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35942 '£HE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NOHTffirJFS'r CONFEREJliCE
OF' THE FREE !JIErHODIST CHURCH
A Thesis
Presented to
the raoulty of
'flestern Evangelioal Seminary
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Divinity
by
Philip F. Brooks
I..Yay, 1969 A CKNO\'ILEDGEMENTS
A sincere expression of thanks is given to all who had a part in the compilation of this thesis•
To Dr. c. Hoyt \iatson, who prodded the writer when he was about to give up; and without whose assistance the project would never have been completed. He not onl;r encouraged the ltriter but also assisted in gathering the final items of information with respect to the in• dividual churches of the Conference.
To my wife, Darlene, who encouraged, gave constructive criti• oism, and shared many hours in the typing of the thesis.
To the many people of the Pacific Northwest Conference who shared of their knowledge, without which the investigation would have been impossible.
To the wonderful people of the Bucklsy Free Methodist Church who manifested a. tremendous spirit of understanding in the final month of preparation.
To Dr. Nobel v. Sack, the writer's major professor, for his guidance and encouragement throughout the thesis program. OF CON'rENTS
I. INTRODUC'riON • • • 0 • 1
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The 1>1ethodist Church • • • • 7
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today are greatly indebted to those l!'h.o looked upon the
ific histor;y, as a field the
be spread. vrork of the early missionaries vm.s not at ill successful
but their efforts paved the way for later missionar;y endeavors 111ilieh
were successful.
l>lethodism extended its inf"luence to the t•Iest Coast in 1876,
wen Reverend George F..d:wa.rds of the New York Conference of the l-ieth-
odist was appointed as a missio:nary to the ltlashington Territory..,
that initial in 1876, just sixteen the found•
ing of' the l"lethodist Churchg the Pacific Northwest Conference has
grown to its present status.., Free Methodist Church in the Pacific
Northvtest not� includes t.h.ree eonf'erenoes, 110 churches, and a combined
totaling 8,824<� The Pacific N'orthwest Confel'enoe is the la:rg• est, ldth a total membership of' .5,803.
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It was the of' this study to an intensive investigation into historical devalopaent of' the L·lashington, now Pacific No:rtht.,est
Conference, the 1iethodist Church from its initial beginnings until the .. factors were :noted but not studied in detail.
IV. . ImHOD OF PROCEDtiRE
The materials used in this stud;y were gathered :f'rom. tw sources, dooumenta.r.r and SUI"'ireJ1'• Histories and biographies were studied in an effort to glean pertinent information and facts. The o£fioia.l records of the Conf'el"ence• the published minutes of the Conference, Conference ne't Basic information pertaining to the history of the local church was obtained through a questionnaire. Forty-seven out of fifty•seven ques tionnaires t<�ere returned w.ith wrying amounts of information. 'V'lliere facts were lacking an attempt was made to gather them. f'rom. other sources. V. DEFINITION OF TERMS General Conference. The General Conference is the largest a.dminis• tmtive body of the Free �fethodist Church. This body is comprised, as nearly as possible, of equal ministerial and lay delegates .from. each of the annual conferences. This body has final a.dministra.tive a.u.thority. Annual Conference. The Annual Conference is composed of all min• isters; Probationers, Deacons and Elders. E'.a.oh local church is also represented by a. lay delegate. 1m additional lay delegate is elected tor every 100 members . The combined total of ministers and laymen make up the Annual Conference. 4 Paoifzi;c Northwest Coni't,rence. The Pacific fiorthwest Conference includes all of the state ot'viashington (except Clark County) west of the Columbia River and the eastern boundaries ot' Grant and Okanogan Counties; Alaska; and that part of British Columbia. west of a line run ning from the southern border north following the crest of the Monachee P.a:nge to Mount Robson and :further e.xtends along the crest of the Rocky 1 l>iountain P.a.nge to the border of the Yukon Territory-. Oregon� \'las£U:.ngton Territon; Conference. This Conference was formed in 1885. Its boundaries were what are now the states of �-lash- ington, Oregon and Idaho. �!a.shimton Conference. The t General Superintendent. The General Superintendent is the admin• istrative leader of the entire denomination. The title lm.S changed to Bishop in 1907. District Elder. The District Elder vm.s the title given to the minister in charge of all the churches 1dthin a district. This title vm.s later changed to District Superintendent. 1Book of DisoiJ!ine. Free Methodist Church ("'tlinona Lake; Light and Lif9"'P're8s, 1964 , P• 201. 5 Distriat. A Distriat is a portion of a partioula.r conference that includes all the churches in a given area. Circuit. A Circuit is a preaooing charge that contains more tb.a.n one preaching point. Society:. The Society is a term used when speaking a.bout a looe.l congregation. Total 1-fambership. Prepara.tory, junior and adult members are com• bined to make up the tote.l meabership. VI. STATEMENT OF ORGAt-Uz...q:TION Chapter two contained a brief historical survey of (1) the events lmich led to the forming and establishment of the Free 1 (2) the extension of Free Methodism into the Pacifio .Northwest, and C3) the establishing of the Oregon and �iashington Territory Conference. Chapter t.luoee is a history of the Washington Conference which later beoame the Pacific Northwest Conference. Chapter four contained historical .f'aats pertaining to each of the fifty-six churches which are aative at the present time in the Pacific Northwest Conference. The final chapter contained a Stm!r�UU"y, conclusions and reoomm.en da.tiol'lS for further stud;v. for us, and. ascended up en high, until this da,v, He has not lett Himself 2 without witness in the world.u Those in opposition to this witness have been many and almost continu.cus, bu.t these 'Who have held fast to the tun da.m:ental teachings of Christ for all 'Who would be liis true disciples have also been man;,.. Through the life of one of these true disoiples, namely, John ·•'<�'esley, we have the birth of the �iethodist Church. The date for this birth is generally accepted as JG..ay 24, 17.38, when John Wesley had what is familiarl;r known as his 11heart-waming" expetrience at JUdersgate, in Eng land. as in Am1111rioa. In the words or a noted writer, 11It was honorable to be in the and rustic years of its new frontier in America. In 1874 there were abou.t 18,000 members, and after the first century its member• ship was estimated at 2,350,000. the ratio of one Methodist in wary two-hundred population in 1774 the ratio had increased to one in 7 3 wery twenty by 1884. As we :t'u.rthe study the life and ministry of Methodism, by the mid• nineteenth century we see evidence of a blurring picture of its witness concening Christian doctrine and experience, simplicity of' worship, purity of penonal living, and certain areas of social relationship. In the words of Bishop Marston, now Bishop Emeritus of' the Free Methodist Church: r�ethodism continued after mid-century as a great moral and wangel• istic force, but through individual and official compromises the Methodist way of' life had declined from the4high level set by the General Rules and early Methodist practice. I. THE FREE MErHODIST CHURCH ORGANIZED As in the past, with Luther and V'Jesley, God had a man, firm in his purpose and strong in his convictions that fellow ministers were guilty of lowering the standards that were vital to the tvesleyan witness. He was Benjamin Titus Robets, graduate of lflesleyan University and Master of Arts. But as in other instances of' history, the church which this reformer sought vigorously to restore to its first principles, rejected him and his earnest followers, and a new denomination was born. A faction ims soon in the limelight a.s Roberts and seveal others of like mind and conviction were opposed primarily by a group from the Genesee Conference in vlestern New York. This latter group was called Jr.eslie R. Marston, �Age !g. Age fi Liying \iitness {Winona. Lake: Light and Life Press, 1960), P• 152. 