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Show GREAT DAY FOR GOOD SHEPHERD Celebration of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Episcopal Church in Ogden is Attended by Large Number History of the Church. ' ful stone church has been an untold" blesu.ng to the Ogden parish." In Memory of Hit Mother, "Furniture was added at a cost of about $800. most of it given by eastern east-ern friends. Several memorial windows win-dows were given the chanc! window win-dow by Mr. Glllogly In memory of hi mother. The Sunday school gave the larre front window. Mr. Edwin Brett of Melbourne. Australia. gave a side window In memory of his daughter who died in Ogden while on her way around the world. "Saturday. Feb. 6. 1S75. at the. consecration con-secration of the church there were present the Rt. Rev. Danfel S. Tuttle. D. D. ; Rev. H. IL Prout. R- M. Kirby. J. M. Tumor. W. H. Stoy.- Charles H. Marshall and J. U Glllogly. besides a large number of others. It seemed like home tor the first time to have a real consecrated church in which to worship. It Is a church of beauty and durability, and for many generations genera-tions to come will be a place where thousands will be guided to do rirht Plain City Wanted a Church. "In the summer of 1876 a committee commit-tee of men from Plain City waited upon Mr. Glllogly and asked hiiu to aid them In establishing some church work in their little town. These men, who had formerly belonged to the church of England, had Joined tho Mormons, and now wished to return to the mother church. He encouraged encourag-ed them nil he could, and held the first church service there, lo the public pub-lic school house, September 3, 187G. He afterwards drove over there, between be-tween the morning and evening services ser-vices in Ogden. and gave them an afternoon af-ternoon service, "In November. 1S76, he made nn appeal through the 'Spirit rf Missions.' Mis-sions.' asking generous church people peo-ple in the enst to contribute toward a building for church and school purposes pur-poses In Plain City. Many givers responded, re-sponded, so that the corner stone was laid April 14. 1877. The school was opened January 8, 1S78. The Sunday school i pened with 20 pupl's and increased in-creased to a roll of SO. The day school opened with 24 and Increased to 45. Church Statistics. "July 17, ISsO, (30 years ago today) Mr. Glllogly preached a sermon giving a review of the first ten ears of church work In and around O.den. The text was 'God Moves in a Myster-j Myster-j lous Way His Wonders to Perform.' The following statistics were given: "Whole Dumber of families that have been connected with the mission mis-sion of the Good Shepherd, 91. Original Or-iginal number, 4. Present number, 03. Adults baptized. 35; tnfants. 1S4; total. 219. Confirmed. CC. Total communicants added, 1C2. Communicants Communi-cants deceased and removed, GS. Present Pre-sent number. S". Marriages, 106. Rnr-ials, Rnr-ials, r.8. Original number of Sunday school children. S, with one teacher. Present roll, 140, with seven teachers. teach-ers. Original number in day school. 13, with one teacher. Koil for past year, 165. w,th five teachers. "In a review of the past there 13 good room for encouragement. Ten years aso no beginning could have been more feeble and unpromising, There were but :"ew who seemed dls- posed to take hold heartily with us; not only so. but we met with active, persistent and continued opposition. In spite of It all. our influence for the good of the community has been gradually grad-ually extended." A congregation that taxed the capacity ca-pacity of the church attended the Fortieth anniversary service at the "Church of the Good Shepherd"' yes tcrday morning, and among those present wns one w" nd attended the first service hald by Mr. Olllogly, July 17. 1870. in the old depot. The sanctuary and altar were decorated with flowr-rn and vinos and plants sent for the occasion from California by Mrs. Glllogly. The musical portions of the ser-1 vice were admirably rendered by the vested choir, under the leadership of Mrs. C. P. Hood. A very notable part of the musical program was the singing sing-ing of Gounod's "The King of Love, My Shepherd Is," and Paul Rodney' "Slon." by Mrs. W. C. Henderson. The hymn. "Hark, Hark. My Sou!;" was sung by special request of Mrs. Glllogly. Messages of congratulation from the Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, I). D., presiding bishop o fthe American church, from the Rt. Rev. Franklin S. Spalding. D. D.. bishop of Utah; the Rev. Samuel Unsworth. rector of Trinity church. Reno, Nevada; and from Mrs. J. J. Glllogly. and Mrs. Alfred Al-fred Brown, were read. Rev. Fleetwood, lu his address, taking tak-ing as his text. "Speak to the Children Child-ren of Israel That They Go Forward." For-ward." said: Fortv years ago this morning, on the 17th of July. 1870. a little company com-pany of fourteen men and women gathered In the waiting room of the old depot of the Union Pacific railway rail-way to worship Almighty God. The service that of morning prayer was conducted by a young clergyman, clergy-man, the Rev. James Lee Glllogly, who had arrived In Ogden the day before be-fore with his oung bride. Previous to this, three other services of the Episcopal church had been held In Ogden that year two by the Rev. T. W. Hasklns, and one by Bishop Tuttle Tut-tle but the service held by Mr. Glllogly Gll-logly forty years ago today deally marked the beginning of the church in Ogden, as services have been held without Interruption since that time. And today, as we look back over those forty years, of our parochial life, we must realize that this was one of the most stupendous "ventures of faith" in the