The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01

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prehensiye system Of academic sshoaIs
designed 70 meet fully the edurafiorai
wants of the church.
The Congregstionalists have atWaII.
Walla the Whitman coliere- s5o;n-
fun college work, and Of excellent rhsys
acter; also an academy al Coupe~iJI.
on WILDLY island. They are rlann;rs,,
I for large university IN the vieir,ifv p
/ Tacoma, which shall become the -,
/ ter of their educational work IN ~.
( territory. The Baptists have fIov,ishs-
/ ing college in Eastern Washincto-,
and are also intending in the near - ~
ture loeating and endowine a een.-sl
university az some desirable nrsn-
upon Puget Sound.
The Methodists have a wen eSt.k-
EShed academy at Olympia. which =
I doing excellent academic ana norr,.l
I work, and has a large PATRONAGE f-n-,,
the Territory. Also a college a, So
kane Falls, under the direct ratranss.
OF the Colombia river conference e,
extensive and very valuable site To-
the Central Methodist University has
Z been secured at Tacoma, and eonsi3-
erabie work i being done in grading
lots, preparatory TO erecting the main
college buildings. Plans for this
building have been drawn, which In
Guide the latest modern improvements
( Tor advanced scientific work. and gen-
erat construction. II is the purFose
I or the church to make this university
T second TO none on the Pacific coast.
Other Protestant denominations ara
awake 10 the educational interests Of
their churches and are deEising liberal
plans for the immediate future. The
Roman Catholic church with its usual
sagaclty and energy, has located its
/ paroehial schools and hospitals AZ
Z strategic points and is sparing neither
money nor labor in making her infiu-
I ence felt through educational arpn-
cies. The policy OF this church i now
( openly and boldly proclaimed: she
{ proposes 70 bring all Catholic children
( under the direct religious instructions
OF her own selected teachers. in her
/ own schools. Her zeal and persever-
ance may provoke the Protestant
Z churches TO more earnest and diligent
effort in the work Of moral and relir-
ious culture.
+ Manifestly upon the vital auestion
of education, Washington Territory 4
/, prepared to give no uncertain anSwer
There need be no loss OF edueationai
advantages for those who come 10 her
domain. Indeed rs Characteristics ~
Western life more intense enthusiasm.
may be expected here as in other
work. The wonderful DEVELOPMENT
OF educational institutions in Callfor-
mia points to similar growth and pro-.
gress to be anticipated for all the states
of the Pacific coast Teachers viii
find here an unusually inviting aeld
for their profession, aifording better
compensation and better prospect Of
advancement than in the more
crowded school work Of the east.
THE cHrEcHEs.
As indicated in the enterprise and
activity displayed in the work Of re-
ligious education, the churches here
have not failed TO respond 10 the
Macedonian cry for help in evangeiiz-
ing the great West The thoroughly
organized forms in which church
work nov advances. preclndes the
neglect OF new fields as they are
opened by the march of civilization
Formerly much was left to the indi-
vidual enthusiasm Of Christian men
and women in supplying the demand
OF the gospel. Now every denoHiina-
ton has its organized boards OF home
and foreign missions. These with the
bible and tract societies march In the
van OF the army of discovery and set.
fleuen', and wherever the woodman's
az Is heard or the plash OF the wheels
OF the steamer and the whistle OF the
locomotive. there the gospel trumpet
sounds with IS promises and its inyi-
tations. The church and the school
are the inseparable adjuncts OF West
ern civilization. Every city and every
hamlet now has its place of religious
worship and often several churches
Indeed the mistake OF the religious
denominations Is rather in planting
too many feeble societies in one place,
than in negleeting an open field.
Washington Territory is well repre-
scented by the various churches. In
the larger cities and towns the
church buildings are commodiaus
and some are costly and
with all modern ar
for various kinds OF re-
ligious work. As a rule, however,
even in the cities, the second stage OF
chureh-buillling only has been reached.
This is the intermediate between the
rude log or frame church TO the strHe-
ture complete in architecture and
The ministers occupy
ing the pulpits of these churches, as q
rule, are men OF piety and ability. fully
abreast of the age in its exaeting de-
mands for thought, diction and re-
ligious power. Nor are the pioneers
Of the forests and the mines neglected.
The home missionaries OF the different
denominations follow these bold SET
tiers TO their camps and their cabins,
lgd in the log schoolhouse. the tent,
Or under the open canopy of heaven,
sheltered by the waving branches OF
the fir or the cedar, proclaim the Cos
pei of peace and purity. The nucleus
Of a church is established, and its
future growth and influence secured.
Nor are the wanderers on the sea
neglected. At Seattle. Tacoma. and
other points seamen's bethels are
and the reports of results
secured are highly encouraging 20 the
friends OF the cause.
The Salvation Army has also en-
on this coast, and tinds an
field for its semi-military re-
igious warfare against the grosser
forms OF wiekedness which prevail IN
seaport towns.
OTHER MORAL AND RELIGIOUS Asso-
CITATIONS.
In estimating the moral and relig-
ous forces at work in Washington
Territory and along the Pacific coast,
Il would be great oversight 70 iah 10
notice the work done by the Young
Mems Christian Association and oy
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. The former organization Is
especially designed and adapted 70
reach and help young men who come
here TO make permanent home. ne
moved from parental influence ana
thrown among strangers ah1
The fierce temptations OF seaport ana
mining towns. they are peculiarly sx-
posed to the destructive forces Oh TINS
new life. 0ftentimes, both homeless
aud penniless, they are tempted 10
seek the wages of vice and crime.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
lion not only offers these needy
brothers a temporary resting place.
with healthy and elevating influences,
with attractive physical and moral en-
ironments-games, books and papers,
lectures and worthy compani0nsniP-
but il goes out bv is representatives,
10 meet the stranger, extending the
hearty grasp Of welcome, aad aidins
him in securing a reputable home ana
employment. The valne o.
such help ut such times cannot q
The hearts OF many
Christian parents in Eastern homes
have been cheered and made TO r.
dice by the knowledge that Their sohs
we're under the care Of some Young