey key were In the city eity ety Rev Re Mr Ir GU Oil GUI CH I gly of or Ogden preached pr The offering amounted to The Rev He Ier Kirby 1 Irb and Miller Imer were were present prent ers Kirby and celebrated holy t In the evening Rev Hey Mr Kirby J rby preached on the subject of prayer Attendance 21 1 Church Is Free From Debt The church was consecrated by b Ute the JU Rt Rev Dank Daniel S Tuttle D D bishop p tM I 1 the second Sunday in iii Lent March IS 3 1 iI 1 1 you Ton are doubtless aware that no hurch building nor other church prop property erty rh of the Episcopal church is conse consecrated consecrated o orated crated rated until it is ls entirely free fre o from debt Thise rh se who do not Dot know the tact facts of the theL theIS c is L may wonder how such uch a small nook flock r used d sufficient money thus thu to build HO so veil wt ai ht u the vw v very ar In ey of their work A glance at the upon the cross T Inch adorns our alta alia will wUl reveal jeW how this thi was accomplished hed The inscription lu r reads ads Presented to St Pauls chapel l salt alt Lake Ike City All Mi 11 Saints day da by In m loving memory of her sister Jane K 11 Mount MountS of Now New York City by b bequest this h was waH built At r st at Aug 11 It Also the chancel furniture the communion service bell beU nn font tont as KS welt well as the rectory re tor were wt KUen by b this same beneficent ent family Nor Noris Norh Northis is h this all an for other bequests bt have been made matIe by them for tor work ork in the district di j 2 loot t only putting nutting us UI under a debt of gratitude gratitud tude to them but also setting Hetling us a noble noblet t of Christian beneficence May Ia God kid bless them alL alt and may nut their ex ox example example ample be he a means mean of grace to us l who are r aping the benefits of their gifts 1 thorn them for work In the district not only I i 1 tiling us under a debt of gratitude to tot tor toi r i t in m but also setting us Wi a noble example Christian Uan beneficence ben May God bless q them all alt and may their example boa bo be a antans of grace to us who are reaping li UI t benefits of their gifts The Rev He Samuel remained in ia t of the work until June Jun 1381 St Since tl t time the following clergymen have 8 Lien been J tn successively In charge Rev ev t 4 M 1 Armstrong S Lord lArd Wil William il illiam liam M 11 Lane L B Rihel Ellis Elite Bishop Mi Hedge anker and Charles 13 E Perkins on March 31 ISM ii at Rt the desire de of ot the i the bishop the Rt itt Rev Rpy lid Leonard S T D organized the nork ork as 88 a mi mission aion separate from St Marks parish the Rev Re Mr Mi Ir Lane being in charge On Oti April 3 S IMS 1 IS petitions te to organize a M parish were presented in due form firm to Bishop Leonard Leonaro and at a con eon congregational meeting m after morning pray pra prayer cr er 1 on St Barnabas day Sunday Sunda June 11 1393 the bishop bi hop in person gave pye formal nt to the organisation o of a pariah cu l tin the ground of the th representation 84 nt mode medo tide 1 ly the committee of 3 i i the Rev RevL T L B n I being in charge O Ott the V th of October of ot the same Ame year vest the par NIl parish Ish organization was Will dissolved and ami the th mission reestablished reu Cuts Off All Outside Aid Ald Until June Jun 18 1 this thia church had Ire re ree e aid for its maintenance from the Ute UteJ general J board boa Id of ot missions At a meeting Veld In the early i lart rt of ot June while wt tin tilt Rev neve Bishop Ellis was WIlM In charge It as aa unanimously voted to give up all dil 11 out Fidi de aid nid and ami nd become K entirely 11 On February 2 b hur n r tb th w T e t tf tIt It f the Purification of or the Bles Md Virgin the part parish h was warn again mid t ud has haa continued until present time At various times during two t o years ears there were ore ero with Rev Re Mr Ir Bishop the following clergy cler men Rev Re Me 11 W Hunt Daunt 1 Scott Jaee H Cox ox OrrIn St Jhn 1 hn Scott and R B S f lIow hav havi i 11 charge harge of ot th t mission mon work in the city ud tt adjacent points poin and forming what vi 1 l known knon as St Pauls Associate 8 mis mi mission mist sion slon At t Raster Easter J ter Wl Ml Ol Mr 11 Bishop was 88 wo atso wot JO t Jed t by bv the Rev tev Millie who i in charge eba e until Epiphany nil Die i Larth ari h was a under the direct care of the Thc late Ute Bishop Dl hop Leonard during the tho inte Into interim Interim rim rite between Epiphany and ami the First Sun day after 11 re Easter ter 1902 when R Revs v ta Parkins How Finances of Church Stand We han reviewed thus far the history of the work largely as ns an un organization It remains for us to the statistics Too minute statistics may be dry bones but comparative statistics are vital Th s parochial reports for tor the last three years show an nit average sum of per por year ear for the ts and nd expenditures Tho Th expenditures for public worship or cur current current current rent expenses alone should be 2100 4 per pc year This would guarantee c the proper ears care of the buildings adequate nev new musie and making the services us as attractive attractive tive as material mat things can The rhe rh present pr enl income however is Iii not sufficient to war warrant warrant rant such expenditure t Tho rho maintenance J Lof i t the work wor Is dependent upon pon U the tue volun Ohm I I tary ary offerings of ot tho the members Jt be bo 1 cornea cAinen each one otie ta lQ tt do Ills his duty The congregation and amI the Sunday school always realized thou thai they the hud bud a duty dut dutto to the church at large lare Iri In the diocese and andin andIn andIn in the missionary work of the church throughout the world and have endeavored ored orad to contribute their share to that work At t present it is in hearty nathy with the Ute methods of the apportion apportionment ment plan and anI feels that it ia Is a grateful gat fuI say of or showing their of tho help h lp received from the General