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RUFUS W. CLARK, JR., President.
JAMES V. CAMPBELL, Secretary.
The bishop then goes on to describe the progress of his plan at Ann Arbor. The rector had organized the proposed society of students, and the first meeting had been held in October. It chose the name of " The Hobart Guild of the University of Michi- gan," and adopted a constitution and by- laws under which the bishops of Michigan
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and Western Michigan were recognized as visitors. "Since that time," continues Bishop Harris, "the number of students who have become active members of the Guild has increased to more than two hun- dred. Nor is this numerical increase the only or even the chief sign of encouragement. The members have entered most heartily and intelligently into the spirit of the enterprise and have already demonstrated, by their interest and enthusiasm, both the need and the mission of such a society." He reports, further, that plans have been prepared and adopted for the " erection of a commodious building on the proposed site, in which am- ple provision is made for all the purposes contemplated," the students' part of the building consisting of parlors, reading room, library, and lecture room, with bowl- ing alley and gymnasium in the basement, to be kept open, heated and lighted, at all times, while that portion of the building appropriated to the ladies of the parish for social and parochial purposes is to be subject to their control and accessible by
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a separate entrance. Thus far $11,000 had been raised toward erecting the new hall, all, except $1000 from a friend in Chicago, by subscription within the diocese. The further progress of the plan and the bishop's ideal can best be stated in his own words :
"For the lectureships, provision has already been made as follows: The first lectureship has been completely endowed by a generous churchman and his wife, of Detroit, who have given for this purpose the sum of ten thousand dollars. I have already arranged for the settlement of this endowment, and have named the lectures ' The Baldwin Lectures for the Establish- ment and Defense of Christian Truth at the University of Michigan.' I am also happy to announce that the Right Rev- erend the Bishop of Western New York, has, on my nomination, been elected to de- liver the first series of lectures on this foun- dation, which lectures, it is hoped, will be given this year, between Michaelmas and the Feast of St. Thomas, and published before Easter of next year.
"I am also happy to announce that two further gifts have been made, one of $5,000
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by Mrs. W. H. Powers, of Philadelphia, and one of $2500 by Alexander Brown, Esq., of the same city, which sums, it is hoped, may enable us to have partial courses of lectures on Biblical literature and learn- ing, and on Christian evidences, during the ensuing University year.
"With the erection of this hall, and the establishment of these lectureships at the University of Michigan, a movement will be begun which will deserve to engage our profoundest interest. It is no part of my purpose to compare this enterprise with the so-called Church colleges of the coun- try ; nor will it, in any sense, be in competi- tion with them. What God in His provi- dence has called us to do, is to establish Christian teaching in the midst of a great secular University and to bring the in- fluence of the Church to bear, in the most practical way, upon the great body of stu- dents who are assembled there. The wis- dom of doing this under the auspices and by the aid of the students themselves will com- mend itself to all who know anything of student life. As fast as the young and ardent minds of the enlisted students shall be kindled by the enthusiasm of this gener- ous movement, they will lend to it the im- pulse of their courage and hope. Inspired
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by its beneficent purposes, they will make those purposes their own, and, being blessed themselves, they will be influential in ex- tending the blessing to others. The result cannot fail to be not only beneficial to the whole body of students, but honorable and helpful to the University. We are grat- ified, but not surprised, therefore, that we should be met at the outset not only by the enthusiastic cooperation of large numbers of the students, but by the cordial sym- pathy and good will of the president and professors. Encouraged by these signs and tokens of God's blessing, we look for- ward, without misgiving, to a career of usefulness, at Ann Arbor, which shall serve the cause of sound learning, promote the well being of the body politic, extend the influence of religion, and glorify the Name of our Blessed Master. In this way we hope to bring the influence of Christianity directly to bear upon the minds and hearts of the students, through channels to which such minds and hearts are open, and at a time when that influence is most needed, and may be most potent in shaping their after lives. Just in proportion as we shall see these hopes realized, we shall see Chris- tianity resuming its old place of honor and power when men are trained to think ;
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and religion redeemed from the reproach of fanaticism on the one hand, and of monkishness on the other, to which it has, whether justly or unjustly, been exposed in these last days, by the withdrawal of so many of its teachers from the seats of secu- lar learning and culture. To be permitted to witness the beginning of this great work is the joy of my episcopate ; and I ask you, dear brethren, to unite with me in invoking . for it the favor and blessing of Him for whose honor and in whose service it has been projected."
