Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-18
sALr LAKE CITY, APRIL IS, 1902
mErHoDIsrs AND "MoRMoNs.'

The Utah Methodist Mission con-
ference in this city employed much OF
its time In the discussion Of "Aggres-
sive Work which, in this part Of the
country. signifies attacking Mormon
ism and the "Mormons. Notwith-
standing the two facts deeply deplored
by the ministers, that is that there
we're but few conversions to speak OF
and very little money, one Of the
speakers on Wednesday spoke In q,
hopeful mood and said they could re-
ioice "eyen when the Mormons were
giving them ITS DR.. J. d. Lielich b
credited with the Christian and elegant
90 remark; "Bugology or Mormonlsm
is all the same thing"
Another preacher by the name OF
Price. in explaining the lack Of success
Of Meihcdlsm in Utah, said The
greatest trouble Is that you go to teach
those who think they know so much
more then you that they ought to
teach YOU In explaining the reason
why converts were so difficult to hold
after they were secured, he said II
have seen men and women bounded and
driven out OF town because they had
apostatized from Mormonism, and ]
have seen Mormon parents come TO
church with the ayowed intention OF
taking their children away from the
altar BY the nape Of the neck If they
embraced Methodism.'
Another speaker resented the state
nent, which he said was in the News
last Saturday, that he and his col
leagues were fourth rate preachers"
and expressed the wish that the edi-
tor of the "News" could come in con
tact with some OF the 'drst rate
Methodist preachers The same gen
tleman felt somewhat dismal over the
fact that there had been no CONVEX.
sons In his district. A. w. Cage OF
Provo advocated personal work among
the 'MormonsF and house to house Wis
itatlon; whereupon ]. n. Hanson said
he had ,been doing that kind Of work
and told a story about young lady in
Mormon family who declared her
belief in polygamy and said II It were
permitted 10 be practced no single
man could ever get ner." Street cor
ner goods-box and stump preaching
were advocated by several speakers.
Rev. A. J. Clifton Of Logan talked Of
the intellectual atmosphere at that
place and said; Our Mormon friends
treat us very kindly. and I don't feel
like trying to whip them into line. We
are at peace. No war Is going on and
] am trying to win by preaching the
straight Gospel OF Christi
A squabble among the ministers oc-
CURED on Thursday, which became per-
sonal and showed the real spirit Of dis.
union and contention prevailing among
the preachers. The heat became SO great
that DR. J. /, Albritton opened his
mouth and votifeiated out Of the album
dance of hls heart lie shouted eve
stand here to face the darkest blot on
this fair land of ours the blacklist
most deyillsh, most dlabolieal thing on
Mormonism
These sketches OF Incidents ana lc.
marks at this gathering Of Methodist
preachers. give fair sample Of tho
bitterness aud gall that rauMe and
corrode in the souls Of those professei
disciples Of the humble Nazarene. ANY
disinlerested investigator VIII be able
70 discern ample reasons for the non
success Of such laborers IN the I-tah
field. Mr. Cliftons statement concern.
ing the Kindness OF "Mormons" toward
him. shows how much better advance
might DE made through the course ba
has marked out for himself mm by
the vicious. spiteful and lihelous at-
tacks lndulged IN by the discounted
failures VINO wooded their spleen
against the Mormons' 10 he Method
ist conference.