The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-14
THE SERIES CLOSED.
=. Hutchiaon Tells What Coed
werk His Church Has Done.


YESTERDAY morning al the First Pres
hrtsr,an church, DIR. A. Ia Hutchisoa
u.sehed the last of the series on Pres
syterianism" His subject was. Ihe
e5arst and Growth OF Prespy terianisfn In
America" He chose for bis text lat
Car. rii.ii: $50 the body IL not one mem
hr. bat many" Among Other things ne
I'D:
AUnder the light of human understand
hs ne see much TO deplors in the scores
( divisions OF the great body OF be-
hs&x. But We remember the centuries
sAsn the church was unit In name and
sssmnment. and 1t was this period or the
ssrld's history whsn the dark ages were
r.sds poss.bsa. ana the liberties OF man
were uampled undAr foot like noxious
xesds 1t vas the time when no light
G.sn,asd the benighted world; bat here
aad there the flames of persecution
burned with iurid glars. IL was
he tine when the man Who gave cireo"
ls,iou 10 Aia quiokened thought paid for
h,s lntslisotuai fisxht by life In the dun
xson. o. death at stake and gssbat. 1t
MA the time when all was peace In thu
church; but II was the peace OF The Gene
tary. Those were times when the only
syss that looked upon the books and rolls
Of sacred itarning and divine revelation
ware the syes OF bats and mice. when
held hsxA carnival among t,e dust-laden
shelves ana tones. Then the wheels OF
progress eraxged heavily. until they
sank In he mira OF superstition and ig-
auFanos and were usotionless.
Altar speaking At length of sAFier
movements In fhs church. the speAker
came to the division OF 1881. and said:
The war cloud which stole across our
rational sky in is6i cast lines or division
not only through the nation. but thEous .
sas homo ard tire churches. The old
school general assembly met In fhtsa-
dephia In 1851 The echo of the guns ~
Fort Sumter had not yet died away.
Drums were beating ana flags were way
Tag proudly az the head OF marching coli
ufnns Ga their way TO the scenes OF war.
In due time = resolution vas adopted
BY the assembly plcdginE the church TO
TIE support OF the Federal cause. Then
The delegates from the South Withdrew
ard soon organised into the Presbyterian
church south. The Presbyterian church
'as always contcnded for an educated
ministry. The great revival Of iSea. which
fprsad over the states Of Tennessee and
kentucky. created a demand for minis
ssrs. greater than the school could sup
~. Hence seine who we're unedncatesi
sien found their way into the pulpit The
ssnod Of kentucky disciplined and dis
solved ,Ae cid Cumberland preSoytery for
admitting these men. Three Of The men
ssns Under discipline organised themselves
iato an Independent preRbytesy Ia Dick
iason county, Tennessee. IN iSio. which
subsequently, grew into the Cumberland
Presbyterian church the third IN sise Of
Ire Presbyterian family. The Cumberland
seafch differs from as only ia the inter-
sFesation or the doctrines Of election and
TIE DEGREES.
The next in size Is the United Pre<sy-
ssFan church, Thoroughly evangelical. nGs
tfering from us IN the confessional state
rens As - the powers or The civil Fnawis-
rates, and sdaing a judicial testimony.
u witch slavery. segre, societies aud tha
- 81 instrumental music are con-
ssalnea. IL also insists % TIE EXCLUSIVES
sss ef the PsAlns. and restricted con-
saHsoa. Next come the Reformed Pres
Esefian bodies whose distinctive feat
ties are the same ~ thesc OF the United
sseshy terrain body. adding ihis that no
Iva. Reformed Presbyterian 81 the olser
ufe ever votes except for prolsthiSion.
Ia lTga the Presbyterian church h.a
about = go members In 1870 our branch
Numbered sSsesf. and IN tSs ws reported
Seafsy 81 aca. while the entire family nana-
ssfs nearly Iisl.eoo members aul clergy.
II NE are thought 90 be nsrrow IN eur
aaSpihticn "a the Masses. the facts Will
nos We are equally az home oa tns
boulevard. en- the prairie and among the
iesSea mountalnsrs.
The uuitananS. the largest 81 the non-
eanselleas bodies have 20 per cent. et