The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-08
POPULAR PASTOR RETURNS.
~~v. WILLIAM G. ELIOT breaches
70 HIS OLD CONGREGATION.
n n. Gowen Takes . Firm
a1>.a In Favor of Retaining the
psisppsn~s-servsre of Day
Heees and News ef the Churcses.

4 larger congregation than has assem-
- IN the FTrst Unitarian rnurch for
-crsns past gathered yesterday morning
= .slconse their former pastor. the Rev.
~reya, c. Eliot, who 50 successfully
....,-xsa the First Unitarian pulpit dur
,,~ the year isa2- Mr. Eliot. whose home
-. mast tao years has been pas,crate
!. ugiraukee, VIE. is making "a brief
-. with his father, the Rev. T. L.
e4ucs of Portland. The congregation en-
,~aeea ,hgz opportunity TO invite their old
,.sor TO preach 10 them once more. and
A. the service was designed especially as
ART step In the boped-for reorganization
n tie church IL was one Of two-foid in
,.~sxs. Seattle has never had among its
ehsrcbes a minister more beloved or more
sr4versslIy esteemed than Mr.. Eliot. His
,-sef stsit 10 Seattle gave pleasure to many
ontstde his former people and those Of
.,str churches for his friendships made
during his pastorate in the city extended
"a, beyond enurch circles.
Among the citizens OF Seattle who have
riysn puoiic expression TO their views
REGARDING the duty OF the nation In It's at
,stude affecting the future OF the Phillip
faes no one has taken a frmer stand for
the retention OF the islands, than the Rev
n. III. Gowen, pastor OF Trinity Parish
church In an editorial article in the Au-
gus, number OF THE Seattle Churchman,"
OF which he is editor. Mr.. Gowen contrib
utes a clear and forcibic argument in
favor OF national expansion. He says:
Neither nations nor individuals are
permitted 10 remain changeiess except at
the price % death. The youth. entering
upon the responsibilities OF manhood. may
,remble al the tasks confronting him. but.
though he tremhle. he should not be
afraid II Is manhood's destiny 10 wrestle
with the problems of life. To cling to an
outsrown boyhood would be idiocy and
qualification.
TO our nation the moment has come TO
emerge from q condition OF self-contalned
development and 10 take our part I'm a
seif-dey elopment such as comes from en-
lghtened partIc patton In the wider poll
tics of the world. Some fear the new de-
paSture as the first step on the road TO
that aggrandi cement which preiudes decay
and ruin Rather should we regard IL az
the inevitable destiny for which all our
previous history has been preparing us.
Have We learned thu love of liberty only
for seif-deiight7 Have We gathered the
selfish enjoyment? May we not rather
SAY that our lessons have been learned
Hand our possessions won that we may
ssprcM tie blessings OF American liberty
wherever Providence points the way We
sesn honestly say that at the outset of the
war territorial expansion was furthest
1ifsam our thoughts. The reluctance OF
sour statesmen to pluck the ripe fruit of
: Hawaii was evidence TO this effect But
now conditions have changed and il would
be eowardiy 10 leave our task half done,
as would he the case IL. after having rem
dered IL impossible for Spain To regain
her lost dominion. We left the field of that
dominion prey to anarchy and m!srule.
To conline ourselves 10 the ease OF the
Philippine, IL seems clear that in the alb
senoe OF some strong protectorate We shall
@leaye them worse off than when our task
commenced. Difficult II may be, but great
nations need not shlrk difficulties. and the
haEor OF our whole people is concerned in
the work OF pacfyins and ruling ,he new
'y-won archipelago. so that no man may
say in the future, after all. what good
has Dewey done for Manila ?"