The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-07
PREACHERS WAR
ON SUNDAY PAPERS
Hot Talk in PreSbytery on Sab
bath Dissertation.
INFLUENCES FOR EVIL
CHURCH MEMBERS ARE ASKED
TO BE GOOD.

I evils attendant upon the purchase and
reading Of them on the Sabbath day,
Sunday travelling and other alleged.
dissertations of the Sabbath were sub
jects OF spirited discussion before the
meeting of the Utah Presbytery yes
terday afternoon, that brought 1orth
the strongest denunciatiOn from the
members and resulted in ofhclai aclloh
nv the Presbytery. a resolution was
unanirnouslv carried adopting the SEN
tiuoen1- expressed by the Presbyterian
general assembly OF 1900 IN q RECON-
mendation which declared SuhudS
Yevvspapers to be one of the most popu-
Iar and dangerous Forms of Dissertation
of the Sabbath and recommended tndl
their purchase and reading on Sunody
be abstained from by church mehpers-
The sentiment expressed IN the meet
;nsr was that the Sunday papers should
/ be abolished and with view 10 rals,
! ing sentiment against these alleged
evils. next Sunday was set apart as
day when ali the presbyterian iiiin-.
/ isters would be requested to preach oti
the subiect of Sabbath deSecratlon, ana
/ urge the abstinence from sunday paper
reading. Sunday travelling and other
matters that could be done as wen on
another day
/ brought UP by the report OF the COM
mittee on Sunday observance given oS
Rev John Wilson, in which the conf
mittee called attention to the business
matters that were being carried on
every Sunday, the travelling thaI Was
/ done on that day, and recommended
that next Sunday be set apart as d "ts
/ on which the ministers should preach
on the subject of observance OF the
Sabbath.
! DR.. McNieee then arose and strongly
/ denounced the way in when, ne Sdlu,
! Christians were getting in habit OF
] travelling on Sunday and selecting tnat
! observance of the Sabbath, ne sara,
was at the foundation of every church,
| but he declared that the observance
1 of il was becoming very lax, ana IL
the people didn't mind the Saboath
would be lost.
Rev. +. 5. Wishard then arose and
said: The Sunday newspaper IS one
thing we ought to put stop TO- or
we at least ought TO discountenance
the way in wholesome of our members
| spend the whole of the Sabbath read
\ ing the Sunday paper instead OF at
| tending to their church duties He
! declared that the man who spent the
time reading mis- paper up to church
| time was not in condition 10 enter
a church service, and thought that the
purchase and reading OF tWenty-1our
pages of matter on Sunday was
practice that should be abated, and ne
| thought it was time the Presbytery
took a. stand against the matter. LIT
/ Wishard then made the motion that
! the recommendation of the general as
! Sembly be Incorporated in the report OF
| the committee on Sabbath observance,
land the motion was carried unanl-
mously, and the ministers were re-
quested to preach on the subject OF
Sabbath observance next Sunday
Business Meetings Yesterday.
The two sessions of the Presbytery
yesterday were devoted entirely 10 the
consideration of business. The morn
| ing session opened with roll call, fol-
| lowed by the reading of the minutes or
| the previous meeting. and the RECORDS
| of stated and adjourned meetings Inc
report of the committee TO organize a
/ church at Manila. Utah, was then
| turned in by Rev. II. II. McCreery- He
reported progress in the work, but SAID
| that they had not accomplished the
organization yet. The standing com
u1ittees who We're already in Office were
then appointed to, continue their duties
Three bills and Overtures TO make
some slight changes in the rules OF the
/ Presbytery were then reported on Dy
/ the committee having them in charge,
and the reports were adopted one bill
was to allow aged ministers to be maze
honorary pastors of their churches,
and the other one was to exclude all
but active members. Of the Presbytery
1 from voting. The committee reported
unfavorably on this and the bill was
lost.
Session Record Reports.
The Revs. James Thompson. John E.
| Carver and c. NJ Shepherd were then
granted leave of absence from Jhe
meeting of the Presbytery Monday
The session records were reported on
bv Rev r. G. Bailey and the reports
were adopted. Under the head OF pre-
sentstion of seasonal records, the cali
of Rev Josiah McClain to the pastor
ate of the Third church of this city
was read and approved. committee
composed of T)r. McNiece and Elder w.
NJ Scott was appointed TO confer with
Mr. McC,lain as to the time of his or
dination as pastor. After tins Rev H.
H McCreary, pastor at large. made an
encouraging report on the work over
the state. He said that contract mad
! been let for a chapel at ST George
He also reported progress among the
Indians and read a letter from Miss
Laura B. Work. teacher in the reser-
walton near St. George, saying that the
Indians wanted minister TO come ana
work among them. The report was
adopted with favorable comment.
Dr. Wishard then gave notice that
on next Monday he would offer an
amendment TO the rules of the Pres
( bytery making the teachers reports
come from the principals of the schools
instead of from the teachers. The re-
ports from the field, given by the pas
tors and elders, were next called Tor
and were very encouraging with one
or two exceptions.
Rev. T. p Howard of Benjamin re-
ported diseouragingly OF the Work
there. He said the members did not
seem to take proper interest in their
own church, but were zoo prone TO fol
low the Mormon practices.
DIR, r. q. McNiece, who was to read
! a paper on Mormon teachings, said that
conditions had changed since he was
appointed 10 get up the paper and he
had not thought it necessary to prepare
one. The special committee appointed
| to consider the request of Rev. f. ".
J Blohm that he be allowed to work out
! side of the bounds Of the presbytery
/ reported favorably and he was granted
| the permission. The election of COM
nissioners TO the general assembly was
then taken up and Rev. Charles Shep-
! herd of Evanston, was appointed, with
( Rev. George Bailey OF this city as al
/ ternate. Elder w :. Giesey of the
| Third church of this city was appointed
as representative elder. with E. p.
! Sheldon of the Logan church as alter
, nate
| Or. Paden of the First Presbyterian
/ church of this city gave "A report on
! church erection. in which he urged that
/ the people be more active among them
selves and not depend too much on the
1 help of the. eastern board. He spoke
/ of the Evanston church having raised
/ 81 500 to build a church and said that
other churches should do likewise.
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