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Show UTAH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. Utah Christian Advocate. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. DECEMBER, s ' ' s,) Lko second (lass matter. Enters &g PUBLISHING 1S84. C ity COMM-TTE- eloquent and burning words of old age only give utterance to the feeling and sympathy that now throbs thousands of hearts in the interest of our work. Thank Sod llrethen, let us take new courage and stand ly Utah in the spirit of our fathers ! ! i ost OiF.oc : It is constantly reiterated bv the Mormon leaders, that the Lauei-da- y T, C. Tuff, Saints arc not persecuted (!) on M. Net-o- n, account of polygamy, but lather G. M. JrTFPFV, because they are engaged in Gods T. W. Lincoln. woik. This is not true. Religious persecution, for beliefs sake, is unknown in America, at least, and wa need, only point to the fact, that 73 cts One year in advancu 50 the Joseph! tes or Reorganized MorClutw of 5 or more petting up a cluD will receive mon Church, holding substantially Any free. Subscriptions maj begin at any the same faith, except polygamy, copy lime. as ih Utah Mormons, are no more For advertising rates apply to the Publishipersecuted for the religion than ng Committee of the Utah Christian AdvoChristian Church. And when cate, Salt Lale City. Office Methodist any St. Fear Main. the Utah Mormons put themselves Chnwh Srrl accord with the laws of the counin Extra copies of this paper can be try, their troubles will end. had at the rate of f0 cts, a dozen. )of xniPtiSr n h The Advocate may be found or. file at the following Newspaper Adv rtising Bureaus Geo. P. Bow ell & Co. (10) Spruce Street, N. Y. Edwin Alden & Bro. N. W. Cor 5th & Eire Sts. Cm, O. Lord & Thomas, McCormick block Chicago. T, C. Evans, 231, Wash ington St. Boston. Palmer fe Rey, 405 gemstone Si. San Fiiuicisco. N. W, Ayer &. oa. Times building Philadelphia. Address oil coiumnriicationa to the Publishing committee Utah Christian Advocate, Salt Lake City. NOTICE! Go not neglect to renew and. send ns a long list of subscribers. Specimen copies of the Christian Advocate will Utah be sent free on application. New subscribers to the Utah Advocato will receive the papier from now to January, 1880 for cents. nty-five seve- Rev. S. J. Carroll has arrived and taken charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Ogden. The church, the Mission and the community are to be congratulated on the addition of Mr. Carrol i and family. We heartily welcome them to this Meld. This month we print a bright article from the pen of Rev. Tlieo. W. Haven, of the Kansas Conference. In 1881 Bro. Haven made a short stop in Sait Lake City, when going West ta what proved to be the last sickness uf his saintly fa tber. Bishop E 0. Haven. We hope to hear from Kansas again before long. A significant statement was lately made by a citizen of Denver, who at one time was its mayor. Whenever wo extend the saloon limit a little," he said, we have to add to to the police force. And everybody doesn't seem to realize that the extra policeman costs moie in a month than the saloon nets in a vear," We call the attention of al! the members of the Utah Mission, ministers and teachers, to the semi annual meeting which convenes at Provo, Monday evening, Dee. g,t. We hope there will he a full attend anee. Entertainment will be provided for all members of the Mission. Bro. and Sister Smith will he glad to know whom to expect, in order that they may make definite arfor entertainment rangements them a postal at once. Please drop Bro. Burges-.- ' article in this number is indeed ermoamguig o the w orkers oi the Ltah Mission, EDU CATION IN UTAH. TIieBe Judge 0. W. Bennett said lately at a public meeting in this city, that polygamy was the least of the evils of the Utah problem, the union of church and state being the real trouble. !So it is. it is this union that holds and shelters polygamous The great mass of the practices, Mormon people undoubtedly that polygamy is right; but few believe it to be of such an absolute necessity to salvation, that they for conscience sake would vio late the laws of the country and subject themselves to consequent Sever thi3 state-chur- ch punishment. union and polygamy will come to a speedy end. It will have no more existence in Utah than among the Mormons in Europe or any of the states of our own country. the pastors of thy evangelical churches and the principals of the vaiious schooL of this city was called recently for the purpose of discussing the relation of the Christian educational work to Mission work in Utah, and this success it has already achieved. A number of important questions ltorinrr nnnn the neneial theme, were very carefully considered, the main topic being, whether the Christian churches in the East are warranted in expending sack large amounts on the school work in Utah, as they are now doing. Rev, Mr. Leonard, Superintendent of the Missions of the Congregational Church in this and surrounding territories, presented a concise argument in favor of the continuance of these schools and maintained that they were necessary auxiliaries to tlo. more direct church woik. While Mormons have bees and are intensely prejudiced against Christian missions, yet, through the schools, we are to a very encouraging extent, overcoming this hostility and creating a more favorable impression in the minds of the people, and especially up Oil the A conference of young. It was