The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-09

Hv~nes fl the afternoon ~ warm de-
bate On tire report of TIRE coEnsntttee q
narrative Of ressxson. of which DR. A II
Lackey the veteran minister q Aberdeen.
= chairman. DT. Lackey read ne report.
showing the number % cas1Tcaes n re
Washingtgr district ard the accesss0us
gained during tss year Following Is
summary % the report
Number CO church organizations rs
Ministers dismissed during the year. 10.
Ministers received, :.
Total membership &C churches. STA
Sunday scaooI enrolment. s.IH
Following we're the causes given BY re-
ports from ire four presoyEeries as 20
hindrances q church progress.
Olymp1a-Reported hard trrss. wor6li-
ness and indifference
Puget sogn1-Rsported Sabbath break
iHg and Enteupe-ance az the rstardlng In
fuenceS
spokaue-Reported iuaaeHty. Sabbath
excursions and secret societies.
Walla TsIla-So report.
n commenting on the report. several
speakers said that an unwa~rznfed view
q the situation was presented. This led
DR. Laekey % reply IN vigorous language
lie said:
Religion ut n Low Ebb.
a. a minister ~ the Gospel I have never
seen religion AZ - l0w ar s5b as az pres
enf There Is no use IN Disgusting the
Tact. ! sag, tell the truth and shame the
oeFil-liar and man murderer. a. Christ
mas called hin !" lcries Of Amen
When the army q female toughs cali
Ing themselves the Boston boomers play
"a Sunday baseball IN our city. they took
away $50 n clean cash Il was said that
nearly the entire Christian population OF
the town turned OUT 70 witness the game
II ~ certainly a bad time when these
things occur. The American Sabbath IS
becoming continental Sabbath. Unless
something wonderful happens. 7 see 10
way Of saving this nation from the vortex
% drunkenness and irreligion that yawns
before u. Our unfaithfui hands seem too
weak 70 hold this land OF ours.
Speaking Of the Christian Endeavor
Eooietisss Calvary church OF Tacoma has
one that IL q model. But I can take you
70 a score Of Endeavor societies that are
merely mutual admiration societies.
sparkling frolics and giggling bees It Is
wrong Tor Us 70 call these gatherings the
Lords anointe1. Let Us tell the truth. /"
These sensational remarks, made by
Dr. Lackey az yesterdays session Of the
Presbyterian synod, brought forth
strong protest from DIR. Giboney. OF Spo-
kane, who characterized the position taken
by DR.. Lackey as untenabla and not sun
ported By the facts. He said vehernentiy
that the Endeavor societies were the back
bone OF the church.
The Missions
Rev. Thomas NJ. Gum, who has baen
synodlcaI missionary for the past twelve
years presented a very exhaustive report.
The reading OF the report occupied the
time OF the synod during half OF the after
noon, and was the most important bust
ness transacted during the day session.
ar. Gum dwell at length on the con-
dlti0n OF the various missions unaer his
charge He told OF the establishment OF
new posts In Eastern and Northern Wash
Inxton and In Northern Idaho thriving
church exists In the Neg Perez Indian res
erVation In Idaho. The pastor is a fall-
biooded Neg Perez Indian He Is in at
tendance upon the synod. and is said 10 be
a powerful speaker
In closing his report. DIR. Gum said of
the prospect before the church:
What do We see? new century AL
most al our doors opportunities for serv-
ice 20 God and humanity such as were
never heretofore given to any nation or
commonwealth. The eyes OF the world are
upon US. The salvation OF the world de-
Ponds upon the maintenance Of that evan
gelical standard Of Divine truth OF which
our church and its standards are the ex-
ponents Who is sufficient for these
things7"
Monument TO whitman.
DR. Holt, Of Portland. was invited 10 de-
liver an address on Foreign Missions %
He did so. consuming fifteen minutes IN
presenting the subject in a very interest
ing manner. Subsequently Dr. Holt by
special privilege. brought 10 the attention
OF the synod the fact that the Whitman
Monument Association was engaged In
raising funds with watch TO build a monu-
ment 10 DR.. Marcus Whitman. who was
massacred at wailatpu, seven miles west
Of WaIla Walla. November q. 1S47 The
monument would cost $25oo. and OF this
amount 1850 1ad already been subscribed
In cash. He said that the elders OF the
Presbyterian church ought 10 be willing 10
subscribe TO the fund for the erection OF
memorial % the first elder that ever
lived IN Washington, and the doctors I'm
the church ought 20 do a. much for the
frat doctor that ever crossed the plains
TO Washington In the interests OF Christi
anity and suffering humanity. Or Holt
was Interrupted by applause. and many OF
the clergymeu and elders present handed
him their subscriptions on the spot.
Mrs. Pearson. or New York spoke for
han ar hour on Home Missions" She
said that she felt that she was on he edge
OF Alaska, and referred 10 the fact that
a mission school established by the
WomsnS Missionary Society had been on
the pyes pass long years before the rush
~ the kl0ndlkefs She pointed out that
In many parts Of the country the schools
- the society were the forerunners OF the
churches and declared that the sphere oc-
cupied by che society was distinctly a
woman's realm. Her address was received
with applause.
Todny's Programme.
Following IS the programme tor today:
100 A. m-Devotionai exercises led by
Rev, J. ", Pan1u1eDt superintendent In
dian missions presbytcry OF Olympia
90 A. IL. 60 Y N Business session.
TACO u 2-pA =, u1.-Recess ard lunch.
200 TO s. 90 p. n1.--i}usiness session.
80 q. m.-PopulaT meeting. Rev r NJ.
Gum n. n. 20 preside Twenty minute
addresses on temperance. by Rev J. r.
Thompson. =. n pastor - Aberdeen
eaurch, on Sabbath gssrvance. bv Rev.
=. q Ghnrmlv. pastor 81 First church.
Moscow Idaho, on the Sabbath school BY
Rev. Kenneth Brown. pastor Of the Che
halta ehgrch.
LAST or THE ESkIMoS.