The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-07

1opogeo Show 0eoas Gain - 0ombog.
ship Dasiog ne Yeas.
vrcronaA, June G-fSpscial. 1.-The Bap-
tist convention Of the Northwest settled
down to business before 10 O'Clock this
morning, hrst Of Ill siscting Rev.
w. T. Fiesnof moderator and Rev.
C. A. sslyer clerk. Reports fol-
loved showing IN addition during
the year 70 the msmbsrship roll Of 226
by baptism, La By experience and 1l6 By
letter. New churches have bssn estab-
iished 1t Newcastle, Franklin. Vancouver.
Seattle, Ballard. Mount Zion. Mission and
Chilhwack. At the evening session the
Temperance outlook was hrst discussed,
. point being made Of the tenn
psfancs education recently introduced
in the public schools Of this prov
incs. and also Of the successful
working OF the new Sunday-cloaing Law,
which is ssid 10 have proved great factor
10 checking sunday dssscration. Three
. temperance platform. the absolute and
eternal banishmsnt Of liquor from the
home: the continual application for moro
stringent liquor Legislation, and the vigcr-
Gus snforcsmsn. Of existing laws 4 dis
cussion followed.
DR.. Proper then discussed sour Asso-
citation Field" speaking INTERESTINGLY
and vigorously for half IN hour. and con-
fining his remarks strictly TO Baptist work
within the boundaries OF the association,
10 the north Of the southern line Of King
county and west OF the Cascades. This
year six new churches had besn added.
with as members. In . field OF 10000
The Chinese mission 1t Seattle had
grown famously IN the two ysars Of
its sxistancs. and now had msmbsrship
Of l02 The colossd churches we're thriv-
ing and growing at Newcastle and at Seat.
tie and missions wefe nov being opened st
vashon, 6umaS City and Ballard. The
Baptists we're apt 70 think their dsnomina-
ton behind the times; In fact. Il was
Aholding its own we'll, bsing second In
numbers and strength in its tsrri-
tory only 70 the Msthodists. In 1851 there
we're In the district buk nvs churches
and eighsy-sight Baptists; eight pears
ago the figures had grown to twenty.
seven churches and l,O0l members; now
the churches number eighty and the
Baptists are over 5000 strong. Rev. J. II.
Best followed With paper on he Home
Missionary" whom he showed to % sadly
unpaid, and Rev. Thomas Baldwin closed
the evening with an address on ''Ths
Divine Presence In Mission Work"
Following 10 . list Of the Washington
delegates:
Seattle First churchill. d. Proper and
wife. ID. J. Pierce, Mrs. NJ. e. Thorndike
and Miss Anna Hall, from the university.
Seattle Market Street church--Rev. w. T.
Fieenor, Miss x. q. Bennett, Mrs. w. Up
per, Mrs. s. I. Muidoon. Miss Muldoon.
seattle North church-Rev. G. r. Brown
lee and wife. A. Hull, Mrs. l. II. Griffith,
Miss Ware. Seattle Norwegian Danish
church Rev. q. w. Finwail and wife
Ballard First church-Rev. C. A. Salysr
and wife. John Teas. Ballard Norwegian
Danish church,. II. Dullam. Fremont
church Rev. q. w. Burnham. Mrs. A. w.
Benjamin. Kirkland--A. Cartrigh. Sno-
homish- Rev. ]. Cairns and wife, Judson
Mckinley. Albert ThraiL whateom-J.
n. Miller. Miss Selma Lindberry. Everett
Mrs. A. Il. Banks. Mrs A. r. MeKern,
Miss Winklsr, Mr.. Sherwood. Quarter
mastery Miss Fannie Allen, general mis-
sionsry Of the woman's Home Mission
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