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PREFATORY NOTE.
When the eve of St. Andrew's Day, 1903,
was chosen to commemorate the seventy-
fifth anniversary of the founding of St.
Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, the present
writer was asked to read a paper on the
origin and subsequent history of the parish.
The following account grew out of what
was prepared for that occasion. The
Right Reverend George D. Gillespie, bishop
of western Michigan, had already prepared
the way. On 7 November 1869, at the
last service in the old church building pre-
vious to moving into the present edifice,
Bishop Gillespie, then rector of the parish,
delivered a historical sermon in which he
presented, with considerable fulness of de-
tail, all that he could gather relating to
the subject. His address was subsequently
printed in the Reports of the Pioneer and
Historical Society of the State of Mich-
igan, volume IX, pp. 141-155. Aside
148997
iii


Ann Arbor, Michigan. v
sociable in Harris Hall, which was printed
in the Ann Arbor Argus in the issues of
17, 19, 20 June, 1899.
Aside from the studies of Bishop Gil-
lespie, Miss Corselius, and the reminiscences
of some of the older parishioners, the chief
sources of information are the parish reg-
isters, the reports of the various rectors to
the annual diocesan convention, and, above
all, the Vestry Books. Unfortunately, the
two former do not reach back further than
1834, and no trace can be found of any
vestry records earlier than 1843. The
Manual and Annals of the Diocese of Mich-
igan, compiled by Bishop Gillespie while
secretary to the convention, and published
in 1868, contains a history of the diocese
by the Reverend Benjamin H. Paddock,
afterward bishop of Massachusetts, and a
list of the rectors of St. Andrew's, together
with a brief chronology of events by the
Reverend Professor George P. Williams.
A series of delightful reminiscences by the
Honorable C. C. Trowbridge, containing
much valuable information on the begin-


vi St. Andrew's Church
nings and early history of the diocese, was
published in the reports of the Michigan
Pioneer Society, Vol. Ill, pp. 213-222,
under the title of "The Episcopal Church
in Michigan." For recent events the scrap
book of Hobart Guild has proved useful.
Deeming it impracticable to cite specific
references for every statement in the fol-
lowing work, the author takes this occasion
to state that he has been dependent, in vary-
ing degrees, on each and all of the author-
ities mentioned. For the earlier part he
has been obliged to draw very freely at
times on Bishop Gillespie, and if in places
he seems to repeat what has already been
so well done, his excuse is that it seemed
necessary in the interests of completeness
and unity, and desirable from the fact that
the bishop's paper is published in a form
not generally accessible to the members of
the parish. The author, moreover, real-
izes that his account will appear bare, im-
.personal, and lacking in local color. But
this is inevitable in the case of one who is
comparatively a newcomer in the commu-


Arm Arbor, Michigan. vii
nity, deprived of all the advantages of an-
cestral connections and ancestral traditions
in the field which he has been prevailed
upon to enter. But as his work loses thus
in vividness, he trusts that it may gain
somewhat in impartiality and sense of per-
spective; and, at least, the local records,
so far as they are extant, have been faith-
fully studied.
The fact that some of them have per-
ished should be an urgent reminder of the
necessity of seeking to preserve memorials
of the past, which increase in value with
each passing year. Local history in Eng-
land and on the continent has long been
studied by trained and learned investiga-
tors with steadily growing interest, and
much matter of vast genealogical and insti-
tutional importance has been in this way
brought to light. Our country is rela-
tively so new and its local centers are so
widely distributed and so infinitely great
in number, that rarely will a single one, by
itself alone, compare in significance with
any in the old world. Nevertheless, each


viii St. Andrew's Church
plays a part, if only a minor one, in the
great drama of American history; and,
therefore, the importance of preserving
local records and putting together local
annals cannot be too much insisted upon.
It is to be hoped that the present study,
humble as it is, may be an incitement to
some parishes, hitherto negligent in their
duty, to repair the fault before it is too
late.
In conclusion the author wishes to state
his obligations to the many old residents
of Ann Arbor and parishioners of St. An-
drew's who have so generously assisted him;
to Miss Corselius for many suggestions
and additions, notably for the complete list
of wardens, vestrymen, secretaries, and
treasurers in Appendix II; to Colonel Dean
and Professor George W. Patterson, for
their kindness in reading proof; and, most
particularly, to the Rector, by whose ener-
getic and efficient cooperation his task has
been immeasurably lightened.
Arthur Lyon Cross.
Ann Arbor,
April, 1906.


CONTENTS.
Chapter J.
Page.
The Beginnings of the Parish and the Building
of the First Church 1
Chapter II.
The Middle Period, 1838-1861 29
Chapter III.
The Advent of Dr. Gillespie and the New
Church, 1861-1875 70
Chapter IV.
Later Years, the Chapel, the New Rectory, and
Harris Hall, 1875-1903 94
APPENDICES.
I. Rectors of St. Andrew's Church, 1830-
1903 136
II. Wardens and Vestrymen of St. An-
drew's Church 137
III. An Act to Incorporate the Wardens and
Vestrymen of St. Andrew's Church of
Ann Arbor 147
IV. By-Laws of St. Andrew's Church of
Ann Arbor 149
V. List of Subscribers to the Building of
the present St. Andrew's Church 160
VI. Memorials in St. Andrew's Church 166
VII. Endowment Funds of St. Andrew's
Church 168
VIII. Lectures Delivered on the Baldwin and
Slocum Foundations 169
Index 172
ix


ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
St. Andrew's Church and Chapel Frontispiece.
Rev. John P. Bausman 11
Rev. Samuel Marks 14
Rev. Francis H. Cuming I7
The Old St. Andrew's Church 24
Rev. Charles C. Taylor 41
Rev. George P. Williams 49
Rev. David F. Lumsden S3
Rev. George D. Gillespie 70
Rev. Wyllys Hall 94
St. Andrew's Church and Rectory 100
Rev. Samuel Earp 106
Harris Hall 124
Interior of St. Andrew's Church 132
XI





2
St. Andrew's Church
Trowbridge, "next to his bishop, . . .
gratefully recognized as the father of his
diocese," has touched somewhat on the
early period in his genial History of the
Church in Michigan, and the Reverend Dr.
Rufus W. Clark, who has been investigat-
ing the subject for some years, has recently
published the results of his findings in his
i Annals of St. Paul's Church, Detroit. A
few facts, however, may be of interest in
the present connection.
The Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel sent the earliest missionaries into
the field. In 1786 and 1787, the Rev.
Philip Toosey and the Rev. George
Mitchel came to Detroit and, as Dr. Clark
tells us, "formed the first organization of
Christian people worshipping in English
west of the Ohio." But nearly forty years
had yet to elapse before a permanent
church was established under a settled min-
ister. During the interval there are traces
of the occasional presence of a chaplain at
the garrison at Detroit, while the Rev.
Richard Pollard, missionary for the So-


Arm Arbor, Michigan. 3
ciety at Sandwich, on the Canadian side of
the Detroit river, sometimes crossed to the
American side in order to hold services and
to perform other spiritual functions. As
a rule, however, the offices of baptism, mar-
riage and burial were perforce undertaken
by the garrison commander.
For a time, before the outbreak of the
War of 1812, some earnest church people
in Detroit seem to have provided for church
services under a lay reader, and, in 1817,
they joined with the Methodists and Pres-
byterians in a corporation formed under
the name of " The First Protestant Society
of the City of Detroit," an organization
that became strong enough by 1819 to
build a small wooden church. The Epis-
copalians, who remained in this society till
July, 1824, employed a preacher of their
own in 1821, the Rev. Alanson Welton.
But this young man, a pupil of Bishop
Hobart, from western New York, lived
only three months after assuming his new
charge, and it was not till three years after
that a permanent pastor was secured. In


4
St. Andrew's Church
July, 1824, mainly through the efforts of
Bishop Hobart, the Home and Foreign
Missionary Society sent the Reverend Rich-
ard F. Cadle to take up the work. In No-
vember of this same year he organized St.
Paul's, Detroit, the oldest Episcopal parish
in the present State of Michigan.
It was to this indefatigable missionary
that St. Andrew's, Ann Arbor, owes its
origin. He is said to have visited the little
village as early as 1825 or 1826; but it
was not till 1827 or 1828 that the mission
church was founded. Unfortunately, the
precise date is a matter of uncertainty.
Bishop Gillespie, on the authority of Gen-
eral Clark, fixes it in the spring of 1828,
while the Washtenaw County History and
the Reverend George P. Williams place it
as early as the autumn of 1827. A mo-
tion of Mr. Jewett, entered in the Vestry
Book, 19 August, 1843, establishes the fact
that the by-laws were adopted 19 April,
1828, so that the formal organization of
the parish must have been at least as early
as this date. The name selected for the


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 5
church might indicate that some prelimi-
nary form of meeting may have been held
on St. Andrew's Day of the previous au-
tumn. Among those present and taking
part in the organization, whatever the date
may have been, were: Elisha Belcher, Ed-
ward Clark, Andrew Cornish, Samuel
Denton, Marcus Lane and Henry Rumsey.
Legend has it that the name St. Andrew's
was suggested by General Clark from the
Christian name of Mr. Cornish; but the
likelihood is at least questionable.
In 1829, a plan seems to have been on
foot to establish as missionary in this newly
organized field a person selected by the
members of the church as soon as he should
be ordained. Bishop Gillespie has sug-
gested that the person they had in mind
was one Merchant Huxton, generally de-
scribed as a candidate for orders, who read
the service for some months in the early
days. At length Miss Corselius has been
able to throw some light on this rather
shadowy personage. His name was Hux- ,
ford. He was a Harvard graduate, who


6 St. Andrew's Church
came out here in 1832 to visit his brother-
in-law, Captain Goodrich. Becoming much
interested in the church, he frequently read
service in the Goodrich tavern. However,
he never took clerical orders, and after-
wards became a physician.
Apparently the project of getting a
regular clergyman came to nothing for
the moment, since Miss Lucy Ann Clark,
though the service was read by a lay reader,
had to be married by a justice of the peace,
while Miss Corselius's father and mother
were married by Mr. Gregory, a clergyman
who happened to be visiting his brother at
Dexter. In 1830, the Reverend Mr. Bury,
who succeeded Mr. Cadle at Detroit, re-
ports visiting Ann Arbor and preaching to
a congregation of fifty in a brick building
which he calls the "Academy." This same
year the first regular services began to be
held by the Reverend Silas W. Freeman,
missionary to Ann Arbor, Dexter and Ypsi-
lanti. He labored in the neighborhood for
about three years, and appears to have de-
voted himself to the work with much zeal.