4 Ibid., P• 169. 8 "'l'he Buffalo Regency." It was named such because its leaders held Buffalo churches. Roberts and his followers were called 91Nuarites.u There were marzy- incidental issues upon which these two groups dif• fared, such as their views on ( 1) slavery, ( 2) methods of supporting the church, (J) church discipline pertaining to amusements, dress and association. But, more important than the above differences, which may be largaly classed as matters of reform, were the more fundamental issues of eva.ngelism and personal religion. The 'Regency' men were not promoting revivals, and some of them were opposed to such meetings. And l.'ll8.I\f failed to insist upon con version; and most had no use or place for the dootrine and exper• ience of entire sanctification as taught bJr John \vesley.5 The •tNa.za.riten group, however, insisted upon revivals and preached the two distinct experiences in grace. In 1857 B. T. Roberts wote an article entitled "New School Math• odism,u which was published in the Northern Independent. This article set forth the differences between these contending parties. Only a. few days after the appearance of this article the annual conference convened at Le Roy, l�ew York. The leaders of the conference, now under control of the nRegeney11 men, charged B. 'i'. Roberts with ttunehristia.n and immor- al conduct." The conference voted the charges sustained and sentenced Mr. Roberts to be reproved bJr the chair. This done, the man so charged and so sentenced was appointed to a charge for the following year. In October of 1858 the annual conference again convened, this time 9 at Perey, New York. The charge of ttu.nchristian and immoral conduct" ws renewed. The specification of the renewed charge was the publica• tion of "New School Methodismn in pamphlet form. This aharge was denied by 1-fr. Roberts. Subsequently a testimocy from a Mr. Estes admitting be had arranged for the republication and also paid for it, took the entire responsibility. tiith seemingly a deaf ea.r the conference proceeded to expel B. T. Roberts on this oha.rge and specification. In the two years that followed, others vrere expelled for allowing Mr. Roberts to preach in their chur.ches. Several attempts to appeal the charges were made by :V.ar. Roberts but without success. Resultant from the above proceedings ws a large group of minis• tars and laymen alike, who went out together--destitute of churches, parsonages or :material prospects. In August of 1860 these expelled :members contended it ws neces• sary that some organization :must be formed to preserve the cause for which they had fought. A call was sent out tvtrl.oh rea.d as follows: A convention will be held at Pekin, New York, for the purpose of adopting a Discipline for the Free Methodist Church, to commence August 23rd. All societies and b&nd.s that find it neoessar;r, in order to promote the prosperity and per:ma.neney of the work of boli• ness, to organize a. Free Church on the following basis are invited to send delegates: 1. Doctrines and usages of primitive Methodism, such as the wit ness of the Spirit, entire sanctification as a state of grace distinct from justification attainable instantaneously by faith; free seats and congregational singing, without instrumental music in all cases; plainness of dress. 2. An equal representation of ministers and laymen in all the counells of the church. 3. No slave-holding, and no connection with oa.th•bound societies. 4. E-ach society or 'band 'tdll be entitled to one delegate at least, 10 6 and a.n additional one for each forty man.be:rs. In response to the call the delegation numbered ninety•:f."ivea a total of fifteen ministers and eighty laymen.7 At this :f."irst conf'e:renoe a. Reverend c. D. Brooks suggested the name ••Free Methodist Church.tt Free beoo.use o:f." (1) :f."reedom :f'rom sl!9oret societies, (2) free :f."ro:m slavel'y, (J) free seats in the churches, and (4) :f."reedo:m of' the spirit in our p:rocl!9edings of tl'!&t :f."irst meeting o:f." Free Methodism, B. T. Roberts t'las elected as the first General Superintendent, a.n office which he held until his death. 011e can plainl.y see, as stated l:u Bishop Hogue • • • that the founders of the Free 1>'1ethodist Church were more anxious to build up a. church of earnest, humble, self'-deeying and devoted souls than to bid for the patronage of the rich, or to secure the following of the multitudes ldlo, while professing god• liness, fill under the apostolic ola.ssii"ioa.tion...... ,'lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. n8 The first Free r�ethodist Conference was orga.ni!l'.ed in November of 1860 and it tias knotm a.s thl!9 G$n&al!9e Conference. Seven months later, in June of 1861, the lrlestern Convootion organized and it was known as the lllinois Conference. The first General Conference of the Free Methodist Church was held in 1862 at which there were five ministers and five lay delegates. 6rbid.• PP• :33-34. 7Ibid.- Btclilson T. Hogue, Histoq .2!: � !!:!.! Methodist Church s! North America (�·linona. Le.ke: The Free Methodist Publishing House, 1941) , I, P• .). 11 i.olith General Conference being held every four years thereafter we get a. picture of the steady growth during the first eleven GeMral Confer• ences. (see Appendix A). From the Genesee Conference the Church extended its influence toward the east, and the Susqueha:n:na Conference was established in 1862. �1elve years later in 1874 the N&".N York Conference ttras born. The first official record of' Free I·fethodism in the Pacific Northwest is found in the minutes of' the New York Conference for 1876-79. Among the appoint• ments tor these years appears this one, ••G. Edwards, missionary to t,lashi:ngton Territory. u 9 II. FREE MErHODIS�f IN lll)'ASHINGTON Although the Official Records report the above date for the be- In the year of 1874 the Susquaha:n:na Conference, se>nt Reverend George Edw.� as a missionary to 'ttlashi:ngton Territory. Leaving his family in Rochester, New York, he came in compal1J7' vd.th H. H. Pea.se to Seattle. Brother F.dvrards :from here went to Chehalis, where in 1875, he held the first Camp-Meeting, and organized the first Free Methodist Society in vlashington. In this meeting Rev• erend Ira ·vlard, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Che halis, tva.s led into the experience of Holiness, and with his entire society united With the Free Methodists. He became a mem• ber of' the Oregon and i!lashil'lt�ton Conference, and was an able min• ister' oorainuing f'aithful to the c.'1!urch until the :Y�&ster called him home. 9:r.d.nutes of the Annual Conferences of' the Free Methodist Chureh. (Rochester, Nti'Jt;3*"York't The Earnest Christian, 1877, P• 12: 1879, p. )1. 1 0A. N. ltlest, Document, ttFree Methodism in t�lashi:ngton" P• 1. 