Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-29

tho hour anu place Of meeting for
all the churches % tho two cities.
The Church OF Jesus Christ u Latter
day Saints enjoys equal favor with
tho others. IL would seem proper TOT
the many patrons Of tho eastern press
In Utah 10 remember those who accord
them fair treatment. The WOrid.lfor-
aid anu GiJbC rs the Hlaunch defenders
Of the parry 0t tari1 reform; anu the
bee and AOnpdraok the undzuuted al.
vocatcs Of Rupublicanism aud pfotoc.
ton, are quite ~ able sxpononta Of
their pauy'a principles NJ are theft
eastern contemporaries; and fat better
Informed On oil matters peculiar 10 the
Interests Of the great West.
In travelling here, the Utah.bOrn
Elder In astonishel 10 meet 30 many
vino have fallen away from the
Church. Asa fulc they are Kind and
well disposed toward our people. quite
a number u them are members Of tho
Rcofganizpd church, some arc Of the
Mhitmer faction, anu even the dead
aui Durled dolusions Of 5tfangism and
Bigdonism shoulder among the
ghsslly ruins. While Fome have bsou
to Utah, the majority are Of that class
who have tarrcd Ny the wayside In
gathering " Zion and, after buying
/ iands on which 10 build temporary
homcs, the rising value Of real estate
/ Ia tho vicinity Ui Omaha and
Council Bluffs has formed
sufficient thOrns and thistlos
10 choke the Gospel seed. By far the
most interesting hgufo Of tho entire
group IL that Of Benjamin Winchester,
an old veteran missionary Of the
Church au1 member OF Z.On's camp,
who still ives anu Ia Ia lair health Al
] i21 Washington avenue, Council
BUDS. lie dug the grave Aud helped
10 lay therein the writer's grandfather,
Alfred Fisk, who isll victim TO tue
cholera In ZlOn'a camp. lilo holds
al0oi from oil other churches, unlike
many drowning men who fail over.
board the ship Zion; he knows too
much 10 clutch at the etraws VI uu-
authorized factions.
la tho little town Of Crescent, Just
across the river oAst OF Florence, prusi.
dent ButterwOrth with tho writer's
assistance has been holding services
every Friday evening for the pact
month ia the excellent well.iutnibneI
church owned by the Re.Organized
church. Elders O. w. Jones aud
= AAAAhA y AAkNNHAH kh AAAHN AAAN AANAHN
In charge, nave shown exceptional
kindness aud courtesy when We were
withstOod aud challenged Ia one OF tue
meetings by another minister OF that
church named IL. y. Honsgn (who.u
field VI labor IL Ia Utah); one " tho
above named gentlemen gave Us TO
understand that they had no sympathy
with his cayilinga. The mtmbots arc
worry hospiIaOle, always invite US home.
We have, however, vutilablu
home ut the house VI our ever
staunoh friendi Joseph Hancock, whose
kini wife IL a devoted member Of the
Church, anu whose doors are always
swung open NJ our call day or night.
Exactly toe same may DO SAID Of
Frank Halliday, Of Council Bluff,
aud several others.
The Elders throughput this mission
are lab0Ting Leal0usly IN disseminating
the Truth. Win but two or three sx.
ceptions they report good health, Rnd
aru generally trusted with the greatest
kindness, although there 10 an almost
universal Indifference manifested to.
wards tho Gospel message and 10 the
religions OF all denominations.
The NEWS ~ one Of our most efiec.
tive aids, The home Rtiairs OF every
DAY lie In Utah arc OF absorbing Ia.
tefesI 10 tho Elders and Saints.
ID. +. STOUT.