| Show OR Ts C ILIFF RESIGNS methodist divine to give up his mission work SEASONS NOT GIVEN OUT iris bis decision to retire from the church was wa reached beached some time ago but was vai not announced until yesterday resignation to talco effect at the coming conference ira he Is 1 reticent as M to the cause will probably leave utah sla his long lone career here rev thomas C Q 1111 has resigned from the supora nten dency of 0 the utah mission of 0 the methodist episcopal church and looks forward to leaving the state tor for another held field in the near future dr iliff declined lat last evening to furnish furn lali the tribune with the arcq aone aona tor for his action the rhe resignation has been in the hands bands 0 of blahos mccabe tor for some weeks past nd in it dr diff requested to be relieved at alt the coming annual session of the t le mission on conference which convenes V en e a september ath or as soon oon as factor v adjustments can bo be made dr iliff leaves the city tomorrow in morning 0 M ing for the national encampment ot of the G A B n at buffalo and will return about september the whole matter mailer concerning the causes ot of the resignation Is in the keeping I 1 ng ot of bishop mccabe with whom dr will hold an interview while in the raa east t bishop mccabe will preside at the conference REASONS NOT GIVEN 1 I c cannot n 0 t at this time give special creaso reasons nan t tor 0 r my action he paid and will not be able to do so personally until after th tile session ot of tile tho utah plan Is held and arrangements completed to relieve it eve me I 1 can also say that I 1 have have formed no 2 0 definite plans for or the future although al there Is a possibility lity aliat ti I 1 may leave tile the utah held with h regard to a the resignation I 1 dire desire to t 0 say bay that th n t abts this i 1 1 the first public ubilla an announcement no at ot th that a t step tcp it r siaa as been con contemplated tem plated by me tor for some time but did not crystallize until after careful carci d liberation deliberation e and I 1 consulted no one in the matter except pt roy MY wife not even our c children hildeer knew 1 of 0 it until I 1 had reached a decision in my wn own mind you may state mate that it t waa wa 1 the he r result suit of what I 1 considered a conscientious lous ious duty HIS AFFECTION poil FOR UTAH A q quarter arter of 0 a cent identification with utah work attaches me st strongly to this section and it would le e no easy matter tor for me to pull up stal L a and leave I 1 have necessarily for formed me d many warm friendships here I 1 with ith I 1 individualities divi dualities in all the churches of the state state as well as many who m lie ar not connected with any church and no place could be cs as much like home to me as here I 1 liane have certainly cerla laly had great interest I 1 in FL the of the ter from every point ot at view especially pec ally lally was vas true in ili the laying 0 of the proper foundation 0 of a S state slate in ill which up nc all tahe a degree ot of pride now that this stop step lias hits been taken I 1 wish it to be said that I 1 hold nothing but th the L 1 kindliest kind ind liest feelings toward all people 0 of f utah however much I 1 may have differed from them in either cither religion or politics I 1 have received kind treatment through ajl of these things and I 1 have traveled all over this see tion HIS CAREER HERE before dIsmiss dismissing fing the subject of 0 his probable removal from this point he remarked this city has been my home tor for twenty one years yea and here my four children more born it has halt been a delight to us to havo have our residence here and it our lot be cast else whore it will always bo be pleasant to look back upon it as still milt our home even ven when pressed to say eay whether he bi had accepted a charge elsewhere he said that h he was not in position to state mate that or anything else relating to future movements the following statement of his work while lo in ahn field was furnished to the tribune trib n twenty five aye years ago when bu ca he became me associated with the work in ili his hold field there was only one M church in the territory and that waa as 3 it corinne Corl there are now some forty 1 chur churches III battered catt ered throughout the state the mon membership barship in the beginning about bell it lips has grown crown to about there are some thirty to thirty five sunday s schools choals with a bemb membership L ot of miff possibly for several years dr has traveled annually 1500 miles reaching on OD these mis dons every mining miming camp and most of tile the settlements f from r din the british possess possessions lons to arizona |
