The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

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vice In the present church was neld On
Easter day last year. There are sixty
| members in the society. and about 80
/ persons attend sunday morning meetings.
/ When Rev. Rosing took the pastorsse. two
/ years and half ago. he found dozen
members and no property. Their property
| is worth over 81. 600, and the congregation
| Is almost ont Of debt. The remarkable
success Of the church Is due 70 Rev. Ros-
| ing's earnest labor. and TO liberal contri-
| buttons by A A. Denny, g. Morris Halter
and others not connected with the church
| Rev. Rosing breaches AZ Kent, Ballard
and Bofbell on alternate Sundays.
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church
| Fourth street. between Pike and Pine.
Pastor, Rev Erick Heeden; number Of
| members, sixty: average congregation,
| DO; value Of church property. 5000.
German Lutheran-Services are held on
the east side Of Third, between Pike and
Pine, by Rev. Arnold Jansen.
German Reformed.
German Reformed ehurch-This church,
which Is now seven years old, had pros
pered exceedingly under the pastorship Of
Rev. @. Graedel and has now eIghty-two
communicates. Ithas only been In its pres
ent building since 1888: the value Of the
property is s. .000 The church officers are
Gust Penner. Albert Buhtz, Christ Vie
land, W. Schnurbuseh, Herman Froehiich.
The choir IL under the direction of Ad ].
Mayer, organist, and its members are
Misses Katie Wenzier. Lena Digel, Selma
Sehoene, Justine Janzer, Aessrs- W.
schnurbuscb, Christ wieIand Melchior
Schiappi. y. Preussing, ID. Janzer.
a new congregation has been organized
about month ago at Ballard. The lot
upon which a church must be erected
within six months is already secured The
membership is sixteen and the Sunday
school is twenty-four strong. John
Freund, Matthaus G. Zervoenka and
Henry Kreitz are the officers.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society of the
German Reformed church in Seattle, did a
notable work last year. They expended
about $50, partly for benevolent and
partly for congregational purposes. The
membership is eighteen Mrs. Henriette
Preussing is its president, Mrs. Emma
Schmitz, secretary; Mrs. Hermine Schoene,
treasurer.
The Sunday-school of the First German
Reformed church numbers fully 80 menu
bers. Twelve Of the larger boys and girls
purposes. During the past year they sent
contribution 10 Bethany Orphans Home
at Womelsdorf. Penn; to the treasurer
for home, foreign and Bohemian mission.
Albert Buhtz is the superintendent, Will
Schnurbusch, treasurer
German Evangelical - Harrison and
Birch streets; pastor, Rev. ]. Erich.
About the hrst of the year it completed
oh - n =.
ETY. has 1900 worth of property and
thirty-two members. It has been organ
lied about three years, and has grown con-
siderably since the opening of the church.
Methodist Protestant.
Protestant Methodist church-Pastor,
Rev. Clark Davis. Until October S, 1850,
the congregation held meeting in a tent
near the site of the $4,000 frame church
destroyed by ire on June 6, isS9. The lot
was sold for s30, 100 and new church cost
ing $3S, 900 was built at the corner of Third
and Pine streets upon SO. 600 LOT and has
seating capacity of l,i00. The church is
out of debt. The Methodist Protestant
church is one of the oldest in the city, hav-
ing been established about twenty-five
years ago by Daniel Bagley. 1t has
membership of 2O0 persons and an aver
age congregation of 500 on Sundays. The
Sunday-school numbers 300. 1t has a IL
brary and reading room. Church officers
Dexter Horton, d. Bagley, w. Mercer,
o. J. Carr, d. B. Ward. The choir is under
the direction of Professor L. A. Darling.
Second Methodist Protestant chu-ch-
This offspring of the First Methodist Pro-
testant has proved to be a very sturdy
child. II has only been in its own build
ing for few weeks, but under the minis
tration of Rev. o. V. w. Chandler the
work of both church and Sunday. school is
in dourishing condition. 1t has a con-
gregation numbering $50. but with seat
ing capacity of 800 it Is expected TO grow
even more rapidly. The church, which is
located on the corner of Warren and Re-
publican streets. was built at a cost of
5000 with a parsonage costing another
$1,000. Altogether its property cannot be
worth less than $1,000 The new congre-
CATION viii shortly be orga1ized. AT pres
ent the work falls mainly on the pastor
and Mr.. d. 3. Ward, superintendent of the
Sunday-school.
Free Methodist church-The first Free
Methodist church in Seattle is at the cor
ner of Tenth and Pine, and is one of the
new organizations. Although hut little
over 100, and church and parsonage of its
own, costing about 5000, with accommo-
dations for congregation Of 275 persons.
the average attendance being $50 The
pastor has always been Rev c. e. Mercy
noids, and under his care the church work
has been very successful
Church offcers-Trustees: c. E. McRevuolds.
president: II. H. Pease, treasurer. II NJ Franz
lin, secretary; J. wintermute, J. Burrows. J.
Langworthy, h. Smith, " B. Peterson, n e
Hough.
Methodist Protestant church-Ballard.
Pastor, Rev. Slack; number of members
10; average congregation, 100; value of
church property, $500. Last winter built
new church costing $1,000
Unitari N.
Unitarian church-Seventh street, be-
tween Union and Pike. Pastor, Rev. Rod
erick Stebhins. Has forty members and
congregation of $50 or 200 The present
building of the society was completed in
October last, and is the finest church edi-
hce built during the past year Property
belonging TO the society is worth ssOs0
Rev. Smith has been pastor since August
ISIS, and the organization has existed since
ISL. but it is only in the last two or three
years that regular services have been held
Rev. Mr.. Stebbins, son of the vet more dis
tinguished Rev. Horatio Stebbins. was re-
Gently invited TO occupy the pulpit. and
has replaced Rev. Mr.. Smith, who went 70
Denver.
Christian.
Christian church-Seneca street, be-
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