Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-18

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chose. bat world never b his vif.
again. Do sid, 'Vety ven,' and ven
70 my room. rang for a messenger. and
ieit me, as was his custom, to pay the
bills; and thus ended my bllssful veddeS
life with Mr.. Francis G. BanRA"
CeSCREGATHoSAL AsAoClAIsox 81
WASHINGTON.
HouuzTuS, August rs, 1888.
YUr pAY.
The 9th annual meeting ct Shis bod !
began It's ssesioa q o'e3oek pm. q
the Congregational church q this place.
u YES called TO order By the pastos. OF
the church, Rev. 8. Creme.
pesoanenf organization Was sdec-
ted BY she e1eetioaof Dev.J. y. Hlis of
Seattle, - Moderator, and Rev. z. G.
Oakley OF Nov Taooma, - clark.
On calling the ron o. lh6ss hArseofoes
members sssoa n1in3st6ID and thirteen
delegates were found to be PRESENT, rep
rooentinQ seven oAuro6oo, namoay: tho0e
ct Fidaleo, HoaahSun, lnteriafs, New
Tacoma, Olympia, Seattle, North Seat
-, md esaniAhmoo. Those st 4amiah
and LAoooAor voee not represented.
bsv. q. II. Atkinoen, ID. D., Snpsrin-
tsndent Of home Mission for OrsQon
and Washington, and Rev. j. Eslls,
delegates 70 the body from the Congre-
9atsonAl Association Of Oregon and
WashinatoQ we're also pcoaunk
Rov. J. Wo16o = No., la1o1y
from uline64 ri Hov. = u. OakIey e
New houuau 1nno1y 1nu0 Connectioot,
and Hev. q @. Gu uoee uoacomed into
the A11ooto1bOu a. - WoGnhsIs; also
tho nsv churches st WhGEoon and
Regndnle. ThA ohoroh q Seoi3nnoom
was, On voes, rsesived, provided = 6Dnd
IL NAME 70 The RAQi9to1.
Statements were made concerning
new churches at LAkevis1, 0outeeano,
Eagle Harbor and Newcastlo, and they
were referred 70 the committee on Gre
Rev. n. v. Greene, Mn. Tads ana Rev.
Mr.. Canpbsu vees appointed Q CON-
mittse on devotional exercises.
4essEa- Oakley, Tads and Ealla we're
appointed Q committee on feviaion a.
constitution. @
Msesrh Canpbeil and Greene and
Mira Guye we're appointed committee
on resolutions. 2
A oommunioation VAS Rad from Rev.
q. F. WhitWoeth, Stated Clssk of the
Presbytery Of Puget Sound, soliciting
oorrespondSuce, which vas r0feered 70
the Committee on Resolutions, and DR..
Atkinson and 4oGDys. Harrison and Otis
vers appointed tbs Conmistss On
Comfy.
DR.. Atkinscn vas elected dsaeeass to
the National Council, and the registrar
vas authorized to Give Q certificate TO
any other one Who may Be able 70 a.
Dr.. Atkinson made some remarks
about Whitman Collage at Walla wallis.
and its need for funds from the East,
and that . request had besn made for
him to 90 in iis bshalf; that funds wers
needed for church building and for
other purposes, bot that II be should 20
he must leave for time his homo mis-
siOuary work here, and he asked the
opinion Of the Association about it,
vhereupon be was added 70 Tie Com
mittss On Resolutions, ana the subiect
was referred 10 that committee.
A paper sent BY Prof. A. T. Burnell ON
Fidelity TO church relationship Q ne
cessity to personal pisty, was read and
discussed By several persons.
After the regular session Q vsey en-
joyable social reunion was held 1t the
residence Of the pastor, Rev. 8. Greene,
at vhinh about thirty i've persons ware
present. -.
In the evening Rev. e. C. Oakley
preached the als0ciational sermon from
the parsbie OF the labosers in the vine
yard; subisot-"Faithfulnsss in Chris
sKooND DAT. tz
President A. J. Anderson Was invited
to sit as q corresponding member, and
Rey. E. q. Thomas, Of Montesano, be-
oame member Of the body. ef-.5s
Rev. e. q. Tade read paper on the
Need Of better formula FOR oar the
ALalf hour vas spent ia devotional
exercises, led by Rev. j. Wolfe.
NJ Eells presented the frateInal
greetings Of the Congregational AaDooia-
ton Of Oregon and WashinQtou.
4 fraternal communication vas read
from Deacon 8. 8. Smith on bahalf Of
the Conversational Association Of Cali
fornia, and Rev. 8. 0rsens Was appoint
I'd TO respond. a
A molten Nas mads 20 change The
time Of holding The aaosi0ns, . hat
they should not oontinus over the Sab
bath, but It failed to pass. -
The COMMITTEES on credentials rspoey-
ed in favor Of the admission OF TIE
churches at Eagle HarboR and Monte
$40. and they were 20 received and en-
rolled. d
The res. Of the forenoon vas DOCS
pied in hearing thu reports Of the
churches. North Seattle and H0uRhton
have built parsonA9ss 6sattlo has o..
Ranisod q society Of Christian Eudoav-
or; North Seattle and FdAleo saoh q
band Of Hope, and FidAlQ0 also q
Woman's Christian Temperance Union;
Olympia found Affairs ooOeWhat dark.
bot b not Discourage. The IMPORTS
were not finished. but diung time hav-
ing arrived they were lsft for anothsf
tivuo.
In the afternoon Dr.. Atkinson Rad
paper on the reciprocal relationship of
the pastor and church, which vas fol-
lowed BY An earnest dioeuaoioo.
This Was followed BY . discussion Of
the subject of Temperance, live subject
q present, and likely 10 b 70 for long
time to coma. The special branch 81
the subject spoken Of was "Thpoaah
what aesuoios The Christiaa can work
most e6ocGnAlly for tompeIauoo." 10
Vas opsued By Mr.. @. n. Johnson, Pres
ident Of the Christian Voters Temper
ancs LsAgas Of Heattle, Who answered
the question BY speAkin9 Of working for
the children. aud alan - older persons,
im Christian way, because Christians
have special power from Above. This
way u 10 b Organised for vork, Fray
and have faith in the leader, Chrioe.