From the address of the next year we learn that during the months of October, November, and December, 1886, the first series of lectures on the Baldwin founda- tion were given by the bishop of western New York. During the interval between that time and the following June, special lectures were also given by the Honorable J. V. Campbell, Professor Moses Coit Ty- ler, Professor H. S. Frieze, and President James B. Angell. The hall and the lot upon which it stands were conveyed by deed of trust to the wardens and vestrymen of St. Andrew's parish. The funds for the
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lectureship and for the maintenance of the hall were placed under the management of a board of trustees consisting of the follow- ing gentlemen : Mr. H. P. Baldwin, Mr. Henry A. Hayden, Dr. A. B. Palmer, Mr. Sidney D. Miller, and Mr. H. P. Baldwin, 2nd. Mr. Baldwin acted as treasurer. The immediate care and management of the hall, and of all exercises and employments held in it, were, subject to proper conditions, entrusted to an executive committee of the Guild, consisting of five ex-officio and five student members, under the presidency of the rector.
The list of subscriptions for the enter- prise is given by Governor H. P. Baldwin, as treasurer, in his first report in 1887. $20,607.70 were contributed from Detroit, $6000 from Jackson, and $4900 from Ann Arbor. The total contribution from Mich- igan was $33,007.70. Over $8000 was subscribed from Philadelphia: Mrs. Ann M. Powers, $5000; Alexander Brown, $2500; the Misses Blanchard, $500; and George W. Childs, $100. Nearly $3000
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came from New York, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan contributing $1389.50, and the Reverend (now Bishop) Alexander Mackay- Smith, $100. Chicago furnished some- what over $2000. The total receipts from all sources at the date of this report were $44,768.74. Of this money, approximately $25,000 was spent for building and fur- nishing Hobart Hall. Mr. Baldwin's con- tribution of $10,000 was invested for his lectureship ; Mrs. Power's contribution was also invested; and $2500 was reserved for a library fund. The treasurer estimated that, in order to defray the cost of heating, lighting, and water tax, to provide for a librarian and janitor, and to meet other absolutely necessary expenses, a fund of $25,000 to $30,000 would be needed. Toward this, however, $11,000 was already secured, the subscribers agreeing to pay six per cent. on the sums severally sub- scribed until the principal should be paid.
Hobart Hall was formally opened Tues- day evening, 19 April, 1887, and handed over to Hobart Guild. £ In 1891, $10,000
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for the endowment of the lectureship on the Evidences of Christianity was received from Mrs. Elliott T. Slocum, of Detroit. Mr. Baldwin's, it will be remembered, was for the Establishment and Defense of Christian Truth. For the present it was determined to give the Baldwin and Slocum lectures biennially, in alternation. Since the third lectureship planned for by Bishop Harris has never been endowed, that prac- tice has continued ever since. One change was introduced two years ago, when each lecture in each series came to be given by a different lecturer. The various series on the respective foundations will be found in Appendix VIII. Another considerable gift has been the Ransom E. Wood Memorial Fund of $10,000, presented by Miss Lor- raine T. Wood, of Dresden, Germany, the income of which is to be applied to the salary of the curator of Harris Hall. Finally, in this connection should be noted the Catharine B. Davis bequest of $10,000, approximately, the income of which is avail- able for the general expenses of Harris
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Hall. On the twenty-first of August, 1888, Bishop Harris, who had been the life and soul of the project we have been considering at such length, died in London, England. It is not too much to say that his death was an irreparable loss, both to the diocese of Mich- igan and to the whole church as well. As a deserved testimony to his achievements in what was doubtless his most cherished undertaking, the name of Hobart Hall was subsequently changed to that of Harris Hall.
Meantime, on the thirteenth of July, 1889, the Reverend Samuel Earp, for rea- sons that made it imperatively necessary, suddenly tendered his resignation to take effect on the tenth of the ensuing Novem- ber; but on the twenty-seventh of July he decided to change the date to the first of August. Aside from glaring financial ir- regularities, he seems to have been a faithful and efficient pastor and a man of personal charm. He did much for the furtherance of the new guild, and the church made ma- terial advance under his ministrations. His
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efforts in paying a debt of nearly $4000 have already been alluded to; among other things, he seems to have been chiefly instru- mental in securing for the church the lot on the corner of Bowery (now Lawrence) and Division streets, with the house now used as the residence of the sexton, con- veyed, according to the deed, 6 August, 1888.
