The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-13
FIRST WOMAN To
ENTER MINISTRY.
Mrs. Antoinette Brown Blackwell,
Ordained in 1853, Visits Zion.
WRITER AND SUFFRAGIST
NOW FIGHTING sLUMs AND VEL
LOW JOURNALS.

Mrs. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the
first woman TO be regularly ordained a
minister Of any gospel of any church in
the world. authoress Of much quoted
one or the most noted settlement workers
OF New York. arrived in Salt Lake yes
terday and is stopping at the home of her
niece, Mrs g s. Kinney. $50 East Fourth
South street. Mrs. Blackwell is return
ing to New York from the National Wo-
mems suffrage convention, which met in
lowstone park.
OF the Orthodox Congregational church in
South Butler, N. Y in 1858 She was then
a young woman and the only one of the
alton Since the initial step taken by her
hundreds of women have followed her
example. Now a woman preacher is no
uncommon sight in the east, but then the
ordination of one of the fairer sex was
SUFFICIENT to attract attention all over the
when Mrs. Blackwell was ordained.
Luther Lee delivered the ordination SER
mon while the charge of the pastor was
made By Gerry Smith.
Believes in Women Preachers.
Mrs. Blackwell. or rather. Rev. Mrs. Black
Well Is outspoken in her belief that of all
professions that of the ministry is best
adapted TO the young woman. one gath
thls question that she believes the work
needs a woman as much the woman
Vic MIS- Blackwell pointed out
that objections to women as preachers
were decreasing. She said that even in the
Episcopal church many of the clergy
would have no objection personally to
woman preacher, but that the opposition
came from the church and clergy as a
Unitarians and Liberal Presbyterians.
she noted. were glad to welcome women
preachers, and while the Methodists had
none OF the gentler sex in the pulpit, they
mad given their deaconesses many privil-
eyes.
minister and for the next ten years con
stantly filled the pulpit" said Mrs. Black
Wei last night Then ! found that l
In my religion or myself. One must first
have faith in himself and in the immor-
tality of his soul or he can have no faith
at all. 1 found this faith and over twenty
years ago Joined the Unitarian church,
Since that time / have preached and
written great deal and generally taken
part in this LIES work My books and
kindred subjects, God and Immortality.
In addition 1 have written several stories
Il have been working hard for the past
year in an effort to have the courts pro-
hibit the attendance of all classes of men
at trials which are not intended for the
journals from printing all the details of
criminal cases which can only be harm
ful 10 the young
Favors Some Publicity.
Il am in favor of giving publicity to
all cases where there seems TO have been
a criminal conspiracy on the part of
wealthy men or associations to do wrong.
Exposures of corrupt business methods
are the only thing which will awaken the
public to its danger and force il to de-
mand changes. There is a great differ
ence between crime committed by weak
men when tempted and by business COM
bines. 1t is not right that every misdeed
OF the individual, resulting from only
his own weakness. should be given the
public for it will set a bad example.
My work along the lines of curbing
the yellow journal was stopped this spring
for the reason that so much grating and
crime was being found in business com
bineS.
My time this winter viii be given to-
ward writing a book which shall be a
condensation of some of the thoughts eX-
pressed in books written by me from time
to time. The yellow journal evil will take
up part of my time-and then / have my
grandchildren, too, TO look out for That's
the other side of the preacher woman's
life.''
Mrs. Blackwell was a visitor in Salt
Lake fourteen years ago. She win remain
in the city as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Kinney for several days and will then
leave for New York