The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-28
CHURCH At WORK. y
DR.. Hutchison's Practical Ideas
on That Subject.
PLANS TO REACH INDIVIDUALS.
sAyu yot More Than 0ne-TwelftA OF
Seattle People Are Christians
Other Services.

The First Presbyterian church IS In the
midst OF e rally season" This IS ofs
OF Dr.. Ha-eaisoas methods of awasang
Few enthusiasm among his people. and =
sans 10 work wnsll. The szcsect OF the
morning q scolrSe Yesterday was,
Church al @ork-" The tsxt WAS from
Neh- r.. Is The speaker gaze a sketch O.
sae conditions Of the returned exiles under
Nehemiah. Tie 6ila-siS2sed walls Of JerTa-
salem. and TIRE hlndrsnees 20 the gTea-
work Of tns Jewish cigaTcn in restoring
the city. Three facts APPEAR IA the text.
said Or. HFrenison. There was an 60 l2l
division 90 the work There was hearty
eo-c2erAtiSr among al The people, and the
officials directed ne movements et ma
workers personally. maintaining > wise
and helpful fellowship. The companies
alt@rnatef in tlle work. while Nehemiah
was practically Ubiquitous WHAT spien-
Old example s this of > church az WORK"
Two great lessons come 10 rs from uas
text These are exszn pllled III the spirit
o. our axe. VIZ, specialization and organ
lied energy. Long centuries the light
.lags flashed from somoer clouds; osI+
until Franklin with his kite discovered rs
potency. no one dreamed that * was latent
energy. Non our rapid transit companies.
our great Elumina ting agencies. and the
Transmission os power TO far distant places
are die 70 organized electrical energy.
Our greatest universities are noted Tor
specialization. but back OF this Is organ
lied energy. church ar work moves
along these same lines.
One feature OF our specialization IS IN
reaching the individual. Plato ami Cicero,
More and Bslamy have written beautifully
Of an f4eGi society. postalating ideal In
dlviauats. but they propose no adequate
method Of producing the ideal individual.
The church OF Christ aims at this par
ticutsr end" Here the speaker referred
A. length 70 the special departments Of
ehuran life depending upon special effort
Continuing be SAID: "A church at woTk
NIL organize It's forces for the purpose II
reaching and holding the iRdivid aais who
go 10 make up the ma sses. We constant
fy hear the question. How shall We reach
the masses outside OF the church, / an
sser. BY reaching them. not by fne-spGn
theories or long drawn d'spGta tons go
our after them and get hold Of them face
70 face: not oy = ten-foot pole OF separa-
ton, but BY the mystic touch Of human
fellowship. There is a need for such effo't
here IN Seattle. Out OF probable 4. 9oo
voters in our city, probably Tot more than
1900 are processing Christians. Out OF a
Taopula ton OF perhaps -. co, scarcely more
than $3.50 are In fellowship with the
church.
The doctor here presented his plan for
organized work along all lines. IL this
plan Is fully carried out, the First church
IS TO be congratulated on becoming en-
QaaccaIiy "a church a. work
Great interest was apparent throughout
the entire morning service on the part -
the large congregation present The sun
day school rally followed az f2:S0 o'clock,
when a large attendance indicated the
growing interest il that department. OF
church work. An interesting programme
was rendered, and new plans were ont
lined for carrying into effect the pastors
IDEAS CT church work
The evening service consisted OF de-
ightfui song service and a pointed gospel
talk. The nsw choir composed Of Miss
Allen soprano: Miss Stevens. alto; Mr..
Edmunis. tenor, and Mr.. S.egley. bass,
under the direction Of F. Boyd Wells, IS
furnishing a high grade OF music. Alto
gether, the First church is in excellent con-
dillon, and the future Is full Of hope. Con
gregatfons are increasing. and about sixty
have been added TO the roll since Dr.
Hutchinson took UP the work in March.