The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-05
Faithful Servant of thu w.
Church Retires From ,,s
Organization,
WANTS NAME STRICKEN
FROM MEMBERSHIP,
Disgusted Hollander v,
Rather Sensational Ch.,'
Against Leaders. I
Special 10 The Tribune.


OGDEN. March 3.-N[arr
of the dominant church in - -
not entirely resigned to ~. .N|
the hierarch-and the line ~ NJ ~
which seems to have bssr a. 'G''t,
upon the body of the churcS ~
est announced rebel from hi, III y ~
is Gerald j: s. Ahels, a s na,e
lander, who has been a spcces.s1'' '
lvter for the Mormon chnrcS ;a
country and who has also bsa.a ~ y
TO the hierarchy in keenirooe oesa 3
landcrs' colony in Utah y
politically and religiously I.J
to the reports which now coma &
bisbopric of the Fourth scsI..
ward in Ogden, of which iho ~.
T. Wooley is bishop, and hv 4
mission Of Mr.. Ahels bimssIs y
ter recently addressed a letts, y Y
nation from membership in tbs II
and delivered the same 10 A.,s,
clerk Of the Fourth ecclesiastis,I
of Ogden.
Reasons Plainly STATED
In this letter Mr.. Abels st.,x
his wife is with him and hsi;.s
same as he does. He and II. II h
that their names be stricke, ~
roll Of membership. and state 49,
will no longer hold allepian.. !.
church, Their reasons are H..
church is following and mann.
ezra tIcal doctrines That -
prea ching and practice in lin !,
radical variance from the III
preached IN Holland. Even ~
statements are made. Mr Anil J
that the present successorsbin II
presidency is in direct contn,,
TO the laws Of the church. H.
that the proper successor il N. n
seed of Joseph Smith, the propys !,
that Joseph Smith, son Of tbs 4,
Joseph Smith, and now preIS,Ts,
the reorganized church should i
president Of the church.
With these remarks IL is ear NJ
that Mr.. Abels leans toward NJ
organized church and il is al
certainty that ho will ally him,.gl \
that organization in the near &
The ward officers state that Nm p
cation to he relieved Of his obEn|
to the dominant church will h 3
up in the Fourth ward and rsI
disposed Of. i
Mr.. Abels. who is a notivs n
land, has served two missions !, 4
country since his conyersion r;I
coming to Utah His first was
years duration, and he inducai 4
of his conntrymen TO embrace nl
pei and come TO Utah. The -
that there is considerable 81
Hollanders in Ogden. They htr
organized into strong polifg
chine and in emergencies thsy a
depended upon to vote as iianj
This has been proven in the II
elections. So successful had tsaN
Abels efforts on his fM =
that he was sent on second =
having been especially selsai
President Shurtliff of Weber sun
said to Mr., Abels that he wsnr;
people in Utah like the Hollaudal
Abels was in the ahstracting q
and was earning $500 a year, al
has aspirations TO go into the }
lature. He decided, however, to
the presidency of the Rotterds4l
SION, which had been promised hI
when he reached there he found y
man in charge Of the mission Il
compelled to do field work Ia
years. On his return to Utah \
pared a complaint against th
IN which he proposed to recovu
the loss he had sustained by ris
his two years absence, but was =
to hold the complaint in abgr
year ago. His statements givert
time were that President ShuH
called hIm for the mission viii y
,entlon of destroying his (AbsssIt
litical chances.