The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-31
CHURCH NEWS NOTES.
Catholic Fathers Arrive-Season OF Con-
ferences-Missionarie From China.

Catholic Fathers Arrive-seasou of Com
Observation-Disclosures From China.
Rev. Father Cataldo. of Spokane. pro-
vlneial father of the Jesuits for Washing
ton, Oregon and Idaho, and Rev. Father
r. Garrant of Yakima, are making Rev.
Rather f. x. Prefontaine a visit in this
city. They will spend several days here
before returning to their homes. Father
Garrant addressed the congregation of the
Catholic church of Our Lady of Good Help
yesterday morning upon the subject of
the grief that the sinner causes TO mother
church
The Advent Christian churches OF West
ern Washington will hold camp and con-
terence meeting at Fremont, beginning
next Friday and continuing one week.
Western Washington has been set off from
the Washington and Oregon conference
ana separate organization is to be per-
fected at this meeting. Elders Carman,
ketchum, Snyder, Powell, Steers and 9TH
ers will preach.
MAJOR George A. Hilton, the Washing
ton City orator and temperance lecturer,
who has been supplying the pulpit of the
First Methodist Protestant church while
Rev. Clark Davis has been taking vaca-
ton, leaves this morning for the East,
where he will make lecturing tour. He
Will return to Seattle some time next
summer. Major Hilton has made many
friends in Seattle during his stay, and has
always had crowded churches at his meet
lngs. His family will remain here for the
present.
Rev. Walter Lowry and his mother, Mrs.
Lowry, missionaries from Pekin, China,
are spending few days in the city. Yes
terday Mr.. Lowry assisted in the services
at the Calvary Presbyterian church, on
Market street, making a short address
upon missionary work in the Orient Mrs.
Lowry will address the ladies interested in
missions at the same church at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon.
Bishop ]. N. Fitzgerald, of Minneapolis,
will arrive in the city this week to hold
the conferences of the Norwegian and Ger
man Methodist Episcopal churches, and
will be the guest of Rev. DR.. Gilbert for
two weeks. Next Sunday Bishop Fitz-
gerald will occupy the pulpit of the First
Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. D. T. Carnahan, of Port Townsend,
preached in the pulpit of the Second Pres
byterian church. in North Seattle, yester-
day. His morning subject was "Joy and
Peace in Believing"
Rev. /. w. Read, pastor of the Market
street Baptist church, is at Tacoma in at
tendance at the annual meeting of the
Baptists of the state. His pulpit yester-
day was occupied by Rev. E. NJ. Bliss, of
Whatcom.
The new church of the Holy Trinity
English Lutheran church, at the corner of
Seventh and Union streets, is about COM
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ready for use next Sunday.
Secretary Carter. of the Young Mems
Christian Association, delivered short
address yesterday after loon at the associ-
alton rooms on the subject of "Stum-
bling"
Mr.. John Schively, of Anacortes, occu-
pied the pulpit of the First Methodist
Episcopal church, Marion and Third
streets, yesterday. Rev. Mr.. Gilbert is in
attendance at the conference at Aberdeen.
Rev. L. C. Pitner conducted the services
and preached the sermon at Trinity Meth
odist Episcopal church, in North Seattle,
yesterday morning, in the absence of the
pastor, Rev. s. Alonzo Bright
Nearly all of the Methodist Episcopal
ministers of the city are in attendance at
the annual conference at Aberdeen. They
will return Tuesday or Wednesday.
Rev. John T. Damon preached in Rev.
George Fl. Lees pulpit, in the Taylor Con-
gregational church, yesterday morning and
evening.
The Unitarian Sunday-school will re-
reopen next Sunday, after several months
vacation.
Quite a number of Baptists attended the
annual convention of the Baptists of WASH
ington at Tacoma last week.
The two foreign missionary societies of
the First Methodist Episcopal church will
hold a joint meeting at the church on
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
A social will be given on Friday
evening of this week by the Junior League
of the First Methodist Episcopal church.
New knights of Pythias Lodge.