The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-09
response from the distinguished visi

response from the distinguished yisi-
tor
THE RESPONSE.
Bishop Mccabe said this was not
his first visit to Utah. He had been
here before and on that occasion he
found small following trying to find
some means to pay off a mortgage of
$4,000 upon the church building. 1t
was at that time that he decided to
take the matter in hand and liquidate
the enormous obligation. The inter
est, said the bishop, was a large item,
being at the rate of per cent q
month. L secured every cent of the
money" continued the great divine,
and came out here later on and paid
each bill myself. One of $500 in favor
of Joseph r. Walker was overlooked
however, and when l went to see Mr.
Walker about it afterwards he gave
me receipt in full for the amount of
the bill, which was unsolicited"
In speaking Of the growth of the
church at large the eminent divine
claimed that within the last II years
it has gained over 100000 members.
THE gain" continued Mr. McCabe
lis larger than any other denomina-
ton excepting three In the same
length of time 10000 church buildings
have been erected, and all OF them
were put up by the societies of church
extension" The speaker urged that
every member of the church do what
he can toward helping swell the
foreign missionary fund. He thought
S.. 600, 600 should be raised each year
and explained how it could be done if
each member of the Epworth League
should contribute So each year for
that purpose.
The bishop is a very pleasant talker
and his manner of delivery is pleasing
and convincing.
The first session of the conference
will open at $50 this morning in the
First Methodist Episcopal church and
the exercises for the day viii be as
follows:
At $3.50 a. m. devotional meeting; 9
a. M, sacrament of the Lords supper;
9:45 a. M, business session; d p. m,
devotional meeting; 1880 p. M, lecture
by Bishop G. C. McCaibe for the bene-
fit of Tiff and Liberty Park churches.
The twenty annual meeting
of the Methodist forces in Utah con-
venes this morning and will hold Its
sessions for about week at the First
Methodist Episcopal church. this city.
In 1859, in the month of December,
the first representative Of that church
came officially upon Utah soil, to open
up work That was the Rev. Lewis
HartSough, who still lives In Mt. Yer
non. Ia. In 1870 a church had been
erected at Corinne and on Sept. 20 was
dedicated by Chaplain G. c. McCabe-
The next spring Thomas G. Tiff, a
young man just out of college and
newly married passed through that
city and preached in the same church.
Thus Chaplain (now Bishop} McCabe
and DR.. Iliff have been actively ac-
quainted with Utah and her character
and history for more than % years.
Since 1876 Mr.. lift has spent his time
almost continuously in Utah. and the
chaplain, while not having been here
much, has been an assiduous worker
for the advancement OF the cause OF
progress within our borders. He
showed this by raising all told about
$4,000 for the church in which tbs
conference today meats with him as
presiding bishop and DR.. Tiff as super
intendent
AS the resignation of Superintendent
Tiff is to be in effect at the closing OF
this conference, his report viii embody
much more than simply a review of the
work in Utah for the past year, and
| will contain resume OF the past q
years.
Chaplain McCa,be was elected to the
episcopacy at Cleveland, o., May 10