The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-22
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- U1aee - Active Politicians.
n, w. n. g. Temple thinks that Se-
RI not = heather city. He thinks
Hn1& the people Of the city go 10
rch, either regularly or occasionally.
thAt the charge that 5000 people here
~ daTken the door Of q house OF Wof-
n IN unfoHnded statement. re
Hehol On the subject last evening, tax
eoe his text. Luke. XIV u which
<k tells the parable Of the wealthy
Who had made great preparations
y feast and sent out hts servants WIZ
aAuouition: compel them TO come
ID ~ house ray be filled"
: ~ parable was intended to have us ap-
e11Iou Tor all time, and Its present APP
Gn41ou was TO the people. admonishing
- 70 attend church. The speaker dsa
know what would become OF thoss
~ brought up among Christian inHu-
- failed to accept the invitation 10
1east Of good things provided IN the
~ He said In part;
"a enspel u preached from many pull
- tho city; some accept and some re-
- III teachings: some sheer at them A
tsflcian has been at work and esti-
0too The percentage OF non-churcn soefs'
the percentage Is large. Who Is 10
SIae? The truth should be told no mat
- whom Il hurts Ministers are TO be
lily commented when they make earn
. ekorts to teach the Holy Word as II
z 1Iat TO b taught, blu. when the minis
l1S4e NJ out to run the city they make
neh3ns stock of themselves. Ministers
40 not worthy OF any more rights or con-
sf1eyation than any other class Of citizens.
& an tired OF seeing the big headlines In
s1No papers: Ministers 10 Run the City.
~ sPArSonr Have Their Say. or The
Ehmrch In Politics. For my part ] be-
|sfeye that the church has no right to so
slAko rAucusca and make states. Preach
<9fu should devote their time to bringing
s4ha KINGDOM of God into the hearts OF
eople. When Plymouth church goes Into
5o1tttcs I shall be afraid. and when poll
71cs comes into Plymouth church ! shall
~ scared out OF my life.'
1fr. Temple then referred to the state
Aent. made In the ministers meeting last
Monday. that 5000 people of Seattle did
Hot Attend church and he challenged the
abatement. The combined membership OF
ne churches Of the city was. perhaps. on
IN 6000, hut many went to church who
were not members of any church society.
H could say for the Plymouth church
4h1t fully 1900 people attended church
1here, and he was sure that no one church
had onc-th!rd OF the church attendance
~ the city. From his observation. AZ
1enst half OF the people OF the city went to
church more or less regularly.
& And then Mr.. Temple launched into a
peroration which doubtless pleased h.s
sconxresatinn. though the phrases had lit
ne In them about theology. He said that
the estimates of the church attendance
Ia Seattle were Influenced by tempera-
ment. Some were inclined to take a pessi-
Snlztic view OF the situation and some were
s6ntimistIc. For himself. he admitted that
no was Of the latter class.
II belieye am inclined to look on the
bright side OF things: that Is the true Sc
attic spirit. / believe that this Is going
10 be the biggest the grandest and the
best city on the Pacific coast. The city
was settled up with men who had brains.
bravery and bullion. They came here 10
build great city. and they are doing it,
The very best men OF the country are
here Some years ago the bullion fell out
and left only the brains and bravery.
These nave been working together to re-
are always producers DO not tell me that
the men who built this city. men with
great minds and capabilities are not
church men,
There was. however. the speaker said
= shortage of chureh-goers In Seattle and
II was due TO certain reasons. Fer oac
thing the topography of the city was a
serious obstacle. 10 was too hliiy and too
much scattered out for the people 10 &c,
out to church easily. The city would need
10 grow before the churches could be az
I'd. Plymouth church was IN a residence
district now. but the time would COME
when Il would be surrounded by nttlees
anil business blocks. Some churches had
Internal dlssensien which kept peonle
sway: some were uneongenlai: some wore
20 exclusive that one felt out of placs, In
them; some churches were too enshlaas
and some, alas. had both poor singing aud
poor preaching.
The ministers were largely to hlano
themselves for the Poor attendance They,
failed to furnish the intellectual food
which the people needed along with the
enlritusl advice. preacher had "a
study the people and preach for all sorts
Of men. he mus: know how IN preach n
mako men listen. The gospel itself was
oil right, hu. somewhere between The a,..
pei as {; fell from the lips OF Christ ans,
tina preacher or between the preacher ans,
the congregation. it was changed. The
public knows what II wants and she
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