Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-16

Ia the evening, beginning nj
,,eloek. the visitors aud local MENTORS
Nh. Presbyterian and other denomi'
,.llopal churches u the city held n
u,,on missionary meeting In the The.
\, pre,ided over by the Rev. Dr.
Cleveland, Of Philadelphia, former
s,od,n,or Of the general assembly. The
ma, was occupied by tho combined
ssSiu Of the presbyteIlaa,. Methodis',
\ alionalirtand Baptist Churches,
i.Gly A. IA. Peabody. Tue auditor
INN snd galleries were packed 70 over
a,wine, and an extra meeting. was 40.
earJipaly ncld In the Frat Mels0ditt
Eprespal church, ON rhird south
nv Dr. Kelney, Of New jersey,
,,ad A chapter from tho book OF Deu'
,s,,nomy. al,ef which, the Rev. MIR.
U.rkius superintendcnt Of tho Con-
gwrsilonal work In Utah, led ia
phyef
Nh. MclIelvey made n few Intro
Bnr,oty remarks. He said the gather
ing wrs strictly n union meeting, hold
iot the puipu,,s and s,ysp,th int IN.
neNeu ,, ss ~ ,hs w.st. N was i'm.
evange', Ky, ~. chnrch shonII carry
poi',n, 'na1 , w., m Leans Christ.
~, Wv MI ihav w.ye enro.yotin- 10
nav M ""'s .'is,I,, ininuction ~
20. ~ ~ Co.. INV tryirpt,
1t. .,n .nn "ns o.. Into iii IA. wo,id
un' va ~ Gosr.I IN rxrry
huu pis,~ I, wss s,iin. IN hold sncb
ey a, III. ,im. and nlac,. n
,s' ny sharsJ ,ha, ,hsys wo,,ld bs
~ I'm ,si,h snch f..IIngs n.
Asy ~ 'y IA .Ynst,.nc.d befars and
Wv, ns .,a.n ~, ,ha hlood of the
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am,mbor Of the Pre.byterian Hoard OF
Home Missionaries OF New York, said
theIubIect that had been allotted TO him
vas the GENERALIZATION OF the West. -
II vas most diiiicult thing, almost
Impossible, 10 ,ay where the East left
Of and the West commenced. There
was time when Rochest.r. New
York, was considered 10 be in the West.
Later, Cleveland, Ohio, was regard.
Ell n being in the far West
Today II was different. The West
which was forty or fifty years ago tho
land OF the Indian aud buffalo was now
occupied by civilized people. Ten EN-.
plrrs as large rs Germany could be
carved out OF the country west the
waters Of mysterious Mississippi. Ger
many now had 63,OOO,OlO OF people.
The West 1900, 900, ono.thlrd of the
population Of the United States, and
was developing Into country that
would sometime be capable OF sustain
Ing bOO,OOO,OOO or bOO,OOO,OOO inhabi-
tanl'. II was richer Than the fertile
valleys Of GerIaapy or even France.
The Rocky Mountains would some
Gay oe able 70 sustain larger popu'a'
lion accounting TO tho square mile
Ioan any part OF The world. Yes, these
mul'lludinous valleys would sometime
have the largest cities and most pros
porous people In the country. The
west contained varied population,
Init were Roman Catholics, Indians.
&c, In the fastness OF these noun
ialns were "Mormona" oceupyins
ssny vcmns ~ rom 'ne 6urgp.
N.Y., "au ns'Ano nasiOns ny n',lsu
IN oo smu no. long ago that az least
s sVo ,OO nAiNoso' iat,awy nun woulu
observation-disclosures oune mere 70 maso hN'ns io'
'''eS anu 'au'''es'
Ihe speaker then pulled y long face
ali called the attention OF hisauiitors
10 what he termed the woeiul ignor
Anee oil the "Mormons." AZ an illu
s.Iauon he related oanard worn oui
ny usage. In tubstance II IN a. follows
a it1y Presbyterian school teach
hAl been ssnt to southern Idaho Il
waeh the children OF mormon" pa
thnse' She opened her school snt
worked hard 10 make u u success but u
Wa great task. On one occasion
Nhen her geography class was re
slIng sue inquired what state they Nv