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3 stories matching churchman

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  1. Hellfire and Fainting: A Celebrity Preacher Packs Seattle's Jubilee Hall

    The English broad churchman drew such a crowd that two people fainted and latecomers were turned away from Jubilee Hall.

    Mar 11, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

  2. The Saintly Swindler of Burlington

    A charismatic conman charmed his way through Skagit County, leading church hymns and social teas before vanishing with the town’s funds.

    Apr 3, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBurlington, Skagit CountyTrue Crime

  3. The Anti-Mason Preacher Who Had Been Initiated Himself

    Rev. P. B. Williams told a Seattle Lutheran crowd that secret societies were draining churches and breaking up homes. Pressed on his own Masonic past, he reluctantly admitted he had joined a 'clandestine lodge' in Chicago.

    Mar 8, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyLocal Legends

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