Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-29

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atfsmuk - cri1Scfss md cmrref The over.
mnch haIulSss dsnsn6ence of Churshs.
ursn oea1nsn. ~ - Iiv;no areeoher i
sui and ever v;Il r. a nr,me easentiaI
fsefor of our Chris.ian nroblem.
This beiro "a ia e viohe snd n aanna-
BILE that q oontinns standino on the
hiIltooa. looking eastvsrd. and tutoring
the despairino Mscedonian CIV: Come
over and helm ne >, n "a venture TO
Keen mn this heathan crv unch longer.
Ne are likely In hear hoomino over the
mountains. in answer. words 70 this ef-
feet: Help Yourselves and stop your
noise The Chnrches in the East will
shortly reasou ia this vsy: Over there.
along the sunset s6ores of the
ooontrv, thew train their own editors,
teachers, LAWYERS, doctors, merchants,
farmers. and craftf men OF every sort;
vhy do they NEGLECT the one profession
of the ministry That 10 ooRent I'D hon-
ise,n reasoning. Nothing that We can
say Will break the force Of il. As too Of
ten happens, the Church of Christ, that
ought to BE- foremost in enterprise, il
tagging add almost lost behind. Here
again il il true that the children of this
world are wiser in thsir generation than
the children of light. and it is humilia-
ting.
Nov and then there is murmurinQ in
tho land against the sending of men
from the East to fill our offices. It is
impationtly demanded why the appoint
meuts are not made from among our
own citizens. There it is-the people
Of this Territory have no doubt Of their
ability to furnish full supply of Office
holders. What 10 the matter With our
Churches that the same thought and
feeling do mot possess them? Oh, for a
little wisdom OF tho world in this par
ticular!
Another consideration emphasizes
this dawning duty of the Christians to
begin to raise up their own ministers.
Enough has fallen under my own brief
observation to put it past dispute that .
wholly imported ministry is not an un-
mixed blessing. ] may be pardoned
for plain speaking Just here since my
self am an importation). If DR.. Akin
sOn, our Missionary Superintendent,
from an observation i've times as long
a. mine wore 80 uncharitable as to tell
all that he knows Of these imported
ministers you might feel for moment
AZ il you would never want to see an
other come from the East. Olympia
has some vivid recollections ON this
point. Saying nothing Of its present
pastor, the Seattle Church has had ex-
perience anything but haicy0n With isEs-~
ported ministers. There is but a single
one of the older Churches Of Oregon
and Washington that has not suffered
sadly by the coming and going Of pas
tors from abroad, and that ono has
chosen its two pastors at homo and not
from abroad.
And added 70 this unfortunate fact is
the further fact of work, worry, wait
inQ, time and expense of supplying our
Churches with ministers from abroad.
DR.. Atkinson could tell you great deal
under this head, also. I can tell you a
little. sent q plea to our Home Mis-.
sionarv Secretaries in New York. which.
contrary to NV purpose, they published
in the Home Missionary for this month
(Aupust).
In answer to that plea. I have from
ministera East now in hand seven letters.
and -nrohabIy mon in the postOfice. ali
written since the first Of August, full of
inouiries about the country. climate,
people and work ont here. To treat
these inouirino brethren ciyilly will re-
ouire more time than the preparation of
NV sermons: and when il IL ali done.
ont of the nine or ten ministers I am
now in correspondencs with We shall be
Fortunate II va oct one.
But wa want six instead Of one. When
will we ever get them? When Brother
Campt,ell came he vas like the man in
Scripture with aeven women cIinQinp TO
him-seyen or eioht churches wanted
him. One COT him. aud the rest are
widowed still.
Onr churches ahould have A home
sunniv. mot with a view of excluding
minSsfera from outside. Int That thev
NAV he measu, ably independent of ont
side sunniv. Onr churches vant the
nr;v;,ags III c.ll;n0 nsstors from abroad
6ut shonld bv nj, meana be wholly de-
pendent upOn them. With choice be-
twssn home and FOREIGN nrodncts. the
ohnrchee vilI ia In noaifion 10 oommand
abIer men and bettsr service.
And m the vhols "a NAV nrofitahlv
,amemhsr that men raised on the
oronnd-to ire manor horn-are The
6ettef ounli6ed TO adauA themselves TO
~: ,-srss - ~. r.r;o,, tha n,"ro i;k",
iv to he contented and achieve snooeas.
A 4 rnle man NATIVE In the rsoion ara
mot usnaliv the man for tho vork 70 he
done therein.
Sufer nov a suepestion or two AZ 70
how our Churches may take up this