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 7
The names of the members of the con-
gregation in these early years may not be
without interest. So far as it has been pos-
sible to collect them they are: Mrs. Hannah
Clark, her son Edward Clark, Mrs. James
Kingsley, Dr. Philip Brigham, William A.
Fletcher, Henry Rumsey, Edward Munday,
Matthew F. Gregory, George W. Jewett,
George Miles, Robert S. Wilson, Andrew
Cornish, W. G. Tuttle, Gideon Wilcoxson,
Zenas Nash, Charles Tull, William G.
Brown, Olney Hawkins, David Cleveland,
Samuel Denton, E. Piatt, A. Piatt, Elisha
Belcher, Marcus Lane, Nathaniel Noble.
It is only from 1884, when the earliest ex-
tant parish records begin, that the list of
communicants is complete and reliable. On
the 20th April, 1833, five years after the
organization of the parish, the legislative
council of the territory of Michigan passed
an "Act to incorporate the Wardens and
Vestrymen of St. Andrew's Church, Ann |
Arbor." The act, printed in full in Ap-
pendix III., names Henry Rumsey and
William G. Tuttle as wardens, and James


8 St. Andrew's Church
Kingsley, A. Bennet, Philip Brigham, Am-
brose Bunnell," with their associates, as
vestrymen.
Meantime, the diocese of Michigan had
been organized. The beginnings were slow
and uncertain. Mr. Cadle, who came to
Detroit in 1824, was, it would seem, for five
years the only Episcopal clergyman in the
peninsula. But the church in this region
was fortunate in arousing the interest of
Bishop Hobart, who undertook the long
and arduous journey from New York to
Detroit, in 1827, to lay the cornerstone of
St. Paul's, and, in August of the follow-
ing year, was zealous and courageous
enough to come again to consecrate the
edifice. By 1832, after three or four more
parishes had been founded, a sufficient num-
ber of clergy were brought together to
hold a convention. This body drew up a
diocesan constitution at St. Paul's, Detroit,
10th September: in the following month,
on application to the General Convention,
the organization was recognized, and Mich-
igan was added to the dioceses of the Prot-


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 9
estant Episcopal Church in the United
States.
On 9 April, 1833, the Standing Com- j
mittee held its first meeting. After setting
its house in order by taking measures "to
clear the church from a prevailing charge
of collusion with the heresy of Universal-
ism," it proceeded to put the diocese under
the charge of Bishop Mcllvaine of Ohio.
At the first annual diocesan convention, held
at Monroe, 3 May, 1834, the Bishop pre-
sented a graphic account of the only visi-
tation he ever made. Arriving in Detroit
on the nineteenth of April, he started on
his rounds two days later; but the expo-
sure of the journey, culminating in the
overturning of his carriage on his return
from Troy, brought on an attack of fever
and ague which forced him to go back to
Ohio without even visiting Dexter, Ypsi-
lanti, or Ann Arbor.
The records of the Monroe convention
furnish a striking illustration of the small
beginnings of the church in Michigan.
Beside the bishop in charge, only three


10
St. Andrew's Church
clergymen were present: the Reverend Ad-
dison Searle, of St. Paul's, Detroit, who
had been instituted by Bishop Mcllvaine
on the twentieth of the preceding April;
the Reverend W. N. Lyster, of St. Peter's,
Tecumseh; and the Reverend John O'Brien,
of Trinity Church, Monroe. The Rev-
erend Richard F. Cadle, of the Episcopal
mission at Green Bay, and the Reverend
Silas W. Freeman, late of St. James'
(now named St. Luke's), Ypsilanti, were
called but did not answer to their names.
Reverend John O'Brien notes in his re-
port that he has spent some Sundays in
Ann Arbor, and the Reverend Mr. Lyster
states that since May, 1833, he has visited
the village four times, baptized six infants
and one adult, and also administered the
Holy Communion. The lay delegates from
Ann Arbor at this convention were: George
W. Jewett, Henry Rumsey and Charles W.
Tull, with William J. Brown and Philip
Brigham as alternates. Apparently the
first two gentlemen named were present.
The next annual convention met at


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REV. JOHN P. BAUSMAN


12 St. Andrew's Church
$1500 has been subscribed, and the delight-
ful hope was entertained that before this
period the work would have been consider-
ably advanced. This hope has not been
realized, and "when the headstone shall be
brought forth with shoutings, Grace, grace
unto it, is altogether uncertain." A Sun-
day school has been established; but owing
to a variety of circumstances is not flourish-
ing. The number of communicants at his
arrival in August was fifteen, since then
he has added five, making a total of twenty.
In addition he has celebrated three bap-
tisms, three marriages, and conducted seven
funerals.
The great business of this convention
of 1835 was to choose a bishop. The four
clergymen present, together with the lay
delegates from the six parishes, at first
fixed upon the Reverend Henry J. White-
house of. Rochester, New York, who was
duly elected. He having declined in a
letter dated 29 July, a special convention
met on the twenty-fifth of November at St.
Paul's, Detroit. Owing to one removal


14 St. Andrew's Church
mends the parish for its zeal in under-
taking to construct a "neat and commo-
dious" church edifice, which he states will
be ready in the spring for consecration.
As a matter of fact, however, this desir-
able event did not take place for more than
two years. The bishop held his services in
the Sunday school room in the basement,
and, although he notes that the parish has
suffered for want of a settled pastor, he had
a reasonably large congregation, especially
in the afternoon. Things were beginning
to look up owing to the assiduity of the
new rector, Rev. Samuel Marks, who, ac-
companying the bishop from Philadelphia,
had entered upon his duties early in Sep-
tember. According to a letter from which
Bishop Gillespie cites, Mr. Marks found, on
his arrival, that the church was but just
enclosed, and " the basement was filled with
shavings and boards, and brickbats "; but
"these were cleared away, and a floor laid,
and you would have smiled at the primitive-
ness of my pulpit." Extracts from his
two reports should be quoted for the light



REV. SAMUEL MARKS





Ann Arbor, Michigan. 15
they throw on the conditions of the time
and the character of the man. In that of
October, 1836, he says: "At Ann Arbor I
found sixteen communicants; five have been
added since I came. I cannot close my re-
port without the remark that I have reason
to bless God for having led me by his Prov-
idence into this new and rapidly increasing
diocese. Too often the minister of the
Gospel is left to grapple with poverty, and
to groan under the care of an increasing
family. Here, to the praise of our parish-
ioners be it spoken, these fears are removed,
and those complaints silenced. Nothing
has been left undone by the people of my
parish and others to raise my spirits and
to spur me on to the faithful performance
of my duty. These remarks are not made
with a view to flatter, but to encourage the
laborer to sow in hope and the laity to con-
tinue in well-doing."
In his report for the following year he
says: "Until we could procure the base-
ment story of the church, we were subjected
to much inconvenience, and somewhat re-


16 St. Andrew's Church
tarded in our progress. I found but few
attached to the church from enlightened
belief that the ministry, doctrine and dis-
cipline were according to the Scriptures
and apostolic times. In fact, my prospect
was dim and my congregation few in num-
ber. My head hung down and my heart
was discouraged. Honor to the sacred
name of God, the prospects of my parish
have brightened, the house is full, and my
person is well sustained. I can truly say
that the lines have fallen to me in pleasant
places. It was expected that our church
would be consecrated at this convention,
but owing to adverse circumstances it must
be delayed to the middle of November next.
The room of our edifice will accommodate
about three hundred, and for neatness we
think will not be exceeded by any in our vil-
lage. It gives me great pleasure to say
that between the members of our own
church and other societies there exists the
kindest of feeling. It is with pleasure I
add that, connected with the church is a
Sunday schoool well indoctrinated. Com-






REV. FRANCIS H. CUMING


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 17
municants, twenty-six; marriages, six; fu-
nerals, eleven." In 1838 this patient and
hopeful pastor resigned. Going from Ann
Arbor to Clinton, he removed three or four
years later to Huron, Ohio, to assume the
rectorate of Christ Church, where on the
humble salary of $420 a year he served for
over a quarter of a century. He was one
of the most welcome visitors at the conse-
cration of the present church edifice in 1869.
Mr. Marks was succeeded by the Rev-
erend Francis H. Cuming. Arriving in
October, he was instituted, 18 November,
1838, by Bishop McCoskry on the same
day that the new church was consecrated.
From Mr. Cuming's report to the board
which commissioned him, Bishop Gillespie
has reprinted the following extracts, which
sketch a vivid picture of the new rector's
first impressions: "The congregation is a
highly respectable one. As to size, it bears
a fair proportion to others in villages of
the same class with that in which this would
be ranked. Myself and family have been
treated with much kindness by the inhabi-


18 St. Andrew's Church
tants of the village generally. The village
is healthy and beautifully situated, inhab-
ited by an enterprising and intelligent peo-
ple and is fast rising into consequence."
He reports the number of communicants as
about fifty-four, which, if correct, marks a
relatively striking increase within two
years.
In his annual address to the convention,
held 6-8 June, 1839, the bishop, in alluding
to the recent consecration, states that the
congregation have sold the pews subject to
an annual rent, and have given up the
"miserable system heretofore pursued of
relying upon subscriptions. . . . This," he
continues, "is the only proper plan, and
tends to make the pastor independent and
his labors profitable. Nothing has given
me more anxiety, in reference to the success
of the church at various points, than the
wretched plan of supporting the pastor
by subscriptions. It trammels him in the
performance of his duty, and puts it in the
power of the ungodly completely to defeat
his ministrations. I never consider the


Arm Arbor, Michigan. 19
church as established where this system pre-
vails." The same address contains an in-
teresting reference to the infant university:
"And here I would beg to notice," says
the bishop, "the praiseworthy efforts of
the Regents of our State University. In
every instance, I believe, they have ap-
pointed professedly religious men to take
charge of the branches of the University,
and also have provided that every day's
duties shall be commenced with prayer and
reading a portion of the Holy Scriptures."
At last, after a period of uncertain wan-
derings, the congregation of St. Andrew's
was settled in a permanent home. The
various places of worship before the church
was finally built cannot be fixed with cer-
tainty: at least the accounts are somewhat
conflicting, and no means of satisfactory
verification are open to the present writer.
Without attempting to reconcile the seem-
ing discrepancies, it may perhaps be well
to state, as they are given, the different
accounts of the journeyings of the congre-
gation.


22 St. Andrew's Church
The ground now belonging to St. An-
drew's formed originally a part of a quar-
ter section purchased of the United States
by John Allen, in 1824. From time to time
he disposed of various portions to different
persons. Among them was George Cor-
selius, who, in 1834, conveyed an acre to St.
Andrew's, giving a warranty deed recorded
on the day of conveyance. Seven years
later the church purchased of John Allen
and William S. Maynard another strip,
south of the acre already owned. This lat-
ter strip had six rods frontage on Division
Street and, joining Mr. Maynard's land on
the south, ran east twenty-six and two-
thirds rods. The present church and
chapel are in this strip, while the rectory
stands on the site of the old church, on the
piece originally purchased.
The Michigan Whig for 9 April, 1835,
contains the following interesting adver-
tisement concerning the building materials
for St. Andrew's: "The estimate of timber
having been made, this is to give notice that
any person who may be desirous of furnish-


24 St. Andrew's Church
known liberality of St. Paul's Church in
Detroit, and they take this method, through
their pastor, the Rev. Mr. Bausman, to
declare their wants, in the hope that their
expectations will not be disappointed. Feb-
ruary, 1835." The paper contains a list
of twenty-four names, whose total subscrip-
tion aggregates $267, headed by General
C. C. Trowbridge with $50. General
Trowbridge, it is interesting to note, was
the first to respond to Bishop Gillespie's
appeal for subscriptions from Detroit
toward students' pews for the new church
over thirty years later. The $1,300 from
Ann Arbor plus the $267 from outside
corresponds roughly with the $1,500 men-
tioned by Mr. Bausman in his report to the
convention of 1835 already alluded to.
An interesting description of the old
church as it appeared about the middle of
the century may be found in a letter,
quoted by Miss Corselius, from Mrs. Fennel
(formerly Miss Jessie Clark), of Linden,
California. Standing at some elevation
from the street, it was approached by a





Ann Arbor, Michigan. 25
flight of twenty steps. The edifice was
surmounted by a belfry, later provided
with a bell, which was procured mainly
through the kindness of Volney Chapin
and Judge Kingsley, who went security
for the requisite amount—$320. By ac-
tion of the vestry, 14 November, 1843,
and 15 January, 1844, these two gentlemen
were given the subscriptions and pew rents
in addition till they were reimbursed.
During the period of building, the base-
ment, as we have seen, was used for ser-
vices; but subsequently it was let to one
Mr. Branigan for a school. Mr. Bran-
igan, a queer Irishman, according to Col-
onel Dean, one of his pupils, performed the
duties of janitor by way of rent. It was
only after the lapse of some years that the
church was adorned with white paint and
green blinds. The interior arrangements
were as old-fashioned and primitive as one
would expect. There was a high pulpit
and reading desk, each provided with black
cushions decorated with yellow cord and
tassels. Pulpit and desk were lighted by


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 27
plan for warming the church, with full dis-
cretionary power." This, too, seems to
have proved inadequate, for, in 1855, a con-
tract was awarded to Dudley and Holmes
to put in a furnace for $250. This same
year the present organ was built by F. G.
Merritt, of Detroit, at a cost of $1,000.
There was no font until one was provided
by the Sunday school after the advent of
Bishop Gillespie. Mrs. Kingsley gave the
first white linen cloth for the communion
table, and from the rector's report of 1841
we learn that "the ladies of the parish
have, by most untiring exertions, succeeded
in raising money enough, principally by
means of the needle, to procure a handsome
communion set." He adds that " probably
there are not to-day six communion sets in
the diocese."
The vestry room was in a small building
to the left of the church. Many years ago
it was merged into the kitchen of the Wil-
coxson house, and has since been torn down.
The church was lowered and extended in
1856, and still further enlarged and im-


28 St. Andrew's Church
proved in 1863. After the present edifice
was built, the old church continued to be
used as a chapel till 1881. At that time
the front, with the little room over the ves-
tibule, added at the time of the second alter-
ation, was sold to Mr. Stahler, who tore it
down and removed the heavy timbers to his
farm. The rear now forms a part of Mr.
Ross's carpenter shop on the opposite side
of the street. Such was the old church and
its appointments, a description of which has
led us beyond the chronological limits set
for this chapter.