12 lfJhile Reverend Edwards labored in Chehalis, Brother Pease located in Seattle, where he built the first Free Methodist house of worship, which was located on Second Avenue a.nd Union Street. Shortly, this was sold, and he built what was known as the ttFirst Free Methodist Church," on Terr,r and Pine Streets, which was then the out-skirts of Seattle. It is further recorded that Brother Pease sent for Reverend John Glen, 11 paying his way from New Jersey to Seattle, and his salary for two years. This church in Seattle soon became the "l-fother Church" in the state of \vashington, and prospered for :ma.ey years. In 1901, a fine new church and pa.rson.age were erected a.t this location, by Reverend A. Beers. A few years later this property was sold, and the members transferred to 12 other Free Methodist Churches in the Seattle area. At the Annual Conference of 1880, the !�ew York Conference :made the "'#ashington Territory Mission" a. separate district with John Glen as aha.irm.a.n. Rev. Glen was appointed to the Seattle circuit, and Rev. George E.dwards to the \'liilla. ltJalla circuit. The appointments were the same for the following year and Seattle reported 15 members a.nd proba tioners. The next year 1882, Seattle reported a membership of .:;o, and 13 noregon District, T. s. LaDue, Chairman" appears in the a.ppoint:ments. This fil"st society in the noregon Territoryt1 was started in a schoolhouse 11Ibid -· 1 bid 2:r-· 1 .\anutes of the Annual Confel"ences of the Fl"ee l�ethodist Church (Rochester, New York':The Earnest Cb.ristiaii;' 1877T,P. 12; UJ79, P• 31. 1) in the oom.munity of Damascus, near Clackamas, in July of 1882. The appointments ramained the same for the years 188) and. 1884. In 188), Seattle reported a membership of 36 with 3.5 Sunday School scholars. The following year the report read, 48 mambers and 4.5 in Sunday School. For the same year the work in Oregon, under Rev. T. s. 14 La.Due reported 4? mambers and 60 on the Sunday School roll. III. THE OREGON AriD vlASHINGTO�l TERRITORY COl\JFERENCE 188.5·1896 The work in Oregon and \.fashington was organized as the Oregon and Washington Territory Conference, at Beaverton, Oregon, about eight miles west of Portland, on June 10, 188.5. The preachers in full connection at that first organizational meeting were T. s. LaDue, J. Glen, G. Ed• "Wards, G. �li..l'ldust, A. P. Goode and ti. c. Mower. Four others were rea- eived on trial; A. Beers, F. Cathey, H. Van derVeen, and J. LaDue. Generu Superintendent E. P. Hart presided over the Conference with nine men having a seat in the Conference. Of these nine delegates, six were ministers (:ministers in :tull connection listed above), and three 15 were laymen, E. Rugg, E. Baldwin and J. '!tJatson. In the committee reports of the 188.5 Conference the following is reported on the state of the work: consider our present condition and the prospects of our work very encouraging. Undenominationalism has, we think, retarded our work here, and we conclude that it is not the best method to advance the kingdom of God. �Je are being cleared of this, and prepared to 1� 1 -4 im.:tt!§, 188), PP• 119• 20; 1884, PP• 39 0. 15.Mtnut es, 188.5, p. 14. 14 labor more effectually. 'fla start as a Conference with six elders, and four on trial, and a membership approaching one hundred and twenty. The visit of Brother and Sister Hart is proving a remark able help. The spirit of6taith and zeal inspiring our preachers and people must prevail. At the original Conference of the Oregon and Washington Territory, there ltere three districts; (1) Oregon District, with T. s. LaDue Chair• man and Societies organized at Gresham, Dayton, Salem. and East Portland, (2) Seattle District, with John Glen Chairman and Societies at Seattle, Snohomish and P4ontesano9 (J) Walla tialla District, with T. s. LaDue Chairman and Societies at Walla �lalla, vlaitsburg-Dayton, and Colfax- 17 ·,r�aver 1 Y• June 9-12, 1886 at Beaverton, Oregon were the dates and location of the second Annual Session of the Oregon and Washington Territory Conference. An additional five preaching points were added to the list for the previous year and a real sense of harmon;sr prevailed within the borders of the Conference. Due to incomplete reports in the initial Conference year, actual membership growth cannot be derived. A total of 139 members was re ported at the close of the second year for the new Conference (see Appendix B). During the conference year of 1887-88, Thomas Scott LaDue passed away. His health had been failing for some time. Writing to his Wife while on a trip to and from General Conference in 1886, he mentioned 1� anutes, 1885, P• 15. 17Minutes, 1886, P• 9. 15 attend the session of Oregon District Annual Conference, held at Dayton, but t� oonfinad to his home in East Portland. of' Sound area to hold meet:l.ngs oo1tduoted his last quarterly :meeting in Novembel*. on ...--..: ...... 8, 1888.18 Co:nferenoe lmB held in Seattle in June of 1888. A significant state• l:'t:�rorm presupposes somet.lting out of shs.pe, �moh needs to be shaped anm,, or something broken or defeotive t At the Session of the Oregon and tlashington Territory eon• ferenoe, held in Seattle, Nr. Pease, one of the leading laymen, spoke to B. T. Roberts o:f his deep interest in starting a church school in Seattle. In reply, Hr. Roberts assured him if he did so he �muld have a heavy load on both hands and heart. That did not deter Mr. Pease. Ttil) interesti-ng "ifs" are mentioned in that early period. Mr. Pease said if pork, tea, and ooffee were eliminated from the dining hill menu. and gra.ha.:m bread added to the menu, he would give $2,,500 toward the founding of the school. :t-1'1". !�els B. Peterson, another prominent laymen of those early days, stated that he would donate five acres of lruld to e th school if the 20 school would promise to keep a strong emphasis on missions. Thi.s missionaey emphasis is quite evident vmen we look at the early reoords. Twenty•two missionaries sailed for five foreign fields 21 in a ten year period from 1901·1911. Seattle Semina.r;c. In order to tie Seattle Seminary into the pic• ture Bishop Hogue wrote in 1915: This (tiashington) has ever been a.n aggressive Conference which together . t-tl th certain natural adV'aJ:ltages not enjoyed 'by the other Conferences, generally, has oontributed largely to its groW'th and effectiveness. Then, too, Seattle Seminaey being located within its bounds ha.s induced :ma.n;;r Free ?1ethodist people from distant parts of the country to move to Seattle with their children, which 2(}trlogue, II, PP• 325-326. 2 1�1a.ttie J. Peterson, ttFootprints on the Sands of Timeh (Early History of the Iifels B. Peterson family inCluding Seattle Seminary, 1960), P• 8. (¥dmeographed.) as II one In (now Soc- a.s • p .. 18 Seattle Second Church. According to offioial :records, Seattle Second Church began with a membership of twelve. At this point we would make reference to a noteworthy statistic. When the O:t•egon and vlashington Tal*ritory Conference was formed in 188.5, ther-t'e were tvifelve pl'"eaching points in Washington and Northern Oregon. By 1892, just seven years later vle see that original figure increased to thirty-one. Membership totaled 119 in 1885 and increased to 6.54 by 1892, Of this total membership, 329 were in the Washington District. Very strong statements on reform were issued by church leaders during this time• Sabbath desecration was mentioned frequently as a needed reform. The people v1ere admonished strongly to avoid, if pos- sible; even talking about worldly rrJatters on the Sabbath. The leaders further ex.horted •• , that pride, worldliness and fashion abound on every side, Church members in general are as worldly in appearance as others, and we are in danger of going the way of all other churches un less we see and feel our danger and hold firmly to the Bible and Discipline. �'ie could have alntost 'tdshed sometimes that in the beginning a modest mode of dress had been chosen for both men and women, and all req,uired to have worn it, and thus settled the controversy of adornment. We exhort all of our sisters, as they love the church and would keep her from the world., to keep the solemn promise they have made in this matter. Sister Roberts and many other godly women among us are safe patterns to follow. The style of her bonnet was the same at our last conference as thirty years ago, and was refreshing to some of us at least. Brother Roberts• advica in a lata number of the Earnest Christian to the brethren (many of whom would keep the sisters straight) as to the manner of shaving, should be heeded, And if all our brethren would use the shears well on the upper lip just before quarterly meeting, the Sacrament would be more of a means of grace to us than it now is, and perhaps of health also. neglected. The committee point- country was a tile only agricrulturslly but spiritually as in a ·�,�Q.