The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-13


Hrs. Dureut's Navel starry 81 he Churchss
lsreWsh Here.
At the Baptist Social Unions banquet
Tuesday night Mrs. n. r. Duraut read .
history Of the churcii's growth on Puget
sound and more particularly in Seattle. in
the following entertaining form:
cMRnNlcLEA
And Il came 10 pass that certain tribes, about
The tSSofh year, - they journeyen across the
plains from the East to the far West came 70
the waters of the Puget sound and there they
beheid : land fair 10 Look unon. surrounded on
ell sides by lofty mountains aud high hills,
whose sides we're covered with the mighty trees
OF the fofcsia
And they reasoned among themselves SAYING:
list ~ Pitch our tents and here let US dwell for
surely ~ have been led into goodly land How
Ing with milk and houey..
And II came 10 pass that asaay tribes came 10
dwell In this place. and Il grew 10 be mighty
and prosperous city: hutshe wiekednsss there
Of was great
And In the lsSsth year. in the eth monsh. ana
the 9Th day OF tho month. mighty IRE swept
over the city. and consumed much of L. and
many there were without homes. food or cloth
tnk. And the city was desoiate. Then ID entered
the hearth Of certain tribes near by. even Ia.
acssassxs by name, TO hasten with their bag
and their store and for many DAYS Their fed the
hungry and made Eisd the hearts Of the sorrow.
ful And the fame Of this good people went
abroad throughout Gil the land and from many
other tribes did help come.
Then sbe stricken tribes. even before the fire
Ma qnenehed. reasoned among themselves "a
ine, "Les 10 build . mighfier city. esen than
before And they called together che carren-
tiers. and the masons. and the hrickiayers and
they hsved Themselves timheFs sad cut stones
and burned bricks aud tho sound of the ham.
mes wss heard IN the land. And 10, before
many month"; there weFe houses. ard siores.
and great warehouses where che grAia of the
land wss stored, aud mighty wharves stretched
themselves out into the waters OF the great
Puget sound. whs-eaf che ships OF all nations
landed. bringing with them their goods and
taking with them In exchange timbers from
the mighty forests.
Ana the lame of this city. even seattle by
nanse. Was known among al the nations OF the
earth.
Amanr the seastacisos were mauy men n,
spisif. who fastened To DO rica and they bcagh,
lands. and toss. and sold them st fshulou.
prices esca 10 tire strangers coming ia their
midst Who knew net the value thereof and
many sre~ mlgh,y IN riches
Here endsth the 10. Chronlcis.
And II came In pass In The i~9sn year
IN the i~cisA meath ana thu sixt asy ~
the month. that one Edward. Of TIE tribe
al HaaiosA. with Ahhte. HE wife saa their
thrce saas. Prank. Charles and Thsda.aS
with certain other elders OF the tribes al
Ho.gsse aaa Andrews. reasoned among them.
selves and they said sie -. les as buiss as
sanctuary whose srire may point toward
heaven. and le, ns rsaks US q uarne. even tAe
nAnse OF sapsisss. taAs ne ssy h< known trsr,
one end Of the ea&st even % the ether end n ere,
81. AMI they called together The cars a,xrx ana
tue mssoas aud hey Mid. sssse to. hcw as loss
from the mixhty trees 81 the fersts thai see nav
hsve an house thai shall - shas q, wt.s
stand the storms ~ hsavens And tie elders 81
the u ihes spskc uafo the hasiasrs saving. &C.
seratns 70 al tAss se saew taee even - hall
ye make Il.
AID forty enhtss shah be sac length Thereof,
And twenty ssvea cuhsss shall BE- the width
theFseI
And twenty cussss .hail Dc the hissA thrree.
And II wAs dose And lo' II has sseod sasse
many years
Aaa they called msn az greet rlety 10 30 In
sna cut sssnre thea. aRtai cae came who sAoxse
vita taesa sas m<ny years A man snall Ia
eAtaFs. hsas 81 great wsrth. when ais lahss-x
uvre nasshsa TIE tribes said esse 10 another s.fst
es cali ase David. saaa OF power and al srex.
ssAiuses and a man OF Fsezee.i a ere He n.
ecrsi Asasex the people msny wears ana tsa
mgeh god Ia the iant. geilemtax tAss rasn
came csis kae~ss OF sss tribe OF WHITAKER =
maa es sesxsss spiris ssa aasss saGea we a,d
srxss god sssi ssSRt ca bis wss 10 ether srsh<s
New. thsse elders = lAa Erxs sAnesnsry rg..
sassed anee sgssa ssaaag shsmsegyes As.ss xsta
sL<s - saioae sseeFxsA os the srshs al nasvAssts
ard he esnss. hfsaxtsx he stfs wssh afsz
&c - 81 F.aessssss appearance Ara gins. In
sEsseh- Ana fsss scsx Evew ard rrosfssrssf la hls
hands
Ana Ia sae sssssh yess shs sxsas.s .e~a~ srssn.
fssmssssss s&tssS sx<sss fst a. - h.nsx sas
taad ~ AlsSsse< sssetaaxy, .ass cxssxia q q,