New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-27
TIE CONFLICT or SCIENCE AND RELIGION.

RELIGION IN THIS INSTANCE CAME OFT on TOP.
From The Chicago Record
The anti Mormons OF lIencoe had been looking
for ioT hem th'ee 50 e any a1
lar pasoror. indeed, for that matter any VISITING
withal 1t was accordingly counted a matter OF
great luck when William Travers came into the
Hcncoe section looking for healthy place simui
!aneously TO preach and patch up cripned lung e.
The trustees hl1cd MN without much ulckrllhE vi
many questions 10 attend TO the spiritual welfare
OF the antMormons
They only provided that he must give them the
truth ~ All times.
1t would have beer all very wen with Mr.. Travers
ha6 he been content nd 10 TOWN. yGTye B f' he TO
young and enthusiastic. ana the first thing he de
lectual stimulation as well moral encourage
ment. and to draw heavier congregations ne hit
upon the eXpcdien Of a series of interesting lee
lures The little sod and log church odi"e was
crowded the nighs of his first lecture-h!s FIRST
Was Going TO talk about '"Thc wonders of Science
He started in choerfully. and by the time ten min
had passed ne had got as far as the telephone.
the measuring Of solar space the phonograph ana
me rolley-car When ne switched nron NE e 9
with tears in his eyes. rose and begged leave to
'scuso me. preacher, but do ! understand YOU
10 say lampght is TO be MADE out OF couple OF
That is about it. concsoy put" said Mr..
The ola man sat down and the preacher went on.
In FIVE minutes more bald person Of more than
middle age win much su22rS1Sse9 excitement re-
..Prcachcr" e called out, 81 don't want to inter
rup' you. but them things YOU call searchlighls-
did | hear right when thought you said mat
when one IS showed up IN lower yon can read
paper four miles away
preacher. don't mind sayn' you lie
Travers looked start Cd aud he more startled
was shocked and scandali2ed. but he was relieved
to see old Mart in Nipple the president Of the Board
prompt robuke The rebuke came too But alas.
PREACHER" the presiden; said in solemn and sor-
rOwful tones Minnie, minnie. t!ckc-an so on,
a you o NIGH he nilir am Thai these b"ro Things
you have said might be the resul, Of some sickness
When you said that there big spyelass IN Calforny
had brought the moon within thirty mill Of the
yearth | eroancd in spirit The dy; The moon
ali-excuse them kind Of language. my friends if
that was true we could al trade at the moon in
through the Snake River bottoms where the dust
Is eight foot deep in summer. OF course. il was q
thing Of takin' thousand mile by use OF bacd-
hay material! Pshaw All them would IA been
lung but when YOU git up an tel about there bein'
a light strong that man can read paper four
Four mile; Why a newspai er wonldn'i look as bis;
/ as a postage stamp that distance. All my daueh-
paper when It's sixteen inches or so away. Four
mile, Four-gentemen an ladics"-turning TO the
audience-"by the rights vested In adjourn
this meetn. The church trustees will NEE, in
solemn session right away an right her =.
a unanimous vote passed the fol owing resolution:
Whereas the preacher William Travers has
declared things which any fool would know Amt
so:
Resolved That said Travers be discharged and
degraded forthwith:
And whereas said statements having been
made I'm a church and therefore being likely TO br
give credit by the minimizing;
Resolved That this Board Of Trustees horeby
cancels said statements and announces 70 all whom
these presents may come. greeting. that nobody
knows how nigh the moon is, bu, that 1t is Il
mighty long shot further away than Market Lake:
also that them telephones, wire-lghts and parton
lar the big four-mi,e reading light Is dec AIRED I'M
constitutional and Incorrect and that there amt
such things and never viii be"
The preacher had left town before morning came.
and 10 this day tnere f. boycott against science
ia fhc set cement of Hcncoc. far up In Fremont
County. Idaho