The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-07
PROTEST AGAINST
MORMON CHURCH
Baptist Convention Objects to
Its Interference in POlit-
ical and Secular Affairs.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
AT THURSDAYS SESSION
Smoot Indorses Hierarchy and
Is Therefore Untitled to
Be Senator.

The Utah Baptist State convention,
which has been In session In this city
since Tuesday, closed its labors yester-
day after a most successful gathering,
At the morning session the following
resolutions were adopted: Believing that
TO know Is to feel. and TO feel is TO DO,
he IL resolved that an interested person
be appointed In each church who snail
interest our members in one or our de-
nominational papers and our missionary
periodicals. and 30 far as possible Sc
cure their entrance into every home,
Realizing the value and necessity OF
mission study, we recommend that def
mite plans be made In each OF our
churches for systematic study of mis-
sions, In our Sunday schools, young peo-
ple's societies and the church
Recognizing that our need for the pres
ent in Utah in matters of temperance
and Sabbath observance is not better
laws but better enforcement of our pres
enL laws, be 1t resolved that as people
we lend our influence. private and pubic,
to the enforcement Of our present laws
and the creation OF stronger sentiment
along the lines Of temperance, social pur-
ity and Sabbath observance
Having been abundantly feasted physi-
cally and spiritually. be it resolved that
our heartiest thanks be extended TO Pas-
tor Brown and the membership OF the
First church for the splendid manner In
which they have entertained us, and to
Rev. J, H. Franklin, D. P. Ward. Miss
Stella ]. Ragon, Miss Mary G. Burdette.
DR.. ]. n. Clark and Rev. G, F. Webb
for the soul uplift that they have brought
TO us.
Be IL resolved. that we express our
deep appreciation for the assistance in
our Utah work given by the missionaries
sent out by the Woman's Baptist Home
Mission society and for the financial as
civ for
General Home Missionary society. and
for the able service Of its representative,
Rev. Bruce Kinney. and we pledge to
both our hearty support,
We reiterate our protest against the
manifest and continued interference OF
the Mormon church in political and secu-
lar affairs.
We protest against the continued law
breaking on the part OF the hierarchy.
We believe that Reed Smoot as mem
ber OF this hierarchy necessarily in
dorses this policy, and is therefore un-
fitted to be Senator OF the United
States.
The committee reports we're then heard
and duly acted upon. The reports were
submitted by the chairmen OF the various
committees as follows: S, w. Darke.
Education; j. c. Andrews, Church Edi
fce; Miss Dressed. Obituaries; J. ].
Nunn. Stewardship; z. Ben Brown,
Treasurer.
For the place for the next anniversary
the convention voted for the Bear River
church, at Tremonton, with Ogden as an
alternative place,
Rev, D. A. Brown delivered an address
on the subject United Effort In Evan
gelistic Work." on which a general dis
cussion followed.
Devotional service opened the after
noon session, conducted by the Rev. j.
II. Franklin. The doctrinal sermon was
preached by Rev. S, A. Hayworth his text
being / Corinthians, Is. verses 3 and 4.
basing his discourse on the two funda-
mental facts, Christ died for our sins
and rose again"
An address on the subject Invest
ments That Count" by D. P. Ward, fol-
lowed.
Standing Committees.
The closing business was the appoint
ment of standing committees, The fol-
lowing were named:
Publication Society-Rev. Jesse Hyde.
Murray; Miss Minnie Polk. Eureka; Miss
Mary Berkeley, Salt Lake,
Foreign Missions-shepperd Tallman,
Bear River; Miss Hazel Hart and Rev.
A. H. Shattuck, Tremonton.
Evangelistic-Rev. D. A. Brown and
Rev. Bruce Kinney, Salt Lake; Rev. II. B.
Blood, Ogden.
ChurCn EQlnCe-A< u. PdrknuTSt, MIS-,
A. NJ. Barrows and Rev. II. B. Blood,
Ogden.
Education-S. W. Darke, W, G. Orem
and Rev, D. a. Brown, Salt Lake.
Obituarles-Mrs. j. G. Andrews and
Mrs j. J. Corum, Salt Lake; Miss Freida
Dressed. Springville.
Stewardship-J- J. Corum. G. ]. McNitt
and Rev. S. A, Hayworth, Salt Lake.
Programme and Arrangements-Rev
Bruce Kinney. Rev. A. H. Shattuck. Rev.
H. B. Blood.
Home Misslons-C. ]. McNitt, Mrs.
Maude Ditmars. Rev. Bruce Kinney
Baptist Union officers.
The evening session was In charge of
the Baptist Young Peoples union OF
Utah. AT this meeting the following
officers OF the union were elected for the
ensuing year; c, C. Stillman, Eureka
president; Henry Jacobs. Salt Lake, first
vice-president; Miss Hazel Hart, Tre-
monton. second vice-president; H l.
Harrington. Ogden, secretary and treas
urer.
Rev. S. "A. Hayworth addressed the con-
venton on Methods In Young Peoples
Work. and the closing address. on the
Genius and Achievements Of the B. Y
P. U.," was given by Rev. George T