�V��. that area support J..u,�.LV,J.1ill<,..l..Jr.;t success of this mission• e.ry enotea,tor the v.._,,...... _ ,�... 'r·I!I!Oi):t'CliS the 1892, 14. 20 as to 1894 ·che 819 42) were in the over the CH.Af'l'ER III HISTORY OF 'I'HE Societies in it it this the the following report: the Con:ferenoe approval of the General Church, and the was A Washington, at membership numbered 260, on its ' 16, nr1�e�nc�� committees Hembersh:ip and the com. "�r..t.lue. on birth the wa!mJ...ngl:.on chapel on the sec::orJ!a floor Sup- These Hough. J. \'1. car- P• 1 .. .. the total 534 .. 6 7 took over P• 4. 1900-1969. Document. P• 4,. 10 A 26 and hospita.lity that God gave in former days. Do you wish to see our oali1P-l!leetings and general gatherings times of pcn'fer and sal• vation? Then make the business interests stand still long enough to go up and l«<:ttship the Lord. Are we praying for the windows of heaven to be opened and a wonderful blessing to be given? Then bring all the tithes into the storehouse. Again wr�would say in the lvords of the Savior, ••Beware of covetousness.'* "' Still other reforms w"'ere urged in such areas as: (1) unity of effort, (2) a sanctified tongue, {:3) redeeming the time, and {4) paying of debts. At the ninth annual session of the t'lashington Conference, held in April of 1904, we note that the Conference was divided into three Dis• triots: Puget Sound District, with T. H. Marsh as District Elder, and Tacoma and Ellensburg Districts, with B. F. Smalley assigned as the District Elder of these latter two. A significant fund raising oa.mpaign took place during this Con• ference, in wilioh a little over $25,000 was subscribed for the erection of the new administration building at Seattle Seminary.••• The Confer- enoe joined in singing, UPraise God From ·�,mom All Blessings Flow, n and 14 all went to their work with courage and faith for the coming year. I!:! years !2f. histor.y. The attraction to the itlashi.ngton Confer• ence of ministers from other areas is substantiated as 1re look at the £erred to the conference in those first ten years. The records furl.her 27 reveal that orily £our withdrew their membership or transferred to other conferences. Of the fourteen 'Who moved to vlashington, three came from the Col'W.'Ilbia River Conference, two each from East Ydohigan, South Dakota and O?egon, and one eao..'IL fioom California, North Dakota, \tJiscon• sin, Iowa The Conference had growm from a membership of 237 in its initial year, to a. total of 831 members at the end of the first decade. Ten Sun.da.y Schools vrere in Operation in 1896, and by 190.5 that number had risen to twenty...£our. Conference property value, including churches and parsonages had increased from $10,534 to $47 ,2.50. The pastors in the Conference received a. total of $1,642.66 for their labors during the first year. That figure ms increased to $8,.597.04 at the end of ten years. 'l"'he original a:moun.t was earned by nine ministers 'Whereas the 16 latter was the total for twenty-one ministers. '.l'he tenth session of the viashington Conference put :forth a very strong sta·tem.ent on Prohibition and the value o£ prohibitory law. Notidthstanding all quibblings and evasions, tJVery sober•thinking citizen o£ this ooun.try knows that the liquor traffic cannot be rooted up and destroyed except by a lat.r that says, tfThou Shalt Not" and that law attended by such sanctions as shall give it legal :force and dignity. The advantages o£ such a law are evident: 1. It -wdll :forf!Ner do away with all temporary or hal£-wa.y mea sures. • • • 2. Such a law will do a� with all hopes that the evil can be :regulated. • • • 3. It t'd.ll do away with one of our most polrer.ful and corrupt monopolies. The debauching and degrading influence of the liquor traffic in our legislative halls is so manifest as to create almost universal disgust among the exponents of pure municipal and state government, and no agent more effective than prohibition could be employed to destroy the liquor monopoly. 4. It will do aws:y with the attempt to bolster up the business to make it respectable. • • • 5. It td.ll do aT��B.y with all privilege for license of this crlm• ina.l traffic. • • • 6. It would do away with a crying public evil that has afflicted our country from the time of the adoption of the policy of high li• cense by so many of our states. • • • 7. The most benetieent resul.ts of prohibitory lalt would be re alized in the protection and imunity from alcoholism on the part 17 of t.l}.e youth of our nation. • • . A real concern l-m.s shown at the eleventh annual conference in the area of church music. A complaint was made that the mul.tiplioity of new songs tvas orowding out the older and more substantial hymns. It was pointed out that the church must never sacrifice the old tm.r byluns sueh as, UJesus Lover of rn::r Soul.," *'Rock of Ages C'lett fol' .He,n wrhere is a Fountain Filled with Blood,tt fol' such J:zymns as, tti 1tlent in a Cry 18 ing, and I Came Out a Flying,t' and those of kindl''Gd select1ons. caution w'W.S also expressed by the eleventh annual conference that greater care needed to be axeroized in admitting members. The pastors t�ere t�ed that ma:n;y �1ere about just seeking a religious shelter. 17z ftnutes, 1905, P • 68. 1 ��utes, 1906, P • 9. 11lvidenoe of the Spirit's workings are recorded alJOut this time lw an Evangelist who held meetings in Everett. The spirit of enterprise and progress whiah aha.raoterized this I�orthl'l'est country seems to have entered into the work of the Lord among us, and as a result the i.Vashington Conference is increasing in spirituality and in membership•••• Rev. Thomas H. }-!arsh began a. meeting at E-verett, about this time, and the Lord v10nderfull.y' helped him in preaching His gospel :tor ten or twelve days. When I arrived to continue the :meetings, comment on Brother l� sht s remarkable preaching t.m.s heard on every side. The writer's feeling of insignificance -vas intensified by one sister's remarking , nt��. you dontt look much like an Evangelist. You look more like a boy.u However, the Lord continued to po\tr out his Spirit and eight or ten more found pardon or purity.J.;:l The 1905 Annual Conference was held in Tacoma. This Conference records a very outstanding record in giving to the various t'linistries of t.'b. e Conference. $80.00 was given to Brother Boddy vmose health was failing. The sum. of $150.00 was raised for Conference enterta.iment. The �vomens' },fissionaey Sooiety collected a. total of $300.00 in cash dur- ing for the ohur ah in whiah the was being held, or for the starting of a net-i o.hur ah in the area. This was no exception. On the fi nal dey of Conference an offering was taken, and $800.00 '&aS re ceived in cash and subscriptions for a. new ahurc..'ll in Tacoma.. The final offering taken amounted to $25.00 which was for the pastor in charge.20 1 9Clyde R. Ebey, lfQn the Puget Sound,u !!!! Free �fethodist, Vol. 38 No. 6 (February 7, 1905), 4. 2 �la.shington Conference, !!!.! � Methodist. Vol • .38 No. 23 (Jtn1e 6, 1905) , 13. 