Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-24
NINISTERSYs.Y.M.C.A.
a hlTy Row On 10 The Camps ti The
Two associations.
YOUNG MEsIS the sAoDLGsO FAR
Ironblc Arose Over Inviting a Nor.
mln 10 Speak At 1h,ir Annual
Meeting In April,


NJ. q. 4. Of this city. The snalr, It
aprtar-, was flr.t exploited At the reg.
ular Monday meeting Of the preachers
yesiot,a. The next time serious At. |
toution was paid to Il was At meeting
Of the Young Meu's Christian associa.
ton last night / was there that the
real trouble commenced.
AZ carefully CLEANED from reliable
sources the story VI tho strife Is A.
0llpwt!
The annual meeting Of the Y. NJ. g. /
a. viii be held al tue salt Lake Thea
tot April 9th. Prominent speakers
10th from home and abroad are tx.
pecIoi to be- present Among tho latter
Hfc the ismous evangelist. saukey,
sni George G. sIoOoins, tho well
known Gospel hymn writer. The list
also embraced the name VI Mormon
Elder.
This ministers association, II seems,
took Hceplious-violeut exceptions to
THIS extraordinary ptopositioll they
were 20 shocked tnat tue Question
formed the main topic Of discussion
at the meeting referred 10 anu
committee was appointed 10
walt upon tue Y. NJ. q. a. aud dc.
maHl the cancellation from the pre-
gram Of the name Of the Mormon ~.
der. Tbat com mitteo consisted Of the
Rev. II. q. Men .ece Of the Flrst
Presbyterian church, w. =. Hawkes.
superintendent ~ the Congregational
Mission anu Il. +. Clay Of the Central
Christian Church. At least this l., the
personnel Of majority OF thu commit
tee. II IL plsiuvely stated 10 the
NEWS that Rev. +. &. lila was also
memuer Of the committee, but
that hS had other business anu
Gid not appear at the meeting with
his brother ogmmittoemen, although
chair Was Kept for HIM.
fnis delegation iOst no time In stating
the object Of its missiOu, Tuey were
much gTieNed ~ know that u MOtmon
Elder had been included Ia the let OF
| Is eakefs ut tue annual meeting, sud
they came ~ request that II bv dropped
s4-tasts vas 20 gtlcT hltgguasvt, iu
/ the event that II was not, the minis.
tiers association would DO obliged u
withdraw IL support from the Y. NJ.
| G., A.; moreover, n the determination
to keep the MORMON on tue program
were PERSISTED h., they would -co that
| Evangelist SanHey was not u speaker
at the annual meeting.
This was tho straw that broke the
! .. - Oh
suapprl tho Y. NJ. g.. Az patience In
twaiu. /, was acccTtod as challenge,
anu OTat0rical spHrring aud olRshiug OF
arms soon begun. Secretary Axiom,
| Frank Is. stephens, NJ. NJ. Go ., samuul
| Kauey and d. r.. V. solver, thu las,
/ three briug members OF DR.. MoNlecr's
/ cangfegaliOn, LED tho y. NJ. G.. A.
| forces against the ministers Hssocia.
/ ton. Toe contest was spirited and
| pTotfactud. M:. stephens, II seems,
| though strong church man himself,
was specially earnest Ia hls oEpOsiti0u
| 10 ministerial diclhtlon anu declared IN
| favor Of bbsHll,a individual Anu felig.
iUus freedom 1-de thought that thie.ts
such NJ had been mads were Altogeth,T
out OF place. 30 Tar ~ he knew there
was no difference IN lhp ultimate aims
| Of any OF tue chutches, Mormon or
On.MormOu. Their means might be
| different, tut all stood for an aIneliOfA.
| ton Of the condition Of mankind; all
were working along the same lines; all
offered ana gave assistance 10
young men In the struggle 10 make
their lives better and purer. No one
church had monopoly In the matter
| Of soldering tue seeds Of righteous
ness and doing good generally. There
was no reason why there should DO
AntAgOnlsmb between Mormon anu
non-Mofmon churches, TneTe were
many reasons why harmony and good
feeling should eEist. The non. Nor
mon churches on special occasions
wanted large assembly hall IN which
TO meet. lie knew that the Nor.
mon Tabernacle had been free.
| iy given them. MOTmons and non.
/ NJ rmOns had wOTsnipped within its
walls together, lie had heard Prrsi,
dent George q. Cannon open meeting
| by pTRyeranu DR., liza pronounce the
bsnediou0n, He dId NOS think either
gentlemen hAd belitiled himself by
such an act, nor did he think tho cOu-
gregations were Ia any way Injured.
l.OoAliElng his remarks more
particularly Mr.. Stevens IL
| reported 10 have said that
here were more Mormon msmbets
In this Y. NJ. &. A. than tho Rssocla.
| Hon HAD secured from all the other
churches combined, anu certainly that
alone ought 10 appeal 20 the sense Of
Justice VI tho Mi0lsteTs' association,
OIhot members OF the board Of dir0c.
tors were largely Of the same view.
Thirteen out 0. fifteen wsfH present
anu when the vote was taken 10 Rccod1
TO the demands OF tho minister, the
proposition was rejected by mBjOtity
NJ i've. The exact vJio was nine TO
four; anu one OF those who voted with
the minority explained that he was
| opposed 10 tue principle Of yielding,
aul declared thai he did 20 simply on
he grounds OF eXpedienoJ get the
problem cut 0f tho way.
II there was any Intention OF carry.
ing out the threat Of seeing that Dir.
5ankey dotb not speak at the annual
meeting, tho Young Mems director
have rather anticipated IT, lmmeui-
ately alter the session "A Telegram was
sent 10 Mr.. Sanhey which read ab0u
AZ iollDws! "Wuuld you object 10 al.
pahTing on platform with one Of most
prominent Mormon speakers Of StRts2"
As YET no reply has been received, but
lhe Y. M. g.. A. point 10 the gentle
mans cosmopolitan religious training
anu believe II 10 DO q sufficient guar.