The statistics of his rectorate at Ann Arbor are: baptisms, infants, 97, adults, 65, total, 162; confirmations, 142; mar- riages, 49; burials, 68. During his term the number of communicants had increased from 306 to 404.
30 October, 1889, after the Reverend Wm. Prall, of Albany, had declined to come, the present rector, the Reverend Henry Tatlock, was called from New York City, and on 1 December entered upon his work in the parish. The achievements of his administration, the longest and most fruit- ful in growth in the history of St. An- drew's, are so fresh in the minds of his parishioners as to need only a few allusions,
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and it is unnecessary to speak of his rec- ognized earnestness, devotion, and efficiency in promoting the material prosperity and spiritual weal of the charge entrusted to him. One of the first problems to which he applied himself was that of necessary repairs and additions to the church fabric within and without. The structure as yet consisted only of the nave and the aisles. In the spring of 1890, the building of the recess chancel was undertaken, and was com- pleted by the autumn of that year, and a vested choir was introduced. The committee to carry out the latter project, consisting of the rector and Messrs. Wheeler, Brown, and Thompson, was appointed 9 January, 1890, and the new choir sang its first ser- vice on the first Sunday in Advent of this year. The now venerable and somewhat debilitated organ was moved from the gal- lery in the west and placed where it now stands. At the date of this writing, the congregation are looking forward to a new organ, for which the contemplated $5000 is more than half raised. The present choir-
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master and organist, Mr. R. H. Kempf, who performs hebdomadal wonders on the old instrument, began his work 6 July, 1897. The building of the chancel and the construction of the arrangements for the choir, including the choir stalls and the moving of the organ, involved an expense of $2,367.51. The money was provided through the following channels: Easter offertory of 1890, $151.29; Chancel So- ciety, $425; Ladies' Aid Society, $250; personal subscriptions, $1,590; total, $2,- 416.29. There was thus a balance left over of $48.78, which was turned over to the Chancel Society.
In the years 1891 and 1892, the roof and exterior walls of the church were thor- oughly repaired and the whole interior was renovated. The question of redecorating was first brought up 27 March, 1892, and 7 May the vestry agreed to appropriate $500 for this purpose, on condition that $1000 be raised on subscription, and to ac- cept the offer of the Ladies' Aid Society to undertake the work. On the seventeenth
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of July, they authorized the rector to close the contract with Edward J. N. Stent, of New York City, at a sum not exceeding $1500. The total expense of the interior work done at this time was $4,878.61. The money was obtained from the following sources : the vestry, $518.14; the Ladies' Aid Society, $1806.47 ; personal subscrip- tion, $1204 ; gifts for memorials, $1350. All the work done upon the church in the years 1890 to 1893, inclusive, cost $8875.41, and as it was done it was paid for. The Churchman, of 29 April, 1893, gives the following account of the improvements which we have been noting :
The interior of the church has recently undergone a very thorough and complete renovation. In 1890 a recessed chancel was built, and proper arrangements were made for a vested choir, which was intro- duced at that time. The chancel window, by Booth, representing the angel and the three women at the empty tomb, is con- sidered to be one of the most beautiful church windows in the state. This win- dow is a memorial to Dr. Ebenezer Wells and his daughter, Sarah Lillian, two former
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members of the parish, who are held in loving remembrance. During the past summer other memorials have been added, and the whole interior has been renewed and beautified, under the direction of Mr. Edward J. N. Stent. Of these improve- ments and decorations, the following is a description : The ceilings and walls of the nave and aisles have been colored with rich and harmonious tints of terra cotta and orange yellow, accentuated at salient points by borders of elaborate ornamen- tation and patterns in which various sacred monograms and symbols take prominent parts. The window openings and door- heads are outlined by delicate vines painted in old ivory tints upon the terra-cotta ground, and the aisle walls are enriched by a broad band of decorative ornament, rising fully three feet above the wainscot.
The arch at the entrance to the chancel is profusely decorated with bright colors and gilding; quaint designs are painted over and about it, and in richness of effect it makes a fitting frame for the more elabo- rate treatment of the chancel.
The woodwork of the ceilings and clere- story in the body of the church has been tinted to look like antique oak. The pews and wainscot have been stained darker,
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and refinished with wax and varnish, and the floors re-carpeted with a heavy Agra carpet, especially woven in colors to har- monize with the decorations. The lighting has also been changed, and its capacity greatly increased, the gas burners now being arranged in circlets carried around the capitals of the columns.