CHAPTER II.
The Middle Period, 1838-1861.
IHE five years of Mr. Cuming's rec-
torate, to return from this digres-
sion, were marked by a steady and
encouraging growth in temporal and spir-
itual concerns, a growth interrupted by
only two vicissitudes. In 1840, Miss Cor-
selius states that St. Andrew's was sold on
a mortgage, the sheriff's foreclosure being
for $494.55, and that Mr. Volney Chapin
and Judge Kingsley advanced the money
to pay the debt. Since the vestry records
do not reach back that far, and since there
is a gap in the annual reports from 1836
to 1839, we have but scanty evidence for
the financial condition of this period. How-
ever serious the situation may have been, it
passed the critical stage in 1840, for Mr.
Cuming reports that the temporal affairs
are in a much better condition than they
have ever been; that a debt of $2,800 has

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30 St. Andrew's Church
been liquidated by the efforts of the parish
alone; and that a parsonage costing $600
is nearly finished; while $40 has been con-
tributed for benevolent purposes. He hopes
that there has been a corresponding im-
provement in spiritual things. "Our ser-
vices have been well attended, and with
marked seriousness on the part of the con-
gregation generally." He has conducted
missionary services in many taverns and
villages in the State, though St. Luke's,
Ypsilanti, until recently under his charge,
now has a rector.
The bishop's statements in his annual
address are equally encouraging: " It gives
me much pleasure to state," he says, "that
this church, also, has been entirely relieved
from debt, and has disposed of its pews in
such a manner as to secure for its pastor a
competent support. In addition to this I
record with the greatest pleasure that the
parish have nearly completed a beautiful
parsonage house for their rector. As
might naturally be expected, I am also per-
mitted to notice the prosperous condition


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 31
of this parish in a spiritual point of view.
Their rector, the Reverend Mr. Cuming,
has indeed been 'instant in season and out
of season,' and the happy state of his
parish must prove that God will not long
permit faithfulness to go unrewarded, how-
ever severe may be the trials which for a
time he laid upon his servants." Evidently
the double strain of building a church and
a parsonage one after the other had been
successfully met.
It was during this same year that the
church was partially destroyed by fire, but
the loss was more than made up by the lib-
erality of the congregation, generously as-
sisted by friends in the east, whom Mr.
Cuming succeeded in interesting. "At
the time of my visitation," said the bishop
in his address of 1841, "it was entirely
repaired and such improvements made as to
rank it among the most beautiful edifices
in the west." Among other changes, the
old organ, not the present one, was rebuilt,
and the pulpit and desk were moved to
give room for four more pews. The rector,


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 33
$3 [$30?]; Charles Tull, lumber, $15;
W. M. Sinclair, goods or lumber, $15;
James Orr, $10; L. Stillson, goods, notes,
or store pay, $10; J. Wallon, store pay
or cash, $10; Eben Wells, note or store
pay, $1; Willard Parker, glass, $10; John
Branigan, labor, $12; Sam. Baldry, labor,
$6; Wm. G. Tuttle, work, $1; H. Good-
speed, store pay, $10; D. Cleaveland, work,
$10; G. W. Jewett, work or store pay,
$30; Robert Clark, goods or note, $10; E.
Mundy, lime or note, $25; J. H. Lund,
lumber, $12; E. R. Everest, shoes, $15;
Dan. W. Kellogg, $15; J. C. Mundy, lum-
ber, $10; W. F. Brown, store pay, $10;
John S. Reade, store pay, $6; Shepherd,
glazing, $10; Thomas Butler, lumber, $5;
David Page, lumber, $10; W. W. Green,
work, $10." The total pledged by these
thirty-three subscribers was $491. The
last considerable improvement during Mr.
Cuming's term was a fence around the
church lot, for which $65 was collected in
1842-43. Apparently still further changes
on the church were contemplated, for at a
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34 St. Andrew's Church
vestry meeting of 17 April, 1843, on the
motion of G. W. Jewett, it was "Resolved,
That the Rector be authorized to extend
the present limits of the church edifice:
Provided, he does not thereby involve the
corporation in any expense, and provided
further, that if any surplus means are ac-
quired in consequence of the extension, they
shall be placed in the hands of the treasurer
for the general uses of the Society." For
the time, however, the project seems to have
come to nothing. In this year, apparently
for the first time, the diocesan convention
met in Ann Arbor, with G. W. Jewett, G.
P. Williams, and J. H. Lund as delegates.
In spite of the generally favorable esti-
mation in which he seems to have been held,
Mr. Cuming was unable to escape opposi-
tion altogether. At a meeting of the
vestry, held 24 July, 1843, a paper, signed
by George Miles and other pew-holders,
was submitted in which they stated it as
their opinion "that the welfare of the said
church will not be promoted by the contin-
uance as rector of the present incumbent."


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 35
Since no reasons were given, the vestry asked
that they be furnished before 29 July. At
the same meeting the rector was asked for
his accounts as collector of assessments,
none having been rendered for several years.
On the thirty-first of July, Miles and six
others presented a document formulating
the reasons for their previous action.
Whatever they may have been, for they
are not recorded, the board decided by an
overwhelming vote of 9 to 1 that they
were insufficient. At this meeting Mr.
Cuming submitted a report of his accounts,
and a committee was appointed to audit
them. By a resolution of the board made
31 December, 1839, the rector had been
given by way of salary all the pew rents
under $800. The audit, recorded 10 Au-
gust, disclosed the fact that he had $168.54
still due him, which he not only relinquished
but paid some contingent expenses besides.
Whether the attack on him, successfully
as it had been met, determined Mr. Cuming
to seek another charge, is uncertain. At
any rate, 11 September, 1843, he announced
his resignation in the following letter:


36 St. Andrew's Church
To the Wardens and Vestrymen of St.
Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor.
Gentlemen: Having received an invitation
to the Rectorship of St. Mark's Church,
Grand Rapids, under circumstances which
induce me to believe it is the will of Provi-
dence I ought not to decline it, I herewith
very respectfully tender my resignation of
the Rectorship of St. Andrew's Church,
Ann Arbor, to take effect at the expiration
of the present year of my engagement with
the parish.
With my fervent prayer that in all
their deliberations and acts the members of
the corporation, with which I have now been
associated for nearly five years, may be
guided by wisdom from above, and that
the parish may enjoy peace and prosperity,
I am, gentlemen,
Your affectionate friend and pastor,
F. H. Cuming.
While deeming it their duty to assent,
the vestry recorded their attachment to him
and their appreciation of his services in
this resolution:
"Whereas, The Reverend F. H. Cuming
has, by his zeal and his efforts since his
connection with our Parish, been eminently


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 37
successful in the promotion of its prosper-
ity, devoting his time, his talents and his
substance to that object—possessing as he
does the strong attachment of very many
of his parishioners, who feel a deep interest
in his and his very interesting family's wel-
fare, we deeply regret that any reasons
exist in his mind which are deemed of suffi-
cient weight and importance to determine
him to resign the situation he has so use-
fully occupied, and the duties which he has
so faithfully discharged."
At the same time, an address to Mr. Cum-
ing, in the form of a letter, was approved
by the board, who voted to present him with
a certified copy of the resolution quoted
above, together with the letter. The letter,
too long to quote, may be found in full in
the Vestry Book. It recalls in detail what
he had accomplished during his five years
of service, in freeing the church from debt,
securing a parsonage, raising money to
repair the losses of the fire, in adding to the
numbers, and in deepening the spiritual life
of the congregation. Altogether, it pays
a glowing tribute to his achievements both
in temporal and religious things. The


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 41
ing the year was entitled to vote. Rates of
payment were correspondingly small. The
organist was allowed $25 for her services;
in 1846, George Bailey and his son were en-
gaged as sexton and organ-blower at a
salary of $40 for both. When, on 20
April, 1844, it was resolved to invite the
Reverend W. N. Lyster to assume the rec-
torate, he was offered "a salary of not less
than $400 per annum with the use of the
parsonage." On his declining, the Rev-
erend Charles C. Taylor, of Rhode Island,
was called on the same terms, and entered
upon his duties 22 July. Harris, how-
ever, whose lease did not expire till the fol-
lowing October, refused to leave the par-
sonage. In consequence, a house on Ann
Street was hired of Leo Ward for three
months at $2.50 a week, and on the seventh
of August Mr. Taylor's salary was fixed
at $500 for the ensuing year, exclusive of
the parsonage.
Mr. Taylor was twice rector of St. An-
drew's, the period of his first encumbency
extending to 1850. In his first report he


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 43
faith; and while the billows of disorganiza-
tion have swelled high and dashed angrily
around, the Lamb of God, that taketh away
the sins of the world, hath granted us his
peace." Mr. Taylor, who was noted in the
community as a man of learning, was ap-
parently equally strong in his orthodoxy;
for we find him making the following entry
in his parish register, 17 February, 1845:
"Baptized, at the house of her mother, . . .
a young woman sick with consumption. She
had been educated in the errors of the Bap-
tists." Even as late as 1866, under Mr.
Gillespie, a lady belonging to a well known
family was removed and was declared " lia-
ble to suspension for heresy (Unitarian-
ism)."
Mr. Taylor's reports are steadily en-
couraging. In 1846, he states that, besides
paying in advance most of the current ex-
penses of the year, the parish has raised
$400 for additional land to improve the
church; $120 for a well at the rectory; $50
for improvements on the edifice and organ.
In addition they have begun building a new


44 St. Andrew's Church
fence about the church, at a cost probably
of $75, and have raised $100 for missionary
and other religious purposes. They have
recently adopted the plan of weekly collec-
tions in the Sunday school. It is encour-
aging to learn that the "church building
is quite too small to accommodate all who
apply for pews," and still more pleasant to
hear that the congregation are "of one
spirit and of one mind, striving together
for the faith of the Gospel."
In the course of the parochial year 1846—
1847, about $200 was raised for improve-
ments, and the rector in describing the con-
dition of his charge again employs the
favorite figure of "dew" as contrasted
with "outpourings " of Divine grace. He
calls attention to the fact that "the num-
ber of families connected with the parish
has increased during the year past, and the
demand for more and better accommoda-
tions for the comfort and convenience of
those who wish to attend our services, is
every day becoming more urgent." He
takes occasion to express his thankfulness


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 45
to individuals of his parish " for many acts
of liberal and unexpected benefaction to
himself and family," and states that "the
prospects of the parish have never been
more encouraging." Year after year,
however, money had to be raised for repairs
and the need for better accommodations
was urged in vain, not only by the rector,
but by the bishop. In 1848, it is recorded
that the congregation had doubled in the
last four years, and in the following year
the rector ventured to assert that it could
be redoubled in a short time, if additional
sittings could be obtained. During the
years 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, there is a
blank in the minutes of the vestry, so that
we have practically nothing to supplement
Mr. Taylor's annual reports to the conven-
tion.
In the spring of 1849, he notes that
"during the past year the parish has suf-
fered severely from the prevalence of an
unusual, alarming and fatal disease. Some
of our most efficient members have been re-
moved from the church militant and their


46 St. Andrew's Church
spirits enrolled with the just in the heav-
enly paradise." Possibly this may have
been the cholera.1 From the absence of
any further mention of the subject in the
annual reports the epidemic seems to have
spent itself in this year; but as late as 1849
we find this record in the parish register:
"Died, a young man by the name of Hall,
supposed by his friends to have had the
cholera—was buried before light the same
night he died—a sermon was preached ap-
propriate to the occasion on Sunday, Au-
gust 5." In this year the records in the
Vestry Book are resumed, and under date
of 28 April we find the following entry:
"Resolved, that Rev. C. C. Taylor be and
is hereby authorized and requested by this
Board to visit the Eastern States, at any
time convenient to himself, for the purpose
of a Parochial School in this Parish, pro-
vided the same meet with the approval of
the bishop, and subject to such arrange-
ments as may be agreed upon between the
1 Miss Corselius states that it was an epidemic of
fever, something like meningitis. The great cholera
epidemic was, of course, in 1833.


