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Show PREACHES ON STREET CORNERS Threats Made Against a Crusader. e He Attacks the Methods of the Dominant Church , in Utah. Says tho Issue Was Forced Upon Him by tho Followers of That Creed. "That's a d d lit!" "You can't tell the truth!" "He ought to be run out of town!" Theso and similar remarks, some of them even more forceful and virulent, may be heard almost any evening at a certain street corner religious moetlng In this city. The remarks are directed direct-ed at the speaker, an educated Christian Chris-tian minister who has taken up here the charitable, missionary and educational educa-tional work of the Christian Crusaders, an organization which Is growing In strength and Influence on account of the good it is doing in helping the very poor. The preacher, Rev. John F. Andrews, Is doing an important work In this city. He has found here a great field for tne particular work upon which he Is engaged. He has found unhappy conditions which he traces directly to the pecular workings of a certain church which seeks to control con-trol Its members In all things temporal as well as spiritual, including- matters of business and politics. He does not hesitate in his preaching to place tho blame where he finds It to lie. On account ac-count of this he Is almost continuously Interrupted by hoots and Jeers, and on several occasions he has narrowly escaped es-caped physical violence. Traveling1 Man Interfered. On one occasion a man crowded up to his side anl mocked him as he preached. The speaker was finally unable un-able to proceed on account of the commotion. com-motion. A traveling man who witnessed wit-nessed the scene finally stepped ip and commanded the attention of the crowd. ' I am not a resident of this State," he said. "Where I live the people favor fa-vor free speech. I did not know before be-fore that there was a community In the United States where the right of free speech was denied to any citizen. I have seen Mormon missionaries at work where the tenets of their faith are fairly abhorred by every one, but I never saw one treated In the brutal manner In which this man has been treated. I demand fair play." The stranger then called upon a policeman po-liceman to arrest the disturber of tho peace. The policeman said he would arrest the preacher If he made any more such cracks as he had been making. mak-ing. But the plea of the traveling man had something of a salutary effect. ef-fect. The service was permitted to proceed. Only a Mild Example. Following the service Rev. Andrews was asked if that was a fair saumle of the treatment he Is accorded at his meetings. "It is a very mild example," he said. "One one occasion a man stepped up behind me when I was preaching and aimed a vigorous blow at my jaw. I felt or heard the blow coming and faced about quickly. In whirling I struck the man, although I had no intention in-tention of doing so, and he went sprawling into the middle of the street. His blow danced on my arm. "At the meeting last Thursday night there were several Interruptions Which threatened to prove serious. One man weighing perhaps fifty pounds more than I do was determined to 'fight me to a finish,' as he expressed it, but the crowd succeeded In holding him back. Then a .well-dressed, rather distinguished distin-guished looking 'elder' demanded several sev-eral times that I answer the question, 'What is truth?' I finally told him and he wanted to whip me. A little later in the service I was talking about the gift of tongues conferred upon the apostles and Inquired what apostle of the dominant church here had that gift. A man in the audience took Jt up, and when I argued the matter with him he said that I had called him a liar. He was taking ofT his coat to come after mo when some of his friends led him away. Forced the Issue. "When I came here," continued Mr. Andrews," I had no thought of attacking at-tacking the Mormon church, but Its members forced the Issue and I was compelled to take It up. Then our work among the poor has brought to our attention- such inhuman conditions as the result of church domination that no man with a heart in him could be silent. Our work Is largely among the aged, the infirm and the sick, and In helping young men to find employment. employ-ment. One case that has come to our notice Is that of a deserving woman who has one son In the State prison and is dependent for support upon the earnings of two younger sons. One of the boys was offered work at $3.50 a week if he would become a Mormon and pay tithing. The older one at home was given a Job at 35 a week, but after ho had worked a week ho was told that he would liavo to Join the church if he held his Job. The result is mat the boys have had little work. Tho mother was told by a County Commissioner that the county would help her on condition that sho would cease making weekly visits to her son In prison. We secured for one deserving deserv-ing young man work on the streets of the city He went to work at S o'olock in the morning: at 10 he was asked what his religion was. Tho reply was evidently unsatisfactory, for at 10:30 he was told that his services would be no longer required." A Great 'Work to Do. Theae arc only a few of the many cases of church domination in temporal tempor-al affairs, In oppression of the poor which are cited by the evangelist. He says they have convinced him that he has here a great work to do, and for that reason he has given up other i plans and .will remain in tho cltn In- definitely. At the mission conducted by Rev. nnd Mrs. Andrews at 274 South Main street many poor apply dally for relief, and tho charltablo may leavo there clothing of any kind, especially for ladles and children, and bo assured that It will bo placed whero It will do good. |