Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-01-01 | Page 21 | In the Religious Field

IN thea THE FIELD salt lake has sixty T two W 0 houses or of worship PROGRESS OF CHURCH WORK all denominations Denomination a aro represented and the year has been a prosperous one something about each church in the city A better showing than can cam bo be made blade by any oth other er western vestern V city during the past fortnight a a tribune reporter liaa has enjoyed the plea ant task of visiting the large and ever growing large number of churches and in salt like lake city in not one instance has a church been found which has not had a progressive year spiritually and financially in fact most of the churches show a decided increase in the list of members made principally by the advent of many churchmen from other cities bearing letters A careful tul count of religious bodies throughout the city having regular p places of W worship shows s the following figures baptist 4 catholic 2 christian 1 Con greg it lonal 3 episcopal 4 hebrew 1 1 church of jesus christ of latter day saints 27 lutheran 4 1 I methodist 7 presbyterian 4 I 1 scandinavian free mission 1 scientists 1 unitarian 1 salvation army anny 1 a total of 62 to this number might be added the salt lake bible society the salt lake sunday school association the ho salt lake deaconess board the utah union the Wor comans womans rians christian temperance union the young mens christian association and the ladles ladies auxiliary the combined christian endeavor societies and tile the combined epsworth leagues a total ot of nine which make a grand total of seventy one religious bodies in this city a most excellent t showing ing following Is a list of the leading churches of the city with statements as to their present condition and growth or progress during the year which has just closed a year which has been most encouraging to those who are devoting their energies to religious work baptist the rev henry B steelman iegan began his labors with the first baptist church on april 12 1831 1801 and since that time the parish has steadily grown the pastor Is assisted in ills his work by two 1 lady missionaries miss rose J dark clark and miss li F eyles who are arc in charge of various other work in the church also the burlington branch was organized in 1891 and a chapel built in 1892 1 at poplar grove this chapel is also under mr steelmans Steel mans care and its success lias has been marked during the last year the M L ella preston memorial chapel on second south and tenth west w was a 3 completed last year and Is another r branch of this church it Is in charge of mr W W randolph has a 0 congregation gre gation of end and all the regu regular lax societies of the ds denomination nomination the chapel Is a neat structure seats beats and cost during the summer the first baptist church conducted regular sunday schools at farmers Fan ners ward and north salt lake the church proper on second south and second west has a regular congregation of an enthusiastic christian endeavor society under president A P F lindburg a junion eri endeavor deavor directed by miss clark and of which archie orero orem is the president an industrial du school also under miss darks clarks supervision and miss bliss eyles will shortly open a kindergarten in the large school building adjoining the rhe church which liaa has only lately been given to the parish pariah and which has been repaired inside at heavy beavy expense the regular sunday school under supe A J orem has fifteen teachers teacher sand and an ail average attendance of the ladles aid society madea special effort during the tha year yea r to ral raise funds tor for the general work of aho church the boys brigade Is another society and the ladles ladies missionary circle another both of which are in good condition one of the features of this church Is the music under the direction of mr peabody tho the choir Is made up offis of miss lawson lason mrs randolph the misses jackman mr 0 haver and 1 sir in cole in summing up the church has had a prosperous condition in its growth growt li and financially speaking the condition Is also good although tho the members have been burdened with a small deficiency fi fici ency for current expenses which has been carried tor for three years tho the outlook for this church and its bran branches ciles this year Is very encouraging EAST SIDE BIDE BAPTIST CHURCH A colony was dismissed from the stirs baptist church in october 1892 to form the east side baptist church and the latter today to day has a tine frame chapel which Is furnished very comfortably fort ably and located on the corner of third south and seventh east streets rev B S G C adams Is the pa pastor stor aud and he has built up an enthusiastic congregation of about miss mini glnn B morford is the lady mi missionary abary of t the he church and camo came from chicago for tills this purpose the sunday school Is in a thriving lvang condition under superintendent D N spencer assisted by eleven teachers the school has an average attendance of eighty children miss bliss adams adama Is the president of OC an active ladles ladies home and foreign society arid and mrs koontz Is president of the ladles ladies aid I 1 ety ity which has enjoyed d a prosperous year christian endeavor and junior christian endeavor