Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-04-03 | Page 1 | Christian Science Converting Utah

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONVERTING UTAH Mrs- Eddy Said to Be lilakinp Insidious In-sidious Inroads With Her New Cult Upon State Religion. Special to The Tribune. BOSTON, Mass., 'April 2. Strange reports arc reaching the sacred precincts of the mother church of Christian Science In Boston. These reports come from Utah and assert that tho doctrines of Mrs. Eddy are making wldo breaches In the State religion of Utah. Tho movement in favor of the new religious cult Is said, to havo started three years ago, when the wife of a prominent Mormon attorney of Salt Lake City became converted, after trying try-ing the faith .cure treatment. She became be-came a Christian Scientist, her husband hus-band adopted her new religious views and others have followed them. Significant Example. The most recent and significant example ex-ample of this tendency is a well-au-thentlcated report from SL George, In the extreme southern part of Utah, that a large number of families In that town have united for tho purposo of holding services and practicing healing according to Christian Science. Now, If there Is a place among the "stakes of Zlon" where the sway of the Mormon priesthood 1b supreme, that place Is St. George. Situated far from railroad communication, settled entirely en-tirely by Mormons, and practically un-vlslted un-vlslted by Gentile iconoclasts, St. George seemed the last town in Utah in which the author of "Science and Health" could make progress against the gifted writer of "The Doctrine and Covenants." Headquarters in Salt Lake. The Christian Scientists are still comparatively com-paratively weak In Utah. The parent organization Is In Salt Lakes, whero a beautiful church costing many thousands thous-ands of dollars has been erected. The tactics of the Christian Scientists ai-e admirably adapted to their campaign cam-paign among the followers of President Smith. Instead of making ugly charges and denouncing Mormonlsm, they content con-tent themselves with distributing public pub-lic addresses and pamphlets. Neither do they sign petitions requesting tho expulsion of Mr. Smoot from tho Senate. Sen-ate. In this way they gradually undermine under-mine the Mormons without risking open battle. What the- result will be when the cult obtains , foothold throughout the Mormon Mor-mon be moments can only be surmised.