The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-10-27
sRATrLK,s HUrCaE.

"Rishteoasness easitesh q nation,
but sin Ia reprosch to any people -
Prou. 14:34
Taking for his tsrt the foregoing.
Rev. J. r. Ellis delivered the following
lectare in the Congregational Church
on Sunday evening Last:
Seattle's day 10 davning, 80 We al
believe. The eastern hillsops glow 10
the fssh of morning. These who have
dvels here and waited through the long
night new think their wished for CAY 10
u hand. They sImoss ses the upper
limb OF the sun where il wheels up
against tbs rim Of the horizon With
touch Of fre. They srs sure that IL -
the suns ray that gives to the whole
sky its deep and mellow tinss 81 twi
light, certain presage ri broad day
light
In another visw the whole sky 10 .
MACS Of rsinbov that writes the canopy
ell ovsr With bright promises- Golden
dreams Aost before the visioc. gorgeous
% tales of Arabian Knights. And we'll
they msy, We think. We have good
reason for believing thst thess bright
promises and golden drssrns are no, de-
iusivs or empty.
Our situstion is everything. Here
sits the city, queen II the sea aud queen
of the land. Ancient cities were walled
in with massive lnasousy. Our city 10
walled about by mountains. with tso
yates in her mountain walls, 0ns open.
ing upon the ocean snd one upon the
continent. Through the lsndwsrd gate
il an empire; through the ocean gate u
another empire. II railway snd ship
lines now make this the meeting point
of the two empires. henceiorth Seattle
10 to take rank with the great cities Of
the world, ancient and modern. At
present IL looks % il capital had had q
vision 10 which Seattle passed 10 clear
view % that meeting point. aud that
upon the vision 1t issued its mandate
Tor the railway 10 rush through the
eastern gsts sed ths ship linss 70 press
through the western gate. II capital in
lie secret coupsels hss indeed .issusd
suoh mandate. depend apsn It Il will
be obeyed. And hese upon the shores
Of this bay--fsr of and little known
hitherto--ths throbbing empires of the
world will exchange THAR treasures.
The indications ere almost unmistsk-
able that this 10 10 come TO pass. 1t Is
NO tins 10 b. dizzy end beside one's
sslf.. OF ali times 10 bshooyes as now
70 be sober and carry level heads. But
this doss not mean that We shall be
stupid and unsppreciative. BY oil
means We ought 10 take the true meas
ure Of our prospects. We should DO
alive TO oil that Divine providence and
human enterprise have in store for as.
II 10 upon us % IN obligation 20 gage
the future ~ accurately - We can.
Il 10 for this reason that have asked
you to lift mp your eyes aud look
through tho two gates that open upon
us 10 the eastward and westward. and
noe the trains Of treasure aud tho ships
of treasure meeting and parting 1T our
very feet. And in tho nature of the
case this treasure cannot load and IN.
load here without snriching ~ This 10
not 10 b On inland city through which
travel snd oemmoros sFs 10 pass and
merely leave THAR compliments. Il 10
20 % sesPo' YIN > ioostion sscouu
70 none s,ons III ane ses CO.'S. o. .ne
Wor.u. W n0csy uuo snu s.aso'
mus. os.s - ano w nsssy u,oaIs'
iectsd here viii 6aild up great iat srests.
To be . seaport, anywhere sugars vast
growth. To be Q seaport al point
like this means growth and importance
M. w s"J'"'"s :" N'''fy ol
c'|es. -,
eu IN %s"u III. VII spt,ng
NJ sss /. osss svoIsoas
70. Isn. sna sse 1@ns >
nAnS !. u Ssn., I'LL 20 NJ sns
~ =. sas ns.asns. 4 uoeW u enc
aua ~ ~ ss VIZ - 70
" -. o ~ W
- - cos
, wu ~. ~, .r's.s VII pIo.omi,
my. 20. 'uo v'un snosos % isssna sno
MsaS -, A. y. c WIN sse
s. .s ~ mo.s " 30 .usn IN, ~ !cu
s'uuy sus p'oosn you VIII zee 'ns' tue
cono*'ons ere al 'avos.nie 70 . aeeree
unsufpsssed. Tue iac'hsics are sape-
r,or sou anvs"ngi sne resources are
souuosss sea - nano. Aou 90 NOS
Iossse now our mus are stored with
mineral dspoa's ana crowned with Tor
ssn =, a.NEfss
Coouary 70 popular Impression. cur
sou y an element OF greatness; II az
icaisute unprontanle now, the raAson
20 % aceaa 10 tue iaos Of consumers.
Compefeo WIN psasrss iand, our acres
o. w. sna lungs are hard to sub