Show REV 1 H D FIS FISHER HER t I 1 Salt Lake Methodist i dist e ll Bible S City FRIENDLY WiTH MORMONS TOLD EXPERIENCES IN THE GUN AND THE GOSPEL l I Kansas city Oct OcL II H D DFisher Fisher who tiled died yeater a tt tl l san Kan was one of the most moat s characters rs produced b by the tho tir days dars of tiC thu warfare Jn In K l j tz and aud the four years of fir Because ot of his activity as a fr frea state stateman tte man an I 1 Js bra association States Senator Jim Lane Rev Fisher I was marked by the Quantrell band and his escape from capture and d I during the Lawrence massacre Iii Is uSe Jut of the most thrilling and inc oti ot of that affair S Dr was on one of th few ic mon I Iwho Iwho who ever refused a United Stat san sen sanI I W I t tS tSi S Si 7 S v L I j 1 I Rev Hugh Dunn Fisher When Senator Lane com committed suicide Governor Crawford an announced ha Intention Dr Fisher to fill the vacancy Later Rev Fisher said In relating his reasons for refusing the offer anti nd the before God In prayer er The decision was against accepting the appointment Rm H D referred to in the above Associated Press dispatch h held the pastorate or of the old FIrst Metho Methodist i dist church for two In the tho early I SOs and is well remembered b by vet vetera era emu members of the church In a book published in 1896 1596 entitled The Gun and the Gospel he related ninny many thrilling In the conflict be between tween n slavery and aud freedom and also recorded his work for far Methodism in inthe Inthe the W vest as superintendent I American Bible society for Utah l Mba on tana and Idaho One of the few Salt Lal Lake e copies of this book is owned b bP by P A Dix Four rR are arc q d to Dr Fishers work in this state and In iii thin lie he refers In to hi his friendly relations with officers officer of the Mormon church Dr Hugh Dunn Fisher was ms born in Jefferson count county 0 March 14 1824 He began lIf as a 0 aco co ner er In hs native town and while working at his trade became converted 11 Id 1838 1538 Ho He nl itt once once b began gan studyIng for or the and Was licensed to preach peach Dee 26 25 1847 1841 Ills vori was In Sycamore O 0 OAt S At the outbreak of oC the war he was appointed chaplain ot of the tho Fifth Kan Kansas sea sas cavalry He soot soon became marked b by the sanS gang the leader of which William C li h de describes scribes as the tho chief of bor border murder mUlder ers era and leader of the tho most desperate hand band of 01 highwaymen ever organized for pillage and death In i all this coun country country try tt Of his escape from death deeth through the bravery braven of his wife lie he gives a vIvid account His life durin the war was fraught with d dangers ang rs through aU all ot of I which he passed Refused Refuse i p J How lIow Dr Fis Fisher er came to refuse the theU theU U S by Governor I Crawford after the suicide e 0 of C Senator James H Lane or of Kansas as men mentioned mentioned I In the dispatch is told more ful l ly In the following words r 1 reached the conclusion not to ae ac accept I thes the If thereby I was compelled tola to lay down my mO license nse to preach the gospel gospe Twice during the war I cl refused to accept a colonelCy r rat I at U this 15 expense pense and now with a 11 seat In theU s senate laid belota me I felt that my lay call front ron God was pf t I greater aily call that might be Upon me and decided accordingly upon the governor to appoint ne one else l ef finally yielded to my request aid named Major E B ii G Ross The lighting fighting pastor who a to the accepted a call lIto to In 9 and una im for fought a relentless battle against cor corruptive corruptive forces and for municipal re form Ho He was entirely successful ful In this S 55 In 1 As they needed A aman for tor Salt Lake Lale City church wrote Ort Dr Fishier Fishel J aull as time il Ig Omaha was Up he Bishop Merrill requested me to try the grip of m my faith on that difficult field S SHe He succeeded ed Dr When VIlen Dr Fisher arrived th the con conre e I gatlon numbered regular members There here were twentysix per Sons In the Sunday school A debt of 1500 was In court and ana awaiting Judgment Furniture was being sold to satisfy creditors Notwithstanding judgments antI and credit ora bin soon increased It was while In Suit Lul e tl that t Dr Fisher r became superIntendent of the tue American BIble society for tor this district I His book tells ot of visits to ne Rev Garge 1 I 1 Jane Jayne at Provo Prove and Rev M Leonard nt at I On a visit to Provo Prom he secured slon sian front from Bishop Smoot president of the Mormon stake to preach pracht In the Provo Prove tabernacle In telling or of his hI visit to i President Smoot he wrote i He very politely lv Invited me into n a spacious parlor where three pt of bl his 1 wives were h him dress On hIs another adjusted d hUe his suspenders while a third rought him a necktie and ami handed him hl his neatly shoes His next 1 meeting wa was held Jr 11 the to Lo i lOan gun tabernacle where he told the Lat Lut SaInt that as the they were going to heaven id ti as we GI Gentiles want to toso togo so go there he thought it would be bewell e ewell well to pet Fet acquainted for Soon afterward he visIted 1 preachIng at th tabernacle there Next J lie he wont went to where he became acquaInted with Stake PresIdent Bras tuti Snow and where he formed s ilIaD dons on which are found m in hl book Then corn came bie great triumph for he hewan wan to penk In the Lake tabernacle after which he attended n a priesthood meeting Concerning the latter Ill wrote I 1 wis and am still the only Gentile I e ever r admitted to o a pure purely Mormon priest band meeting I k this titis ii 1 ao t ut hMan rw rd finIshed and In this state Ue lie retired from J the ministry In 15 |