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Show int. i li i fs nimm. Till! Bait Lake public are familiar with thochurgoof plaglsrlsm against Dr. Hill, of the M. 11. Church. They also undtrstand the explanation, given by the gentleman's friends, of tho clr. cumstancea under which bu mndo use of some eloquent uttcrancia of Dr. Guard's without giving credit for them. Wu have exposed the treacbiry of some of Dr. Illll'a pretended frlenda and fellow mliiUtcr, In hunting up thu evidences uf till plagiarism and giving Hum ton dally paper to print. It was n traitorous stab In the back, and the band that made tho cowardly thrust watdjeddttp with the ataln that It Intended to stamp upon Dr. llltl". Wo rigard thu failure of thu gentleman gentle-man to Inform tho puhlloof Ihoaourco of bis extracts, when they o-pcared o-pcared III print as his own, aa an error of Judgment which has, no doubt, pained lilm more than It 4ias Injured anybody else. When thu address bu delivered apptarid In a publlo Journal without prutrcredlt, n few lines of ill lunation would hnvo put thu matter right, saved Dr. IlllT much mortification and absolved lilm from the charge ol intentional pluglatlsm, which some of Ills coreligionists co-religionists have hecu eager to fasten ui on lilm. On Sunday morning at tbo cloto of llm services In the Ulit M. 11. Churih, the 'following frauk and wanly ttate-ruint ttate-ruint waareadby Dr. I 111! to thu con-gri con-gri Ration: "It Is already kuoM n to tho publlo that early In Stptouiber 1 asked rrolillng 1 liUr J. 11. tiillilan lo cull my brother mlnltlors of the Molhwllsi I placopnl hurch in Utah together, aud proponed to thorn to take an' step lint might by tliein bo deemed deslrablo In order to proientor Lurtall any harm that might otherwise touio to tho church, or tho cnuiio of religion and morality mor-ality lu thta co niiiuulty, through tho covert ktinwlidgo or the ojieu publication of ihargea alTeiting my aiindiog ns n minister. It Is alu knoun that my brotlmn unaiilinously rosuhed that no publlo atatemtmt lit presiid was necessary ordeidrublc, and utolved that no mention bo mado of tho mailer outaluo of ounclvee. N'ow Uia all taa boensald byway of uciiKiitton that em truthfully bo said vomorulng my tun of portions of nddrossM by llr Ounrl, and now that all Ilia haini hut been dope to mj own reputation and inll no- ami to tho cnin of Tcllulen anil morality, bv sneh pulillmtion mv snv of honor arid dutyauggesl lliat I mutt apeak, notwithstanding tb advlca of some of my most Irinted friends thst no iioil can come of rnrtller slatemeiiU 1 wish to perform all my duty lowanl rny (lod, my church ami my fellow man. ldo not now write lhl lo palliate or deny my moor the thoughts and words of lit (luard anil olhom, although In Justice tolho truth I do stserl, that could all the circumstances lo fully lindortlfxid ami bo gltcn their full value. It would bo attii lh( lids was due minor to great pmssuro of buslnoss, lo nverhurdm and haste, and to subsequent unpardonable unpardon-able rrelesnos,tlisii lo durioneit forethought, fore-thought, I cannot exeue mfseir for tills, and I do not ask tho publlo to condone it. Any alalernent by way of alllailou,baa'-ever alllailou,baa'-ever hones ly or liuinLly mado, would probably be regsrdod by aomo pcoplo tt botenatlempt to shift blame from my shoulders I em willing to) sutler all the penalty that may oomo lo tne personally, In tbo form of chagrin and inortluValiou, and the loss of prostigo or position. I do not desire, thrrc-foro, to lay aught at tha door of any who may accuse or tonsure me, nor do I mako any appeal fur lenient fiulginenton tho ground of toy past llfo and conduct. Tu the consequuneos ot or-ror or-ror I humbly bow my head. Hut baring submitted tho aboto statement, state-ment, or ir the publlo chorea so to call it confession, is it too much to ask of tno good eoplb of this oily and Territory to grant tno charity for iast nlfcmica, and suOlcient probation In the future lo enable en-able me to doinonstrato bymyl'foand mydtods Hint I still uietlt their confl-dcncu! confl-dcncu! T. C. IrisT." Tho ofllclal board of the church tlion presented the followlu); rttolullousi 4 Wc, the omrlil merubora of 1IIIT Church, have henrd from Dr. Illu Ids atatementand explauatlon concernfnghls use of tho Ihoiighls and Words of Or. Ouardaud others, and aro perfootly aatls-flod aatls-flod with tho artlno. "Ilesohcd, That wo most heartily ep-proo ep-proo ol tho manly and lionorablo course pursued by Dr. Illtrin bringing tho matter mat-ter beforo tho membera of the mission, ami especially the Chrls'Un spirit which has characterized his conduct throughout. through-out. "Itcaolved, Ihat wo exlend tu Dr. Ilia ojir warmost sympathy aud assure lilm of our utmo.t coutldsnco In Ida lnUgrlly and Christinn i huracter. ItMolred, That no ) lo Isjro him lu the future a heartier cooperation and u-wrt u-wrt in all the work commuted, to bis hands. A. M. Jaiiw, Mils M. N. ItATiinuvL, 11. 0. Hounov, c. w. iiauvi.v, M.n, r. a. (jiuni, IMIittriirli, C. M, Wiion, W.J. ItMIINIIkR, J. A. In Vaii.lv, Mns. II. I:. l.tM-oi.v." After the services were closed, n muting of the church membera was held, Dr. 1111! not being present, when tho following waa udopted unanimously. unani-mously. ' Vborcai, Itov T. C. Illu. 0, li., hsi lids day, Sunday, Hrprcmber SS, ivi, mado a full statement relative to tlio puh-licallonofanaddroia puh-licallonofanaddroia dolhoretl by him on Ilia anniversary of the Young Mcn'a rhrlstlan Association last Manhi thore-foro thore-foro bo it "Hesolted, That wc, the moinbora of llltf church and congregation, actept his ktateinout and explanation as irreitly satisfactory, "Itiuolvod, That we heartily ondorso the action of tho liicmbora of tliuolllulal iHinrd, and Willi thom nwiro Or, Ilitr of our aympathy and contldenre." Tho proper tiling fur thu publlo to do now, wo think, la to endorse tho actlou ot the lioard aud the church, and let tbo matter drop pa far as Dr. IIltT it concerned. Hut the tneaklug conduct con-duct of bit traitorous brother clergymen clergy-men ought not lo go unrebuked. The rhlef plotter In the tchfinu to degrude the preacher is uudetorviiiu; the fellowship fel-lowship of the church which be tilt-r.racea, tilt-r.racea, and It unfltfor association with decent pwople of any society, religious or secular. |