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 47
Parish and the Convention of the State,
relative to the change thereof into a Dio-
cesan School." Apparently this interest-
ing project came to nothing.
Although in this year the rector looks
forward to a time not far distant when
they can apply some money to the building
of a new church, the financial situation
seems to have become, for the moment, acute.
In the spring of 1850, he was obliged to
report that a debt has for sometime past
been accumulating and at present amounts
to $200 or $300, " and has, at last, assumed
such a form that it can no longer be
neglected without great peril to the pros-
perity of the Parish." However, there is
a unanimous resolve that the next year it
shall be fully paid. One favorable indi-
cation is that the congregation is prompt
in paying the rector's salary, at this time
$625. During the previous year the par-
sonage had been sold to Mr. Ladd, and the
payment, amply secured or invested, was
to be held in readiness for a new building
when needed. The reasons given for the


48 St. Andrew's Church
sale were, that the house was in need of
repairs, that it was not conveniently lo-
cated, and that it was not occupied by the
rector.
Within the year the congregation was
more than ordinarily diminished by re-
movals. One was "repelled and the names
of two others erased for a neglect of all
public duties of religion. It is probable
that, by another year, five or more other
names will, for the same cause, be stricken
from the list of communicants." Curiously
enough, in spite of the urgent debt the
rector remarks: "The current income of
the Parish, available and reliable (I have
been informed) has never been so great as
at present."
On the tenth of November, 1850, Mr.
Taylor resigned the rectorship of St. An-
drew's to assume the presidency of St.
Mark's School, Grand Rapids, and the
office of missionary in Kent County. He
seems to have been very much attached to
his Ann Arbor congregation and to have
made the change more to meet the wishes


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REV. DAVID F. LUMSDEN


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 53
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removal to Kalamazoo. He must have been
a man of great versatility, uniting the oc-
cupations of preacher, scholar and farmer.
Unfortunately the present writer has not
had the advantage of examining the dis-
course delivered at his burial by the Rev-
erend D. T. Grinnell, in which his character
and work were described. The statistics of
his pastorate at Ann Arbor, given in his
final report to the convention, are: mar-
riages, 21; burials, 80; confirmations, 91;
baptisms, 144, of which 41 were adults and
103 infants; contributions for religious
and benevolent purposes, aside from those
for the payment of the debt, salaries and
incidental expenses, $2,500.
After a vacancy of nearly a year, during
which the Reverend A. S. Hollister sup-
plied part of the time, the Reverend David
S. Lumsden, of Connecticut, was called, and
entered upon his duties 12 March, 1854,
although according to the vestry minutes
he preached his first sermon 1 March.
Originally offered $600 a year, with $50
for transporting himself and family to the


56 St. Andrew's Church
have been three hundred persons connected
with the University, and it is sad to think
that the church has made no provision for
their instruction in holy things."
For some reason or another the project
of rebuilding was given up, and, 9 April,
1855, the vestry passed a resolution em-
powering the building committee to make
plans and contracts for additions to the
existing church. Possibly the extra ex-
penses of the year may have influenced the
decision.
On the twenty-fourth of March the rec-
tor's salary was increased to $900, 21 June
the specifications for the new organ, en-
tered in detail in the Vestry Book under that
date, were received, and 10 September the
contract for new furnaces was awarded.
Besides the putting in of the new organ and
furnaces, the church was let down two feet
and enlarged, and the lot was fenced in. As
to the cost the rector states in a report to
the convention in 1856: "I cannot state
what our expenses have been, since our bills
are not yet settled; but our liabilities seem


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 57
to be between $4,700 and $5,000, the organ
and furniture included." Of this the ladies
furnished nearly $600 for the organ and
$200 for lamps. Ranging beyond these
business details, the rector indulges in
another of his flights of pessimistic elo-
quence. "But," he says, "the spiritual
condition of a church is the momentous
object for the pastor. . . . The harvest
indeed is white, as the promise is abundant,
but the return is meagre save in the depart-
ment of death."
A subscription list dated 31 March,
1855, containing a sketch of the projected
improvements is worth quoting at some
length.
"The undersigned being desirous," it
says, "of repairing the edifice in the city
of Ann Arbor, known as St. Andrew's
Church, letting down the same two feet or
more, building a large addition thereto, and
fencing the lot, hereby agree to pay to the
Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Andrew's
Church at Ann Arbor the sums set opposite
their respective names, on instalments, as the
same may be needed and called for by reso-


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 59
ing under him, and that, if the same are not
paid punctually, all the right, title and in-
terest acquired by such purchaser and cer-
tificate may be declared forfeited, the occu-
pant turned out the possession, and the seat
again sold by the Vestrymen for the benefit
of the church, Provided, that, if any owner
of a seat shall give the use of the same
to the church for a year or from year to
year, he shall not be liable for any such
taxes or assessments during the year or
years the use of the same shall be given to
the church. The subscriptions shall be
recorded in the Record of the Society, in
order to be preserved as a matter of evi-
dence and as an agreement between the
church of the one part and the subscribers
respectively of the other part. Estimated
expenses, three thousand dollars, $3,000."
Then follow thirty-three names whose
total subscriptions amount to $2640. They
are: E. C. Seaman (in case the branch
form of addition be adopted $150, other-
wise $100), $100; C. H. Millen, $100; V.
Chapin, $300; Wm. L. Loomis, $150; L.
R. [Bachan?], $50; A. H. Lund, $150; A.
F. Schmidt, $50; H. Rumsey, $100; H. I.
Beakes, $50; Wm. Finley, $150; E. Welles,


60 St. Andrew's Church
$150; A. B. Wood, $50; C. Thornton, $15;
I. S. Pierson, $25; T. W. Root, $25; J. N.
Gott, $25; James Kingsley, $150; Geo.
Danforth, $75; C. H. Vandon, $25; Thos.
Edwards, $25; Wm. M. Sinclair, $150;
Robt. J. Barry, $10; Mrs. Sophia Page,
$100; Dr. Palmer, $25; Wm. D. Briggs,
$25; C. Chapin, $50; B. Lichner, $150;
J. C. McMaster, $40; H. S. Friese, $50;
E. R. Tremain, $75; Dr. Douglas, $25;
H. W. Welles, $100; Professor Fasquelle,
$75. At a meeting of the vestry on 15
January, 1856, twenty-two pews were sold,
ten at $100 each; four at $75; seven at
$50, and one at $40.
Bishop Gillespie, in discussing the advis-
ability of enlarging or rebuilding at this
time, regards it as extremely fortunate for
the parish that the former policy was
adopted. Owing to the difficulty of raising
money and owing to the inferior style
of architecture then prevailing, it would
have been impossible to secure an edifice
equal to the present one. In the Vestry
Book for 2 April, 1858, there is a list of


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 61
pews assessed with the amounts on each.
Numbers 6 to 12, 30-36, 43-49, 67-73
are rated at $25 each; 5, 13, 29, 50, 66,
74 at $22; 14, 28, 37, 42, 65 at $20; 4,
15, 27, 38, 41, 52, 64, 75 at $18; 16, 26,
53, 63 at $15; 3, 76 at $14; 1, 2, 17, 18,
25, 54, 62, 77, 78 at $12; 24, 39, 40, 55
at $10; 19, 20, 59, 60 at $8; 21, 58 at $6;
22, 23, 56, 57 at $5. It was further or-
dered that those not already taken be sold
at auction, the highest bidders to be given
the choice of seats and the remainder to be
rented at the assessed annual value.
The improvements seem to have been a
heavy strain on the resources of the parish,
as appears from the following entry, 2
July, 1857: " St. Andrew's Church of Ann
Arbor being embarrassed with numerous
debts, amounting in the aggregate to more
than $600, and about four hundred and
thirty dollars over and above the present
available assets of the church, we, the un-
dersigned members of the congregation, for
the purpose of relieving the church of its
most pressing debts and embarrassments,


62 St. Andrew's Church
severally promise and agree to pay the
treasurer of said church the several sums
set opposite our names respectively, on con-
dition that the sum of $200 at least shall
be subscribed by responsible persons; and
these subscriptions shall not take effect and
be payable until such sum or more shall be
subscribed." The twenty-seven appended
subscriptions range from $5 to $25 each.
On the same day on which this proposition
is recorded, the vestry issued a printed
circular, to "respectfully call the atten-
tion of the members of the congregation
to the financial condition of the church,
and the necessity of making provision for
the payment of its debts." Among the
items of indebtedness specified, there was
due Mr. Wagner, the former sexton, $45;
Mr. Toms, the present sexton, $28; the
rector for one quarter's salary and the un-
paid balance of another's, $326.00; due the
diocese, $75, for three years' assessments,
1855, 1856, 1857, less $15 paid in June,
1857. The remainder of the $601 is owing
for lumber, glass and other materials used


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 63
in the repair of the church. The resources
to meet these obligations are about $170,
chiefly unpaid pew rents. The remainder
of the circular is quoted in order to show
what urgent language the vestry had to
make use of even in those days.
"In addition to the above," they say,
"Mr. Jordan has a claim against the
church of over $150, which is now in suit,
and on which he may or may not recover
judgment.
"The sundry collections have been tri-
fling in amount, quite too small to pay
for fuel, lights, the services of the organ
boy, insurance and other incidental ex-
penses, and the Diocesan assessments, which
amount in the aggregate to over two hun-
dred dollars per year.
"The annual assessment of the Diocese is
to defray the annual expenses of the con-
vention, to pay the traveling expenses of
the bishop, etc., etc.; and we submit to the
good sense of the congregation if it is cred-
itable to allow such expenses to remain un-
paid, and to accumulate from year to year.
The present sexton is a poor man, and so
was the former one, and yet their salaries
for nearly two years are in arrears and


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 65
few more devoted members who began the
subscription; for, in 1858, the rector re-
ports: "We have paid all our indebtedness
for the new church, so that we are now
free of debt." During the course of the
ensuing year the arrears in the assessment
was paid to the convention.
In view of the brighter financial pros-
pects various new projects were under-
taken. On the seventh of April, 1858,
$3,000 insurance was put upon the church
and $1,000 on the organ. At the same
meeting, a committee was appointed to take
into consideration the expediency of erect-
ing a parsonage on the church grounds.
Three weeks later, it was resolved to build,
and to raise a sum not exceeding $2,000
by a mortgage on the lot and church, if
necessary. The interest, it is curious to
note, was not to exceed 10 per cent. The
undertaking never got very far; for, 22
May, the rector sent a letter to the board
requesting that the whole matter be
dropped in consideration of the opposition
of certain persons in whose friendship and
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seven, and although the finances were at a
low ebb, he reported: "The prospects of
this parish were never brighter; . . . the
time is not far distant when this must, from
the nature of the case, became a strong
point in the Diocese. Young men come
here from all parts of the Union, and many
go away with the prejudice removed (with
which they come) against the church."
Perhaps he was anticipating the extraor-
dinary increase of the next year when sixty-
five persons were confirmed. The bishop
was obliged to come twice, and notes that
on his first visit, 22 March, 1858, "many
persons were prevented from attending the
service, as the crowd was so great that the
church edifice was not sufficient for their
accommodation." Owing to the number of
students to be cared for, he expresses the
opinion, often heard before and since, that
it should concern the whole diocese to pro-
vide increased accommodations. But, al-
though the church continued to increase
steadily, the record for this year was ab-
normal, a local manifestation of a revival