30 At the twelfth Annual Session of Conference it was noted that the membership exceeded 1,000 for the first time in the history of the Con• ference. The total membership was 1 ,063. The top three churches in membership were: Seattle Second Church, 173, Everett was second with 98, and Snohomish was third with 77 members. !1ount 1/ e:rnon-Bu:rlington had a total of 113, but this was the total of a C..'ircuit with three 1 Sunday Schools, and fifty-one of the m.embers were probationers. 2 Revivals. The pastor of Second Church, Rev. J. D. Marsh, gave a typical report of revival meetings held in his church in the summer \'lie are in the fourth week of special meetings at Second Church, Seattle. Rev. c. B. Deti'ey, a fire baptized evangelist is doing good work. God's presenee and power are wonderf'ully manifest at times•• . The church is being greatly quiekened. The end is not yet.2i Macy reports of similar nature were given by pastors in the con• terence and recorded in the denominational magazine, The Free Method• -- The need tor such revival was pointed out by a. visiting Evangel• ist who reported in The !!:!! Methodist: "I wish to ma..l<:e a little re• port of 't1!l! whereabouts once more. Trlell , I am back again in old Sodom .3 city (namely, Seattle).2 1 2 Minutes, 1907, P• 81. 22J. D. Marsh, "Seattle Second Church,« !b.! ft!! Methodist, Vol. 40 No. 39, (September 24, 1907) , ;. .3 2 I The first decrease in total membership was shown in the Conference statistics of 1908. �fith :five less Sunday Schools reporting , and two less Societies under appointment, the net loss was 110. Nine Societies showed a loss in membership. Eight Societies showed a gain, and three 2h remained even. The following year, 1909, showed another very slight decrease of eight members.25 In 1910 the Conference membership was on the increase again with a net gain of 126 members. Five new preaching points appeared in the records for the first time. Not all of' these were organized Societies however.26 The Puget Sound District held a camp-meeting in Burlington, 'V'lashington in July of 1911 anditted sum the following report : Over $2200.00 was raised. in the final meeting; $600.00 for a new parsonage at Burlington, and over $1200.00 for Seattle Seminary. The meeting closedon Sunday night about midnight , with a grand marchround a the grounds . Ma.n;y had never seen a oampmeeting Closed in this way, and the glorious songs and shouts of the saints in the clos� moments of this feast of tabernacles w.Ul never be forgot � ten. The spirit of revival and of praising God for his blessings was 2�tes, 1907, P• 81; 1908, P• 16. 2 �nutes , 1909, p. 16. 2�tes, 1910, P• 17. 27uPuget Sound District Campmeeting .u !b.! I!:!! Methodist, Vol. 44 No. 35 (AUg�st 29, 1911), 4•5• 32 not at all localir&ed. 'rhe following :report of :revival from Yakima, :in the aent:ra.l part of the state, read, "I am :ina meeting at this place and we are having an old-t:i.111e :revival , souls breaking through 'I!IVGry service. A large attendance and deep conviction on the people, 28 the end is not yet. Perhaps one of the most outstanding :revivals in any chu:roh , d'U.l' ing the entire history of the Conferenoe was :reported by pastor E. L. Porter of the Snohomish church in March 191.5. Rev. Porter says : Over S'I!!/Venty•five prayed through to victory in a two week per iod. We expect the rmva.l to sweep Snohomish•••• Our rmva.l meetings closed last Sunday night on account of the serious illness of the pastor, who is down with pneumonia. Over ninety were at the alter, being olearly sa.ved or sanctified. and ��en ty... two joined the churoh more are intending to come. • • • The S'I!!/Venteenth Annual Session of Conference was held in Everett, l'Tashington, l>.pril 16-21 , 1912. Bishop Wilson T. Hogue presided over the sittings. This was Bishop Hogue• s third visit to the Pacific Coast and with each visit he presided over the Conference at Everett. )0 The Conference reported again in membership of about ten per• cent over the previous year. An item of interest was also reported in the records of the seven• teenth Annual Conference whioh showed the prominence of women in the 2Bs. K. vlheatls.ke, *'North Yald.m.a. �'ti.nutes, 1912, P• 11. in in was neo- 3.5 7� of teachers' maetir�s once a week. 8., '£ hat Sunday School conventions be held in connection with our general district and camp meetings whenever possible. 9,. That -r<�e have three conference Sunday School secretaries. 10.. Believing that the Sunday School literature and supplies 'issued by our publishing house stand at the head of all printed ll'!..a tter used the Sunday School today, that it be used in all of our Sunday Sdhools ••••3.5 Twenty years of history saw the conference with a total member• ship o:f 14,56. This figure is compared with 831 to show a gain o:f 62.5 in the last ten year period. In 190.5, after tan yeal:"s , the Conference had a total of twenty-four Sunda;y Schools with 1,09.5 scholars enrolled. In 191510 after twenty years, the corresponding figures were 35 and 2, 21.5.. The number of churches in the Conference increased from twenty one to twenty-nine, with the value of church property increasing from $35,850 to $63.57.5. In 1905, twenty pastors received $8,597.04 whereas in 1915 thirty pastors received $13,300.43. 36 II. THE vlASHIIDTON CONFERE'.NCE, 1916-1945 The next five years (1916·20) saw the Conference total membership register a loss. The 1916 membership total was 1403 and in 1920 the figure was 1395. One possible contributing factor was the fact that no new churches were added to the total of thirty du:rlng this five year period. 37 3 -'M:inutes. 1914, P• 13. 36Minutes, 1905·1915. 37. MinutE!§ , 1916-1920. 36 Despite the above report there was evidence of an optimistic spirit; a spirit of revival. The following report was given in regards to a. quarterly meeting in Sedro rli'Joolley: Our qua.:rterly meeting closed July 21st. The Lord gave victory hom begirmi.ng to close. Rev. o. M. DeFoe preached with wonderful liberty and power. Some of the pilgrims were shouting, running, jumping , ceying , and everyone knew our Christ was living and was pleased to own and bless us. We are looking and believing for great victoey in this place. \-l e will not be satisfied until we see the old... time power of God where people are seeking and finding theLord • • • • �>Te are going through whatever the cot?&. Our cry is, "Souls for Jesus." Our faith reaches heaven toda.y. J8 February 4, 1919, marked the loss of one o.f the Conferences' great laymen. H. H. Pease went home to be with his maker. Mr. Pease came to Seattle on June 6, 1873 and engaged in the painting contracting business. It was he who sent to New York for Rev. John Glen, who became the first pastor of the first Free Methodist Society in the state of' l'la.shington. A man of' considerable means and a. liberal giver, it is said that he con• tribu.ted nearly $60,000 to Seattle Seminary in its first twenty•five years of mstence.39 Instrumental music. At the time of' its birth in 1860 the Free 1-Iethodist Church forbid all instrumental music and choir singing. The position was held because it was feared that the use of choirs or in struments would lead to the deterioration of congregational singing 38ttsedro No. Wolley, tiashington,n -The -Free Methodist, Vol. 51 32 (August 6, 1918) 5. item in The Free Methodist, Vol 52 �lo . 10 (March 11, ) 39rJews - - 1919 P• 14. 37 and the increase of formalism in the worship service. 40 Apparently some lrere desiring that these restrictions be relaxed? for the General. Con- ference ot 192:3 came forth with the following statement: vle should guard against formality in singing , therefore, 1. Choose such hymns as are proper for the occasion, and do not sing too much at once--seldom .more than four or five stanzas. 