The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-05

time in 1850 and 1856, chaplain at Fort
| Steilacoom doing also missionary work at
Steilacoom and Olympia In 1885 mis-
sion or church was established in Olym-
pia and also at Steilacoom. II was whilst
Dr.McCarty was serving these places that
in passing from one point TO another on
foot he lost his way in the timber and
lay out all night. his only shelter being
hollow log which had been burned, into
which he crept. One result was that his
visage and general appearance in the
morning was very much marred.
THE Rev. DR.. Scott was appointed
bishop for Oregon and Washington in the
fall OF 1853, and came out early in 1851.
The convocation held in June of that year
in Portland Or, over which the bishop
presided. consisted of himself. two clergy
men and eight iaymen. Bishop Scott was
the pioneer bishop of the Episcopal
church. and occasionally visited Olympia
and Steilacoonl, but IL was not until 1866
that he visited Seattle. the Rev. Mr.. Hy
land. employed as missionary on Puget
Sound. stationed at Olympia. having the
previous. year held services of the Epis-
copal church in Seattle. In 1856 the bish-
OPP consecrated ST. Johns church in Olym-
pia, and in 1861 st. Paurs church in Port
Townsend. The visit of the bishop to Sc
attic in 1856 was the only visit made by
him. for in July OF the following year he
died while on his way to New York. The
new W lStdT d. hOiflS, IL. IL, WdS IllS
successor.
II omitted 10 say that in 1856 DR.. Nc
Carly returned TO Vancouver and only
once after that, in 1858. visited the Sound
He was known in many circles the
fighting parson. being an cid hero of army
fame, and hrevetted bishop by the sol
diers who loved him. There seems to
have been no resident Episcopal clergy
man on the Sound until 1860. The church
in Seattle worshiped for a time in a build
ing on the three-cornered lot opposite
what is now the city hall. and until the
erection of the church which was after
ward destroyed by the great fire.
This church has been minstered to by
Revs. Roberts. Summers, Bonnell and the
present incumbent, DR.. Watson. In the
days of Its infancy IL was so weak and
small that IL is said "a well-known minis
ter remarked that Episcopalians couldn't
grow in this soil: they were dollhouse
plants and belonged TO Eastern cities.
They have, however, grown until now
they number in this state 60 parishes and
missions with so clergymen, - churches
and 3,32 communicates, as per report of
1894.
Next in order comes the Methodist
Episcopal church. The pioneer ministers
of this body were Revs. Benjamin Close
William B. Morse, John F. Devore and
David Z. Blaine. The two first named
were appointed by the Oregon conference
at its first session, held at Salem. Or. i'm
the month of March. 1858. as missionaries
to the Puget Sound. Mr.. Close remained
at Olympia and in the summer of 1853 or
gained the Methodist church in that
place. being the first to be established in
the territory. He also secured at that
time lot or ilots for a church building
II was during the same summer that he
accompanied Mr.. Morse to WILDLY ISL
and. stopping on the way down, when
Mr.. Close preached the first Protestant
sermon in Seattle. holding the service in
what was then Mr.. Yesler's cool1house
which stood on the corner Of Commercial
street and Yesler avenue
THE Rev. Daniel Bagley has furnished
me the following statement in regard to
the Methodist Protestant church:
The Methodist Protestant church COM
menced in the fall of 1860 by the arrival
of Rev. Daniel Bagley and family. They
were welcomed and Joined by Judge
Thomas Mercer, who had been a n NJ p
in the States and parishioner of Mr.. Bag
ley. The three mentioned made the num-
her of the church as far as known in
Seattle or the now state of Washington
Services were commenced and held for
some time in the unfinished house of
Episcopal Methodists, then not used. In
1852, some accessions having been made.
a small organization was effected. in
1865 the historic Brown church was built
on the ground now occupied in part by
the Rialto, corner of Madison and Sec
ond streets. Services then were encourage
ing and prosperous. being we'll attended
and non-sectarian. AT this place a fra
ternal and agreeable union of the Presby-
terrain and NJ. =. c. was had for some ten
or eleven years, under the ministry Of
I. Rev. Whitworth and others with success
and friendships long 10 be remembered
This Brown church was succeeded bv n
new. commodious building on the same
ground which continued until the fire
burned 1t up. leaving the body without
home
- Services were commenced in a tent In
about the same place and continued with
prosperity for a year more or less. Sell
ing the GROUND and collecting insurance.
the church proceeded 70 build more than
one house of worship. The outcome has
been the first, s0xlD feet, full basement.
c c. Davis. pastor.
The second. SKIS feet. finished and fur
nished. Eugene Miller now pastor Other
churches are the South Seattle. the Co
lumbia, the Duwamish. the YesIer juno
ton and the Eliot, on Cedar river. near
Renton.
THE body az large numbers about 200
091-forty annual conferences. The seven
churches above named constitute. be-
lieve. all the churches belonging TO this
fsDstN IN the STATE OF " dNRlIEIgfi--
Il am compelled 10 give "A very brief
notice in regard 10 the Baptist church
having failed TO receive response to in
ouiries regarding Il. I believe however,
that I am safe in saying that the Rev
Rudolph Weston was the pioneer minister
of the Baptist church. coming 10 the ter
ritory some time between 1870 and 1870
He resided near Steilacoom. was for some
years the only Baptist minister in the
territory. and Il is TO be presumed that
he organized the first Baptist churches
I'm t. The Baptist church OF this city was
organized In ise9. and does not come with
IN pioneer dates. but 10 entitled 20 be
mentioned in this connection by reason
Of its having been served by Elder Wes-
ton when IL was first established, and IN
the beginning OF which he took part. Its
first regular pastor was DIR. Freeman, who
was afterwards succeeded by Rev. ]. a.
With who took charge OF IL in January.
$50 There Is reason TO believe that this
was the first church Of any importance