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 69
48; increase of communicants from 98
to 119. No data exist from which the
amount of contributions can be accurately
determined. The bishop says, apropos of
Mr. Lumsden's removal: " Since my visita-
tion the rector, after seven years of labor-
ious and active duties, has resigned the
church of this parish. To him we are
indebted for the neat church edifice, and
the many evidences of taste in and around
the building, and I hope also, for the addi-
tion of many to the fold of Christ. If he
leaves the diocese, I hope he will find a large
field of usefulness in which his labors will be
appreciated and blessed."
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CHAPTER III.
The Advent of De. Gillespie and the
New Church. 1861-1875.
THE Reverend George D. Gillespie
took charge of the parish 10 Oc-
tober, 1861. In the interval be-
tween the rectorates, we have one parochial
report from Mr. J. M. Wheeler, then
senior warden, but it contains nothing
worthy of note except the fact that the
church had been painted inside and out, at
a cost of $175. Bishop Gillespie, with
becoming modesty, says very little of his
own long and important rectorate. Ex-
tending over a period of nearly fourteen
years, it is, with the exception of Mr. Tat-
lock's, the longest in the history of the
parish. To be sure, his historical address
was delivered in 1869, in the middle of his
term; but it was not published till 1886,
over ten years after he had left Ann Arbor,
to become bishop of western Michigan. He
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REV. GEORGE D. GILLESPIE


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 71
does, however, mention a few of the changes
in which he had a hand. The great achieve-
ment of his term was the building of the
present church edifice. Aside from that,
we learn that the old building was twice
enlarged between 1861 and 1869; these im-
provements involved an expenditure of
about $700, and consisted in removing the
organ from between the doors, improving
the chancel and building the porch. New
chancel chairs were purchased at a cost of
$53.50, the Sunday school raised $51.35
for a font, furnaces costing $270 were put
in, and in 1863 a floating debt of $600 was
paid.
The details of the bishop's rectorate are
chiefly to be gathered from the minutes of
the Vestry Book, from various newspaper
cuttings, from printed circulars, and from
the annual reports to the convention. Mr.
Gillespie was rector at Palmyra, New York,
when the call to Ann Arbor came 28 Au-
gust, 1861, at a salary of $1,000. On the
second of September he wrote the following
letter to Mr. Millen, which is quoted for the


72 St. Andrew's Church
light which it throws on the character of
the man who was to serve St. Andrew's so
long and faithfully.
"Yours of August 28," he says, "reached
me thirtieth, via Syracuse. In reply to
the resolutions of the Wardens and Vestry-
men of St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor,
inviting me to the rectorship, I was grat-
ified with the confidence implied in making
a unanimous call without personal ac-
quaintance.
"I deem it, however, due to the Parish
and myself that I should not give an an-
swer until I have visited the Parish and
conf erred with the vestry. I propose, there-
fore, to visit you this week and remain over
next Tuesday. My present plans will bring
me to Ann Arbor on Friday."
The visit was mutually satisfactory, and,
after his return to Palmyra, Mr. Gillespie
accepted the charge in a letter which is
transcribed in full from the vestry minutes.
"After earnest consideration, and acting
I trust under Divine direction, I have deter-
mined to accept the call tendered me to the
charge as rector of the parish under your
care. In accepting your call, I am severing


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 73
very tender ties and relinquishing a posi-
tion which I have held with happiness and
blessing.
"My motive in assuming the charge of
your parish is, through the blessing of
God, of bringing the parish to favorable
comparison with the size of the population
and to the position the church should hold
in regard to the educational institution of
your city. I need scarcely remind you
how much depends upon 'unity of spirit
and bond of peace,' with the healthy coop-
eration of the parishioners.
"My relatives residing in New York
City, it will be necessary for me to be
absent for a month during the summer. . . .
"Allow me to suggest the propriety of
the vestry discharging any parish indebt-
edness, to give the better opportunity for
future exertions."
Acting on this recommendation, a three-
year note was executed, 7 April, 1863, for
$500 at 7 per cent., in order to pay the
existing indebtedness!
Having already touched on the various
undertakings of this period it may be well
to treat some of them at more length. 15
October, 1862, it was reported that $334.25


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 75
ments is about five hundred dollars; it is
rare that so much in the way of utility and
appearance are secured at so small an ex-
penditure."
At the annual Easter meeting, the rec-
tor's salary was increased from $1000 to
$1300, and, at the same time, the assessment
on pews was raised. The reasons for the
latter step were the growth of contingent
expenses, and the fact that the pew rents
of St. Andrew's were as low if not lower
than those of any church in the city. The
annual assessments on the pews at this time
ranged from $40 to $50; but about one
third were assessed at the maximum figure,
and only a very few were under $20. At
about this time, also, we learn from the
by-laws that the qualifications for voting
were made higher than ever before. Hence-
forth they were: any male person over 21
years of age and a stated attendant on
church services who, for six months preced-
ing the election, had owned or rented a pew
or slip or half of one and paid all assess-
ments, or any such person who has contrib-


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 77
mined to appoint a committee to see if they
could not sell the land south of the church
for not less than $3000. But on the sixth
of March, when the question was submitted
to the congregation, is was lost by a vote
of 32 to 10. Accordingly, the new edifice
was built on the original lot south of the
old church.
After deciding upon a site, efforts were
at once made to raise money for building,
and by 1 June, 1867, as we learn from an
itemized list in the Vestry Book, $18,505
had been subscribed. Having estimated
that a church such as they desired would
cost $30,000, it was decided to build only
the nave for the present, at a cost of
$20,000. The subscriptions were to be pay-
able in six, fifteen, and twenty-four months,
respectively. On the second of July, the
vestry definitely resolved to lay the founda-
tion during the summer or fall, provided
that assurances could be secured from the
architect and responsible builders that a
nave of suitable accommodations could be
built for $20,000. Meantime, the rector


78 St. Andrew's Church
having received a call, $5,192.00 additional
was subscribed on condition that he with-
draw his resignation. At the same meeting
at which this proposition was announced,
the finances were put under the charge of
Mr. J. M. Wheeler. The rector, Dr.
Douglas, Messrs. Wheeler, C. H. Millen,
and D. H. Henning were made a building
committee, and it was resolved to accept the
plans and specifications of G. W. Lloyd, of
Detroit. A scheme for the collection of
subscriptions was arranged as follows: 25
per cent. of each was to be paid on 1 No-
vember, 1867; 15 per cent. on 1 April,
1868; 10 per cent. on 1 July, 1868; 25 per
cent. on 1 October, 1868, and the balance
on 1 July, 1869.
Building was soon begun, and the corner-
stone was laid on Monday, 15 June, 1868,
at 1.30 p. m. In the absence of the bishop,
who had gone to the western part of the
state, after the annual convention at Kala-
mazoo, the rector officiated. A clipping
from the American Churchman, pasted in
the Vestry Book, gives a full description of


80 St. Andrew's Church
the University of Michigan for 1868 ; Ann
Arbor papers; Detroit papers, with the
proceedings of the late convention, a brief
historical notice of Ann Arbor prepared
by Mr. Edward Clark; a parcel of coins
and specimens of fractional currency; and
a prayer book.
On concluding the services proper to
laying the cornerstone with singing Gloria
in Excelsis, the congregation returned to
the church, where addresses were delivered
by Reverend B. H. Paddock, of Christ
Church, Detroit; Reverend T. C. Pitkin,
St. Paul's, Detroit; and Reverend J. J.
McCook, St. John's, Detroit. Services
were closed with hymn 241, from Hymns
Ancient and Modern, and prayer by Rev-
erend G. E. Peters, St. Peter's, Detroit.
The church and scaffolding about the stone
were decorated with flowers. The stone was
given by the Sunday school, and a small
block of marble was inserted above it in-
scribed with the verse Luke, VIII., 16, as
the rector said, " in token that we here erect
a church as for ourselves, for our children,


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 81
and to be a sign and token, so long as these
walls shall stand, that St. Andrew's Church
is for the instruction, the worship, the edifi-
cation of children, and that all its ministra-
tions and privileges are for all ages, for
all sorts and conditions of men, without
any difference or inequality."
At the time of the laying of the corner-
stone, the subscriptions had reached $25,-
000, of which $5,351.75 had been paid in.
In his annual report for June, 1869, the
rector announces that the new church will
be ready in a few months. The entire cost,
by this time swelled to $30,000, had been
provided for, and, moreover, practically the
whole amount had been raised in the parish,
although three Detroit churches, Christ's
Church, St. John's, and St. Paul's, contrib-
uted, $750, $200, and $198, respectively,
for student pews, to be rent free. The
church was finally consecrated 10 Novem-
ber, 1869, by Bishop McCoskry, whose cer-
tificate to that effect may be found pasted
in the pages of the Vestry Book.
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82 St. Andrew's Church
The following account of the ceremony
is quoted from a contemporary paper:
The consecration services of the new
church were held on Wednesday morning,
November 10th. The clergy entered in
procession, preceded by the Bishops of
Michigan and Illinois, and followed by the
Vestry, repeating the appointed Psalm.
The instrument of donation was read by
the Senior Warden, Mr. J. M. Wheeler,
the sentence of consecration by the Rector.
After the consecration services, morning
prayer was conducted by the Rev. T. C.
Pitkin, D.D., the Rev. J. T. Magrath, the
Rev. John A. Wilson, the Rev. G. P.
Schetky, D.D., and the Rev. Samuel Marks,
a rector more than thirty years since. The
Bishop of Michigan read the antecom-
munion service, the Bishop of Illinois read-
ing the epistle. The sermon was preached
by Bishop Whitehouse—"And the house
was filled with the odor of the ointment."
It was a discourse of remarkable depth of
thought, most happily expressed, bringing
out the great doctrine of the indwelling of
God Triune in the house of His worship
and in the hearts of believers.
After the sermon, the offertory sentences
were read by Rev. A. Bush. The com-


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 83
munion service was read by the Bishop of
Michigan, who was assisted by the Bishop
of Illinois, Dean Armstrong, and others of
the clergy, in the distribution of the ele-
ments to a large number of communicants.
The musical portions of the service were
rendered by a choir at the organ, with
clergymen in the chancel, and children in
the gallery.
The Psalter and Te Deum ("Rose of
Sharon") were sung antiphonally. In the
antecommunion service, hymn 215—Addi-
tional Hymns—was sung after the offer-
tory.
Flowers were placed in the font, and a
floral cross on the altar.
The following clergymen, besides those
mentioned, were present, about half of
whom were seated in the chancel:
Rev. J. H. Rylance, D.D., of Chicago;
Rev. J. W. Brown, of Philadelphia; Rev.
Mr. Armstrong, Rural Dean, of Lambton,
C. W.; Rev. Doctors Fitch, of Detroit,
Foster, of Kalamazoo, Tustin, of Grand
Rapids, Williams, of Ann Arbor; Rev.
Messrs. Bancroft, of Hastings, Beckwith,
of Big Rapids, Barker, of Paw Paw,
Frisbie, of Niles, Fleetwood, of Adrian,
Hunter, A. M. Lewis, A. C. Lewis, Web-
ster, and Worthington, of Detroit, Huson,


84 St. Andrew's Church
of Jonesville, James, of Tecumseh, Leech,
of Saginaw City, Gillespie, and Lovejoy, of
Ann Arbor, MofFett, of Marshall, Prich-
ard, of Grand Haven, Spalding, of Dexter,
Smythe, of Hudson, Tillinghast, of East
Saginaw, G. W. Wilson, of Port Huron.
After the services, a collation was had,
at the house of Professor Douglas, for the
clergy and vestry, with guests from abroad.
This generous hospitality was followed
with impromptu speeches by the bishops of
Michigan and Illinois, Dean Armstrong,
Rev. S. Marks, Dr. Rylance, and Governor
Baldwin.
In the evening, the rector's house was
open to receive the congregation and
guests, clerical and lay.
The semi-annual missionary meeting
opened on Wednesday evening, with a dis-
course of rare power and eloquence by Dr.
Rylance, of Chicago.
On Thursday morning, the clergy, by in-
vitation, attended the chapel services of
the University. Remarks were made by
Bishop McCoskry and Dr. Pitkin.
At the church, an informal missionary
meeting was held, and resumed at 3 o'clock.
At 4 o'clock the children were assembled
and addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Fleet-
wood, Schetky and Magrath.


