The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15


minister of the gospel among YOU.
united many of you in marriage.
oaplzed many of your children; re-
ceived many of you into the church,
ana administered to you the holy COM
munion; l visited you in your sickness
ana sorrow, and wept with you in the
loss OF your beloved dead. I was vo,r
reilglous teacher. You looked to me
believed in me, trusted me and. loved
me with a true Christian affec+io,,
SlNCERE IN HIS TEACHINGS.
Ihen came the rude shock to vo,,r
falth, and many of you have possiblv
come to believe that I was not sincere
IN my preaching and in nv own nro-
fession of Christian faith and life The
tendency. may have been, thinking Won
We're deceived in me, to lose confidence
IN others and even have your faith
shaken In Christianity itself. I write
this to say to you that, whatever. nv
mistakes and even worse than mis-
takes may have been at the last
never uttered a word to you. in the pull
pit or out of it, which 1 did not sin
cerely believe. All the great religions
and moral truths I sought to teach to
you We're but the expression of NV own
profound convictions. In thought. in
heart and in life I sought to be. in all
respects, the man you believed me to
be- This say. not for any possible adj
vantage it may be to me to say it, but
that l may, so far as possible. reassure
you whose faith may have been shaken
Ihat L made grievous mistake in 60
ing as far as 1 did with Mrs. Reilly.
no one knows better than 1 do myself
and no one deplores more deeply than
l do the results of that mistake.
RELATIONS WITH MRS. Reilly
1t is due you that you should know
from me something of the circum-
stances which led me up to the disaster
winch finally came. The first time
remember ever to have seen Mrs. Reilly
was after a forenoon service at church
when she told me that she had recently
come to the city; that she was mem
Der of the Reformed Church at DAYTON
o., and that she had sent for her church
letter and intended to unite with INV
church. Soon afterward. she handed
me her letter. together with a personal
letter from her former pastor. which
spoke in complimentary terms of her
connection with his church and the
good work she had done while a mem
Der thereof. These letters at once es-
tahlished her in my confidence. I never
heard a word of criticism against her
until about three months aftervard
when informal complaints came To me-
concerning her conduct She was then
boarding, with her husband, at the ST.
James hotel. I sent Mrs. Mabry to her
with the request that she come to nv
study at the church. She came.
spoke to her of the complaints which
had come to me. She explained to nv
satisfaction her conduct, and assured
me that there should be no further oc-
casicn for criticism.
Later on, her conduct with one Scott
Harms became the subject of severe
criticism. Again 1 sent Mrs. Mabrv fo
her, and in my second interview with
III No4G AtSA pldlHlN tndI ner conduct
with Harms had subjected her to grave
censure, and that if she wished to en-
joy the respect and confidence of the
church and community, she would have
to conduct herself very differently, and
especially to cease her associations with
Harms. She said that Harms had been
thrusting his attentions upon her
against her repeated protests. 1 ad-
vised her to refuse absolutely TO re-
ceive any attentions from him and to
demand of him that he should not come
to her house unless accompanied by
his wife She acted upon this advice.
as both he and she afterwards informed
me. Nearly a year had passed, mean
time, during which she had been a
member of my Sunday school class,
and was more or less active in the work
OF the church.
WOMAN OF INTELLIGENCE
In these associations with her, 1 dis
covered that she was woman of un-
usually bright mind, and with a nat
ural disposition which, if properly cul-