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

the congregation Oh the I'LL W. Il
church last evening. Mr.. Lockwood
has Just come from Illinois to take the
pastorate of the Tiff church. He will
preach III the evenings, the morning
service being reserved for Dr.. Holman
After a short programme the guests
sat down TO a sumptuous feast OF
cakes, sandwiches, coffee, etc.
E. G. Rogncn was master of cere-
monies. After a short prayer by Rev.
]. D. Gillian of the Liberty Park NJ
E. church the speeches commenced.
Mr.. Rognon told of a story he had
heard about a man who was TO make a
speech. He pushed mis- manuscript
into a knothole in an old tree for safe
keeping. The speech was kept so safe
ly that it could not be found in time
to be delivered by the composer. i
have left my speech in a knothole, and
SO I will not speak tonight" he said
in conclusion.
Governor Heber NJ. Wells was intro
duced and said:
1T is a pleasure to me, my friends,
to join with you in extending to our
guest, Rev. DR.. Lockwood, cordial
greeting and a fraternal welcome TO
our new state. In the past ten years
we must have sent tons of advertising
matter to the states east of us, invit-
ing settlers and homeseekerS to come
here and enjoy life with US we re-
allied the advertising net would gather
fish Of all kinds, YET we knew the re-
sources of our great state were so vast
and so varied that we thought we
needed all kinds; for, we argued, that
Just as it takes all kinds of people
TO make a world, SO does it need all
kinds of people to make a state. Ii
everybody was well there would be
no need for the doctors, and if every
body was good there would be no need
for the ministers. So while we hoped
for the best we invited them ali.
The great, overwhelming, all-impor-
tant essential Of this state was and
is population. We have everything
else We have the soil and the mines
and the climate, but we lack people
We have millions of good homes sim
ply waiting for settlers to come and
occupy them; any quantity of tempt
ing investments for capitalists; all
kinds of work for wOrkingmen; rail-
roads to build, irrigation projects to
start, enterprises OF great pith and
moment TO establish, health lying in
wait to attack invalids. attractions to
satisfy the most eXactlng pleasure
seeker, fish for the fisherman, ducks
for the hunter-in brief, perfect world
of opportunity for everybody
OF course you don't expect me to ad-
nit that we have wickedness enough
to warrant the immigration hither of a
Whole colony of ministers; yet if it be
true that we hail with pleasure the
coming of all good citizens. then how
much greater should be our rejoicing
when a gentleman of the learning, the
culture ard the virtues of DR. Lock
wood comes to make his home in our
midst.
If we want men of Drawn and muscle
to work in our mines and mills and on
our farms, if we want the horny handed
sons of toll to come here, do we not
also want men of brain and breadth
and refinement whose mission it is to
lift UP and exalt the citizen by their
teachings, by their morality, by the
force of their example and by their
ministering to the souls of men?
1 welcome DR.. Lockwood to this
state because he comes with creden-
tials of honesty-and here as elsewhere
An honest man is the noblest work
of Cod 1 welcome him because he
cones with credentials of intelligence
and here as elsewhere, THE glory of
God is intelligence" I welcome him
because he comes with credentials of
good citizenship-and here as else
where-it is good citizens who make
good government. I welcome him be-
cause he stands for the DEVELOPMENT
of all that is ennobling in men and
women and the suppression of all that
is degrading and here as elsewhere
refoTmatiOns are needed, morally. So |
cially, politically, and men with heart !
and brains and courage and true re-
ligion and the love OF God may find /
work TO do.
1t is also a pleasure to NE to learn |
that Rev. DR.. Holman. who has tar
ried in our midst during the summer.
and who has already made his irffu- /
ence felt for good in our community. is
TO tarry yet a while longer. I trust |
it is not tco late to welcome him also /
and for the same reasons. 1t is my hope |
that both of you may cast anchor in |
Utah for permanent harbor and that
one day the song of Home. Sweet |
Home" viii sound sweeter in your ears
from the reflection that it means 4
hor that each of YOU has built amid
the Mountains of fair Utah.
Mr.. Rognon then introduced Rev. IT
c. Tiff, who spoke as follows:
We are met here to greet the Rev.
Frank G. Lockwood, recently appoint
ed pastor of this church Already he
has been welcomed to our state and
city by the governor and the p7aTor
am to speak for Methodism in gen
eral with positive instructions to only
use i've minutes of your time. When
the first missionaries appointed To tba
new world inquired of Mr.. WeslaI- !
about their particular fields his renIy
was, turn you loose on the Ameri-
can continent" In the name of :. OO0
900 Of members, 5000 900 Sunday school
attendants, 100000 Epworth Lea puers
a total of nearly one-third of the nonn,
latlon OF the United States. I welcome
you, my brother. and turn Won loose
on SALT Lake City. Here you will have
opportunity to use your best intoI1
lectuai abilities, your splendid social
qualities and above all to exernnIif,
the spirit of your divine master WIZ
went about doisE good. 1 bespeak for
TINS church loyalty 10 your leadership
cooperation with your plans. devotion
TO Methodism and love for Christ Per
sonaily, hail you as a brother in tbe
ministry of the world and bid Won Cod
speed In speaking of Methodisno gen
orally, let me very briefly eniphas iza
three things.
l. MethodiSm is peculiar in provid-
ing her churches and pastors There
are in round numbers 5000 Methodist
Episcopal charges and $4,000 Nethodist
Episcopal pastors. These pastors ara
subject to change every u months
But such is the plan of itinerary thai
every pastor is certain of a church and
every church is certain of a nasto,.
and without much delay.
There are 123 conferences. .covar;no
every state and territory of the Union
and also including old Mexioo co,,+l, |