Wallace Nutting
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- Jan 25, 1892The Pulpit vs. The Lottery: Seattle's 1892 War on GamblingWhen the Louisiana Lottery sought to expand its influence across the nation, a fiery Seattle minister took to the pulpit to denounce the 'giant evil' of state-sponsored gambling and its corrupting hold on American politics.Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA
- May 30, 1892The Minister and the SaloonA fiery Memorial Day sermon calls out the city's corrupt politics and the vice rampant in the very shadow of Seattle's churches.Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA
- Jun 6, 1892The Pulpit Against the SaloonRev. Wallace Nutting argues that legal prohibition is the only way to shield Seattle's youth from the moral decay of the saloon.Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA
- Oct 4, 1892The Church as a Public RefugeRev. Wallace Nutting argues that churches should be open 24/7, serving the city as community centers with drinking fountains and social services rather than just Sunday pulpits.Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
- Nov 21, 1892Sunday Statistics: The War for the Soul of Seattle's YouthRev. Wallace Nutting takes a census of the city’s saloons and churches to prove the moral decay of young men in the West.Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA
- Jan 9, 1893The Pulpit vs. The PressRev. Wallace Nutting fires back at local editors, defending the right of the clergy to speak out on political and moral matters.Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA
- Feb 20, 1893The Pioneer Missionary Who Built a Frontier EducationRev. Cushing Eells, a man who devoted his life to raising the moral standard of the Pacific Northwest, is laid to rest after a lifetime of labor in the wilderness.Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1893The Pulpit Versus the SaloonRev. Wallace Nutting denounces Seattle's 'reform' government for failing to regulate nightlife and corruption.Plymouth Church, Seattle, WA
- Apr 24, 1893A Sermon on Civic CorruptionRev. Wallace Nutting takes the Seattle municipal government to task for its failure to control vice and its admission of helplessness.Seattle, WA
- Oct 2, 1893A Final Tribute for a Seattle NewsboySixty members of the Newsboys' Union gathered to honor a fallen comrade in a moving funeral procession at the Seattle Undertaking Company.Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, WA
- Nov 13, 1893A Minister’s Sharp Critique of City Hall’s 'Joinery'Rev. Wallace Nutting takes the pulpit to call out bureaucratic waste, road-grading failures, and a lack of conscience in police enforcement.Seattle, WA
- Jun 26, 1894The City Mourns a Beloved TeacherA crowded Plymouth Congregational Church honors Amanda Hildebrandt, a teacher remembered for her selfless life.Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA