Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04
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'NAAAtAltHNNNf AfNAHf r W. So ANHN'
To The Editor,
REV. T. 6. iilff has been somewhat So
ycr.iy frost bitten during BIZ visit 10
THU city n was not known that chat
tanoora was on his Itinerary. hence,
when he same he found the atmosphere
somewhat frosty.
Rev. fir announced his nrst meeting
for sunday morning az n o'clock On the
First 81 y. church lie took Tor hIs
text the aith chapter ~ Isaiah. IT, has
labeled his subject Twenty years
among the 'MormouH q" and sumo are
mad enough 10 say his text might be-
more applicable " selected from Lux.
III. % 10 a.. tlev. lin began by giving
a brief history Of the church from the
birth ~ Joseph Smith ~ the last com
rrcssinnai election. Ills pcroration was
couched In courteous Language. but he
placed his own construction on many
phases on the events NJ they were re-
counted ana permitted tho eleven foot
o. prufrude occasionally. nor ava not
stop AZ exnEErration. he closed HE
sermon with a recommendation 10 the
people 20 treat the Elders. who may call
on them, kindly. hut 20 nrmlY let them
know you want mons ~ their doc
trlnrs.- The worthy doctor was fpndiy
IN hopes ~ n big turnout Tor Monday
night. owing 10 the supposed departure
Of Sam Jones and his aggregation.
but from tho unfortunate for him)
failure ~ them n skip. thoy rather held
the boards. ~ 20 speak. and the great
lin couldn't hold candle 10 this pop
ular preacher. So be- was forced 10
preach ~ an audience that would
scarcely M one Of our country meeting
houses
Ills second lecture he called ''rhe In.
PRODUCTION ~ Amsricanisin IN Utah"
II was begun without a text lie be-
gan by reciting the early advent and
lahora % bishop Tuttic Ia 1895 and his
evangelical work assisted. ~ h. cnn-
sidercd. subsequently BY the frysby-
terian. Congregational. M.thndiEtr.
Bepils,s. ETC.. sic., and !, was positively
painful 10 hear the frequent "our," u"
and my" repetition. lie elaborated on
what enormous sums ~ money had
been expended In Utah a. bfaak fhf
great power % the dominant Church"
there. Incidentally reminding his hear
.r. that they must not set tired 81 con.
tributinK "a the great cause. lie says
the nrnt fracture ~ the power ~ the
Mormon" church was when Governor
=. H. Murray went out o. Utah. Here
he ran on Into great uratoricai dis
play on the alleged American qualities
Of our late handsome Eii. failing how
ever 20 tell any poeu hole stories on
him. When the audience learned that
Ell camc from Kentucky. some went
out. slime slept.
He next wenricd the wakofui ones
with hnmlly ON the Poland. Edmunda
ana EdmundH-ructer bills, and the
rrent nEht tho "Mnfmnns" had made
In defense ~ their doctrines A. snnn
M alchancc occurred between hrcathn
a few more went out.
Brother nm found h. was losing
ground 30 he thought some ~ his old
chr-tnuts un the grandeur % the Amer.
icanisn 81 Abraham Lincoln, 4, :.
lUNs
would rouse them M. ~ he mildly be-.
Fan on the judicial Amsficnniam ~
some OF tho Judges. Then h. launched
forth tearing his hair. wipinE nerHplru.
tion, shouting, gestlculnting aud FAM
ming the murky air tpouriy lighted un-
III suddenly he remembered he was In
a southern town. whore the people don't
have nearly tho reverence Tor these
gentlemen that IL found In un-Ameri-
can Utah, - he subsidized and remarked
he had forgotten the South ma not feel
~ he" did, hut land here he grew
holsicrous again he was happy io say
tho old conditions were rapidly passing
away that the North aud South we're
more united now that De would b. Elad
when there would b. no more
East. West North 0r south
A. ths suhsidence ~ this
climax another iarge posse left making
several large drrury vacancies in the
sleepy audience.
After reviewing ihr great work" he
told with q malicious twinkle iu his
eye. how De- had been invited % at
tend services and preach during the
Incarceration OF "a number M The Nor
mons" IN tho penitentinry. Ito said
he thought he had never preached b..
fore a more attentive audience 10
you know, ! believe some ~ them
were convicted Ono fact. thpy wsr.
convicted he said Then he waited
for a rapturous applause az his witty
pun. bur n came not "Thry were cone
yicted Of polyWmy" be- said Many
felt that this joke should boz uppreUl-
ated, - ''lcH iafcd.' and another couple
LEFT the church
The Rev. y. -. there found joking
was not 10 hls auditors choice. ro h.
ycnfufrd on peroratiya on "uur nag"
which he seemed % place on "a higher
pedestal 81 worship than his Gol. ITO
cllrlted Hpmewhut munied applause
when he said De- beloved Utah was
patriotic 10 The nag. evidently rDfer-
rms ca The gallant feulcet of our
bOys al Manila under Mai Young MAT
Mormon but b. ulpped iu tho bud
the applause ly saying "unicaa TIE
Priesthood should direct otherwise"
lie faid, They'll defend their church
against anybody ~ anything. You Wuy
usrcr with one % thoW ON 1000 fhIura.
but the minute yoI uttlrk their church .
taken us "a compliment bog many who
were present lie further claimed that .
polY was being taught ana prlc-
tlcei in Utah. ana TINT those who o..
fused 60 accept II are forever damned.
This lost tlridr aroused SOME interest
but not ouaugh tD hold another quartet
from passing OUT lic then proceeded
70 ten how Doc plead with Governor
Thomas ON Second South street. with
nj church colleagues in HE diocese.