2. Have the tune suited to the sentiment , and do not suffer the people to sing too slow. :3. In fWSI'Y society it shall be the duty o:f the preacher in charge to see that duct attention be given to the cultivation of vocal and sa.ored music. 4. If he, himself, can not sing , let one or two be chosen in each society to lead the singing. 5. As singing is a. part of divine worhsip, in which all ought to unite, therefore exhort fi'Veey person in the congregation to sing, not one in ten onl.;y. 6. In no ease let there be instrumental music or choir singing in our public worship. 7. Let the preacher in oh.a.rge see that in all eases the Free 1-feth odist H� be used in the regular service. •"":Dis ., par. 81, page 41.41 The above statement was ordered to be inserted in ill copies of the Free Methodist Hymnal b.v the General Conference of 192:3. It was not until 1947 that the General Conference voted to change the discipline to allow the use of musiea.l instruments in the v.rorship 42 service. First Sungay School Convention. The tva.shington Conference had another first at the twenty-ninth annual session held in Tacoma. in June of 1924. Under the leadership of the Conference Sunday School Secretary, 4 0:t.eslie R. Marston, From Agct to M! a !4n.m. Witness (t-linona. Lake, Indiana.: Light and LifePr ess:-1960 )"; P• :341 . 41 Minutes , 192:3. 4%rston, sua• cit. , P• :344. c. Hoyt �la.tson, a. splendid Sunday School Convention was conducted on 43 the Thursday afternoon of Conference. First Youm Peoples MissioM:U Societ;r Convention. Seattle First Church hosted the .t'il."st Youth Conva.11tion, in l>f.a.l"ch of 192.5. Speakes for the occasion were Rev. F. R. Dawson and Fev. Frank Warren. Su.nda.y evening was reported to be the climax of the ConvenM.on with Rev. tva.rren preaching on the subject , "Lif'e•s Greatest Question.n If� sought and found theLord. Nineteen Circuits l.'11ere represented. 44 Thirt;r years gi. histo;;:y. 192.5 marked the end of the third decade in the life of the Washington Conference. The thirtieth Annual Session of Confee:nce was conducted, IA'.a.y 27•31 in New !tlestmi:nster, Bl"itish Col umbia. This was the first and only time that Annual Conference was held outside the state of Washington. Conference m.embe:rship gains by the end of this third decade we:re very slight. Total membership had inoreased by only 103. This figure is contrasted with a gain of 62.5 in the second ten years of history. The Conference was operating thirty-five Sunday Schools in 1915, with 221.5 scholus enrolled. By 192.5 the corresponding figures had been increased to forty-two Sunday Schools with 32:37 scholars enrolled. The net gain of churches was only one, from twenty•nine to thirty. Despite 4�ews item in The Free ,.t4;;:;.eth;:;:;.;:;o.-di=-s;;.;;:.t, Vol. 57 No. 26 (June 24, 1921 ) P• 8. 44Ruth A. :&l.kins, "Youth Convention in 1t1ashington,n The Free Methodist, Vol. 58 No. 17 (Aprll 28, 192.5) 14. the increase of only one church, the value of ohuroh property was in- oreased from $6),515 to $94,800. In 1915, thirty pastors received a toW salary of $1J,J()0.4). 45 The corres ponding figures for 1925 were thirty-four and $26,?56. 95. The t.lrl.rty•fil"st Annual Conference opened in Seattle on June 16, Seattle Pacific College wasprese nted by c. Hoyt Watson in a Sunday morning rally and a toW of $5200 was raised in cash and sub 46 scriptions. The Conference elected for the first time a total of six delegates (three ministers and three la.ym.en), to the General Conference of 1921. Up to t..us time the 'lcfashington Conference was allowed only two dele gates to the General Con:feren.oes of 1898 and 1903, and four delegates to the 1907, 1911, 1915, 1919 and 1923 General Conferences. Delegates to this seventeenth General Conference held in Roches• ter, York included: T. H. Marsh, R. H. \varren and c. H. �':Iatson as ministerial delegates, with A. N. !!lest and H. E. Kreider a.s ministerial reserve. Lay delegates included John \':fhitehea.d, H. o. !.fickll\f and c. L. 41 Foster, with c. E. Gibson and A. D. Frets as lay reserve delegates. 4� nutes, 1915, 1925. 46y ,�"la.shington Conferen.oe," Ib.! .fl:!! Methodist, Vol. 59 }Jo. 2'7 (July 6, 1926), 8. 4'7!-linu tes, 1926, P• 12. 40 The year 1927 saw the addition of four churches to the Conference, bringing the total to thirty-five. vlith these additions the value of church property went over the $100,000 mark for the first time. The 48 total value of the thirty-five churches ws appraised at $126,150. June 14-17, 1928 were the dates of the thirty-third Annual Ses• sion of the �iashington Conference held in Seattle First Church. The following incident ocou:red at that Conference. A most touclrl.ng incident took place on the Conference .floor when one of its members , Rev. H. v. Haslam , gave his report and then asked for a. superanm.u:�.ted relation. He had served nineteen years in the Texas Conference, two years in the California Conference, twelve years in the Oregon Conference and thirteen years in the via shington Conference. The Conference was deeply moved and rose 49 in a body in honor of the retiring minister. Tears flowed freely. Bur'j,:.Lnp;ton Ce;mpground purchased. The Puget Sound District of the Washil1gton Conference purchased a campground site just outside the oity limits of the town of Burlington in 1929. 'f he grounds were first used by the Puget Sound District when they conducted a oa:mpmeeting on 50 the grounds August 14-25, 1929. The Burlington oa:mpground became the site of Annual Conference in 1930 for the first time. Annual Conferences convened at this site every succeeding year, up to, and including 1960. 5! 48 f.:!'inutes , 1927, P• 17. 49 ,,!rlashington Conference, n !a! Free .M�eth.::::o:::;.:;di=::s..;.t• Vol. 61 No. 26 (June 19, 1928} 6 • .5°o. F. DeFoe, tft.fashington Conference," !!'!.! Frte Mtthodist, Vol. 62 No. 19 (May 10, 1929) 7. 41 In the spring of 19.30 a tabernaole was built on the campgrounds. An artiole in I!:!! Free M!!f:hodist related the dediaation of the taber• On Sunday', .l\1ay 25, 19.30, Rev. N. c. Baskin in just a few minutes, raised the amount of $1500 and the tabernaale was dedicated to the servioe of God. The building is 48• X 80t with twelve large win• do-vrs in the roof' and. will seat 850 people. Ten large doors in the .front aremade to swing up, forming an awning which inareased the seating aapaaity to 1000. • • • It is said that this is one of the finest tab&rnaoles in our church oonneotion. 52 The campground setting proved to be a real asset and attracted many more to Annual Conference and Camp than was previously the aase. George T. Klein reported on theAnnual Conference and camp, July 3·1.3, 19.30, by stating that it was one of the greatest meetings that he had eNer attended. Over 150 tents were filled with campers as well as a fine group from the OOl'l'.lmtU1ity attending the services. He reported that the taber• mcle was filled ever:r night as ma.ey hundreds listened to the stiring messages of E\ra.ngelist, R. R. Blews. Over 9,000 meals were served during the ten days of Camp am Con• 5 ferenoe, in a dining tent supervised by Rev. and Mrs. E. H. Harmer. .3 Taooma �round Rurohased. In the summer of 19.32 the foll.ow• ing report appeared in I!:!! E.£!! Methodist: During the Conference year a most beautiful campground has come 52-, ,t.J'ashington Conference," .Ih!. Free Methodist, Vol. 6.3 No. 27 (July 4, 19.30) 6. 5 .3George T. Klein, uwashington Conference" The It!! .Methodist, Vol. 6.3 No• .30 (July 25, 19.30) 6. 