Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-24
..asr seUND BAPTIST AssocaA'
TEON.
yrFrH SESSION.

yrFTH SESSION.
p.;a.v Las p.m.-The committee on
s,s;s of religion reported large
W. 49,. - az membership and good reil-
;ntsrest in all the churcht y, and \
~, gA,nI ontlook throughout the field.
X Moderator appointed the follow
oromittees, which we're confirmed
Is the Association:
Tine Place and Preacher-Howard
Weston, Robert Kn'pe and ID. Ronde-
basb. D. r p,e r. u
VI Davis, G. w. Traver.
fse standing Committee ON Home
Missions reported as follows:
The port 0 home missions adopted
.,onr last annual session cOmmended
chs appointment of an executive com-
vittse sf i've members, chosen from
s,asrent sections of our Association,
x,tb the fullest power to act IN all mat
80 uar,ainlng TO our mission work dur
ina the ensuing year, In co operation
s'th or independent of any other body,
:, their option." A desire for more
sirsct and independent action with the
Home Mission Society. and the recog
nised necessity of more systematic effort
d possess the strategic points in cur
,spldly growing country, were the lead
ina motives in the appointment OF the
sommittee. As soon ~ the appointment
vsa made, the committee telegraphed
he Secretary of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society at New fprk,
asking the privilege Of co-operati. x di-
rastly and Independently as AN Assoeia-
tiep with that Society, but the Secretary
vss unwilling to take tho responsibility
al changing the recognized bounds aries
Of the Convention.
Rev. J. c. Baker, Superintendent of
Missions, who has just fetorned from
ths national anniversaries of the de-
aomination at Detroit, Michigan, spoke
enthusiastically of the intense Interest
q the East in this particular portion Of
the great West ut the present time. No
thing like II has ever been known before
nour country's history. North Amer
ica for Christ" is Inscribed upon the
banner Of our Home Mission Society.
II engages the energies of great peo-
ple and should be the rallying cry of
every Baptist Association in the land.
The presence Of the Gospel is the only
sure safeguard to liberty. Beset by
European infdelity and superstition,
BY Asiatic heathenism aud Wall street
gambling, We must have the checking
power Of Christianity or we are lost AS
arpublio. Perhaps one reason for the
Increased interest in our welfare is the
fact that the terminus of the Union
iranscontinental line of road Is TO be
somewhere on the Sound. and every
town expects it. At present Tacoma is
the terminus, Seattle has the end, and
On whatcom nudfats "a voice: Tide
hats" | saw the sign Terminus"
We all know Olympia Is a terminus,
and surely somewhere on the Sound IL
TO be great city thrt shall compare
With the great centers of the East. Our
Eastern people therefore leap over the
great wheat fields of Dakota and the
broad plains Of Montana, and fix their
chief interest ON Puget Sound. Our
Home Mission Secretaries have con
SANITY before them map of this whole
coaatry, which is carefully studied be
fore every appointment. They will put
every dollar possible on this field. They
ooiumbia, as Canada 3aptists have their
hands full at Manitoba. There should
oe twenty churches in British Columbia
10 three years. Bro. Walter Burr. son
eiaprominent capitalist in Nova Scotia,
Vii soon be at Victoria, bringing with
nlm large endowment Of financial
ABILITY, thorough education and an
earnest heart. A man will be put at
new Westminster aud held there till
lhe church In on its feet. You need a
general missionary most thoroughly oa-
pable Tor all work. who can explore. or.
ganize or build. rs the case quires.
AZ Medical Lake eleven months ago |
preached once, saw the opportunity, sent
nfo. Carmichael To start a house. and
!oday We have church settled in that
work.
50 on Puget Sound you should build
ssen or eight hsuses this year. Then,
y you Will cooperate, seven first class
men VIII be sent out. The commsroe OF
we racitic coast for the next ii'ty wears
WI equal that Of the l. ,stern coast fifty
ysan ago. fou are 90 lay foundations
snu push your church Just as business
men push their trade. not beyond safety,
sus oat into the open door of new op-
portunities.
Inc Secretary of the Home Mission
Se'y u planning 10 visit this field in
psVmoer, 10 see with his own eyes the
work is be done.
Afesolution was passed urQinp menu
: 80 70 connect themselves With the
s0afeh geographically.
SIXTH SESSION.
sIaay. p.m.-Devotiona Exercises
90 oy Mrs. NJ. A. Pierce.
"A committee on Obitaaries present
~ sSssef rep rt, referring with feeling to
~ ~ i've deaths among the membership
sae association during the year.
Ine chalrmaa announced the follow.
.ae appointments of standing commit
which were confirmed:
nssm n,s OF RsliRion-Rev. J. T. Huf,
~. Y. Jones, Rev. ]. wickser.
s..e'eign Missions Rev. B. s. McLaf-
NY, Hon. Roger =. Greene. w. NJ.
Senday schools-G. W. Ward, q. w.
Ever, X q. CALDWELL.
nsaoation--Rev. J. Z. Ludlow, g. III.
assaiord, ID. Rondebush.
sTmon by Rev. b. =. McI4afferty--
N. gs.s 'e'.er killeth. but the spirit giveth
Ps.. Al spirit tends To enbody itself.
reform passes through what NAV
I,ssseo tue duid state TO the solid.
hm was q letter, but 10 had once
-. = spirit. Christianity was first a
a., A snen letter. Professionalism was
ssr.s spirit, then letter. Every ordi-
thIas once existed ~ spirit. Every
slass shaf endures is destined 90 become
ls..s' spirit will not stay without q
sn.s.. 70 hold IL. What avail our fine
ssisons II they do not embody them
ns. 70 the letter Of deedsf What
Were Is in letter to hold the
- stn OF q nation. We should burn
ssssntne ~ we future With bad words and
uns.sM - Man with good words and thoughts
iasApfessed. leaf inscribed with mar
,hs ouafaeters leads the sailor across
Ia so;sa.; how much letter Is essential
n.nssi A large class dispsrage oFdi-
rita nnd Affect contempt for external
A al eaui does not condemn the letter
letsa" out the empty formality. The
Chrs.l necessary TO continued life.
b - uSs live longest that are devoted
siesI lettsr. live net only in ecoiesias.
rital;ss l;s~ef, bot also in spirituality and
ss'ses foz wss ss pure a spiris ss