Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-12

! ANAh Nl at lNNhAlt NllA az ~" .ltt.i-I 80.
work az Cedar Citythe most important
and promising town in southern utah
| Since the last meeting ~ synod, nit
| Wright has taken our school ant
| church work al ST. George The board
has appropriated $1,000 for the erection
Of a chapel at that place.
IL would be well II we had a man e
| carry ON our work I'm the Highland
Boy mine. and develop work In som,
Of the adjacent mines For the pres
| emit Mr Johns. the Methodist minister
at Bingham, is gIying the Highland BOY
! church an occasional service.
There are open doors 10 u.s., II we had
| the men and money 10 enter, at IogueI
| VILE. Nenal aud other settlements III
the southeastern part of the state.
Standing in your lot. year after year
! the work may seem TO move Slowly
| But when you take a retrospect, you
| mark an encouraging advance. y com.
| parison Of the present situation ana
| than OF ten years ago. gives us "a ne"
sense OF the divine favor
II was ten years ago last April That
! ] was called 10 this work The synod
a. that time embraced Utah, Idaho ana
| Montana. After three years Of service
| the Preshytery OF Montana was In
| duced to divide into three Preshyterles,
and the Synod OF Montana was erected.
My work has since been confined TO
Idaho and Utah.
In 1890 there were twenty-nine minis
tiers on this territory which Is now em-
braCed In our synod. There are now
hfty-two ministers connected with the
synod gave tn 1890 $3.50 to home mis-
then. There are now forty-siX. There
were then 16S members There are now
2li0. In 1850 there were added 20 the
churches lGs members last year sos
were enrolled Then there were 1856
Sunday school scholars. last year
there were 3,4ll The churches Of the
Synod gave IN ls90S536 TO home mis-
sions, In 1900 they gave Sl25i. Last
year they gave three times as much to
foreign missions as In 1880 The cOntri-
buttons 70 Sunday school work were
1928 last year, $40 ten years ago. The
church erection and ministerial relief
funds were more than double the
amount given ten years ago. Instead
OF S33 given 60 the Freedmen's board
ten years ago, last year registered {2i5,
Congregational expenses last year were
S2l 1S9 over against $3.50 IN 1890 That
year N.022 measured the benevolent
gifts Of the synod the last year reports
S2475A
10 recapitulate. eight new churches
have been organized In the Preshytery
OF Boise viz the churches Of Lower
Boise Roswell Parma, Boise Second
Bethany, Payette, Nampa and New
Plymouth Six new churches have been
organized in the preshytery Of Kendall.
viz: the churches Of Rocklani Idaho
Falls Soda Springs. 81. Anthony, Lago
and Fort Hall The following are the
churches organized during this period
In the presbytery Of Utah, viz Bling
ham RiChheld, Salt Lake Third. Central
Park az Ogden Salina, Pleasant Grove
Benjamin, Kaysylle, Parowan and
Highland Boy The church at Silver
Reef has been abandoned
These figures mark the steady prog
resS OF the SynOd's work, In view of the
obstacles confronting an Christian ef-
forts in Utah. and the success which
God has given Us, the continued and
solid progress, we have everything 20
encourage us.
The Synod of Utah stands eighteenth
I'm the thirty-0ne SynOds IN benevolent
contributions per capita 10 an the
boards. In contributions 20 home mis-
sIons II is I'm advance N many Of the
eastern Synods, IN the older States. IN
proportion 20 our membership The
success Of our work has been reached
through the fidelity Of our brethren In
the positions IN which God has placed
them. The perseverance OF our minis
ters under disCOuragements and oppo-
sitiOns has given stability 20 our work,
and has brought permanent results
Our sister denominations are not able
TO retain their men In the fields 4 year
or two, passing through the period Of
discovery, terminates their work. was
Informed by a minister Of one " the
denominations that their men ala not
more than eight months stay
In tNcir fields our pastor and stated
supplies stlll believe and practice the
doctrine OF the perseverance Of the
saints They have held their fields
ave ton, fifteen and twenty years
The ipembers OF this Synod. especial
~ IN Utah and southern Idaho. have
and intelllgently studied the
system Of false religion that confronts
as. They have done a most important
work IN Bringing the results OF their
study before the nation. They have ac-
.ually furnished a national education on
this subject hlat could not have been
otherwise provided They have been
ass lstod IN this work by the !
late rcDresentasive-elect from Utah 90 !
Congress and our acknowledgements |
are due him
While Il Is easy 10 tabulate certain |
aspects of the work OF our Synod. there |
are other phases Of the work and the |
of the Synod that cannot be |
put in figures They are expressed I'M |
he changed moral tone about us. and |
h the modification Of certain immoral |
practices Som. things that were done |
N Utah without rebuke. when our |
'hurch began rs missionary work here. |
would not hc tolerated today other |
PRACTICES that are continued. have been |
lriven into hiding, and we are lab0ring |
md praying for The day u their CONF
ilete eyterm.uatiOn
There are two things 20 be- done I'm
ur work We are % meet kindly. hut
With unanswerable truth The errors
hat still darkan the social aud relg-
Gus horizon OF Utah This done and
ouls won. we are 10 train them % that
elf-sugg0rt which marks the WE'LL
ounded Christian character. and that
elf-sacrihcc which will reach out for
theirs. For the accomplishment Of this
work. we have the promises Of God
which are yea and amen In Christ
esus' Remembering that there Us
othing hard FOR the Lord We may grid
for another year Of larger and
etter work In these ten years OF my
ervice with YOU. YOU have given me
our confidence and cooperation, and !
ave contributed more than your share
b that progress which thls report has
tempted briefly 90 set forth My work
urlng these years can Doe summarized |
. p single sentence. / have iourneyed !
2ll76 miles, and have filed. up 20 this
me. 1913 appointments have only
Kissed three by ill health
The moderator appointed the follow
~ standing committees;