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Show i SEEKS A NEW FIELB. itor of tho First Methodist Church Requests a Transfer From L the week of prayer service at the it Methodist Episcopal church last tiing Rev. J. C. BIckcl made public a lest presented to Bishop Earl nston prior to and during his recent t here asking that he be relieved of charge as- pastor of the First hodlst church and transferred to e, other field. The announcement of 'Bicker's action came .as a compjete !rlse. to a greafmajdrity of the cou-fatipn cou-fatipn present, and was received i sincere regret. , his letter to Bishop Cranston Mr. fel referred to the deplorable. state lftaira which existed in the church h he came, and In Methodist circles mgbout the State. The divisions factions has now disappeared In church, the. congregation has been itly Increased, and, with the ap-itment ap-itment of a new superintendent, Mr. kel deems it a fitting time for him rithdrawf is understood that Bishop Cranston acquiesced In the desire and that ivlll be relieved of his present rge at the earliest possible oppor-Ity. oppor-Ity. Just where he will go has not yet been determined,, and he may nln in Salt Lake until the regular ference of the Methodist church In ;ust next, ev. John C, Blckel became pastor of First Methodist church on Novem-22, Novem-22, 1902, and has met with un-Hfled un-Hfled success In his Held of labor, irly every Sunduy since his coming :e has been one or more additions to churoh, and his departure will be latter of sincere regret not only to members of lils own church, but to era to whom he has endeared hlm-. hlm-. Mr. Blckel Is a graduate of De-w De-w university, Is a man of decided rary tastes and has a small armful diplomas representing the degrees ?h. B., A. M., S. T. B. and LB. B. |