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The meeting closed with an evening ser-
vice, at which addresses were delivered by
the Rev. Messrs. Worthington, Pitkin,
Armstrong, Tustin, the bishop and the
rector.
Thus closed a series of services of rare
interest to the members of St. Andrew's
parish.
The same paper furnishes an excellent
description of the new church:
The style is early English. The mate-
rial is selected field boulders, split and laid
in courses, each course varying from ten
to fourteen inches, according to height.
These are generally granite, and beauti-
fully varied in hue. No material offers a
finer wall. Sandstone is used about the
doors and for the coping. For the window
openings the boulders are beveled.
The outside measurements are 101 x 57
feet, the buttresses projecting two feet
beyond the walls.
The front has a broad, double-leaved
door, highly finished, with tracery work
over it, within a deeply grooved and mould-
ed stone arch. Above the door is a tall,
triplet, lancet window separated by narrow
piers. The pointed gable is surmounted
by a stone Greek cross. This stands at the


86 . St. Andrew's Church
height of 58 feet. Beneath this is a quatre-
foil window with blinds. On each side of
the door is a small lancet window for light
in the vestibule.
The aisle walls, 17 feet 6 inches high, are
broken by a north and south entrance of
two-leaved doors, and twelve windows on
each side, in couplets. Four of them are
in a low gable, and are designed for me-
morials. On the east end, a permanent
arch is filled in with brick, with a view to
the future erection of a chancel. A similar
arrangement is made for a future organ
chamber.
The roof is laid in diamonds, of different
colored slate, surmounted with an ornamen-
tal ridge.
The interior consists of a nave and aisles.
The clear story, of wood, is supported on
columns, painted and sanded, six on each
side, and has in each bay four quatre-foil
windows, two feet in diameter. Instead of
a chancel proper, the eastern bay is thus
used. The organ chamber and the robing-
room are separated by ornamental screens,
that for the organ being open work.
There is a small gallery over the ves-
tibule.
The number of pews (without the gal-
lery), including open and choir seats, is


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 87
156. These are of different lengths and
with plated numbers. The edifice will seat
about 750.
The ceilings are frescoed in panels. The
walls are tinted a French gray. Over the
chancel arch is the following sentence:
"Mine house shall be called a house of
prayer for all people." Under the arch
is an illuminated Greek cross.
The stained glass, furnished by Fried-
ricks, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is in geometric
figures. Over the altar is a triplet, with a
figure of St. Andrew in the center light,
and the sheaf of wheat and bunch of
grapes, with other emblems, in each side
opening. At present only two memorial
windows have been put in, the designs for
which were furnished by Mr. D. M. Dewey,
of Rochester, N. Y.
The gas fixtures are a corona, blue and
gilt, on each column, with nine jets in
groups of three, and lilies in the chancel.
The desk, pulpit, altar, chancel rail, and
all the wood work, combine butternut and
walnut, the former prevailing. The wood
work is simply oiled. The rafters are pine,
stained and oiled.
The carpets, purchased of Mr. J. C.
Ringwalt, of Cincinnati, are green and
black; and the cushions, furnished by the


88 St. Andrew's Church
Cincinnati Elastic Sponge Company, are
green terry.
The architect is Mr. Gordon W. Lloyd,
of Detroit, who is doing so much for church
architecture in the west.
The work has been under the general
direction of Professor S. H. Douglas,
chairman of the building committee, who
has freely given his time and experience.
Mr. James Morwick, carpenter and joiner,
has had immediate charge since the foun-
dation was laid, and to his careful super-
vision, honorable dealing, and strict econ-
omy, the vestry bears cheerful testimony.
The whole cost has been about $29,200.
This includes all furniture, except the
organ, font, chancel chairs, and one fur-
nace, taken from the former edifice. Of
this sum, all, but $1,800 on furniture, has
been paid, or secured by reliable subscrip-
tions. The Sunday school has provided
the chancel furniture, front doors and cor-
nerstone; the Ladies' Society has provided
the carpets.
The pews are not sold, but leased and
rented.
St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, was
organized in 1828. The first edifice was
consecrated November 18, 1839. This
building having been enlarged, a consecra-


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 89
tion service took place May 18,1856. The
old church will be retained as a chapel and
Sunday school room.
The final report of the building commit-
tee was submitted 30 April, 1870, and may
be found in the Vestry Book under that
date. Its main features were embodied by
the rector in his annual report to the con-
vention for this year. The entire cost of
the church, including furniture, interest
and insurance, was $30,249.81. The col-
lections from all sources, including the
pledge of the ladies, amounted to $27,-
137.48. During the course of construc-
tion, it had been found necessary to raise
a temporary loan of $3,900, but at the
time of this report the indebtedness, not
provided for by the ladies or reliable sub-
scriptions, had been reduced to $1800. The
ladies, who had undertaken to furnish the
carpets and cushions, costing $2011.83,
had already paid $1427.64. The Sunday
school had expended $506.59, mainly on
the chancel. Except an organ concert,
which yielded $223.75, the whole sum had


90 St. Andrew's Church
been raised by direct donations, and all
but $1099, including the subscriptions
from Detroit for students' pews, had been
subscribed within the parish. A list of
subscribers contained in the report of the
building committee, which was made to the
congregation under date of 30 December,
1869, will be found in Appendix V.; in
a few cases the amount subscribed had not
been fully paid at the time of the report.
Of the 156 pews which, as has been re-
marked, were leased, not sold, 102 were oc-
cupied and yielded $2866. Expenses were
constantly increasing; among other things,
the rector's salary had been increased to
$2000, and the deficit at Easter was $150.
The old church was retained temporarily
as a chapel. The total value of the church
property at this time is estimated by the
rector at $40,000.
In the midst of striking evidences of
growth on the material side, we get some
indications from Mr. Gillespie that the
spiritual condition of his charge were not
so satisfactory to him; for in his annual


92 St. Andrew's Church
attendance. In 1870 he notes: " The par-
ish has already experienced much of the
benefit anticipated in the erection of this
edifice. The attendance of students and
strangers has greatly increased, the even-
ing congregation often exceeding the ca-
pacity of the former building." Six free
pews were especially available for students.
The financial situation steadily improved;
in 1871, a subscription of $3000, "in the
form of four notes, payable annually with
interest," was made to meet the indebted-
ness incurred at the time of the consecra-
tion, increased by interest and loss on sub-
scriptions, by cost of further improvements,
and by a small floating debt. By this time
the ladies had reduced their debt to $350.
On the creation of the new diocese of
Western Michigan 2 December, 1874, the
rector of St. Andrew's was chosen bishop,
and the congregation lost the services of
one who had worked with them to such pur-
pose for nearly fourteen years. His letter
of resignation, dated 9 February, 1875,
omitted here for lack of space, is copied in


CHAPTER IV.
Latee Yeaes; the Chapel, the New
Rectory, and Harris Hall.
1875-1903.
FTER the resignation of Dr. Gilles-
pie the parish was served for a
time by various clergymen, among
them Reverend Messrs. James Large, Rob-
ert Wood, and G. A. Whitney. 6 April,
1875, Dr. Palmer moved that a call be ex-
tended to the Reverend Wyllys Hall, of
Piqua, Ohio. For the moment the matter
was laid on the table, but on the tenth of
April it was taken up again, and a com-
pensation of $1700 was decided upon, with
four weeks vacation each year. Two weeks
later the board agreed to raise the salary
to $1800, and to assume the expense of
moving Mr. Hall's family from Piqua.
He sent his formal acceptance 16 June,
1875, and remained in charge of St. An-
drew's till his resignation, 12 November,

1883.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan. 95
The two most notable events of Mr.
Hall's eight years' rectorate were the build-
ing of the present chapel and rectory, and
the consecration, 17 September, 1879, of
Samuel S. Harris as bishop of Michigan.
His accession, while an incalculable source
of strength to the diocese as a whole and
to each individual church within it, was
particularly so to this parish. Bishop
Harris recognized its possibilities from the
first; as evidence of this we shall soon have
occasion to follow his efforts leading to the
establishment of the Hobart Guild and the
Baldwin and Slocum lecture foundations.
First, however, it will be necessary to de-
scribe the building of the chapel and rec-
tory.
In 1876, the rector could announce that
a remaining balance of $1500 due for
building the church had been paid by pri-
vate subscription, and two years later, in
1878, that St. Andrew's, after a long
period of hitherto fruitless endeavor, had
at last succeeded in discharging its entire
indebtedness. The way was now clear for
the new chapel.


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Up to this time the old church had been
used for the purpose. The first notice we
have of the proposed new building is 1 Au-
gust, 1879, when Mr. Rogers, chairman of
the committee having the matter in charge,
made a report, and the sketch of a plan
drawn up by Lloyd was exhibited and ex-
plained. Thereupon, on the motion of
Mr. Wheeler, the plan was adopted provis-
ionally, with a modification changing the
door in the porch from south to west, and
on condition that the estimated cost be
within the sum contemplated. Some months
later the matter was brought before the
whole parish. At a meeting held 29 March,
1880, it was "Resolved, as the sense of this
meeting, that the erection of a new chapel
has become a necessity and that the vestry
make a vigorous effort in behalf of that
enterprise." Two weeks later the rector
reported that the money accumulated in
his hands for the chapel fund was $570J54
in cash, and a bond and mortgage, dated 1
May, 1878, for $750, with interest at 8 per
cent., executed by John W. Gott and pay-


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 97
able two years from date. It was directed
that the funds be placed in the hands of
the committee for new improvements and
erections. Messrs. Richmond, Millen, Frieze,
H. W. Rogers, and P. R. B. de Pont were
appointed a committee to prepare plans
and to present the project of building.
Subsequently, 6 September, the rector and
Mr. J. M. Wheeler were added to the com-
mittee. It is noted in the records that,
"On the evening of the above meeting,
an alarm of fire, a lurid and threatening
conflagration, had a somewhat 'perturbat-
ing' effect on the meeting."
On the 22 September, the cornerstone of
the chapel was laid with appropriate cere-
monies. The bishop, unable to be present,
sent a letter of congratulation, as did also
the bishop of Western Michigan. The ser-
vices were conducted by the rector, the
Reverend John A. Wilson, D.D., of Ypsi-
lanti, the Reverend James H. McGoffin, of
Dexter, and the Reverend C. M. Stanley, of
the diocese of Indiana. The ceremony was
under the auspices of the Little Builders'
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100 St. Andrew's Church
the donor by selling the property and ap-
plying the proceeds toward building a rec-
tory on the church lot. On the sixth of
the following May, a committee, consisting
of Messrs. Bach, Dunn, and Pond, ap-
pointed to appraise the property, esti-
mated $2500 as a fair cash value. The
committee in charge of the chapel building
was at this time given supervision over the
rectory as well. At a meeting of the
vestry, 22 September, 1880, it was resolved
to sell the property to John H. Nickels (it
was later discovered that his name had been
spelled Nickles and a new deed was made
out) for $2800, payable in three annual
instalments, secured by a bond and mort-
gage on his house and shop adjoining.
This bond and mortgage was sold to Mr.
H. W. Rogers at par. Meantime, the first
stone of the rectory was laid, 16 September,
1880, by Mr. C. H. Richmond, in the pres-
ence of Mr. Rogers.
The rectory having been in due time
completed, it was reported at a meeting
held 1 July, 1882, that it had been rented





