Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08
The Episcopal Church among the
WormOnS.
BISHOP rrrrLE AT TRINITY cHURcf


BISHOP TrTTLE AT TRINITY CHURCH.
After the usual evening service at
Trinity Church, last evening, the Rt.
Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, D. D., Bishop of
Montana and Utah, preached the sermon
giving an account of his work among
the MOrmOns.
He commenced his discourse by speak
ing of missionary labors in general and
then in his own diocese. His home for
five years had been on the border, and
at present he was located at Salt Lake
City. Referring to his field, which coy
ers an area of 5000 square miles, and is
sparsely settled, he first gave the charac-
ter Of the inhabitants. Though they
may be wicked, in general they are free
hearted and have warm feelings. To
commence his labOrs among them it was
necessary to draft a plan Of procedure
which would meet all eXigcncies that
would present themselves, and to this
end he had established four principles
The first was that everything depended
upon the man appealing to them, for his
influence radiates and pcrmeates society.
| Personally he had endeavOred to win their
confidence and regard. and in selecting
his Co-wOrkers he had been most care
full. ElOQuenCe was not what was
wanted in itself, neither were single
men desired Those who performed
most successful work were married men.
The influence of home they carried with
them, and this was necessary, for the
early settlers of Utah were vile class
6 4 nd prisrG rGat nd
the Elders had made special bearing in
their preaching upon what he termed
the C0utaminatiug influences of gentle
homes. His second principle was to
look after the children, believing the
child to be the father of the man. Nor
mons in the main We're religious fanatics,
and they taught their children their
peculiar doctrine. These people would
come and listen to his preaching " ben
he first went there, and the more if2tcf-
ligent would thank him, agreeing that
what he said was right, but would inti-
mate there was something beyond, and
they trusted to convert MIN finally to
their faith. Such people it was extreme
" hard tOcOnyince of the truth, but with
schools he undermined the stronghold.
In Salt Lake City he had two schools
with 225 scholars. One school, st,
/ Marks, was of a high grade, and was
nearly Self-suppOrting. To this, and
also to the other, came many Mormon
children. These were of two classes
the 'Godites" and Orthodox. and Apos-
tatas. The parents of tn" former de
sired their progeny to have mental cul-
ture of a better order than could be Oh
tanned at the miserable schools of the
sect; but at the same time they were
under spiritual influences, as religious
exercises were carried on in the schools,
Most of the Mormon children had to be
! helped to this mental and spiritual train
| ing, and the expense was $40 per year
scholar. Brigham Young, with his ac-
custOmed sagacity, has gathered around
him a few good teachers to check this
current against him. The people where
intelligent, were not we'll balanced, and
he believed So strong was their religious
fanaticism, that not more than one in
ten of the malcOntent men and injured
women would respond to a call of free
dom. In Ogden, Idaho there are thirty
or forty scholars who were MOrmOns -
Compared with Salt Lake City, Ogden
is more thoroughly MOrmQHized, the
figures bcing-in Salt Lake Clay, 10000
MormOns and 1900 Gentilcs; in Ogden,
1000 MormOns and 800 Gentiles,
The speakers third principle was to
develop self help among the people -
This weaned many from their faith, as
it touched money matters, and helped
support the church He had Interested
them in this by going among them and
they appreciated this business like way
but his church work mus g,.cfivr East
en aid Al Salt I4lAr Two cIergymyn
lH.
try paid, the poor taken care of and in
tereSt paid on the church debt. III that
city he had built stone church, costing
about fifty thousand dollars, and on it
now rests a debt of $l2. 900. When he /
first took the diocese there was no church .
or missionary there; now they have /
four churches. three pastorates and sew
en- or eight lots of land in possession. /
The workers in this field are four min
listers in Utah, two in Montana and one /
in Idaho. The fourth principle was to !
wait patiently the results of labor. The |
people of these territories were there for .
one purpose and believed that to make !
money alone everybody, came hence /
they were slow to receive a person /
preaching the gospel. The inevitable /
death OF MOrmOnism is not so near at /
hand. the speaker believed, as Eastern
people prophesied. 1t is supported by
fanatics and strengthened with organiza-
ton Polygamy may cease, but it has
other principles of faith. The inoyations
of the gentiles in Salt Lake City may
change it to a gentle town, but the
country population of the Tertiary will
be longer in succumbing. Regarding
present aspects, the arrest of Brigham
Young and his officers will be trusted to
the General Court. These leaders were
too sagacious to resort to violence, and
their great desire was that the United
States would act hastily and violently
with them, submit meekly and rely
upon the reaction of a sensitive public.
Since the issue of the Presidents mes
sage the Mormons are confident they
must give up, but the desire is manifest
that compromise should be affected,
promising better in the future and ask
ing that existing relations be permitted.
The spiritual work must be the strong
lever to eradicate this evil, and he closed
with an appeal for sympathy and offer
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