The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-03
NEW CHURCH BUILDINGS NEEDED
What the congregational Building So
ciety Has Done and l. Doing.

At the Edgewater Congregational
church Rev. II. H. Wikoff. of San Fran
cisco. who spoke in the Plymouth church
at the morning service, occupied the pull
pit in the evening. DIR. Wikoff is a man OF
middle age, having been on the Coast If
teen years, the last six as pastor OF the
Fourth Congregational church at San
Francisco. Resigning his passionate, he
has since March / been field secretary Of
the coast for the Congregational Church
Building Society, whose headquarters are
in New York.
Taking for his text Luke Wis. the speak
er after giving a slight historical account
OF the society and its methods of opera
ton, proceeded to show the claims il had
upon his hearers. He said:
First it appeals TO our gratitude. Low
ing our nation. IL has built for us houses
of worship. How many? Twenty-Five hum
dren in forty-nine states and territories.
at an outlay of s.. 600 900. II has also aided
in erecting nearly 500 parsonages, expend-
ing thereon about $4,000. Coming nearer
home. IL has assisted in building 2i6 OF the
sfs houses of worship we have on this
coast. furnishing for the same S73,co. Or
II YOU please. approach a little nearer
and YOU find Of the I0i Congregational edi-
fees in Washington. sixty have been help
ed by this board, over $4,000 being con-
tributed for that purpose. Granting the
fact that these have been a blessing. and
that possibly within their walls many Of
YOU have received some OF the noblest i'm
pulses Of your lives - IL too much that
in return for the same you make your Of
ferfnc< 10 so helpful an institution
More than this The. Church Building
Society appeals 10 your fellowship. We
ConEreCatlonalists take especial delight in
two fundamental principles. one Is in
4crendeurv. No body outside the local
We call no man master. save Jesus christ
Al the same time we magnify fellowship.
United nv no merely formal tie. We are
banded together in the spirit OF love And
this means rejoicing with those who DO
rejoice. and weeping with those Who weep
II means sympathy-co operation. We
recognize the law, Every man shall bear
his own burden We also recognize the
GOSPEL Bear We one another's burdens.
Ard are there in this connection any bur
densp Many. The building society rep
reserts congregations throughout the land
struggling 20 erect houses OF worship
only here in Washington We have twelve
organized churches without edihces and
Messing, the same a. once. necessitatinE a.
teas, 3 %, from the building society. shah
We help them The spirit OF fellowship
responds in the Affirmative.
lastly and chicfiy. the appeal is % our
Christian loyalty We Iowa Jesus Christ:
as 5is,if,Iex OF His We hear his words
Go ve into all the world and preach the
gosnel 10 every creature. teaching them
10 do whatsoever have commanded you.'
Here are the orders ours - execute
them. And this society plays It's part
a. fu revfvinE dropping enterprises. 4
weak church in this state - today hind
erred nv debt. Could We come 10 IFS re-
UNf what n new impulse II would giSe 20
the peaplet e. II makes permanent
work already established. Through our
sunday school society we give money 70
gather children into the sunday school
important. give largely. Through our
home mission hoard We follow M our
Sunday school work and organize
churches This TOO. is important. With
hols not your offerings. But What does
Yust such work make necessary The
erection 81 A house of prayer that the
newly gathered f0ck nay have a church
home. and from 70 ~ center continue
operations FOR evangelEinE thu coumun-
ftv"'
Here the speaker told az deaf and
dumb Young man brought 70 Christ
through the efforts ~ a young woman
v~eachinE IN q heretofore neglected viii
laee. showing the value o. such pioneer
work. The speaker asked. shall ne make
s,sch work permanent by housing the
congregation 49, IN closing he said
Prom points o. elevation about the
Sound 7 am hid 20 cast rnv'cv@ over th4
landscape and note tire possibilities.
T.Arkiug IN appreciation. indeed wrnula 7