42 into possession of the Sea.ttle•'l,acoma District of the Washington Conference. Ten acres of lovely grove, formerl;r owned by thePierce County Holiness Association-in the south part of Tacoma.. Large auditorium.,,,dining hall , and cabins with city -water and oa.m.pi ng fa oiliti es.7'1' The rust oa.m.p was held on the above grounds , June JO ... July 10, 1932. The Sll:rldq crows were estimated at 60G-'?OO people. F. R. Daw son and E, P. Boyd were the speakers at this ini.tial cmp1eeting on 5 the Tacoma. gro unds • .5 The thirty-s eventh Annual Session of Conterenoe -vm s convened at Burling ton, August 3-'1 , 1932• li!ith 180 tents and cabins in use, there were nearly 800 people staying on the grounds. Rev. A, E. tfanen served as Evangelist for that year , with Bishop Zahniser presiding over 56 the business sessions of the Conference. FortY ;x;ea.rs 9.1. historz. �ifith four decades of history concluded, we note some interesting statistics. These statistics mi.ght be called Total maubership in 192.5 stood at 1.559, and by 193.5 that figure had increased by 603 to a total of 216,5. This increase is compared to 103 for the previous decade (191.5-192.5). Campground.s ," !be Free 1·tethodist, Vol. 65 No. 23 (June 3, 1932) 10,54uNew 5� rews itS'Il in The Free l1ethodist , Vol. lJo. 30 (July 22, 19.32) - - 6.5 P• 10. .56 nwa shington Contsrenoe,•• The J:i'ree l1ethodist, Vol. 6.5 lfo• .3.5 (August 26, 19.32) 10, 43 in 193.5J and total Sunday School scholars had increased. from 32:37 to o.nl.y 33.53 in 193.5. The number of ch:u.rchas in the Conference t.va s in crea.sed from thirty in 192.5 to thirty-siX in 193.5. These six addition• al olrurches inor eased the total value of church property by $2.5,480 to a total of $119,280. The depression years are very much in evidence when one compares 193.5, thirty-seven pastors received only $19.,3'70.8.5• .5'7 The next five years (193.5-1940), saw the addition of four new churches to the Conference and an increase in membership of 213 • .58 George T. Klein reported on the forty-fifth annual session of Conference, conducted in Burlington, July 31 - August 3, 1940. ·�lave after wave of glory and blessing st 5711inutes, 192.5, 193.5• ..JV!1��as!f., 193.5-1940. 59George T. Klein, "l4ashington Conferenoe,n Th§ Fre§ Methodist, Vol. 73 No. 34 (August 23, 1940) 13. sub- It :ts that did .. -�· 1940-1943.. 1943, 23 .. seasons ever )e:l":l.$110& as that luge g;,:oup of minis ...... ,.,,. ..,...... :� together.62 or 0., F. John c. the n'""'··-··"' ""�' to ninaty ...sev en, tt4'ooty of more nmllt>el!' had .,.,.,..,..,..,IW"i by death . or in 1945 66 47 S ohools 1>1i th a teachers, inolude forty-three 68 I:UU."V.J....LW.�:l'.UV Of 5, ?35. III. THE H:ASHING'.rO!� an building.. 501 over n�?M names had the 69 past nnl'l'f'lll,?>""l"�"""' year. con- that data. An were with a total Vol. 80 No. 35 48 :in a. row .500. (1) ( 1950. ( To 128 in the same (1947-.50) by 1,146. 1950 to It via S , 11Vle.sh1ngton 2#, 1948) 12-!J., 1946-1950. fl\ie.shington C:oltt"ecr>eJ1ce Vol. 22, 1950) 1 3. naw p .. nrlrnBtl"'l!lnca •s the re,Oel>'tl.on GOlnt"E:n: as as a In 195.5 A On this judgement, clistr.ict LlU>"-rU,_ of T."l"'l"l."''-'"'"""' to 81 S::i.te," 1956) 2. 19.5.5: 6 , 19.56 a joint was held , as one nAlr>son it. 8" step. 11 ,;; its 29, 1956. The Plan Seattle1 on No. 6 p .. 1. 8? seven 89 6, .J.,J""""""'" During Qr"lf,..,.,, .,..," 1957) 1. 1956, 1957. 4, 389. of the ooJ!'l.n�1"4'lil1CA .�.u.._.J,·i:) <::M the to u92 the on 96 $1,075,000, $?75,000. No. 1 • r:nr,'�'·,.,...,.v,..,.:. 5... ,.. .u .�..r. ;e:, on a nEr'l'f 98 ,.J...._...... , was new .�.�'"'.1..!1.· .1.. one Q ���.�A u·'5 •� L��.�.,� 99 of 100 ,000. 19.55 thEl had to .5,:1.32 .. in There has of 6 in Conference in IV OF TH in Because and I .. was on on A in in ) soon over in in $2,000, was 210.. Ezra 3 on of' the the • author , 61 sorne rooms 1orere 2, were in of at S On Roth , Dam 8, 1963. on the unit pro- , one our 6 1n I11. 7 t in and some in in ian 8 as For som.e group xnet in. The \-Jest Dravus On On 1, on were 9 10 • and we ist P• fl now .A • t in In In some minor , 1959 is as s A. • in 1968. group .. us a of Oll • 1957. An s L. D. ton, '71 in as the some " F. L. serrnon. :I.n 19.56. It in 17 in 1 of the The in 1. vl est of , �"ith the 18 and others . The at the 1 The was on the corner of :.v of est and • I. C:t--ook and ":ras 1 t The to 2, H' was between ·' . 1 of Dr. c. 20 , 1 and I and Some of the more space roorr15 o A to • X 1 of , Which ltev. a an � to o:l: church was pews ten were one of now ottr at 19 at The as to L. Root J:t•. a to I 1 f with the all Ineet a of sons of Sr. , WS- 1!1 L. Root was to to • wa s sent to in 1 950 , a the name a came out of • - 19.51 22 as to Ron • to 75 of Rmr . on a 100 year year , was 1 22 1 , a F, • s. P. t space to one , Richland , of the g 1910 t 750. of 1 �� 200 Truman • Bauer , years were this comrnit tee was 17, 1 , the have been On 10, 1913, a was made to erect a new on (1120 to to • second was of Nov- ember , 1 3 , and 1 of parsonage November 1 , 1 as such . On some away The next of c. 1 the The par5onage wa s moved one to 1116 reno- and new on the church reached with a of 1 is 1 Rev . of th e Church home was for The Rev. F. L. the to did not come 8.!1d in 1 ' as 1 • A new wa s 1 under the A nev:r and 1 The in Bremerton. . o. t. but did of 22 , 79 coutm:uted J. 1:1:. 'lnoMs was School • in summer of 1 L at 12d.O p.m. , � , " the Rev . L to :Ln homes . Ruth the t , donated a re con- to use down an to add on.to age. A 9. dow.n. , ov- ember • J. BowerMn , on 1 • P• • :tt wa s and r-oaoroom parsonage was a cost rooms and has now to the the the the 81 1 A. K. ve!"y A. N. are the Rev•. H. Van as 1890. 1 neeessaey. rooms were a P, were 29 the was so under it , some gave way 30 room!!! . 1 p 1 Rev. is to be in t ( 1897 at 1898 were : ley, J. A. J. E. H. in1 On June 1. 1898, $1_50 . :�100 was smne year. A lot was church was 19, 1899. The Rev . c. 1940. the year 1 the over 200, dream of a new Under c. soon the for L. 1 house on were made to and the sum of 5 ,500 • .. , on 1 Rev . the it on on 1 • the 1 the 6, 1 Crusade E. • G members. Two and as until 1 J. • a 1 moved to com- the 1 1 the at pre- 3.5 sent • to 1 at 1 enee in the person was H. C. A new and on 1, 1 the • )6 used as a annex. Church of • on 1 the Rev . A. N • '"' ..,. the • wa s the home until the pre- 1 • in 1 957 and w1a s , 1958. years of that thirteen men years , have of Ronald 1969. into 37 Rev. J. F. -vrlth of who lived in t.'i-tat of built The of were 30' X at plus for sermon Rev. R. H. , T. A. D. C. A • 611 p 1 ceremonies on t 1 1 on IV. BRITISH COlUMBIA INTERIOR DISTRICT Grinrod, British Columbia .. The Grinrod Society wa s a of the Alberta Conference until 1955, at vJhioh time it was to Washington Conference. The church 's as 194) , vli th K. as the in1tial pastor. Grinrod 40 linked with a Circuit for most of its history. Kamloo;es , British Columbia . Rev. c. P. Stewart work of Methodists in Kamloops in the year 1 of the work are listed as: Ellis Hughes, and • Charles Dierks . A suite The church was remodeled in 1960. A new three-bedroom parsonage was constructed in 1964. Sunday School is at its all-time high with a J 1968 and church attendance ia also at its all-time as of 41 1968. Society had begin- ning in 1924 , as a meznoo1r of the A lberta Conference. It was 40 Personal correspondence of Dr. c. Hoyt , Seattle , ton, the author , December 20, 1968. 41 Personal correspondence of Rev. J. E. Campbell, , B. c., Dr. C. Hoyt Watson, Seattle , \�ashington , November , 1968. to 1955 . as the has 1932-1937 ; with 1 in 1 was a 1 as a 43 • until 1938. 1938. P. B . C .. , 1.8, 1968. v. COLm-1BIA ,J . was a on work was • has School ware on in some years was an 45 was merly 1914. were held. c. s. • was " A short as the parsonage. 1 re- • c., to was the new 1 • c . t G. , as then built the continued to serve as the while 1i estminster until 19.56 . the The 1968, the 48 the • Vietoria , Briti�h Columbia. baek to 1941 a small • first a on to Douglas over a • was the In 1 , was With Rev. N. C. the Smith. The buildL� was in 1946, With • to author, held 1948. Upon the 30, 1 • room in the of the oht!.r'ch which lived. to The that the A man by work, as well as Christian Radio. 