The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-21

the less Observation-Disclosures by tHlS
| L mean that We believe that il may be
just as clearly the duty of some one
else to be Presbyterian. Baptist, Con-
! gregationalist, Episcopalian, etc, as II
! is ours to be Methodists. True Chris
tianity demands this concession. I'VE
love all the churches that exalt our
! Christ
8. We are Americans as we'll as
| MethOdiSts and Christians. / want to
be understood as saying that the Meth
odist Episcopal church has always been
| loyal 10 the United States and her in
! situations. You remember the reply
of President Lincoln to a delegation
| from the general conference in 1854,
! sent to assure him Of the prayers and
sympathy of the Methodist Episcopal
| church: 1T is no fault of other
churches because of the large number
! of yours, that you have sent more sol
| diers to the front. more nurses to the
/ hospital and more prayers to heaven
than any other. God bless the Method
ist Episcopal church, God bless all the
churches and God be praised who Civ
eth us the churches in this hour Of
need"
We believe that no church should
seek % subordinate the STATE or die
tate its policy or manipulate its af-
fairs. We further believe that no state
or city should subordinate the general
government or refuse obedience to ma
tional laws. Our motto finds express
sion in these patriotic lines:
"A union of lakes. a union of lands.
"A union of states, none dare sever;
A union of hearts. a union of hands,
And the flag of the Union forever"
Rev F. o. Holman welcomed the
new pastor in behalf of the church. He
could not welcome him in besalf of the
state q he 0ifizan Of "a n
himself. 1T is customary" he said,
in some churches when a new pastor
arrives 70 have some one to deliver a
charge 20 the congregation, and some
one 20 deliver another charge TO the
pastor. In this case l will deliver the
charge to both" He would charge the
congregation to be loyal to Mr.. Lock-
wood and to support him first, last,
and all the time, through thick and
thin. He charged the minister TO put
forth his very best efforts, give his best
sermons. and use all his energies of
mind and body. Il have Travelled quite
extensively" he said, but never have
L seen city where good preaching is
more appreciated than it is here"
In answer to this, Mr.. Lockwood
said:
Il stand here tonight, at an immense
disadvantage. L am one against a
thousand. Literally, I am a stranger
and you have taken me in If there is
any other place in the world where
welcomes pour down so cCpiouSly from
cloudless sky. 1 have yet to discover
that place. First of all, 1 was greeted
as soon as l opened my eyes in Utah
by your smiling summer sky, and this
welcome was reflected by the sheeted
mountains that grid your lovely city
Then you sent out your picked men,
your SharpShooters, Mr. Hiskey Mr.
Wood, Major Grant, DR.. Tiff and DR..
Holman. Having run this gauntlet
with only slight damage to myself, 1
next encountered your skirmish line on
Sunday. From this, also, I came out
alive. But just as | was beginning to
breathe freely and to think that I lad
now emerged into the open country,
where / should have a fair field. at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, 1 found
myself surrounded by a detac ament Of
your Infantry, and a general engage
ment Immediately ensued. Now to-
night, after having been thoroughly
WOrSted by this last encounter, YOU
have brought your masked batteries
into play, and for the last l'slf hour,
the big guns referring to the previous
speakers) have been laundering all
along the line.
Now there is but one thing, as a man
of spirit, that is left for me to do, and
that is to stand up here boldly and tell
you to your faces, without fear or IA
vor that 1 am mighty glad to see you
every one of you. big and little, young
and old, saint and sinner
Seriously. though, l realize that I am
not to attribute this splendid reception
to any worth of mine You do not
know me, and if you did, perhaps you
would not esteem me worthy of such
a demonstration as this. You welcome
1f
| represent, and the Christ whom /
preach. To my cause and to my mas
ter be all honor and glory, both now
and forever more. Yet I cannot doubt
that in your warm hearts and broad
sympathies, you have already granted
me a secure place.
And now, since you have accorded |
me this welcome by faith, and not by
sight, it NAV not be out of order for !
me to indicate the platform upon which !
stand and to give you my pledge of /
honor and fidelity l stand for patriot |
ism and good citizenship; I stand for /
aw and order and pure municipal gov
l stand for sound morality, |
public and private; 1 stand for wide |
and broad culture; / stand /
'or God and humanity Your excel |
ency (to Governor Wells), if in the
course of human events it should oc-
,ur, as l do not apprehend that it will, /
hat our state should be given over to /
lot, revolution and bioodshed, you
nay depend upon it that one steady
voice Will be lifted UP for law, justice
ind order If it should ever happen.
Is [ pray it may not, that this fair
,ity should be visited by fire, scourge,
anime or desolation, I wish to assure
'ou that my heart will beat in warm
with all who are distressed:
hat my tongue shall not be silent for
want of a cOnSoling message, and that
ny hands and my feet shall be swift
o minister tc the sick and the
tricken. And. my brethren, wish to
ssure you, that from this pulpit shall
SSue no uncertain sound concerning
he burning problems of virtue, honor
r sobriety. And to you, my friends,
With whom L am glad to mingle and
o whom l am 10 minister, l wish to
ay that / am convinced that 1T is
more blessed to give than to receive"
nd that L willingly become the servant
f all.
1 am blessed with but little wit,
ave, give 1 unto you" Whatever
ends to add zest and richness to life;
7hatever adds grace to womanhood
nd power to manhood; whatever en-
ances the charm of social life; what
yer has for its object the development
f intellect; in short, whatever ele-
ates humanity. exalts Christ and en-
hrones God, shall have my constant
upport and ardent sympathy.
Once more, l wish to assure you of
~ appreciation of this splendid well
ONE, and to assure you that | reciprO-
ate every expression of kindness and |