The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-10

vided for in 1876. Notice was served
on me that it would be sold on a GER
tain day. The church extension Of
flee telegraphed me that the society
would donate $500 If I would get the
remaining $500 l got it from A Y.
Quinn, A. G. BeckwIrn. T. G. Iiifr and
@ few others. The church was not
sold, and our people still worship in it.
Tooele, Provo. Bingham and Beaver
were ali occupied as mission centers,
and churches We're built during the
years of 1872, 1873. 1874. costing respect
lively $4,000, $4,000, 81 500, $4,000, and
presided over by Erastus Smith, 9. =.
Lyford, w Carver and Clark Smith.
/ have given a brief outline of the
planting of MethodfsTn in Utah and a
nleager sketch of the first years OF its
history. The general conference OF
1875 segregated the Rocky mountain
conference into three annual CONFER
ences, Montana, Idaho and Utah. /
was made the presiding elder OF the
Utah conference, Salt Lake district,
which included the entire territory ana
parts of Wyoming and Idaho. The fol-
lowing four years, 1876 to 1880, were
devoted largely to paying off the
church debts already alluded to, ana
keeping up the courage and revival
fires among our few preachers ana
members.
was sent as ministerial delegate and
Judge }. s. Boreman as lay delegate 70
the general conference of 1850, when met
at Ctncinnalti. with Instructions 10 ASK
the general conference to organize Utah
again itno mission. which request was
cheerfully granted. Having Z cen gwen d
supernumerary relation that might visit
Europe and the Holy Land, two years In
teryened before returned 81 CtaA - tne
superintendent Of the mission ana pastor
of the First church. Salt Lake CITY. On
my return. in 1852. l found five preachers
regularly employed slsltor5: First
church, Salt Lake City, 1, C. lLff; Og-
Ten, A W Atkinson: Tooele, j. E; Nor
ris; Provo, G. e. Jayne: Beaver, f. SMITH.
found six churches. three parsonages, lsl
church members and practitioners, seven
Sunday schools ass officers. teachers ana
$50; self support. S11sS: benevolent coilec-
tons, SlS2. [ found tor the most part a
discouraged noble band of men and Wo-
men in the few pulpits and pews occupied
diSheartened over the political and social
situation and outlook. It would be inter
eSting TO note the religious, moral, educa-
ional, potiticaf and material changes In
Utah from 1882 ito 1897. | pass over it With
only the mere mention of few persons
TO whom the country and the state are in
debted en-. the one line or the ouher: Ex-
Senator Edmunds, Eli 81. Murray, Chief
as, Bishop Tuttie. DR.. McNieee, ex- Mayor
Basktn, Colonel Sells and many others.
What of Methodism in ftah during
these same 10 years? Again we must be
content with the briefest outline. I want
to say, first of all, that her aim has been
TO honor God and TO bless mankind, main
tain and uphold integrity and supremacy
of the nation and al its laws. Her mis-
sionaries and ther people. with few excep-
tons, have proven loyal to these aims and
those VINO have been recreant have not
been shielded, but brought to account,
censured or punished.
| here submit. statistical report show
ing the increase for the IS years from
1882 to 1897. l include in these figures the
Scandinavian work for the reason that
its birth and growth in Utah was during
these years and while 1t was part of
uhe mission. L also include work done in
southeast Idaho, which WIS originally in
Utah mission: