| Show ROMANCE OF MAYNARD why unitarian society lost eastern support MARRIAGE WAS THE CAUSE american unitarian alliance had hadi been supplying the society with per year but the alliance had ed mrs maynard haynard and would not furnish money honey to a church of which she was a pastor statement of trustees of church the statement in yesterdays tribune that the board of trustees of the first unitarian society had decided to abandon the holding of jugular gular be services aces at lo hast ha ast st for or the present caused general surprise among those tho not familiar with tho the financial affairs of tile the C lurch church very few ew outside ot of the hoard board cf it trustees and the leading members of the society mere aware that the anic american rl alliance had with withdrawn dravin lis its support from the society lit in 1 hia city thus debri depriving ing it of 0 per y yc ear ar it was waa generally knorn that the llie salt lake had received old ald from the national or alliance and the question of aay hy it via as ft told by one familiar v tilt tho the lives of cot the lecent pastors of of the chill chhith i it for some years brought out a romance I 1 malch aich hitherto haa beg been as aa 8 a closed bouk book to most residents resident of the city but vohah it la Is said has haa been known to some few members embers of the church some years yeara so the story runs in a 0 michigan city IL a brilliant young woman vua its ordained as pastor of 11 the P Uni ian church of that thai place siti she lad had received a liberal education was a v aln in toine lo and at once attracted attention and admiration not only e mong among the members of her on church chuoc it but many on the outside ibo w wre re bravn drawn to ber by her superior sermons among her strongest admirers was a man of family faintly who was vies a trustee of the lie church and EL a prominent member of the bar it Is said that thai hla his home life was not a happy one and that jn in trying to menil mend matters a the trustees home the fair boung pastor won the heart of the unhappy trustee ahe ah attachment was a nili mutual one the trustee obtained a divorce from his bis wife gave up his home and family and lit in a few short weeks in ir ried the young youn u oman ilia had filled the place of pastor in the church of which hu vas a trustee the event created A profound sensation in the michigan tono town n where here both were to 0 o veil known find and the outcome was as that to popular pastor was asked to her position in the church und and was uter later ed as a member of the american Un ian alliance su so the newly wedded couple decided to go to the far west and stait anew 1 hole the story of oc their marriage was a g not net known knovs n and A here they hoped tw to 0 be ft a power for good in a religious way the husband gave up big ails on of tile tho law and entered the ministry both filled successful missions in nevada and california and finally came to utah shortly after their coming word wa received train from tile the national alliance that ll 11 it could not land aid to a unitarian ani stion chu church chuch ch which tied had employed as aa a pastor astor one who lad had been sh I 1 ped d from the bo bno clety lety and that is as long ti I that pastor was mas retained the church here need expect no help from the notional national alliance all lanc and rid thin concluded the Tri tribunes burieN informant Is ilie lie rea rt artion ion on why by the he tarlan society of salt lake hia has receive received no assistance from the Anni american orlean urd alliance since sir mr and mrs maynard were installed as aa its ita pastors pastora STATEN STATEMENT ENT or OF TRUSTEES i tho the financial affairs of tho the ual society the account of the affairs of the first fint unitarian society published in the tha tribune yesterday in ili connection alt alth b the resignation of M or and mrs tar ibay nard referred to the financial p problems r of the society this was nas regarded by the two pastors and their friends as ra misleading and last evening mr air maynard submitted the follow ing statement on n the uba ct signed by the trustees of the chuich C L bauni H W lawrence L 11 eugene nugine levo acla Is and lloyd porter the statement la is as fol follow loes a the society has no intention of disbanding or of permanently discontinuing service but upon poll the resignation of mr ani an I 00 mrs oo fr a claynard it wa domed denied bapst not to assume sortie further financial or incur further obligation i until present obligations were liquidated the flit financial ancial situation in 18 no e now nor indeed as serious as it has haa annually been dur frig the existence of the society there he ha ing been a of r more n ore than 1100 very every year since the society vas as organized the failure to receive missionary to which reference voas vas made in the articles liati hag not net affected recent nt results our present pastors consented at alie beginning of their pastorate to a reduction of tilt the more inore than sufficient clent to offset th the fill amount a u nt which had before been received ce av oil f from rent tile the american Uni soc lety for far the curit nt ear car er CT since septem september to er IMS 1198 the he me membership r n barship of the church has contri contributed contribute but e d more toward its hur support port than lit in any year bin bloof organization the expenses of a don downtown mali a movement with attio atti active c tive music are necessarily very beav havy y and the actively in leret bcd lcd member have always been too few to meet by normal methods huoh large outlay duiane the past mix alx lx months retrenchment joaq ay sought bought through a removal to quarters t ors less egg expensive and less accessible and also by dispensing with the a services ervile of a paid choir chair and thi this I 1 inevitably inevitably dc cle creased the attendance there has haa amer been any trouble in securing large congregations ahen tt hen a central centi al plat pla e foi meeting all and attractive music could be w fur hut but the lurden hurden to of f supporting this Is too heay for or the local membership and until the society can call arra arrange nire for pom extensive ou outside I 1 ads it hlll not be ablo able to do its wor work to a the beet beat advantage at the beginning of the present pastorate the resources of tile hie church for that avar had bad been drained heavily upon to pay riat pat indebtedness and S since ince that thai time this as vell veil as curlent expenses have had to bo be borre the r removals c from the city of see several rall ne ic t alic it workers for ohp ali society about thin time M ee seemed to increase Inci ease the perplexities of ilip situation sHu atlon with a few months time in which to remove existing indebtedness tile the society hopes to be in a condition to resume its work vork I |