Board Doard of M Melons for or so many years ye rs I Since the th beginning or or mo tui work there thero Have been b en SIB baptisms SOI JOI confirmations IllS communicants enrolled marriages and lId 9 rS 75 S burials burIss The overage average number of cc baptism is twentythree which average III II still tiU d The lh average nora e number confirmed per year y oar IB is twelve wehe t which num number number ber bpI includes several from the missions lons for the lest last three years the av eray is 15 ever oer er twenty for St SL Pauls ru alone Members Come and Go do GoTho GoTho Tho Thu actual number r of or communicants is difficult to determine owing owin to a re iWo requirement of oC our local 1 canons of three communions communion a year to entitle u a member lo to suck such designation def Th There re are nearly I toe mimes WOn upon the rectors visiting list Th Tin n number nuber nu ber of or communicants ro reported I lat last Easier was That the population is ia largely lat transient is f evident from the personnel of the u compared with that of three years ago It is 18 par particularly evident from rom the tho rectors list 1 to which h have been added names in three years ar and a half ho Sixty Si Sixt U have tave been beCa dropped owing to removals from the city It This makes a gain Rain of ot eighty families attendance at the Uw services is not in pro proportion proportion portion to this gain day a I urge each family to endeavor to have hae at least one representative at the services every Sun Sunday Sunday I Iday day Everybody y would woOld wo ld be the more n the rector more Inspired in ln de delivering delivering livering his messages the singing more mor e hearty and success crown our efforts in inthis Inthis this particular This is l no dream drean but Is within our reach Present Helps in Church Work Such organisations as are at present at work at BC St Pauls are ale a credit cradit to any au parish panel We Pe are blessed with a tI faithful and aed nd efficient nt vestry o whose whoso hands hand have wen been upheld bv hr h the members qt oj the church The Womans omans Guild has ba Always I done d l effective work in the past and it 1 I to day bv by b flay day The final pay payments payments ments meats upon the organ the carpeting of the church furnishing the tha rectory rector and renovating the interior of the church are some seine of or the results of their untiring la Ia labors labors bors hors Let no Q woman who can possibly lend Jend a hand fail to do so as S the tile guild means to go forward and secure a parish bouse house without which the work in the tho parish cannot go forward as it should The rue choir has been most successful in its work and we are under a debt of gratl gratitude rati tude to each member for the willing and andI I unselfish services service rendered The Altar I guild is at work caring for the sanctuary Evidence Elden e of their recent labors is to be seen in the tha handsome plush that beautifies the tIe chancel Flowers are pre pro presented as memorials memorial by b loving friends friend of the departed depart d and are placed by the Altar guild upon the altar on the tho Sunday Sunda near nearest nearest est eat the anniversary of their departure into Paradise The flowers are Ire then taken to any an sick lck persons of or whom the rector may ma know The Brotherhood of St An Andrew Andrew Andrew drew has hall been revived r find nd the rector has the assurance of help and encouragement t from these earnest young men Good Sunday School Work The Sunday Sun ay with its 14 enrolled members deserves deliere our earnest consideration tion a an s ve we 0 our work today At present we need n some more faithful teach teachers ore ers some one to load lead in the singing an intelligent young man mall to look 1001 after the work one ofte who is acquainted with modern business methods Then too Vie ue hope bope that the right rl ht layman la may ma I soon b lw be found for superintendent The Tho rector should not have hue this th s minute earo oaro if It such a man is 18 available Whatever be bo bethe both the thc th success ess of a 3 the other organizations we e look to the r ol for the fu future futuro lure ture members of f the th church The con classes dUNes are made un largely lar from members of the Sunday Sunda school This is indeed the primary reason for rOl its HH ex ox namely am to make church members The Sunday school 1100 is ic the place for some som J of ot the most promising spiritual work in hi our midst May God bless those who have given their services and may lOa souls souis shine aa u the ita t Jn n fl their crown here hereafter I after as liB a reward rewald for their loving service t I Your oUr rector rt tor is by b the hearty he ha has haa found heretofore and hopes hO fI still to rely upon UOn it He as asks k you 00 always to come to him with any an suggestions tiona you OU may my ma have for Cor the good gool of the work He Ho J remembers each of you ou in prayers and an asks the same of you for I himself that as nastor and neole wa wo may nifty labor together for the welfare of the kin dom domI I I wish that time would permit mention ing inK every evory e rv name and thanking each in for his cooperation in the work of ot this th parish h In Jn looking over the par per t Is ish we ve read reed the this names of many man faithful who once onea o Ce rejoiced in fn thou labor labore here ere May IMY light perpetual shine upon them They rhe have havo handed down the work which by h the grace of Goo Goa we weare weare weare are resolved shall hall j so zo o on in fn his big name and for hit his ial glory and the good of his hla poo peo pie May God Cod bless bINS each one of us and aud may the s of or 0 his hi on be ours in all our undertakings ia Is my m earnest earne t tide thin day Then nt shall II we continue as all a parish insured jUB red by tV the glorious tl rious records record of ot tim 1110 pat past to KO go o forward f in Ute the redemptive work I of ot th the Christ In this community |