societies nourish flourish under the leadership of miss morford who also has interested the young people in an industrial school for boys and girls financially the condition of the church Is good at the op erting of the new year los last year by the united et ef frota of the members a debt of 1500 w was as lifted mr adams la Is the baptist missionary for tho the utah district and spends much of his time at ogden provo prove and where growing churches of this denomination are flourishing Cat catholic bolic one of tho the oldest churches hes in tho the city Is st marys cathedral which was built in ili the early carly seventies but ono one would hardly recognize it now tor for in the last month the interior has been entirely repainted arid and inside new carpets have boon bc en laid ald the altar statues anil and sanctuary re gilded and a general renovation lias has taken place mr 1 W P omeara olleara ted and the other members of this church in fit this cause and raised the money to make the needed repairs tho the rt RL rev L scanlan the bishop Is naturally tho the leading prelate of the tae cathedral and tho the priests who alternate in conducting masses and services ari arc father JO and father P r Ll arlow the congregation of at st marys Is one of the largest in the city its supporters numbering nearly 2 with an average attendance at each service ot of the sunday school Is conducted by father lislow laslow and the fourteen n teachers are all members of tho the young ladles christian detrino society Soc foty of which illas alas nora ole cleason lathe the pres president ident and bl alsa ss B connor I 1 la so tho secretary the average attendance of pupils Is ISO ilo A another n other noddy at st marys la is the sacred heart league mr keel luring f if ot of the altar society which attends to the sanctuary master james salisbury Is president and INI master aster eugene sells la is secretary of f tj tho bousu sodality d t y 0 ot t 13 coys 0 y s a ra social e oc i a t and re clr 1 boub 8 society 0 e L Y fo for r ahn t h c ao 30 domig mi ones dt i es the st anns orphan ald aid society la is another organization in the church tho the society which rece nUy save gave the vue me kermess its of cers ure tire miss bliss noble president miss wall and miss winifred kimball treasurer still another society of tills hi la parish Is the catholic aid society of which miss olive donnellan donnell in Is president and sirs mrs A V B It cher Is vice at all of these societies have been actively engaged in church and charitable work during the year A hardworking hard working and con young musician Is miss bliss nora gleason Gle onon who Is organist organ let and director of the choir the members are voluntary under tho the patronage of tho the cathedral are st T marys academy all hallows collese college st anns orphans orphanage re and the holy cross hospital all ot of which have hava passed a successful year the church itself has steadily gron grown n and la Is in an excellent condition at present ST PATRICKS CHURCH another catholic church Is located on the west side to take in that portion of the cl city ty st patricks church chuoc was erected in 1893 and rev hev dr kiely placed in ili charge the building is a substantial 9 frame on Four tji west near F fourth south street and clough chough comparatively ively a new organization it Is 13 rapidly growing and the year has sten much progress father kaly being nn earnest worker for the good of hla 1113 congregation the church hia has an attendance ol of and a well conducted sunday school under the dite direction kojl of ct miss nellie wall assisted by three teachers the average lAt ut during the year being bc anc forty miss bliss wall la Is also the president of the altar society which has kept up the furnishings of the sanctuary A league of 0 the sacred heart also flourishes in st patricks under tinder the leadership ot of W 11 dodds and an excellent voluntary choir is 15 directed by miss bliss alice bruneau the year lias has been a steady increase and a r still till greater progress Is antici anticipated prated during 1893 1895 st patricks church was voras especially established for those who live live west of 0 second west street and as the area Is extensive tho the future of full of promise Chrls christian tian anew A new church and nd parish Is the central christian rev nev 13 F clay Is ane pastor in charge the members have just completed their first year of occupancy in the hand handsome sonie pressed brick and stone church on the corner ot of third east bast ea st and fourth south arid and the year has leen been a most prosperous one and encouraging to ohe pastor tor for during the year there were forty six new members brought into the ahe con congregation grera twenty threedy three by letter and aven ty three by confession and baptism the ship now numbering ga the pastor superintends super intends the sunday school assisted by nine teachers and the average has been ninety three miss mile edle tilden is the president of a thriving christian endeavor society and the junior endeavor is managed by miss bliss mary cauffield the ladles ladies aid society of the church has done excellent work du during ring the year in a financial way and also in helping in the general church work another society in the church and which welcomes all