Certificate, Commemorative
2020.4639.5
Title
Consecration Certificate for St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Glenwood, 1893Creation Date
1893Dimensions
16.5" H x 12" W x 1.5" D
Description
Framed “Instrument of donation” of the building of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Glenwood, Minnesota, to the Episcopal Diocese.
It Reads:
We, the Rector & Building Committee of Saint Paul's Church Glenwood and state of Minnesota having, by the good Providence of Almighty God, erected in this said Village a house of public worship, do hereby appropriate and devote the same to the worship and service of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost according to the provisions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United State of America, in its Ministry, Doctrines, Liturgy, Rites and Usages, and by a Congregation in communion with said Church, and in union with the Convention thereof in the Diocese of Minnesota.
And we do also hereby request the Right Reverend _______ Bishop of the said Diocese, to take the said building under his spiritual jurisdiction as Bishop aforesaid, and that of his successors in Office, and to consecrate the same by the name of Saint Paul's and thereby separate if from all unhallowed, worldly and common uses, and solemnly dedicate it to the holy purposes above mentioned.
And we do moreover hereby relinquish all claim to any right of disposing of the said building, or allowing the use of it in any way inconsistent with the terms and true meaning of this Instrument of Donation and with the consecration hereby requested of the ______ Bishop of this Diocese.
In Testimony whereof, We, the said Rector, Church-wardens and Vestrymen, have caused this Instrument of Donation to have attached to it our signatures on this Thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.