The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-23
TELEGRANS Of
PROTEST SENT
Presbyterian Assembly Goes on
Record Against Picture of
Young on Silver Service.
INTEREST IN HERESY
TRIAL OF DR.. GRANT
Utterances of Divine Quoted
Against Him; Declares Eve
Was Not Tempted.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., May 22.-
The Presbyterian general assembly
went OH record today as being opposed
to the acceptance by the navy depart
ment of Il silver service for the bat
tleship Utah, which has engraved on
the coffee tray an etching Of Brigham
Young and view of the Mormon tenn
pie at Salt Lake in the background.
resolution of protest, presented by
Theodore Morris of New York CITY,
was adopted unanimously without de
bate and the stated clerk was ordered
to send telegrams Of protest TO Presl-
committee of the house of representa-
tives which is considering the matter
The resolution concludes as follows;
"Every sense Of honor, decency and
morality and righteousness will be out
ragged by the acceptance of and hon
oring by the protection of the flag OF
the nation this memorial of shame.
The report of the board of ministerial
relief was the first matter taken up this
morning.
The Rev. Francis Irwin of Louisville.
KY, made IA speech IN support of
resolution TO raise a $6,00G,000 fund so
lHdi fNcIN iilD'S'Ni N"'
receive $500 a year and every widow
at least $500. He declared it would he
infinitely kinder 10 take the old min
listers and knock their heads together
than 10 let them drag out an existence
on mere pittance, or send them to
home that was but poorhouse III dis.
euise The resolution calling for the
raising of the $6.000,000 fund was
passed by acclamation.
Heresy Trial
That ii was a physical impossibility
for "Christ to have stood on the pm
nncle of the temple at Jerusalem and
be tempted by Satan,' as related i'll the
Newt Testament, WAS one of the state,
nents attffbuted To Rev. William D..
Grant at the heresv trial before the
permanent jadicial committee.
DR.. Grant is charged with having
said the topmost pinnacle was entirely
too small for anyone to stand on.
In commenting on the death of Uz-
ziah. who, it was told in the Old Testa-
meut. was struck dead for daring 70
put his hand on the ark of the COW
enant, DR.. Grant is alleged TO have
said;
"This man Uzziah must have had
an aneurism of the heart or have burst
blood vessel in his head. All Uzziah
was trying TO do was to prevent the
sacred ark from slipping from the
wagon or slcdge upon which it was be
ing carried, Evidently the weight OF
the ark was too much of strain ana
the man dropped dead. y
DR.. Grant was also accused of tell
ing member Of his church that - he
intended to cast the devil out of the
BibleN by preaching certain section.
nr Crapf,c IJtteranceS
Some of the statements in sermons
and writings credited TO Dr. Grant are;
"Moses had the blues when he wrote
some of his books -
'sThere is no personal devil. -
"'Eve found sin in her own heart and
was not tempted by Satan
"Christ was cruci6ed in perfectly
natural manner by mob of fanatical
Jews and did not plan his own cruel
fxion.' ou
The testimony against him fills a
| book of more than 800 pages.
| The unanimous adoption of the re-
port favoring union with the Re.
| formed church was among the important
| happenings at today's session OF the
| general assembly.
| Word Of the adoption of the report
! favoring union with the Reformed
| church was immediately wired to can
! ton, Ohio. where the general assembly
of that denomination 10 now in session
Before the plan for un.on can be put
into effect it will have to be adopted
by the different presbyteries.