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to Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, with the inter-
esting condition that the rooms were not
to be sublet to students. At the annual
parochial meeting, 24 March, 1883, a state-
ment was furnished of the expenses in-
curred in building the chapel and rectory
and in improving the lighting and heating
of the church. From this report it appears
that something over $10,000 had been ex-
pended for these various purposes since the
work was first taken in hand in 1880. All
but a few hundred dollars of this money
was expended on the two new buildings.
The largest single contribution was the
$2800 from the Mundy estate. The re-
mainder, aside from a small accumulated
fund, was furnished by individual subscrip-
tions and by the Ladies' Aid Society.
Apparently the heating was still unsat-
isfactory; for, on the twelfth of April, a
committee was appointed to consider the
project of heating the church by steam.
On the twenty-eighth of May, this com-
mittee reported that the project would cost
$1500. Thereupon, it was moved that a


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 103
and parish a satisfactory change." The
proviso, however, was not carried out; for,
4 December, we find the vestry accepting
the offer of Dr. Pitkin to fill the vacancy
at $25 a Sunday. Mr. Hall's life and
work in St. Andrew's are still held in affec-
tionate remembrance by many of those who
were his parishioners. They testify to
his effectiveness as a preacher, and to his
warmheartedness and sympathy as a pas-
tor. The statistics of Mr. Hall's ministry
cannot be given in complete form, since
there is no itemized report for 1879 and no
confirmations given for 1883. With these
omissions the record at the time of his last
report, in 1883, is as follows: baptisms, in-
fants, 71, adults, 42, total, 113; confirma-
tions, 114; marriages, 34; burials, 105.
The number of communicants had increased
from 198 to 271. The report for the
parochial year 1883-1884 was made by
Dr. Pitkin. According to his report, there
were, during the interval, fourteen bap-
tisms, of which two were adults and twelve
infants, fourteen confirmations, fourteen


104 St. Andrew's Church
marriages, and five burials. Owing to losses
and to the fact that thirty-nine on Mr.
Hall's list could not be accounted for, the
number of communicants shows a decrease
from 276 to 250. The following valua-
tions are put on the church property in
this report: church, $26,000; chapel,
$5000; rectory, $6000; total, $37,000;
insurance on property, $26,000; title in
wardens and vestrymen; condition of prop-
erty good; debt $3300. Since the new rector
did not assume charge till the second Sun-
day in July, 1885, the report for 1884-
1885 is again by Dr. Pitkin. The sta-
tistics show very little growth. The num-
ber of communicants remains at 250; there
were only five baptisms, all infants, one
marriage, and three burials. It is inter-
esting to notice, among the gifts of this
year, $1000 for a guild.
During a vacancy of over a year and a
half, various efforts were made to get a
settled pastor. 30 June, 1884, the vestry
extended a call to the Reverend Ethelbert
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of Central Pennsylvania. The terms offered
were very liberal, $1500 annually, the free
use of the rectory, which Mr. Hall had
not enjoyed, and a pledge of the standing
committee of the diocese of $1000 annually
"so long as such pledge shall continue."
Mr. Talbot having refused, the vestry were
obliged to search further afield. It is in-
teresting to note that, in a sermon which
Mr. Talbot preached during a visit to Ann
Arbor, he chose for his text: "Art thou he
that should come or do we look for another."
12 Sptember, 1884, Dr. Palmer, called
upon to give a report of investigations he
had made in regard to several persons whose
names had been sent him with a view to filling
the rectorship of St. Andrew's, "gave a
very favorable report of Reverend Dr.
Greer, of Providence." On his recommen-
dation, a unanimous call was extended. Dr.
Greer, attracted by the possibilities of the
field in a university town, seems to have
seriously considered the offer, but finally
declined. He later went to St. Bartholo-
mew's, New York City, and has recently


106 St. Andrew's Church
been elected bishop coadj utor of New York.
Next an attempt was made to get the Rev-
erend H. P. Nichols, of New Haven, Con-
necticut; and this failing, the Reverend
Samuel Earp, Ph.D., of Washington, Penn-
sylvania, was called in May, 1885. He
sent his acceptance 2 June, and, as has
already been stated, entered on his duties
in July.
During Dr. Earp's rectorate, a project
was completed, the preliminary steps of
which may be traced back to Mr. Hall's
time. As early as 14 October, 1888, we
find the following minute entered in the Ves-
try Book: "Whereas the vestry are fully
in favor of the early construction of a
guild hall or of some suitable place for
the social gathering of the parish, yet, as
our present interest bearing indebtedness
is fully $3000, Resolved, That we do not
think it advisable to increase the same by
further loans, but that any mode of reach-
ing this desirable object without subtract-
ing from the parish resources will receive
our hearty concurrence." Although the



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subject was, doubtless, under discussion
from this time on, no further reference to
it is made in the records till 13 January,
1885, when a meeting was held to appoint
a committee to confer with the Ladies' So-
ciety, on the project of putting up a build-
ing on the church property for social pur-
poses, and "permission was granted the
ladies to erect such a building, provided it
did not present too great difficulties in the
matter of insurance, appearance, and posi-
tion." On the twelfth of May, Dr. Palmer,
for the special committee appointed 13
January, reported that the plans and spec-
ifications for the new guild had been ob-
tained, and that the ladies proposed to pro-
ceed with the work. On the third of Au-
gust, the vestry agreed to contribute $3000
for a lot, on a site to be chosen by a com-
mittee agreed upon by the bishop and ves-
try, provided that $3500 be raised outside
before 1 January, 1886. On the thirty-
first of December, the vestry, in conference
with the bishop and Governor Baldwin, of
Detroit, agreed to purchase the Sperry


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property on the northwest corner of State
and Huron streets for $3700, the bishop
to furnish $700 and the vestry the balance.
Conditions of time for raising the specified
amount were waived. 18 February, 1886,
Dr. Douglas, Mr. Richmond, and Mr.
Treadwell were appointed a committee for
building.
The larger range which the project had
assumed was due to the Right Reverend
Samuel S. Harris, bishop of Michigan since
17 September, 1879. In his annual ad-
dress before the diocesan convention in
June, 1886, he reported that a little less
than a year ago "his long meditated plans
for a church hall and lectureship at the
University of Michigan took definite
shape," and that he had laid them "before
a judicious friend, a churchman of De-
troit," who promised him a "generous sub-
scription." Later, he had gone to Ann
Arbor and submitted his plans to the rector
and vestry, who were already considering
the plan of erecting a building for paro-
chial purposes. As a result of the con-


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 109
ferences already noted, it was resolved to
build a church hall, the vestry agreeing to
pay $3000. Thereupon, the bishop pre-
pared the following statement of the details
of what was proposed to be done, and had
it privately circulated as an appeal for
subscriptions:
The Proposed Church Hall and Lec-
tureships at the University of
Michigan.
The importance of bringing all prac-
ticable Christian influences to bear upon
the great body of students who are an-
nually assembled at the University of
Michigan, is generally recognized. More
than twelve hundred young men, who, in
the nature of things, will soon occupy posi-
tions of responsibility in all parts of our
country, resort thither year after year to
pursue the studies which are to train and
equip them for the work of their lives.
The time so employed is the season during
which their opinions are formed, their char-
acters are fixed, and the quality of their
religious and moral convictions is deter-
mined. Most of such students are sepa-
rated from the influence of their homes, and


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to prosecute the Church's work at the Uni-
versity of Michigan.
1. It is proposed to erect a building
or hall near the University, to be used for
the guild meetings, and other parochial
gatherings of St. Andrew's parish, where
the students and church people of the city
of Ann Arbor may meet together under the
refining and elevating influence of the
Church's social life. In this hall there shall
be cheerful parlors, a well-equipped read-
ing room, and a lecture room, where the
lectures hereinafter mentioned may be
given and other meetings may be held.
The parish of St. Andrew's has provided a
suitable site on one of the principal thor-
oughfares near the University. The cost
of erecting such a building and providing
an income for the heating, lighting and
care of it, will be about $15,000.
2. It is proposed to endow a lecture-
ship similar to the Bampton lectureship in
England, or the Bohlen lectureship in
Philadelphia, for the establishment and de-
fense of Christian truth; the lectures on
such foundation to be delivered annually at
Ann Arbor by a learned clergyman or other
communicant of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, to be chosen as hereinafter pro-
vided; such lectures to be not less than six


112 St. Andrew's Church
nor more than eight in number, and to be
published in book form before the income
of the fund shall be available. Properly to
endow these lectures, not less than $10,000
will be required.
3. It is proposed to endow a regular
course of twenty lectures on Biblical Lit-
erature and Learning, to be given in con-
secutive weeks, one in each week, during
the session of the University. For the
endowment of these lectures,$10,000 should
be provided.
4. It is proposed to endow a regular
course of twenty lectures on Divinity and
Christian Evidences, to be given in consecu-
tive weeks, one in each week, during the ses-
sion of the University. For the endow-
ment of these lectures, $10,000 should be
provided.
The object of establishing the two lec-
tureships last named will be to provide, for
all the students who may be willing to
avail themselves of them, what a state uni-
versity cannot supply, namely, a complete
course of instruction in sacred learning,
and in the philosophy of right thinking
and right living, without which no educa-
tion can be justly considered complete. In
order to do this, these regular lectures will
be offered as a complementary course to the


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 113
students of the University, free of cost,
and will be given at such hours in the even-
ing as will not interfere with their other
studies.
5. The plan for the selection of lectur-
ers and the general administration of the
work will be as follows: It is proposed to
organize a society to be composed of the
students, in all the classes and departments
of the University, who may be members of
or attached to the Protestant Episcopal
Church, of which society the bishop of the
diocese, the rector, wardens and vestry-
men of St. Andrew's parish, and all the
professors of the University who are com-
municants of the Protestant Episcopal
Church shall be members ex officio. To
this body shall be entrusted the care and
management of the reading room and lec-
ture room of the hall, and of all the ex-
ercises and employments carried on therein.
The same society, moreover, shall annually
elect each of the lecturers hereinbefore men-
tioned, upon the nomination of the bishop
of the diocese. Furthermore, it shall be
understood that the lectures hereinbefore
mentioned shall be delivered under the aus-
pices of said society, whose duty it shall be
to promote attendance upon them, and in
all practicable ways to aid in increasing
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114 St. Andrew's Church
their effectiveness and extending their in-
fluence.
From the above outline it will be seen
that the sum of $45,000 will be required to
equip and carry forward this great enter-
prise. Of that amount a well known lay-
man of the Diocese has, with characteristic
liberality, subscribed the sum of $5,000,
on the condition that the sum of $45,000
be secured.
The foregoing statement is intended to
be sent to a few churchmen within and
without the diocese of Michigan, who are
known to be interested in the Church's
work; and I do most earnestly beg those
into whose hands it may come, to consider
well what is here proposed, and to give to
this important undertaking the assistance
of their gifts and their prayers.
Samuel S. Harris,
Bishop of Michigan.
He subsequently submitted this plan to
the standing committee of the diocese, as
his council of advice, when the following
action was taken:
Detroit, November 14, 1885.
At a meeting of the standing committee
of the diocese of Michigan, held this day,
the following was adopted:


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The standing committee, having had
laid before them the plan proposed by the
bishop for establishing, at Ann Arbor, a
suitable building and the endowment of
lectureships on subjects relating to relig-
ious education and Christian knowledge, ex-
press their cordial approval of the scheme,
and their belief that it will, if carried out,
be of very great service in furthering the
interests of religion in the University and
the extension of Christian culture; and
they earnestly recommend the project to
the support of liberal persons everywhere,
as one which will not only advance the in-
terests of the Church and its ministry, but
will also exercise a very extended influence
on students from all parts of the country.
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