the unanimous opinion of all present that very little could now be accomplished without the of direct influence and the schools. The first results may not be as apparent as some may have looked for, but we must bear in mind that ThB work is of a twofold character, the direct and the indirect; and the indirect has been tenfold the greater. The Mermens have been compelled, as a mat ter of competition and policy, to establish a better grade of schools than they otherwise would have done. As an index of the true ideal standard of the education necessary fur the common people, Wm. H. Jennings, mayor of Salt Lake City, recently stated that no public lr Salt Lake City Church. school need be of higher grade than will advance a pupil to the Fourth On Sunday morning, Nov. 30., Reader and the rule of Three in memorial sendees were held in ho- - Arithmetic, TTT ! nor ot tne late joisuup w ney. The objection so frequently made Brief addresses were given by against our work of educating the Rev. T. G. Xliff, Rev. Hr. Jackson of this territory, that we The church youth and Prof. Lincoln. were in this way strengthening the was appropriately decorated, and Mormon system and thereby enathroughout the day the services bling them to turn our own guns were very impressive. against us, was shown to be futile. Bishop Wiley had been so closely The fact was brought out that the related to Utah Missions that his best young men attending the leaddeath is keenly felt and lamented ing Mormon secular schools in the by all throughout the territory. territory, notably became dissenters from Mormonism, and that young Magazine for the Blind. persons tolerably well educated hold only a modified form of thft With pleasure we render the ser- Mormon faith, dropping some ot vice asked of ns by a blind friend, the more objectionable features, as 0 the doctrines of in commending not only to the Mind people in the United baptism for the dead, polygamy States, but also to others who may and the absolutism of the priestbe induced to lake an interest in it, hood; Brigham Young Limseif scaKness Magazine for the Blind, led during his lifetime that he was in Phila- - afraid of educating the people, and published Muii-iur Street, that the Deseret Unnh ersity, llzo delphia, which is notably a Mormon, instituterms $3.5' a year. This periodical, comprising fifteen tion, was making infidels faster nor month, embraces choice than were made from any other X O seVt lions from History, Biography, source. To weaken its influences and to hinder the progress of eduStatistics, Science and Fiction. The publisher is a blind man, and cation, he moved the University his magazine is in its seventeenth into a email adobe building outside year. I? you have a blind friend, of the city, and scut its President it to him m hel; otherwise, if on a mission to Europe. The question was then consideied you aie favorably disposed, take it for youi own periHn. a there is no as to what has become of the pudilficulty in reading with ihe eyes pils who have attended and been the raised characters in which it Minuted in onr Christian schools la printed for the fingers of the for the past sixteen years 1 In reblind. lr."u will even find pir:-uie- , ply to tLK Prof. Miller, Principal if you hare the spare time, .a of St. M.itk's School Of the ilpi-C'learning to read it with the lingers, j pa! oliurMi, the oldest as. d largest which is no very difficult task. school in Ike territory, stated that A Permanent Fund" is very de he hud track of the pupil? who sirabM for the perpetuity of the were in attendance previr ns to ten periodical and for an increased cir- years aero, but since then, tu the culation among those Blind who best (J liis knowledge, no scholar are peculiarly debarred from its en- who Lad been in at tendance for any joyment, W command the maga- lengtll of iime, had ever gone bark zine and also the fund which is into Mormonism, ami in support of '1 1 be-lir- , ft ve ( blood-atonemen- 50.-00- semi-month- t, ly q x. O j ht v - iiVOUVU ff ,1 iOi At C i - r I r f cn w A ir tMc '.VUS tl-g- t' M statement of Bishop Tattle, of the same Church, that never had a boy or girl from their school's mown up a Mormon. On the other hand it was admitrnanvu of these have drifted ted that from directly Christian influaway become indifferent have ences, and to all religion, but it was contend- ed, and the history of Christian work in Utah proves it true, that it is easier to reach an intelligent, although indifferent, than one who has fully embraced the Mormon doctrine. Moreover, it seemed to be the conviction of all present that it is almost impossible to reach one who is in full sympathy with the Mormon faith, and convert him directly from Mormonism to Christianity. Apostasy is commonly a necessary preliminary step before he can be approached successfully by the Gospel of Christ, One great end of our work of education is to undermine the faith of the Mormon people, and at present His cannot ba more effectually accomplished than of school and by the chnicii. Taking into consideration this, the indirect work of our mission, the results are clearly apparent. It was stated on good authority that in the city of Salt Lake alone, with a population of about 20,000 Mormons, perhaps not one fourth are in full and hearty sympathy with the entire Mormon system, and that one-hal- f of the actual membership is merely nominal. It is therefore apparent that the educational work of the churches is as necessary as it ever has been, and will be needed until a wholly in sectarian and efficient system of free public schools shall be established throughout the territory. Vvr e append the following resolutions unanimously adopted by the meeting: Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that our schools in Utah, supported by Christian iriends, ought to have a distinctively Christian basis. Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting t lia t .no sonety in me East should send a teacher to Utah who has not the spirit and purpose of a Christian missionary. Resolved , Thar it is the sense of this meeting that the National Government has a duty to perform in providing for and controlling an American system of free schools in non-Morm- on tion U tali owes a debt of giatif ude which she can never repay. To him was given in 1880 the Episcopal supervision of the Mission iu this terri- tory, and for four years thereafter its interests lay heavily upon his heart, ar.d claimed his most earnest attention. Daring this time he presided personally at two of the Mission Conferences, and at each visit his fullest sympathies were aroused as he listened to the appeals of the workers heie. He was always active in seeking a solution of the Mormon problem. With his logically intuitive mind, he at once His long grasped the situation. residence in Asia, and personal contact with its degrading forms of religion, served him in good turn in forming his judgment of the foul upesrstition existing here. He never allowedhimself to bs deceived by the pretensions of Mormonism. While charithe broadest always holding ty for those so strangely deluded, he was unsparing in his condemnation of the wrongs perpe Dated under the guise of religion. Ho never lost sight of the efficiency of the Gospel of Christ ia redeeming this people individually. Yet he relied largely upon the potent influences of civilization, and the strong arm of the government, to correct the evils cf the system. His advocacy and strong support of the Mission school system was given without reserve. Christianity, education and law, were to him handmaids in the work of evangelizing this territory. To his clear views is due, in largo part, the renewed interest of the church at large in this mission. The increased missionary appi opri-atiofor Utah by our Missionary Board, and the active of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, give evidence of the influence of his voice in the counsels of the church. Eis wise judgment in the appointment of men, and his plans for the extension of the work here, have been proven, in the success attending his administration. The mission workers in Utah inouruhiiu as a personal friend, whose memory will be a living inspiration to greater devotion in the cause of our blessed Lord. ns 22, 1885 in Lewiston, Penn. It lib early childhood, his parents were converted and joined the Methodist Church. In his tenth year, through Utah. the earnest efforts of his Sabbath-schoo- l teacher, he was led to the of altar BISHOP ISAAC W. WILEY. prayer, where a new light dawned upon his soul. From this 'The sad intelligence of the death time his convictions were strong of Bisb'-- Wiley was conveyed to that hu was eal!ei to tin 3try our Mission Rooms in New York liming a sweeping revival in hi by cablegram from Foochow, Chi- native village, and while yet n bo na, as having occurred in that city he labored incessantly, and con on Saturday, Nov. 22d. No par- tracted a disease in the throat ticulars of his last hours Lave yet which threatened the entire loss of been received. It is known, how- his voice. In ihi3 condition, when twenty ever, that he had long been affiicted with some disease of the stomach years of age, he began the study of which, it is presumed, resulted in medicine, fearing that his cherished his death. hopes of the ministry were never to In July last he left his home to oc realizeu. Grauunting at xJew revisit the conferences in China and York University, he auuu began the Japan, 3nd on his journey to the Israel ice of medicine in Western Pacific coast, although delayed by Pennsylvania, where be was united a railway accident beyond his lim- in marriage with Frances J. Martin. ited time, Id? meat interest in the His voice continued to improve, Utah Mission led him to make a and in 1851 he was chosen as a med flying visit to thiscity to meet the ical missionary, ordained to the few who are located ministry and sent to Chirm. With here. None of us can ever forget his wife he began lbs Inborn at Foothe words of wise counsel and cheer, chow. where, after tuo years of dethat were always in his heart and voted work, Mrs. Wiley was laid on his lips, for the workers in the forest. Failing health compelled hard fHJs of the rhurch; and on him to return to America in 1854, this occasion especial! v did they and after serving a term in the pas conm ns a father's blessing upon 'orate, he was appointed Principal his children. In our parting, our of Pennington Seminary, New Jerbear's were strangely stirred with sey. In 1804 he again en'eiwi the and apprehension, pastorate, when the General Conmingled elected him feeling that wp might never again ference of that year i ho had been our Editor of the Ladies' Repository, meet him fi'ir-ui SI a ii III' of (hnrimiafp Ohio. In 1872 he T Bidmp Wiley, as to no other j was Bistop, which office he Mcthodi.-thu t has i in Church since held with great honor io i.l, es "iP-i- d. H-ct- e-d |