The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-19
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES.

ST. Marks Club meets in the parlors OF the
Chamber OF Commerce tonight
The South Seattle Methodist Protestant Sun
day school and the public school will have q
union Christmas tree on Christmas eve.
Rev. w. H. Drake, pastor of the Kent Metho-
dist Episcopal church, has been called East by
illness in his family. His place has been tenn
porarily supplied by Rev. j. Mexican.
On last Sabbath evening very interesting
Sunday school missionary meeting was held at
South Seattle n. p. church. Though it was a
rainy night the church was well filled.
Special meetings will be held in North Seattle
Baptist church Tuesday aud Thursday nights
at 7:30. They will be in the nature OF revival
services. The Sunday school will have Christ
mas tree on Saturday evening.
The quarterly meeting for the election OF off,
GERS in the Epworth League of the Battery street
Methods. Episcopal church takes places on
Wednesday evening. On Sunday there will be
special services appropriate to Christmas both
morning and evening.
Four trained male voices, two bassos and two
tenors, have just been added to the vested
choir of Trinity Parish church. They will be
heard especially in the offertory anthems on
Christmas day. The services on that day will
be at $50 and II a. m. and 80 p. IN.
Trinity NJ. Z. church is more than busy with
the work OF the holidays. A Christmas tree will
be set out for the little folks in the church on
Saturday night Christmas eve) and the decora-
tions put up on that day will remain up for the
Christmas services proper. On Christmas even
ing a special song service will be given.
The proper title of "Old Trinity" which has
now erected its new stone edifice at James and
Eighth streets. is Trinity Parish church aud not
Trinity Protestant Episcopal church, as . is
commonly written. The nsme was especially
chosen to distinguish it from Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church, in the northern part of the
city.
Dean Watson, of Trinity Parish church, met,
on Saturday evening, with the vestry and men,
bers OF ST. Clements church in the eastern part
OF the city, and as a result OF the consultation,
IL is hoped that services will be speedily re-
sumed and q neat guild house and chapel
erected upon the lot lately purchased OH Market
street
The two ecclesiastical divisions OF the Episco.
pal church in Washington, known by the names
of Olympia and Spokane, are not as yet inde-
pendent dioccses, but only dependent mission
airy Jurisdictions. Fl. Rev. DR.. Wells, just conse-
Grated for Spokane. aud RI Rev. DR.. Paddock,
OF Olympia, are, therefore, missionary aud not
diocesan bishops.
At the Battery street NJ. E; church, Rev. Al.
fred Inwood preached in the morning on the
topic, "Christian Baptism" his text being in
Acts Hiss: Repent and be baptized, every one
OF you IN the name of Jesus Christ for the re-
mission OF SINS, anu We fSCeiNc ZIG GIT cl
the Holy Ghost" In the evening George Carter.
general secretary OF the Y. N. c. A, gave q dis
course 10 young people.
The Y. NJ C. A services at Plymouth church
at $50 yesterday afternoon were OF very inter
esting nature. large audience was present
Evangelist H. W. Brown preached a good dis
course on the subject OF "The Wild Man OF
Gadara" A notable feature of the service was
an organ voluntary by Prot. II. Sherman
sharpe. 1t was Joseph Haydns dead March
in SAUL" and was played in honor of the late
Henry l. Yesler.