The choir platform, which projects into the nave considerably beyond the chancel arch, has been enclosed by a handsome carved oak screen, with special provision made in it for the pulpit and lectern. This screen is a memorial to Chauncey H. Mil- len, a former vestryman and liberal sup- porter of the parish.
Access to the platform is by steps seven feet wide, at the head of the middle aisle.
Within the chancel the changes are quite marked. The altar has been enlarged and
elevated to its proper position. An altar piece has been provided, consisting of an "alto relievo" of the Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci. This relievo, which is seven feet long, and of proportionate height, is finished in soft old ivory tints, which bring out the delicately modelled features to perfection. It forms a recessed panel in a plain battlemented reredos, which rises to the sill of the large east window.
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This whole work, including the reredos and relievo, is a memorial to the distinguished metaphysician and man of God, the late Professor George S. Morris.
The chancel walls are colored a rich crimson ground, ornamented with patterns in gold leaf; and a deep frieze border bearing a scriptural text is carried along the side walls from end to end.
A rich band of decoration forms a dado finish over the new oak wainscot, which has been added with the other improve- ments, and which forms an admirable foun- dation for the brilliant coloring above.
The east window formerly presented a somewhat bare and disproportionate ap- pearance. This has been entirely obviated by carrying a broad molded enrichment entirely around the sides and arched head of the window opening, projecting some- what over the jamb, thus forming a shadow, and relieving the plainness of the splay. This enrichment, which has a deep cove or- namented with square paterae, or ball flowers, is brought below the level of the window, and then across the rear wall of the chancel, from the reredos, on both sides, to the side walls, thus forming a "string course."
Rising from the ends of the lowermost
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pace of the three paces leading to the altar are two very handsome brass standards, nine feet high and supporting twenty-seven gas jets each. These are a memorial to the late Charles H. Richmond, for many years a vestryman and warden of the parish.
Upon the completion of the work above described, the chancel was duly consecrated by the bishop of the diocese, the Right Rev- erend Thomas Frederick Davies, D.D., LL.D., on the third Sunday after the Epiphany, 22 January, 1893; and a ser- mon appropriate to the occasion was deliv- ered by the bishop of Western Michigan, the Right Reverend George De Normandie Gillespie, D.D., who, as we have seen, was the prime mover in the building of the church at the time of his rectorship.
A tower was still lacking, and 14 May, 1895, the vestry accepted the proposal of Mrs. Love M. Palmer to leave $9,000 in her will for that purpose. Shortly after her death, which occurred 7 March, 1901, the bequest having been previously in- creased to $10,000, the work was under- taken, and was finished in November, 1903,
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thus bringing to external completion a structure begun nearly forty years before. The following description of the tower is taken from The Churchman, of 19 March, 1904 :
The new tower of St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, which was formally opened at the recent celebration of the church's sev- enty-fifth anniversary, is a gift by will of the late Mrs. Love M. Palmer, in memory of her husband, Alonzo Benjamin Palmer, M.D., LL.D., for many years a communi- cant of the parish and a distinguished member of the medical faculty in the Uni- versity of Michigan. The structure is, like the church, of greyish field stone, and Early English in style; it stands over eighty feet high, and is topped by battle- ments and conical pinnacles. In an attached turret on the front of the tower are stairs for reaching the second story and the bel- fry. The first story is open to the air, and its walls are pierced from front and rear by two simple, well-proportioned arches. With its solid grace, the tower adds to the large, low church just the culmination and decision which it has always needed.
The statistics of Mr. Tatlock's ministry for the fifteen years, 1889 to 1904, are as
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follows: baptisms, infants, 203, adults, 201, total, 404; confirmations, 684 ; mar- riages, 110 ; burials, 300. The number of communicants has increased from 404 to 720, or, including non-resident students, 852. The receipts and disbursements dur- ing the period have been :
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, 1889. $ 384.12
From the congregation (in-
cluding special gifts and bequests ) . $93,058.96
Through the Ladies' Aid So- ciety 4,791.61
Through the Chancel Society 568.70
Through the Sunday School. 1,361.74
Through the Woman's Aux- iliary 3,095.43
Through the Junior Auxil-
iary 569.22 103,445.66
$103,820.78
DISBURSEMENTS.
