The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-12
A GOOD YEARS WORK.
Annual Meeting of Plymouth
Congregational Church.
LARGE ACCESSION OF MEMBERS.
An Add ition OF Over 2OO-Growth OF the
Sunday School and Missions-
The New Ohicers.

The annual meeting OF the Plymouth Com
gregatonal church was held Yesterday evening
in the lecture hall osthe church. An eccle-
eiastical meeting of the congregation was first
held, at which over 100 members were present,
and the pastor, the Rev. Wallace Nutting. pre-
sided.
The report of the church clerk, Mrs Colmar,
was read, and showed that 30 members had
joined the church during the past year. and
eighty were admitted on confession of faith.
The Ladies' Aid Society, through its president,
Mrs. Edward Burwell, gave an outline OF this
most important factor in church work. The
society has raised about 5000 in various ways,
and had carried the burden Of the church fur
nishings and the purchase of the fine church
organ.
The Ladies' Missionary Society presented its
report for the years work through the secretary,
Mrs. J. W. George, showing si57. 53 TO have been
distributed, about 500 OF this amount being
sent to the foreign field.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor made a report through its president, b.
w. Burleigh 1t showed that the society had
almost doubled its membership during the past
year, and now hal Isl members upon its rolls.
1t is taking leading part in the devotional and
social work of the church.
report by DR.. George Wright. the treasurer,
shows that s4253S 81 was distributed from the
benevolent fund OF the church through the
various agencies of the Congregational churches.
The nominating committee presented the fol-
lowing nominations for officers of the church,
which were duly elected: Deacons. Z. s. Smith.
A. P Burwell, d. D. Harper. W. H. LIewellyn,
w. b. Cone; deaconesses, Mrs. Hurd, Mrs. Drew.
Mrs Chapman, Mrs. A. p. Burwell; clerk of
church, Z. NJ. Gordon; treasurer. Z. S. Smith
ushers, morning, William Wickware, Dan Kim
ney, Fred Morris, l. s. Willard, J. s. Dawson.
James Boutwell,, T.. c. Hills, Frank Skinner;
evening, S. L Leonhardt, Ira Bronson. Eugene
Stoddard, f. B. Etting. ID. G.. krause, b. w. Bur
leigh, Leon Mears, W. b. Hutchinson.
The report OF ". D. Wood, superintendent OF
the Sunday school. showed that $50 names were
enrolled in the home Sunday school, and that
the average attendance for the year just ended
was 25a. This marks gain of lib i'll average
| attendance over the previous year. The amount
OF the collections was $590.79 The officers Of
the Sunday school elected Tor the year 1873 were
Superintendent, W. d. Wood; first assistant su
per!ntenGent, Miss Amanda Hildebrandt; sec
| ond assistant superintendent, l. s. Willard
| SUPERINTENDENT primary department. Mrs. ID. .
| Harger; chcrister, II. l. SIZer: secretary, K L.
! Hawiey; assistant secretary, Jessie Reeves
| Thirty-dve members of the Sunday schoo
| united with the church during the year.
The report of the Jackson street mission
| school, presented by A. r Burwel, its superin
| tendent, showed average attendance o
! eighty; that of the Pilgrim mission school, b
! W. Burieigh, superintendent, a menu ershil
roll OF 105; that OF the Joy street mission schoo
! en- average attendance OF fifty and collection
| amounting 10 SIS. The reports of these mission
| schools show that they are all in hourishin
condition, and while nearly all are self-suppor'
ing financially. the work of teaching and tn
| enlargement OF their Christian influence in tn
| neighborhood in which they are located rest
entirely upon the voluntary efforts OF the mem
| bers of the Plymouth church.
At the conclusion OF the ecclesiastical NEE
| ing the annual meeting of the corporation wa
| held. with DR.. +. c. kiloourre in the chai
| The report OF the trustees upon the finances {
| the church show the total recei pts OF the churc
| Tor the past year to have beeu 1886 30. pla
was presented for the enlargement al the churr