, 1877-09-28
COMMUNICATED.
Home Again.

yay, along with sotnc VlhtI H'"'''
be Of any interest for your columns tncy
ar,, AZ your service. Although during my
hriaf visit 10 your place and my oli nome
I was very unwell, yet II Afforded me
great deal of pleasure TO receive The warm
Greetings Of old friends and aelnallltan'es
which were So numerOnsly eItehueu me-
To Mr.. Frank Clapp, the well-to-do. pro-
nr;ator of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, | am
asnecially under obligations for h,ors pes-
lowed. lam glad to learn that he Is DONG
fne business and is universally popular
with the travelling public. The ample
nrovisions of his table, the good c!eari
beds with which he provides tor the Wei
fare of his guests, aud his urbane anu al
fable deportment, solve the secret oi DIS
success.
we found the steamer Annie Stewart
vary pleasant boat, the meals were sump-
tuo1,s and walters obliging. 1t so hap
pened that our trip on board was hlaue
doubly pleasant, by. the company OF
number of other ministers anu thelr WIVES,
six or eight of them We're Baptist ono
Presbyterian, one Universallan ana .nIee
Methodists, besides these, were a numDer
of lavmen. We had not gone iar ouC
from Port Townsend until many OF the
company were engaged in religious sing
ind, 'Ihis was continued until after pas
siny Port Gamble, when at the sugges-
tion of the writer, Judge Green, OF Oiym-
MIA. was requested to preach, who IN res
ponse proposed "religipus experience
and nrayer meeting" After some very
nertinent remarks in this direction, and
nrayer by the Judge, the other ministers
and friends present, mostly took part
either in speaking or prayer, greatly to
tbe religious editication ofall present. AT
seattle most of our company left us while
we made on for New Tacoma, which we
reached about 0 o'clock p. NJ, and found
eycellent Hotel accommodations at the
Railroad House. We could ask no better.
Next morning at 0:30 O'Clock Sept. 18th, }
we boarded the cars for kalama, which
nlace we reached at one O'Clock p. NJ, and
Immediately went aboarl a boat for Port
land. where we arrived at 8 O'Clock p NJ.
Tn a few moments we we're across the river
where we found our buggy and horse in
waiting, that soon carried us to the par
sonage. Being very weak and tired we
could sing with good relish, There is
no place like home." Next day we
were early out, passing from house to
house renewing friendship among our peo-
ple as their "new preacher"-for you
know we get NEW every year.
Times here show no unusual change.
immigration continues to flow in steadily
ON each arriving steamer. Every State
east and west and California are contri-
hating by hundreds to this great influx Of
nopuiation to our State and your Terri
tory Most of these new cOmers imme-
diaiely on their arrival here take cars or
boats and 20 off toward the interior where
new homes are sought; and where econ
Omy.. labor and persevering effort applied
with the udillgent hand maketh rlch.' y
Just now a fhrilIof life is stirring the
public, caused by preparation for the re-
turning annual agricultural fairs These
institutions are of grest public utility and
interest, and we are glad to see that they
are so highly appreciated.
Anotherbit OF something new for this
coast is tile existence in our midst OF
couple of "Seven Day. religioniSts, with
large tent erected OF, an open lot. where
the people are solennly Informed that for
nearly two thousand years the church has
been teaching an error in regard to the
true Sabbath, and that THEY have been
SPECIALLY divinely called and commits
stoned to 90 forth and reseue the world
from eternal death by the re-establishment
Of the "trug Sabbath Does 1t not look
preposterous that the Lord tor 1900 years
should have been directing by his own wis
dom the affairs Of his church fitting for
heaven bv repentance, Justification and
sanctiiication-p patriarch 5, prophets, mar
tyrs, our fathers aud kindred, who died in
the faith of the gospel Of Jesus Christ, ami
that up to this time all the learned. pions
and good have been kept in profound ig-
norance OF so important matter? Does
It not SAVIOR of the height of presumption
to have these tslesser lights arise and say
we have a. 'sNEw revelati0n?" Are these
charactersand their co-workers III spirit
ualistic circles to be exalted or compared
either for piety or Intelligence with the
tens of thousands of the great and good
that fill the churches ranks Of this day?
We trow not. Their lectures are re-
hash memorized. metaphysical theory,
based upon Scripture chronology. story
told over and over again. We knew them
10 years ago in the Western Stares, and
never knew anything but bad lrnitas re-
suit of their teaching Their doctrines
have tendency To unsettle, work diScOrd
In the existing state Of society, bemuddle
the mind OF the weak, and work genera
ruin to those Christian principles of say
ing faith in Christ that have for ages given
hope and comfort TO fallen world. When
carefully investigated and simmered
down, it is sheer intidelity, clothed with a
religious cloak, made mp largely Of bigO-
try. Their pretence for bible-backing,
however extensively resorfed to, is but an
ingenious rIse TO d.lrken counsel aud has
the effect Of readily leading the ignorant
astray and OF giving license 10 every out
law 70 violate tllr sanciity of tine Christian
Sabbath. h.a
In trying to make their advances in
community and gain converts, they usual
ly pander. to the caprices Of the vil5and
vulger, by attaching existing church or