The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-15

The signs of discomfort which appeared
IN the First NJ. E. church soon after the
recent change of pastors, and which was
doubtless confined to a very few, seem
to have passed entirely away. as The
Herald recently predicted would be the
entity entered upon a most successful and
satisfactory pastorate.
The First church has had some I'M
happy experiences and many things to
contend against and perhaps one source
of trouble has been the presence in its
congregation of a few dissatisfied spirits.
For instance, after Mr.. Je1frey's appoint
/ ment, thew minated that DR.. L. c. lift
had been a longtime aspirant for the
First church pastorate himself, and feel
ing disappointed, used his influence with
Bishop Vincent to have Mr.. Je1rey chosen
as DR.. Beans successor in order to return
tit for tat, coupling with that the infor-
nation that the church in Utah was tired
of DR.. Tiff and had made a protest
against his rearpointment as presiding
elder or superintendent Of missions. Both
of these statements were untrue, as The
Herald has previously shown by publish
ing letter from Bishop Vincent him
self in which he stated as positively as
could be expressed in words that the APP
pointment of Mr.. Jeffrey was made solely
upon his own motion; that DR.. lsin never
mentioned the matter to him, ana further,
that there was no protest, formal or in
formal, from any individual or organiza-
ton. against the reappointment of DR..
Eff
Bishop vincent's letter, of course, COM
pletely disposes of these two allegations,
and there remains nothing more to be
said on that phase of the case.
There Is one matter, however, which
was brought out Immediately after the
recent conference. upon which something
more may, with propriety. be said in SIM
pie Justice TO DR.. Tiff. That is, the at
tempt made by these same few discon-
tented spirits to in some way reflect upon
DR.. Tiff and which was based upon the
theory since proven tc be untrue, that he
had for years been seeking an appoint
ment to the First church. After Mr. JET
frey's appointment, they went back into
the malodorous Mabry affair and asserted
that "Mabrys downfall was not due en-
tirely to the woman in the case, but
that DR.. lifts ambition mad mucn 10 DO
with it: that when Mabry was forced TO
discard tie ministerial coat, Dr. 1llft had
hopes of being promoted, but was doomed
to be disappointed again. This paper
stated on September z that Dr. liliT
lowed it up with Bishop Vincents letter
| and the result of its own Investigations.
published on September Is, which covered
that time 1t has looked further into the
Mabry incident, referring to which his
few enemies alleged that he was in some
degree responsible for that ex-minister S
downfall, and finds Their statement 10 pc
basely false and utterly without the
slightest foundation in fact. Dr. lllff did
no more in that matter than his plain
duty demanded, and his conduct from first
TO last was that of a Christian and gem
tleman whose actions reflected credit
upon both himself and the church that he
renresents. The only dscreditable feature
in it all is the conduct of those VINO. to
crafty some petty spite of their own,
would vouch for the truthfulness of q
statement attacking the reputation and
honor. of a man, knowing it to be false,
and thereby demonstrating that they are
unworthy of belief and deserving only of
contempt