Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-05
BArrIsIs On COUNCIL.
SATURDAY. Oct. 81. Iss

AANH0Ars OCA- o.. 1870.
The Board Of Publication seem 70
nsvs devised forward movement in
regard 10 their paper. The Bas,ist
bsdo0s has been printed ss the mission
organ OF the Convention for several
year-, bat seems TO have lost favor
through ssne hasty expressiou Of its
editor. Meanwhile the Portland Bsptiss
nss been growing In size and favor, and
u seems 20 have q circulation nearly
equal TO the other. The proposition is
made to pa. the papsr into private
hands. In the hope that unity Of effort
may be secared.
The Committee on Education reported
about $3.50 Necessary to complete the
anal payment of $4,000 for the No
hinnvilis college building before d.
e-mber lith. or lose 5000. About $50
we're raised on Saturday evening for
that purpose. The csllees will then be
put on a ssund basis with about $4,000
OF property, and Is the only college in
the denomination north of California
The Sunday School Conmittee recon
msnded a separate organization for the
State. II adds:
This board feels peculiar gratifica-
ton IN the fact that We have during the
year had q most valuable accession in
the Sunday School work Of our large
territory in the person of K @. Wheeler,
representa- Z the American Baptist Psb-
location Society Beard. and his excellent
and accomplished wife, both Of whom
we're present and gave valaable assist
ance 10 the proceedings Of our Sunday
School Convention"
The Convention, formed in 1877, has
for Its limits Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and British Columbia The work has
become too extended for any single
board, and two years since il was voted
that work in Western Washington and
British Columbia, and in Eastern Wash
ington and Northern Idaho, be under
boards of their own appointment, Civ
annual minutes. Under this plan the
Puget SHund Executive Com nittee we're
organized, the report Of which was given
yesterday.
The following report shows the action
Of the last Convention on SATURDAY.:
Your committee ON division of the
Convention would respectfully report
that they called on the firm Of Williams
d Willis for counsel. Mr.. Willis, after
hearing a full statement of the case,
advised that the legal steps necessary to
be taken are: that the various districts
proceed to organize and incorporate as
independent conventions, and the old
corporation be given q proper time to
dispose of its business property, d j., and
be dissolved.
= We therefore recommend that the
three districts proceed to inc rporase
under such names as may seem 70 them
most suitable, providing that no one of
the districts shall take the name of the
existing convention.
Your committee would further re-
commend that the mission board of the
Convention N. p. Q. be instructed to
ascertain the amount of leRacies and
such other property as may belong to
the said convention, and to take all
preliminary steps necessary to q final
distribution OF property at the next an
nual meeting Of the body"
Signed by the committee.
ID. W. G. BsrrT, Chm.
A. j. HUssAkER,
ID. j. PIERCE.
The Committee on nominations re-
commended for the Board of Foreign
Missions-Rev. A. NJ. Russell. Of Ash
land; Hen. b. +. Doris, Of Eugene; Mrs.
j. @. Baker, of Salem.
For the Home Mission Board-Rev.J. j.
q. A. Henry. of Portland; w. ID. Blszin.
of East Portland; - Thornton, of
Union City; b +. Chenoweth. Of Oak
land.
The report was adopted.
Rev. j q. Baker gave some interesting
statistics on the missions of the Con-
veRtisn. The present basis is that of
fiS. 400 per year, of which Oregon re-
oeives 5000; Eastern Washington and
Idaho, &6575; Western Washington and
British Columbia, fi125.
There are - men nov on the field and
IA more are needed at once. Five mis-
sion churches have become self support
ing daring the year.
The resolutions concerning the Super
intepdent Of Missions expressed viii
lineness to continue cooperation pro-
vided-
lst. That the decisions of loo Al boards
can have due weight.
%. That We be relieved OF the expense
of Superintendent of Missions, believ-
ing that the work may better be done
through the general missionaries acting
in concert With the local boards.