The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-02
|sEAMEs's FRIEND SOCIETY.


Following = the snnnal report q
ehapsain Thomas Rees Of the Sea
men 3 Friend society Of Nex York, %
the iozsd Of traztees Ok tie Seattle 90
eiety. The board Is 81 follows. Chzsr-
inAa. x. 8 Greene; secretary, : r.
karEeil; trustees. Dr.. Weed Cas-.
HAZARD, Or. Wharf. g. PArkhurSf.
SaHber 81 services held, 2sf: Il
county Izd. 3; On hozri ship. 2 Vi
rs n5ssze. ~. 10 ships. es4: 70 sick
rooms and b84T4iug-houses- Is. u
Grace hospital. ~ Average attend
anee az our meeting az sailors. IL:
rssen Tor prayers. -; prosessesi CONVEX
ssons. g.; conversions Of sailors. e.
t5esisgd 10 iotai abstinence. 81.
oWr Blae Elbfon Club. led BIZ
CLARK Davis and aided hy the Ia
ITsiies II the W G. I. T.. 10 whom ge
have beer deeply INDEBTED for hall
. hold our bethel services I'd 10 the
month OF September. and co were
converted Tracts distributed $50:
Bibles. II; Textafnenfs, 81. seauen
cared for during the year, II. IN Grace
bOspitai. 81. Deaths. ,: by accident,
?. Preached in various churches. l3:
Protestant Methodist, ? First ~ Z
church. = Battery Street. 3: Free
Methodist. ?. Second Baptist, ?
II We add - to the number Of ships
and vessels given In the Pages Sound
HsgG-iae. which does not account for
January nor December. We have Of
ses2osng vessels total of 33l. II each
vessel carries a crew of ~. which j.
Low estimate. il gives u a total. saving
nothing Of our local traffic. OF 1912 sea.
men. At the lowest estimate we have
"a and 500 men who frequent our fair
Qgsen City each year, and this num-
Der : growing.
What shall we do for them 10 meet
their moral and spiritual wants ,
shall they in the future. as In the past.
be uncared for ? Shall these, among
all the incoming crowds, be left out in
the cold We have a waterfront OF
from seven to eight miles extent l.
there not in all this extended water
front a place that some benevolent
man or woman will give US, az New
Years donation, on which 10 build or
moor bethel. afioat or ashore Or
would not some one lease Us a place
at a moderate rental, where we could
build a neat little mariners church,
with a reading room in front where
seamen might sit during their hours
on Shore place WHERE thew would be
made - feel al home. and welcome az
ali TINES, and also 20 worship in on
the sabbath have, for the last three
months sought for place OF that
siRd. but have failed. and | am. Mr.
Biitor. in hopes Of reaching a great
many more ears through the columns
OF your paper than / could possibly
reach By personal inquiry. Especially
do we hope in this way 20 reach the
honorable the mayor Of Seattle and
our city fathers, in hope that they may
be able to secure 10 rs some place at
the foot OF one of the streets near the
shipping for this most worthy pur-
pose
Thanking the citizens Of Seattle for
their kindness during the past year.
and also the pastors OF the varions
churches for their sympathy ard CO.
operation. also the ladies OF the ". {.
T. for the free use OF their hall.
while thew had it. and the press for
kindly giving our notices a place in
their papers. ! beg TO remain, yours.
in Christian labor for the sailors of
Seattle. THOMAS REFS.
Chaplain Of Seamen's Friend Society.