116 St. Andrew's Church
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
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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. )o(1 v
Henry A. Hayden, Dr. A. B. Palmer, Mr.
Sidney D. Miller, and Mr. H. P. Baldwin, jf
,—- \
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 f rom 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
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122 St. Andrew's Church
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 VHI. 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-
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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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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."
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132 St. Andrew's Church
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-
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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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135
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.
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. Cumino.
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 Eabp.
1889 . Rev. Henry Tatlock.
Curates: 1887-90, Rev. Willjam 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; 1896-95, 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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138 St. Andrew's Church
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: 3. F. Grisson, Caleb Clark, M. Howard,
William Loomis, James Piatt, L. Fasquelle, S. C.
Hall, C. H. Millen. Secretary: James Piatt
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: 3. F. Grisson.
1851. Wardens: John A. Welles, E. T. Wil-
liams. Vestrymen: L. Fasquelle, C. Van Cleve, M.
Gunn, A. F. Smith, J. H. Lund, C. Clark, C. H.
Millen, William L. Loomis. Secretary: E. T.
Williams. Treasurer: A. F. Smith.
1852. Wardens: John A. Welles, E. T. Williams.
Vestrymen: William L. Loomis, Caleb Clark, C. H.
Millen, M. Gunn, A. F. Smith, L. Fasquelle, C. H.
Van Cleve, Floris Finley. Secretary: E. T. Wil-
liams. Treasurer: A. F. Smith.
1853. Wardens: John A. Welles, C. H. Millen.
Vestrymen: William L. Loomis, L. Fasquelle,
William Finley, Floris S. Finley, H. Bower, J.
H. Lund, V. Chapin, Geo. Danforth. Secretary:
C. H. Millen. Treasurer: H. Bower.
1854. Wardens: C. H. Millen, F. S. Finley.
Vestrymen: V. Chapin, E. R. Tremaine, J. H.
Lund, Geo. Danforth, E. Wells, Wm. Finley, A.
B. Wood, Wm. L. Loomis. Secretary: E. R.
Tremaine. Treasurer: E. R. Tremaine.


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1855. Wardens: Dr. B. Ticknor, C. H. Millen.
Vestrymen: William L. Loomis, Geo. Danforth,
Dr. E. Wells, J. H. Lund, V. Chapin, A. B. Wood,
C. H. Van Cleve, William Finley. Secretary: A.
B. Wood. Treasurer: A. B. Wood.
1856. Wardens: Dr. B. Ticknor, Chauncey H.
Millen. Vestrymen: Volney Chapin, Dr. E. Wells,
John N. Gott, Dr. Samuel Grisson, C. H. Van
Cleve, Charles A. Chapin, Wm. L. Loomis. Sec-
retary: John N. Gott. Treasurer: John N. Gott.
1857. Wardens: B. Ticknor, E. Henriques.
Vestrymen: E. C. Seaman, J. H. Lund, Volney
Chapin, H. S. Frieze, Dr. Samuel Grisson, Dr. E.
Wells. Secretary: Dr. S. Grisson. Treasurer:
Dr. S. Grisson.
1858. Wardens: Dr. B. Ticknor, E. Henriques.
Vestrymen: E. Wells, J. M. Wheeler, J. F. Miller,
C. H. Millen, E. C. Seaman, H. S. Frieze, Dr. S.
Grisson, Volney Chapin. Secretary: Dr. S. Gris-
son. Treasurer: E. Henriques.
1859. Wardens: C. H. Millen, J. M. Wheeler.
Vestrymen: J. F. Miller, H. Bower, H. S. Frieze,
V. Chapin, C. H. Van Cleve, Dr. Douglas, William
Anderson, Dr. E. Wells. Secretary: C. H. Van
Cleve. Treasurer: J. F. Miller.
1860. Wardens: J. M. Wheeler, William An-
derson. Vestrymen: Volney Chapin, C. H. Van
Cleve, S. Grisson, John N. Gott, F. Harris, George
Sutton, E. C. Seaman, T. F. Saunders. Secretary:
C. H. Van Cleve. Treasurer: William Anderson.
1861. Wardens: J. M. Wheeler, William Ander-
son. Vestrymen: V. Chapin, C. H. Millen, Dr. E.
Wells, George Sutton, A. B. Wood, J. F. Miller,


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they and their successors shall have full power and
authority to give, grant, sell, lease, demise and dis-
pose of the said real and personal estate, or any
part thereof at their will and pleasure; and that
they and their successors shall have power and
authority from time to time to make, constitute,
ordain and establish such by-laws, ordinances and
regulations, as they shall judge proper, for fixing
the times and places of the meetings of said cor-
poration, and for regulating all the affairs and
business of said corporation:
Provided such by-laws, ordinances and regula-
tions shall not be repugnant to the constitution and
laws of the United States, or the laws of this ter-
ritory.
Approved April 20, 1833.


Ann Arbor, Michigan. 155
Warden to take charge of and safely keep the
communion plate and linen and to provide the
elements required at each celebration of that Sac-
rament.
ARTICLE VII.
Of Removals from Office.
Section- 1. By vote of a majority present at any
regular meeting the Board may remove either Sec-
retary and Treasurer and appoint their successors.
ARTICLE VIII.
Of Assessments and Renting of Slips.
Section 1. The assessments made at the first
meeting of the Board in each year shall remain un-
changed during the year except by vote of three
fifths of the whole Board.
Sec. 2. At any time after the assessment is made
the Secretary and Treasurer unless the Board
otherwise direct shall proceed to rent the pews
and slips of the Church at not less than the as-
sessed value of such portion of the slip or pew
as may be rented, and when the applicant shall
have subscribed the agreement required by Article
VIII Section t of these By-Laws the right of
occupancy shall vest in him subject to terms of
such agreement. Providing that not less than a
whole slip or pew shall be rented while any half
slip or pew is undisposed of.
Sec 3. All assessments of pews or slips shall be
payable quarterly. For the first quarter on the
fifteenth day of June for the second on the
fifteenth day of September, for the third on the
fifteenth day of December and for the last quarter
t


APPENDIX V.
List of Subscribers to the Building of the
Present St. Andrew's Church.
Subscriptions in the Parish.
Abel, Mrs., $ 70.00
Avery, Mrs., S.OO
Baer, C, 10.00
Balcom, H., 50.00
Beakes, H. J., 250.00
Beal, R. A., 50.00
Belden, Mrs., 50.00
Bliss, E. J., 25.00
Buchoz, L. R., 110.00
Bunting, W., 130.25
Cash, 45.00
Champlin, Dr.," 1.00
Chapin, C. A., 385.00
Chapin, V., estate, 850.00
Chase, A. W., 500.00
Chipman, Mrs., 5.00
Clark, E., 25.00
Clark, Mrs., 25.00
Clark, Misses M. and C, 25.00
Clark, Miss Robie, 5.00
Clark, Miss Rosina, 21.00
Clements, Jas., 800.00
Cole, A. J., 25.00
Cole, N. B., 50.00
Corselius, Mrs., 10.00
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APPENDIX VII.
List of Endowment Funds of St. Andrew's
Church.
Seaman fund, $1000, founded by bequest of Ezra
C. Seaman, who died 17 July, 1879; income to be
used for literature for the Sunday School.
Chambers fund, $500, founded by bequest of
Mrs. Mary Chambers, who died 25 July, 1887; in-
come to be used for the support of the church.
Henning fund, $500, founded by gift of David
Henning, in 1887; income to be used for Christmas
festival of Sunday School and County House, one
half for each. Mr. Henning died 1 April, 1901.
Henriques fund, $500, founded by bequest of
Rebecca Henriques, who died 26 September, 1891;
income to be used for the support of the church.
Rogers fund, $500, founded by bequest of Mrs.
Kezia Adams Rogers, who died 15 February, 1892;
income to be used for the support of the church.
Wheeler fund, $1000, in memory of John M.
Wheeler, who died 30 March, 1892; founded by
his family; income to be used for the poor of the
parish.
Treadwell fund, $1000, founded by bequest of
Edward Treadwell, who died 24 January, 1895;
income to be used for the support of the church.
Palmer fund, $1000, founded by bequest of
Mrs. Love M. Palmer, who died 7 March, 1901;
income to be used for the support of the church.
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170
St. Andrew's Church
D.D., Rector of St. George's Church,
St. Louis, Mo.
1894- 95. Baldwin. "Conscience." Rt. Rev. Nel-
son S. Rulison, D.D., Bishop Coadju-
tor of central Pennsylvania.
1895- 96. Slocum. "The Life." Rt. Rev. Thomas
F. Gailor, D.D., Bishop Coadjutor of
Tennessee.
1896- 97. Baldwin. "Christ's Temptation and
Ours." Rt. Rev. A. C. A. Hall, D.D.,
Bishop of Vermont.
1897- 98. Slocum. "The Manifestation of the
Risen Jesus." Rt. Rev. William Cros-
well Doane, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L.,
Bishop of Albany.
1898- 99. Baldwin. "The State and the Church."
Rev. William Prall, Ph.D., S.T.D.,
Rector of St. John's Church, Detroit,
Mich.
1899- 00. Slocum. "The Paraclete." Rev. Wil-
liam Clark, LL.D., D.C.L., Professor
of Philosophy in Trinity College, To-
ronto.
1900- 01. Baldwin. "Aspects of Revelation." Rt.
Rev. Chauncey Bunce Brewster, D.D.,
Bishop of Connecticut.
1901- 02. Slocum. "The Eternal Law." Rt. Rev.
John Philip DuMoulin, D.D., D.C.L.,
Bishop of Niagara.
1902- 03. Baldwin. Sermons. . Rt. Rev. Frederick
Burgess, D.D., Bishop of Long Is-
land.
Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, D.D.,
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Rev. Charles E. Woodcock, Rector of
St. John's Church, Detroit, Mich.
Rev. William S. Rainsford, D.D., Rector
of St. George's Church, New York
City.
Rev. William D. Maxon, D.D., Rector of
Christ's Church, Detroit, Mich.
1903-04. Slocum. Sermons. Rt. Rev. Alexander
Mackay-Smith, D.D., Bishop Coadju-
tor of Pennsylvania.
Rev. James S. Stone, D.D., Rector of St.
James' Church, Chicago, 111.
Rev. Frank DuMoulin, Rector of St.
Peter's Church, Chicago, 111.
Rev. George Hodges, D.D., Dean of the
Episcopal Theological School, Cam-
bridge, Mass.
Rev. Henry S. Nash, D.D., Professor in
the Episcopal Theological School,
Cambridge, Mass.
Note.—All the lectures have been published ex-
cepting those for 1892-93, and those for 1895-96.
The series of sermons for 1902-03 has also been
published and that for 1903-04 is in press.





INDEX.
Baldwin lectureship, foundation of, 117.
Bausman, Rev. John P., report of, as rector, 11.
Branigan, Mr., sexton and schoolmaster, 25, 40.
Brown, Alexander, gift of, to Harris Hall, 118.
Bury, Rev. Richard, officiating in Ann Arbor, 6.
Cadle, Rev. R. F., officiating in Ann Arbor, 4.
Chancel, building of, 126 seq.; consecration of, 132.
Chapel, building of, 95 seq.
Choir, vested, introduction of, 126.
Corselius, Miss Cornelia E., historical account of
parish by, iv.
Church edifice, first, building of, 13 seq., 23 seq.;
description of, 24 seq.; partial destruction of,
by fire, 31; enlargement of, 56 seq.
Church edifice, second, building of, 76 seq.; laying
cornerstone of, 78 seq.; consecration of, 82 seq.;
description of, 85 seq.; renovation of interior of,
127 seq.
Communion set, 27.
Cuming, Rev. Francis H., institution of, as rector,
17; rectorship of, 29 seq.; resignation of, 35 seq.
Davis, Catherine B., bequest of, to Harris Hall,
123.
Diocese of Michigan, organization of, 8; first con-
vention of, 9; first meeting of standing commit-
tee of, 9.
Earp, Rev. Samnel, rectorship of, 106 seq.; resig-
nation of, 124.
Freeman, Rev. Silas W., missionary to Ann Arbor,
Dexter, and Ypsilanti, 6.
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