49 , B. C. 0 The c. \i . , some seventeen Thirty- one wa s wa s to a over one • of 1 944 J . 1'"' . on the corner price ill. 500 . year . on 2, 51 dez , • 195? . and 1 A new new the very near .. on Olympic to • 1 1 96?. c. of 196?. 9? the 1 a over the In 1921 , �.w ...-.....n...... on vU·""i:.>'<:'U On corner of • A time a new par- was built . 1 S4 3-44 the churoh was J.""'':uvl.ll..o:s.lc"'u ment the c:huroh. 19-60 saw the which was occupied Be llio''1.gham. Rev. S. 'frl. Welty was v...... ,j!.., was R. J . Hilton . 1. 1 98 an job., on one 'rhe his of A Rev. B. T. Root, a was an of the was so it spaoe . wa s Rev. (;:< .L:te 1 was �'he to 57 o. F' . 1912. of .. 1912 under 1 912, P• 99 • 1946-51. was and rooms 1967. 100 .at the roar A three additional rooms were Sno- 1898 and was • 1908. in on a, new as soo:n as • 1 on a " G. w. 101 1 in hcnnes until v''"'""''� 12, was held room in , and ' 1 were held to , a 1910. in 1908. that • the in E:. H. Harman was the • Sarah p • H • ..r • • E. Grubb , E. Grubb and F. L. &�.n on to 102 to the was com- and pews the 63 J. w. • l:tnnex was 1 Rev . J. F'. A was as was 1 c. \'lia S , 1 905 in the group. was a to 103 1 G are at- 6.5 • of' 1890. t. a new in 1 on 6, 1 to- s. 1 ' and • acres were a 1n 6? 1 A was on July 1 Rev. J. \>1. 1967. Washingt�. Under in Lake. The Coru.lli some • then moved to other rented to come. It that one of these the tavern. The of the first church building 1965. 1967 , the Society purchased the 6 Church which they are currentlY 8 be- gan a Omak i..11 194/+. The date of the build- is known. of Rev. leslie who the Ornak Society from. 1955-1958 , plans were a new building . These plans were realized and a new church the pas- 69 torate of Rev. Marvin Ensign (1959-61). Oroville , �lashington. Free Methodism. had its in Oro- ville as of the Oroville-Loomis Circuit in June 1933 . Rev. F. R. Dawson came to the community as a camp- :meeting in June of 1933. 6 8personal of ington, to the author , October 23 , 1968. 6 9Personal ton, to the author , 1 o:n • • was for- .. t";hnr�h was con- ne"!.\ll' <�U>l.r<;B across 1959 . the ,ooo . • 1959· 107 ye ar 1957 1 95?. A new wa s inl A on debt on • At One-third of a,n acre was ?3 ?4 " Vol. No. to 108 was as 196:1.. a:nd the church a the of 1 • was tmd and a new was added. A was space as A new a room, as well as rooms. so 1 on as the 1 1 pas- tor room, • new the -----·---- T. v anoe New two years ' • In to • wa s the Te:r- 111 at the The member- ship 2)7 at the the Con- The was in the ( 1916-i >V'ith a :nat of only 1 members O!le decade showed a less than _soo , member ship of 466. of members, and the fifth have been ; 1,041 the in ( 19!1-6-1955) ; an even 1.261 exper- ..I..C.Uu'O\.< in three years of the decade would that an everl ...... 1, .. �,.. than the decade must very heavi- ly in the progress The purchase of the and its total program. camp are not any At there are fifty-six of churches are new years , are new near future . In all . en- to meet the ever demands in on APPENDIX STA 'I' ISTICS t 1 lt, 18 9 1 15 1874 18 !}-<'"" 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 1 118 APP�JDJ.X B HJ:i:CORDS SUN 1884-85 119 55 * 1885-86 70 1886-87 178 108 90 1887-88 20) 10.5 1 226 1 1889-90 344 198 1. 1+7 1 475 1 6_54 329 1 715 322 1 862 440 1 819 not c RECORDS , 10, 1 E. P. Hart ,J . 1'. 2 9, 1 P. .1 . 'I' . I) 3 1 l • J. I. lj. 1 E. P. J. I. T? 5 1889 -'-" • P. J. J. 6 25, 1890 Weston , G. 1>1 . J. J . ' 7 1891 B. r . J. J. 8 6. ,.,lll . P. J. y <} • (' 9 3, 1893 G. w. ... . J. 10 11, 1 \FJ . T. c. J . c. Scott '"' 11 :3. 1895 �� - P. c. E. J. c. 1885-1895. D CONFERE:l�CE , 1 5 ,., 1 9 s 1896 G. L<. i> ' 2 il 1897 B. R. • • 1{' "[;t T 3 13 . 1 J.CJG P. .t::.f. � . 4 April 12, 1 ].'!,.p c. 5 April 11 • 1900 G. �·l. • F'• 6 April 3, 1901 B. R. B. F. B. R. B. F. ? April ' 1 {' 8 April 15, 1903 E. P. "• E. · 9 ' 19o4 • T . r . H. E. F. 1;) o 10 • 1905 E. X T. H. !3 , F. 11 11, 1906 }.!;. P. T. H. J. 2 , 1907 B. • T. H. J. 13 w. T. c. E. B. H. 14 • 1 w. A . c. 1�. B. H. 15 13 , 1910 Seattle w. N, J' . D. B. H. 16 11 ' 1 1 IJ.l . J . D. B. 1? April 16, 1912 w. T. J. A. N. 18 15, 191:3 \11 , A. c. A. N. 19 28, 1914 B. R., c. A. M ,., 20 20, 1915 \If. ... vo A. N. A. F RECOitiJS G 21 25, 1916 \..T• T • o. T, 10, 1917 W. A. o. A, T. 23 9 , 1918 \<¥ . A • o. T. 2L� 16, 1919 \>/ , A. T. 21 . 1 D. s. T, 26 ' 1 �!/ . A. A, p 14, 1 '"' . H. T. R. o. ., r 28 • 1 w • A. H. 29 4 , 1 D. s. A . H. E. )0 27, 1 w. A,. A. H. June 16, 1 D. s. A. H. 32 1 8, 1 �J . A. A. J. Ju.ne 13, 1 Seattle A. D. J. \1/. 34 June 10, 1929 G. w. J. J. li' 3.5 June 9, 1930 � . R . )6 ' 1931 B. F. A. F. R. 37 ) , 1 Burlington 2, 1933 Burlington ltl . F. R. 39 8, 1934 Burlingt Ol'l H. F. R. 40 ? , 1935 Burlington A. :g . P. F. D,. v. c. F" J. H SCHOOL I RECORDS , 1 51 6 , 1 C. L. 5 . 194? I, . R. 53 3 . 1948 c. v. 54 2. 1 J. P. 55 ' 1 950 D. 56 Ju�v 25, 1951 L. R. Jul;y c. v. B. July 1 J . P. L. 59 July 21 , 1954 s. R. 60 ' 195.5 L. 61 • 19.56 c .. v. 16, 1957 J. P. 6) July 1 .5, 1 s .. 64 July 21 8 1959 H. 65 July • 1960 c. v. 66 25 , 1961 c. v. 67 t 1962 J. P. c. c. w • 68 • 1963 J. P. c. , 1 964 H. F. F . 70 ), 1 965 }l'. E • F. 71 July 2.5• 1966 E. C. E. F. J 1. 2. 3 . ) l� . 5 . Nama 6 • . 7 - 8. person or K TO t.o Yours c. APPEN I BY C. TO 1. 'S 2. J. ers q.• year the -'· ------�-·-·------ 6. ?. 8 .. A NEl'HOD1S'l' Bii:CJWS OR Reecer 133 A. !! f.. Book of f.;l.soipline. Church , Light and Ul'e , Wilson T. History: of 2 Vols. �1/inona. House , 1941 . Ho1<1land, L. 'rhe Story of � fhurch . 'rhe 11ethodist Publishing House 0 19.51 . Venture. and Methodist Church . p 187?, 18?9. 1 900-1934 • • 1 935- 19.55 · Yearbook. Free Publishing 1956-1968• .l_&J:•er!eH H • Publishir...g .. this , 1967) 1 . the 'llol. IV No. • , \IJ'as h1ngton ," The Vol. t 1926) f Vol • .. t Puget Sound ," Vol. 38 190.5) . 4. nYouth Convention 58 • 17 (April 28, XIII No. 6 1 957 ) 9 " 0. Pt.. :reJrerlce• Vol, 76 No. (August 20, 1943) , 13. :,.,.,.,.,.. .,.,,.,""'' """'• .. • 30 (July 25, 1 930) , 6. D. D. Vol. No, Vol. • 23 (June 3, ," The Vol. 42 No. 20 1' 1907) . 1� 135 item," The Nethodist, Vol. 52 No. 10 11 t 1919) , 14. • 24 3 . The Vol. 57 No. 26 8. --· Methodist, Vol. 65 No. 30 (July 22 , 1932) , 10. Odell, J. K. "Probation in Washington ," �.� Vol. 48 No. 29 (June 20. 191 5) , 4 . "Old 's Home Interest Asked , •• irla� Conference XIV No. 5 1958) , lh Porter , E. L. v.uvu•Juuc;;:,u , �lashington ," The Methodist, Vol. 48 No. 12 (:r1arch 23, 1915) , ,5. Sound District Campmeeting•" 1Jl.!!. Hethodist. Vol. 44 No. 35 29, 1911) , 4-5. Plarts get 'Shot in the Arm' " Washington Conference XV No. 1 (SeptE.lmber • 1958) , 4. "Sedro 1floolley , klashington ," The ;[!:� I1ethodist, Vol. 51 No. 32 (August 6, 1918) , 5· .u�o,.t;;;u Construction Conference • 1 1-iashington Conference ___;.....-"'- · XLII 1. �'�""'"'n��'•""' • " The J:l" 'ree Hathodist, \Tol. 38 No. 23 (June 6, 1905) , 1 3. - - The Hethodist, Vol. 59 No. 27 (July 6, 1926) ' 8 - The Hathodist , Vol. 61 No. 26 (June 19, 1928) ' 6' / o • lv!ethodist, Vol. 63 • 27 (July L� , 1930) ' • • 35 Vol. o. 10, 1 ) t o. 11 ' 1 ) . S, K. No. c. " ' " pp. l -2 " t . in P • 1 D. of gn•.nn� , Deoenll)Sr 6, 196? . to , Bothell, 1 C. to 1968. B. C. 9 to 1967 . of fllr. G. h�. to Q��Ll>LI�� J 6, 1967 . l'I:r. E;. lrl. to 1968. Hev. c, 22 , of' Rev . 1. D. , to 21 , 1967 . of Rev. J. \'i . , Stanwood, , to 11 t 1967 . Klein, Bothell, e to ,J . , to the author , , to of Rev. 1 5 , i'\oot , • enatchoe , 1 , Sedro ·to J)r , • Co Snohom:tsh , Har- , f3. c. 1 1:39 B. C. Clinton , W ash:ington, , , Washington , November 23, 1968. of Dr. c. Hoyt Watson t t 1968. Burbank , Seattle, \�ashington, to the to c. Bush . to • to the , to the , to the 140 to L. Root Jr.. , Olympia , F. 1 • 1 959- 2,5, 1 •