Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-27
evEsBYTERIANfsM.

a-.snvtery of Puget Sound will
The the First Presbyterian
eonssSpo Of Tacoma on Tuesday the ooth
0na'vt st II o'clock a: M. Inc opening
insI, uill be preached oy the retlrlnR
srn..or. the Rev. j. X. thompson.
ans-ssbytery is territorially large,
Ine no all of Washington Territory
smbiac., ,he Columbia River and west
noIsn r Cascade Mountains, with two or
sl the Onn,ies east of the mountains.
ibfss n snrollment of 20 members and
II nas an O!her ministers and
y wiIl be received at the ap-
ekuichnS;o ekuh;na meeting. In these % churches
proacan1.anr elders, 885 communicants and
are re- p osSahbatb TX school scholars, while each
ioSnnnicant ioS gave an average last
somf ELI sl5 and a fraction, making
,sn ,otai given to all purposes OF fl3.-
~ ~ 'p PIT the Presby terrain Church does
~. ...rve her ministers, though she
nO' , "ot hamper them. She requires of
aDes "a Iiber education, doctrinal
iasD,a ansss. pious life and earnest,
oaSk .s york. She don't ask them to
ba' H. bricks of straw. Each activs
nsn n1sr of this Presbytery received last
80 -, an average of about x9lO.
jSs, 4a 81 ssdncational work of the Presby-
~ "a fairly started. The Sumner
kJa kJa.nv Vas opened last year, with the
psv George A. McKinlsy as Principal,
aSs mainly to the efforts OF the Rev.
Sso,oe ~ r. WhitwOrth, of this city. The
,,sstses of this academy have Just be-
pu',ls "a sbs erection of a $4,000 building,
s - ,oger story of which is to be ready
y. ~ ass by January next. 1t Is expected
~ ~, This academy will grow into col
'.as ~. in a few years, and when Sumner
=. = hecome a suburb of the two cities
sss.sen - which il stands the location
Iii he found to be very desirable and
..sorable one for college. This Pres
s,tsrv also has an academy at Ellens
h.yo. With property valued at x3JOO,
snd I which will soon be opened, with the
Rev. ]. A. Laurie as Principal: Another
se.demy is being erected at Montesano,
ghieh Is to be constructed under the au-
snices Of the Presbytery. These latter
;pstitutions have been secured through
he fundamentally of the Rev. j. X.
Thompson.
II will thus be seen that this Presby-
,sry has 80 far been doing foundation
vork. The father of the Presbytery,
Nav. Geo. r. Whitwerth, has labored
hard and waited long-more than thirty
years-te see this result. He has laid
dsep and strong foundations, upen
which the yc ung men gathered around
him are 10 build. These little churches
and young academies will become tow
srs OF strength in time TO come. Plants
they are now, but they will speedily be
conle large fruitful trees.
The synod of Columbia will convene
in the First Presbyterian Church of
seattle next Thursday, October I'd, at
7asO %. No.. and will be in session until
Monday, October 9Th. The opening
sermon will be preached Thursday eve
ning by the retiring Moderator. the
Rev. A. Adair of Waitsbura, W.T.. There
will be an attendance of 20 to 50 minis
ters, lay elders and ladies, most of whom
are 10 be entertained by the families of
the church. The Synod includes three
presby yteries-IdahO, Oregon and Puget
Sound. 1t has an enrolment of "a min
lsters, 78 chnIohes, and 3159 commnni
cants. Last year IL gave to the boards
Of the church for mission and other
benevolent work abroad, over So per
member, or $l9,357, of which sum DIR.
church, of Portland. Oregon,
gave SIG, 1888. In this respect this IL the
banner Synod of the church. Ii also
gave last year, for congregational ex-
penses, $35, ,30i, or $452 per church, and
for miscellaneous purposes so, I'D, max
ing grand total of $75,4l7 given to all
purposes by the Synod last year. From
1888 to 1894, there was gain of l3 min
Isters, l5 churches, and 5l5 communi-
pants. The Synod's work il, therefore,
Ia very encouraging condition. IL 10
steadily enlarging in proportions. and
lhe success of II is attested by the fore
going figures.
About twenty ladies are coming tn the
synod, TO attend a meeting of the LA.
lies Synodical Committee on Missions.
Their meetings will be held IN the Chris
lian Church, ON Seneca street, near
Fourth. The women Of the Pres
Dyterian Chcrch are doing an immense
work, and one that cannot well be
by arithmetical computation.
This meeting is for ladies only, but
very one is invited to attend the eSynod.
The day sessions will be for business,
Ind the night sessions will be for popu-
ar exercises.