For current expenses (in-
cluding ordinary repairs) $59,210.25
For maintaining the Parish Sunday School 1,684.27
For charities within the Parish 2,239.91 For missions and diocesan
support
14,076.37
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For endowments 4,000.00 For new erections and im-
provements 20,764.78 $101,975.58
Balance on hand, 1904
(being, for the most part,
funds for a new organ) .. 1,854.20
$103,829.78
Present value of property: Church building, $40,000; chapel, $6,000; rec- tory, $6,000; Harris Hall, $20,000; other property, $18,500 ; total, $90,500.
One scheme introduced by the rector, un- fortunately, in spite of its obvious merits, proved financially unworkable : this was the free pew system, adopted 27 February, 1895, by a vote of 182 to 19, with two non- committal. After a trial of nearly seven years, it was found necessary to return again to the renting system in October, 1901.
Such is a record of the history of St. Andrew's Church from its beginning to its seventy-fifth anniversary, 29 November, 1903. The annals afford little that is pic- turesque or striking, but they bear witness to a steady spiritual and material growth teeming with promise for the future.
APPENDIX I.
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Rectors of St. Andrew's Church.
1830-33. REV. SILAS W. FREEMAN.
1834-35.
REV. JOHN P. BAUSMAN.
1836-38.
REV. SAMUEL MARKS.
1838-43.
REV. FRANCIS H. CUMING.
1844-50.
REV. CHARLES C. TAYLOR.
1850-52.
REV. GEORGE P. WILLIAMS (officiating).
1852-53.
REV. CHARLES C. TAYLOR.
1853-54.
REV. GEORGE P. WILLIAMS (officiating).
1854-61. REV. DAVID F. LUMSDEN.
1861-75. REV. GEORGE D. GILLESPIE.
1875-83. REV. WYLLYS HALL.
1885-89. REV. SAMUEL EARP.
1889 ---. REV. HENRY TATLOCK.
Curates : 1887-90, Rev. William Galpin; 1890- 91, Rev. William O. Waters; 1891-92, Rev. Robert A. Holland, jr .; 1892-94, Rev. Edward M. Duff; 1895-96, Rev. Robert M. Beach; 1896-99, Rev. Henry P. Horton; 1900-01, Rev. William H. Alli- son; 1901-02, Rev. Frederick Pitts; 1902-03, Rev. Harry C. Robinson.
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APPENDIX II.
Wardens, Vestrymen, Secretaries, and Treasurers.
1843. Wardens: George W. Jewett, William G. Tuttle. Vestrymen: Dan. W. Kellogg, J. H. Lund, James S. Shephard, T. D. Lyman, Volney Chapin, William M. Sinclair, George P. Williams, Mark Howard. Secretary : Mark Howard. Treasurer: Volney Chapin.
1844. Wardens: Wm. G. Tuttle, Zenas Nash. Vestrymen: James E. Platt, James Kingsley, Robert P. Sinclair, Caleb Clark, J. S. Dickinson, E. T. Williams, Edward Mundy, Ebeneezer Wells. Secretary : James Platt. Treasurer : Edward Mundy.
1845. Wardens : Wm. G. Tuttle, G. P. Williams. Vestrymen: E. T. Williams, James E. Platt, E. Wells, G. D. Hill, R. G. Wilson, J. H. Lund, S. C. Hall, John T. Halsted. Secretary : James Platt. Treasurer : E. T. Williams.
1846. Wardens: Geo. P. Williams, William G. Tuttle. Vestrymen: H. W. Welles, J. F. Grisson, J. H. Lund, H. B. Harris, R. S. Wilson, E. Mundy, William M. Sinclair, Moses Gunn. Secretary : Moses Gunn. Treasurer : H. B. Harris.
1847. Wardens : William G. Tuttle, H. B. Harris,1 G. W. Jewett.2 Vestrymen: E. T. Williams, Caleb
1 Resigned.
2 Elected to fill vacancy.
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Clark, M. Gunn, J. H. Lund, William Loomis, J. F. Grisson, R. S. Wilson, J. T. Halsted. Secretary : M. Gunn. Treasurer: Caleb Clark.
1848. Same as 1847.
1849. Wardens : John A. Welles, E. T. Williams. Vestrymen : J. F. Grisson, Caleb Clark, M. Howard, William Loomis, James Platt, L. Fasquelle, S. C. Hall, C. H. Millen. Secretary : James Platt.
1850. Wardens: John A. Welles, William G. Tuttle. Vestrymen: E. T. Williams, L. Fasquelle, William L. Loomis, R. S. Wilson, J. H. Lund, C. H. Millen, C. H. Van Cleve, J. F. Grisson. Sec- retary : J. F. Grisson. Treasurer: J. F. Grisson.
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