The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-17
gYNOD OF THE STATE.
presbyterians Take Counsel on
Church Affairs.
MISSION WORK DISCUSSED.
s..a Of Church Education Urged - Pro-
,esed Union With Congregational
Churches Rejected.

ne synod Of Washington OF the Presbyterian
B .surch, embracing the presbyteries OF Puget
/ Ind. olympia, Spokane, walla waila and
+ .,.ets convened in the First Presbyterian
4 ssurrh. Third and Madison streets, at 7:3o
B s,rlock on Thursday evening. 1t was opened
& ~ifh sermon by the retiring moderator, Rev.
Thorss Mcguire. The assembly was then con-
stItu,ed with prayer. Tho following were pres
& nj from other cities:
Rev. A. g. Foster. Anacortes; Rev. d. NJ.
& nsyeupert Sumner; Rev. Arson IL. Brown.
Hs,Iirgharn Bay church; Rev. A. j. Carney.
xepkssck; Rev. w. A. Mackay, Fairhaven; Rev.
noseYt Boyd. Port Townsend; Rev. II. B. Rice
rcrt Townsend Bay: Rev. $. II. Cheadle. North
Yskima; Rev W. McNair,. Kent; Rev. c. C. Me.
Csrthy, Dening; Rev. J. osmund. Tacoma;
Rev. Robert Cruikshank, Montesano; Rev.
George W. Sloan, Olympia; Rev. DR. A. Fl.
i~ekey. Aberdeen: DIR. John r. Thompson, Van
COVER; Rev. W. b. Williams, Chchalis: Rev NJ
q Mann, Tacoma; Rev. I. J. Lamont, Olympia:
Rev. B. l. Aldrich, Tacoma: Rev. II. F. White,
Hcouiam: Rev. A. Mckenzie, Hoquiam: Rev.
I. Eroulsstc. Napayine; Rev. J. G. Wiilert, Ia
eoma: Rev. G. B. Gregg. PuyalIup: Rev. David
Rev. &, s. Meyer. La cemas; Rev. J. H. Ray.
ns,d. Edison; Rev. r. II. Parker, Aberdeen:
lev. F. J. Munday. Spokane; Rev. W. IT, Cor.
nett, spokane: Rev. l. Wheels, Rockford: Rev.
IDAHO; Rsv r; NJ. Gum; D. D. walla
Eaho; Rev l. NJ Belden, Walla walla;
ass. Samuel w Wood H., D; D: lewiston,
seth Cook, wailsburg: Rev. Archie Lawyer.
.,rsmia, Idaho: Rev William Wheeler, North
Fort, Idaho. The last two are Indians. Elders
e. W. shannon, Anscortes: w. A. Horncr,
Sumner: r $. simpson, Beilinghan bay church:
George A. Kellogg Fairhsyen; Joseph A. Camp
bell, Port Townsend: Robert Kingling. Cedar
Cove; Hugh MeCawiay,. Deming: Z. w. Price.
rIrs. church; Seattle M;,,; !, N. Allen. Calvary
church. Seattle; l. W. Ballard. NJ. D., Slaughter;
T. b. Mccormick, Battery church: J. Evans, IT.,
Tacoma James A. Carr. HoQuiam: Arch Hos
pscs. Vancouver: W. H. Hanna, Olympia; L w.
Smith, Cosmopois.
After roll call Rev. W. Fl. Cornett, OF Spokane,
~ elected moderator and Rev. .Reverdy II.
IAekey. d. D., temporary clerk. After some
jo.aal routine business the synod adjourned
for the day.
On Resembling yesterday at a m. tho
syrodcai missionary. Rev. 7. NJ. Gum, d. D.,
ssye an account of mission work during the last
year. In the afternoon session the matter of Sc
lection of synodical missionary was laid down
iey this mornings meeting. An invitation from
the Frat Presbyterian church OF Spokane to
! bold the next meeting in that edifice was &C
eepted with thanks: this meeting will gather
October %, 1893 The COMMITTEES ON Indian mis-
sons and ministerial relief submitted reports,
which were adopted.
last evening a meeting was held at the
church for the purpose OF pOpularizing the work
done and 70 be done by Whitworth college,
Sumner. Wash. A short religious service was
given and Mrs. G. A. G. Rochester sang q
solo Rev. c. w. Stuart, d. D., principal of
Whisworth college, gave an interesting dis
course, setting forth the necessity in the church
for education having in view especially the
calling to the ministry. Among other things
be said that whitworth had ninty one pupils on
the rolls, of whom six intended to enter the
ministry. An address was also delivered by
kev John K Thompson, ID. d.
Tho presbytery of Walia Walia held meeting
In the gallery of the First church yesterday after
the synodicai session had adjourned for the
afternoon. This meeting was to consider COM
unnication from the church at Walla waIla re-
eusst;ng permission from the prcsbytcry to have
tho name Of the church stricken from the roll OF
churches. the intention being to unite with the
Naa walia Congregattonalists and give the
!, later the church property, valued at $4,000.
The pastor. Rev. Mr.. Beidin, agreed to become a
sCongregatonalist clergyman part OF the plan,
the general object being to maze up a strong
Consregationaiist body from the present con-
gegstions OF the two churches at
sWala Walla. As an equivalent for
this surrender of the Walla Walla church or
snnization, identity aud property, il was sug-
sekied that the Congrcgationalists of Ellens-
eufg should re.inquish TO the esbyterians OF
the latter place their church organization and
property. In both Ellensburg and walla Walia
II Was deemed that the Congregationalis;a and
ffeshyterians, by thus practically joining
bands. could in each case support the one
church which would be the result of the above
merger better than the two churches they are
now endeavortng to maintain in each place. 1t
discovered hat IaD h;tr
Vong,egatonaiists' property was not q fair
equivalent. aud that the membership was ex-
eeedingiy small. as against q large and active
congregation of Presbyterians at " ALA Walla.
The "aila Waila presbytery negatived the whole
opposition.