outsiders who may wish to comee come in the central literary club of which bliss ella dukes is the able leader the club has had a very profitable and pleasant year in the study of whittier r longfellow Longfe How and lowell the meetings every saturday night have been a great interest to all though a young church the central christian Is forging right light ahead congregational in an architectural sense the first congregational church Is the leading one ln in the city as Us its imposing gray stone edifice on east first south la is one of the tbt points of interest the pastor rev clarence T brown has done excellent work during the year in building up the congregation which averages in the morning vid in the evening while the yearly income la Is more than ever beford bafo e superintendent A J coniam of the sunday school has twenty teachers arid and pupils ond land W 1 br M gunsburg Huns burg is the president of a large christian endeavor society lety there is also a junior endeavor the choir lg Is voluntary and the organist Is professor radcliffe the organ Is 13 tho the findt in tho the city george L nye Is president of the monday manday night club quite tt noted organization tor lor literary work and mrs la Is president of the aid society which always does good work whether it be an aji oyster supper trades Kar carnival or echoes of the worlds fair miss bliss porter hasa has a large kindergarten which Is 13 a great success Dt decided aided progress has leen been made mad in every department of tho church during the year and mr drowns crowns sunday evening In lectures tures have been a very popular feature I 1 PHILLIPS congregational the congregational church 19 located on seventh east arid and fifth south has a congregation of 10 10 and a hardworking hard working man at its helm the rev dana W bartlett Barl lett assisted by bliss anna baker missionary the pastor Is in it charge ot of the sunday school and bas has twenty teachers and pupils william carlson is of the christian endeavor ri rind and nd charles hawkes of the junior endeavor mrs julia McGl mcgillvray Ivray Is ie I 1 harge of a thriving aid society v has been active all the year th ta is also in the church the first company of the boys brigade and a room for boys mrs M E jones jonea has chargo charge of a garls mission band miss donnelly Donns lly Is in charge of a large arten and miss faker baker has a very pleasant sewing c lass class the growth of the he chu church ach in the year has been very encouraging PLYMOUTH congregational this church was organized just junt two years ago today to day and the membership is about twenty rev J D nutting la Is the able minister in charge and received during the year ten new members professor P r r 13 cummon as Is 13 tho the of the gundl sunday school asel i 1 I by miss anna baker bake there them are sn teachers and an average attendance tonda zice of about niety the two christian endeavor societies are tb thriving riving and also the th ladies aid society ety mrs E M reed izee d is in charge of the kindergarten assisted by miss patterson Pat torson until recently plymouth lias has only y had halt half of the pastors time the w work 0 k Is in prosperous condition considering the difficulty of tho the neld fold the tha past year having been its best one of the hindrances thus tar far has been the lack of a suitable building a need which 19 9 hoped will b be e su supplied r p li e d b before et or e I 1 long 0 n th the e pastor Is j lust u st c completing 0 m p J etl n a r residence e once near by 1 nto into which he will shortly move tile the church la is on third north and quince streets episcopal this la is the leading parish in the jurisdiction of utah and novada nevada of 0 which the lit rc kev abbel leonard la Is bishop shop rev A finnoy I 1 rail hall Is the off efficient lelent in charge rev nev F r TV norris resigned med in june juna and Is now at oxford lie ile was succeeded eded for or ten weeks by rev 11 M moore of st sl johns church sip mo who in turn succeeded by the present rector who began his work on october 1st ast the congregation la Is ono one of the tha largest laiK CSt and most influential in ili the city on easter a class of twenty six was confirmed by the bishop and the increase by removals into the parish makes the number of communicates over boo while the average atten attendance darice is much larger A fe feature of the church Is the sunday school with twenty leac teachers tea chera bern and ISO children mr hall Is superintendent and la is making tho the a live department part ment of the church work another feature la is tho the excellent choir under unde r professor seymour conal of 1 tn I e rity enty two roin mon and boys boya and fourteen lles of the church tho the whole choir la Is vested the 0 men and boys in tho the regular s t lr R 11 cis and and the I 1 I 1 T I 1 TI harrt Hr rT lr l r 11 rf tta la darthe Is the mothers meeting guld guild mrs airs putnam pr president Ident the st marys and st Bl marthas arthas r guild bild miss bertha carter being Us its chief officer a ana n d t the h e reh choir 0 ir boys ao 30 y s 1 gu guild li i r managed n a 1 a alee cr d b by v 1 tho b 0 rector e lo 10 r 1 large a r c c congregations 0 n g r e g a attend the services at evening especially and the outlook for the year Is very bright ST PAULS CHAPEL rev