The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

A function of the church peculiar to
the west is that of indicating where the
impermanent mining camp merges into
the permanent city, where the business
man may come secure in the knOwl-
edge that he viii not be embarra ssed
by those accidents peculiar to infant
towns.
Judged. then. by its churches, Salt
Lake City is the capital of more than
the state of Utah alone, for it is the
center of the Episcopal diocese which
includes the state of Utah. that part of
Colorado west of the Divide. formerly
the eastern Colorado missionary dis
trict, that pare of Wyoming south of
the latitude of Az degrees. and that
rart of Nevada including Elko. White
Pine, Eureka. Lincoln, Lander and Nye
counties Salt Lake IS also the center
of the Roman Catholic diocese covering
the state of Utah and the six eastern
counties of Nevada. Again, either salt
Lake or Ogden will become probably
the headquarters of the Rocky noun
tain division of the American Unfair
ian association within a month, or lit
tie more.
is the Mecca. The Worldwide prOpa-
ganda of the Mormon church is direct
ed from the city. Here is the Temple
into which none but the initiated may
enter. Here is the tabernacle, with its
famous organ and served by its widely
I7;...Nn choir. From salt Lake go forth
all the revelations and regulations Of the
vast organization. In the church uni
versitv here are prepared for their
work the hundreds ana hundreds of
young men missionaries who go forth
20 convert the world.
District of Salt Lake.
The Episcopal missionary district of
Salt Lake as the diocese is named, is
the largest in area in the United States.
and has the care of considerably over
1000 souls In Salt Lake City, besides
ST. Marks cathedral. with a church
membership of $50, there is st. PauFs
church, with a membership of 215, be-
sides two mission Chapels. In the state
there are fifteen churches and mission
chapels The activity of the Episcopal
church finds outlet in the conduct Of a
hospital. St Marks, a girls school,
Rowland hall, while there is in Salt
Lake a diocesan branch of the Won
ans auxiliary and branch of an in
teTnational church organization, the
Girls Friendly society. During the
wear the chief activity of the church
has been centered upon its missionary
work. load OF debt has teen lifted
from ST Mark s hospital and Rowland
hall has been put on a better financial
foundation.
The Roman Catholic church Of the
state is looking forward this year TO the
early completion of St Mary's cathe-
dral which is being erected ar a cost
of $500. 600. The cornerstone was laid
in 1900 and most of this year has beer
consumed in interior plastering anC
other work. 1t * expected the build
ing will be COMPLETED and dedicated isy
the end Of another year. The Catholic
church. which has local strength OF
over four thousand souls. maintains
BESIDES the present church. which vii
be abandoned on completion of the
cathedral, a missionary chapel. St Pat
rick's. on the west side of the city
and intends TO build another. The
church has also intrenched itself II
Park City and Eureka and has estab
lished churches in the Nevada mining
camps. The local Catholics are par
/ ticularly active in philanthropic work
maintaining the Holy Cross nOsDita
and Kearns-St. AIMS orphanage, boil
managed by the Sisters of the Hol!
! Cross. The MdTlSt 1arherS rave alSp
school for boys in the city, All Hal
/ lows. with an attendance of 15G.
Mormons Are Strongest.
| The largest church organization il
/ the city is. of course. that of the Lat
ter-Day Saints. The city is divided
into four Stakes of ZiOn,' each o
which contains eight or ten wards
The average ward includes eight squar
blocks and the dwellers therein atten,
the ward meeting house, where serv
| ices are presided over by the war;
/ nominations 1t has beautiful resi-
dences, and alluring sites for man.