The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-15
THE BAPTISTS' WORK.
Closing Session of the North
west Convention.
BANQUET AT THE UNIVERSITY
Papers on Missions. Edueatfon. Temper
snee and Sunday sehoeis-Ths
Young Peoples Meeting.

Baptist church, vas devoted 10 reports on
foreign missions, educational. temperance
and sunday school work and to discus
sions OF the reports and papers read, which
interested q large audience.
Owing To the inability of Mrs. r. 8.
Greene to attend, her husband, Judge
Greene. read the report on foreign mis-
4 sious. which gave some interesting figures
on the subject and was followed by dis-
cussion, in the course of which Rev. c. A.
Woody. of Portland. editor Of the Pacific
Baptist, made some instructive remarks on
| Christian work.
The educational report was then read by
] Rev. w. +. Harper. of Tacoma, chairman
| Of the committee on education, showing a
| great advance in that branch Of work dur
ing the past year, particularly In the or
| ganization OF the North Pacific univer-
sity. This corporation is to establish
| schools under the control of the
Baptist denomination throughout the
state. with q principal school. probably al
| Seattle. all TO be under the supervision Of
the central body. The university of Sc
| attic. of which the preparatory depart
ment was opened on September 10, 1892, Is
now closing its fifth term with forty-two
RuptASt CtEHt the sENtDF aCAuSIu4S
course, twelve in the middle, eight in the
| junior and fourteen in the preparatory
| course. OF these, class OF six wild gradu-
ate ready for college in 1894. The school,
which is the property of private corpora
ton, has five acres of land near the city
and q building of twenty-six rooms, the
total value being about $4,000. There is
also another prosperous school at Cen
tralia.
Judge Greene read the report of the
committee on temperance, in which he
dealt with the importance of the subject
and the evils of intemperance, and urged
that the churches should do all in their
power to destroy the saloon system.
A letter from Rev. Z. G.. Wheeler. of the
chapel car Emanuel. on the Baptist Pub
LEGATION Society, Sunday schools and re-
ligious literature, was read BY Rev. j. E.
Coombs. lie showed the progress made
In Sunday school work, and enlarged on
its value to the church. He also showed
the good work done by the Baptist Publi-
cation Society in circulating religious lit
erature, dwelt on the necessity Of supply
ing the young with eievating reading mat
ter. and urged that the publication society
should be recognized as the depot of re-
liglous information.
At the woman's session in the afternoon
Miss Malmberg, of Tacoma, delivered a
short but interesting address on her mis-
sion work among her fellow countrymen.
the Scandinavians. which has been fruit
full in good results.
The woman's session opened by the sing
ing of the duet, "The Lord NY Shepherd, I"
by Mrs. Pratt and Mrs. White, of the
Market street church. Following this was
the second annual report of Mrs. s. W.
Beaver, of the woman's board of home
missions for Western Washington. Miss
Fannie Allen. the home missionary for
this state. permanently located at Spo-
kane. is TO make her permanent residence,
for the winter at least, with Mrs. s. w.
Beaver, state vice president, at Quarter
master, King county, The circles of the
mission work for the state have contrib
uted for general work, $i0i; for training
school, $97. The report of Mrs. /. w.
Read, association secretary of the board
was read by Miss Carrie 4. Kalloch. 1t
| showed that the semi-annual association
meetings had had good effect. The sum
| of 1852 was collected in Washington and
British Columbia, but this year $3.50 is APP
| portioned, 500 more than was raised last
| year.
| A happy and pleasant change followed
| the close of this session. The delegation
| IN body took passage on the electric cars
for the Seattle Baptist university to par-
take of luncheon as the guests of the trus-
tees. The university rooms had been es-
| pecialiy arranged for the occasion. the
| dining room being beautifully decorated
with flowers and festoons of evergreen and
ferns. Rev. A. b. Banks, of Everett. acted
! as POSTMASTER. and in a few weil-chosen
/ words proposed the health of the uniyer.
sity officers. Vice President Rev. w. F.
Harper, of Tacoma, respo ided to "Eiuca-
! tional Institutions" Rev. Thomas Bald
win, of Seattle. responded to the 'tUniver-
sity." Rev. W. c. Weir. of Vancouver
then assured all present of the prosperity
| of the Great Northwest" Those present
were: Judge and Mrs. A. l.. Pal
mer. Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Baldwin. Mr.
and Mrs. j. h. Edmiston, Mr. and Mrs
ID. {. Brawley, Judge J. A. Hill Mr.. f,
W. Craven. Mr.. and Mrs James Weed
Dr. and Mrs. Wagner, Mr.. Herbert s
! Upper. Prof. and Mrs. William Geddis
Mrs. Durant, Mrs. Hyde. Mr.. and Mrs
| Robert knipe. Prof. and Mrs. O. s. Jones
| Judge and Mrs. Il. 5. Greene. Mr.. and Mrs
| Il. Ho!yoke, Mr.. and Mrs. +. ". Prosch.
| Mr. and Mrs Cottchet, DIR. and Mrs. Cald
we'll, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Fuller. Mr.. and
| Mrs. ;. L. Bowman, Mr.. l.. Card, Mr..
George Dunlap, Mr.. and Mrs. r. II.
| Thompson, Mr.. Charles Walters. Mrs. and
| Miss Lombard. Mr. and Mrs. Adams. Miss
Annie Hall, Miss Ester Hyde, Miss Mary
! Hyde. Miss Mo!lte Essary. Miss 4. Jones
Miss Flora Jones. Mrs. William jenkins
Miss May Jennings, Miss ADAMS. Miss
+. McCrea. Miss Vista Baldwin. Mr.. p ]
fars. Miss Agnes Baldwin. MIR. o. K.
hittridge. Mrs. Selma Lindberg, Mrs.
Prosch. Mr.. Dutly. Mrs. H. II. Ames. Mis-.
Mears, Miss Byrin, Mrs. pregg Rev.
W. Beaver, II. NJ Butler. Mr.. and Mrs
". NJ. Caldwell. Miss Lottie II. Walters.
Mrs. 5 +. Ross. Miss Nettie s. Miller.
Miss Sarah z. Byrn. Mr.. o. + kittridge.
| William CarnoCk. of Tacoma: Rev. W. r.
Harper, ID. ;. Gariiek, c. A. HUI. Rev. c.
| \. Lavender. of Tacoma: Mr. and Mrs. r.
J. Johns. Rev. w. +. Pritchard, Rev. W.
II. sherman, George Savidge. OF olympia;
Thomas Haughton. Miss A. Kelley, u.
Haushton, Rev. ], r. Coombs, OF Victoria;
! Rev. 4. Il, Banks, OF Everett: George II.
eeoi', OF Port Angeles, Mr.. r. Wolfe. Of
rochester, Wash: Anrie C. Hunter. of
Fort Iosnsend; Mr.. and Mrs. L. :.
o~enS. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Johnston, Mrs.
Grady, Ass. Ives. {. +. Browniey, Miss A.
- Carr, OF Kent; Mrs. A c. Campbell, Of
Iayahup; Miss LRzie Campbell. Gsorse
N ie-rsli. OF Port Orchard.