Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-06
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Reporter Of English Newspaper
Visits Latter-day Saints Meet
], ing at Bailey
Ms STEREOTYPE: SERVICE Fl I /. :.
rnorctcrizcd by Yankee Breezlncss,
Good Singing, Fcrvent Prayers
And Pointed Addresses. +.

amidst ali the absurd reports pub
,,shed in England regarding the Nor
moi, MOI, people, it is refreshing to enceur-
fer something inspired by a spirit Of
X tsirness as shown in the following
,srite-up Of a visit made to the Latter
Tav Saints meeting by a reporter OF
the Bailey News England:
an tho lodge-room of the Temper
.ncs hall, Bailey, there assemble each
Eunday a body of worshippers little
snown 10 the general public of Bailey.
They are Of the denomination known
assthe I.atter-day Saints, or are better
recognized as the Mormons. creed
that is growing powerful in the United
states and Canada, and also in Europe,
where some two thousand missionaries
are in the field. Sunday was marked
rs a district meeting, and this took
Mace in the Bailey Town hall. where
iwo sessions were held, and those were
attended by members or tho Church,
md a considerable number of friends
from all over the Heavy Woollen dis
trict, /,
folk being peculiar people so II took
The opportunity of the meetings to as
certain for myself What We're their te-5
nets, and was surprised to find that
/
have found In my journeylngs around
the local churches. In fact, the SER
vices were as simple and as full OF re-
& ligion and religious thought as one
copld find anywhere, and instead Of
finding the Latter day Saints peculiar
rcople' i discovered that they were at
tentive and deyout ,Wo1'shippers.
nThe services We're different from tho
4 stereotype order one finds in all de-
nominations of English churches. There
was a Yankee breezlness about them
that recalled the visits Of Moody and
Sankey or the services Of the ,Torrey-S
ALEXANDER mission, and one had tile
privilege of good singing, fervent pray
ers, and pointed addresses. in which
the principles and tenets OF that Church
we're explicitly explained. The Church
Possesses no paid ministers, and, like
the Society OF Friends, between whose:
style of service and that of the Latter
day Saints, there is a close resemblance,
they depend upon theiriown members as
preachers
,"rhe services on Sunday were con-
Quoted by four Elders-M essrs. Rock
terence), Young, Clark, and Hinckley,
the latter two OF whom are located In
the Bailey district. Elder Clark pre-
sided, and in the afternoon Elder
Young. who is a great grandson OF
Brigham Young, of Salt Lake, gave an
interesting address on the history OF
the Church. The theme of polysamy
was touched upon, and it was denied
with all the earnestncss the mission
airy could command that such was now
practised. The history OF the Book of
Mormon, which was translated from
the golden tablets, seen by about twelve
eye-witnessses. by Joseph Smith, the
Latter-day Saints. prophet. was fully
explained. They claimed to be Chris
tians in the fullest sense of the term.
Elder Hinckley also spoke, and en-
phasized the truths to which the
Church adheres. 1t was a most inter-
esting service.
sThe chief a session of the district
meeting was that in the evening, at
which there WAS a good attendance,
many being attracted by the novelty of |
the service. A more attentive or In
terested body of worshippers could not
be found. The singing was excellent.
and there was a well rendered trio by
three ladies' from Bradford.
An impressive prayer was delivered
by Elder Young, and the address was
given by President lockwood. 1t was
not a written sermon, hut a. thrilling |
extempore narrative that was listened
10 with interest, although 1t lasted |
eighty minutes. President lockwood !
dealt with the work Of the missionaries
chiefly. A strong point was that they |
labored forSlove and not for gain. There |
were no. paid officers in the Church, and
most of the missionaries were men and |
women who, when called upon to go |
ont into the mission field surrendered in
many cases good business to do so.
They kept themselves whilst in the mis-
sion field, personally bore the cost OF
The halls wherein they worshipped. and |
paid forsall the literature they distrib- |
uted Theirs was Il mission of love. 4
and he had known many who at the
end Of their missionary work had to
leconnence life at the foot of the lad
der, as they had sacrificed all in or
der to obey the Churchs call
In an interesting wal, he touched
upon the stories that had been circulat-
ed BY the enemies of the Church about
salt Lake City. These people seemtd |
TO have forgotten that Salt Lake City. |
was most cosmopolitan town, In
which most denominations to be found |
In the United States had their churches
and representatives The Mormons on
y formed a percentage of the popula-
lion, and IL it We're true they led the |
He their enemies said they did, the oth-
er churches would be ready to expose
II. They had never done so.
Certain writer's in English papers
said in ignorance that Salt Lake City I
was a wallcd-in town, out of which it
Was impossible for anyone to escape.
They would be Interested to know that
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