history of the domes tic missionary work of the church, for a more unpromising, a more difficult, a more discouraging field can scarcely scarce-ly be Imagined At that time Ogden was a city or some 5.000 Inhabitants, and among thOBe 5.000 there, was only odc com-J com-J municant of the chuvch. Mrs. Oliver Entrant. Therefore, it seems eminent- .!. .... oV.r.nl.1 nrtf nru I- started. as they objected to sending their children to the Mormon sch..ols. which were then very poor crowded. crowd-ed. They were willing to give as much a they could for the support of a teacher, and. after recelrlng promises of help from the east, an old building near the corner of Fifth (now Twenty-fifth) and Wall avenue, which had been used for a saloon, was secured se-cured for r lurch and school purposes. pur-poses. The rent was $o a month. Tlwit was a munificent price consider ! lng the state of the room. The sides and floor were of rough native lumber, lum-ber, with cracks between all the boards, no lining of any kind. When winter approached, strips of boards had to be nailed over these cracks to keep out the cold. In this place the school of the Good Shepherd was started with thirteen scholar. October Octo-ber 1, 1870. Mr. Glllogly taught the first month, then Mr. Mahlon N. Gilbert, Gil-bert, the, late bishop-coadjutor of Minnesota, Min-nesota, came from New York state to teach the school. Lived in a Car. "It was Impossible to rent a house of any kind to live in. A polygainlst widow of a Mormon bishop said that she would give 113 the use of a log house of two rooms if we would pay her $30 a month, but we objectej to such extortion. . . . Mud and stones were thrown at our place of meeting, and Jeering noises were made round about. ... I have seen the children run at our approach ap-proach as if we were Hons from the Jungle. . . . Many of the railroad people were obliged to live In care. There was constant talk, of changing the Junction to a point a few mlles west, so no one felt like making im-proom-nts that would be permanent. After living the first five weeks In the midst of antagonists on Main street, we were very glad to accept the use of a freight car to live in. Llncoln'n Car. "Mr. William Cook, the Union .Pacific .Pa-cific agent (who with his -.w ife were communicants of the church), occupied occu-pied the car which Abraham Lincoln used during his presidency, and attached at-tached to It was a freight car which bad been used to carry wheat This he had intended to use as a dlnlug room and kitchen, but kindly told us that. If we cared to occupv It. he and his family would board at the eating house. Wc were only too glad to accept ac-cept the offer. Wc furnished It for sitting room and bed room, with curtains cur-tains to divide the two. and for four months were enjoyed the noveltv of such a home. We had a number of pleasant neighbors around us who also Ived on wheels. Rev. Dr. Twing of the misslonar-. hnM .,- ... Rev. Glllogly's Last Sermon. "The latter part of this year (16S01 Mr. Glllogly's health began to break down. Tie rarely lost a service and was as ambitions as ever to help the good work to grow. Though feeling ill, he went to niackfoot, Idaho, wrier he preached his last sermon, January 23. 1 SSI. from the text 'Blessed Are the Pure in Heart For They Shall See God." On the parish records I find these words Inscribed by Bishop Tuttle: "Feb. 14, 1SS1, after an Illness of about ten days, the Rev. James h. Gilloly died In his home from some malignant malig-nant malady of the stomach, leaving a grlev.ng parish, and a stricken family fam-ily of wife and four children to mourn his loss. In sad gratefulness. Blah-op Blah-op Tuttle makes this entry and records re-cords his conviction that 'Falthfal unto un-to death' Is the true recordj of the lif and wurks of this devoted missionary." mission-ary." But Five Rectors. Mr. Glllogly's successor was the Rev. Samuel Unsworth. now rector of Trinity church, Reno, Xev. He was succeeded by the Rev. Wm. E. Mai son. now rector or All Saint's church, Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Malson was succeeded by the Rev. Alfred Brown, my Immediate predecessor. wh- died shortly after o.ning Ogden in the fall of 108. Thus, in the 40 years of the church In Ogden there have been but five rectors of the parish, par-ish, a rather unuBiial record for thl western field. Rev. Fleetwood's Comments, I have quoted nt some length from these various records In order that we might understand the difficulties encountered In those earlv days. And as we look back over the past w roust be Impressed by the fact that the church has aIwavb trioA a .1.. ry when we left the car. for that was the best Btory of missionary life he had to tell, and one which brought mopey from eastern givers. "In the winter of '71 It was apparent to all Interested In the ork or the church that a more central location phould be secured, If possible. Xo Mormon would sell or rent to us at a reasonable price, but the lot where the church stands waa owned by a Liberal, and it was purchased from him for the sum of $1,5nu, which mon-ey mon-ey was given by that prince of glver6, Mr. violin" D. Rolfe of New York. Flrrt 8chool. "There Btood on the corner of this lot an old a.iohe building, which for fifteen ers had been used as a tannery. tan-nery. It was remodeled and mode ready for schol and church purposes at a cost of $700. This money was gotten from Christian friends in the eaf t by Bishop Tuttle. Sunday school and church services were first hel J In this building. April 18. 18719. The school grew rapidly, so that more help was needed. An addition was built to accommodate a new teacher. January 7. 1872. Misses Carrie and Nettie j Crocheran of Brooklyn. X. Y , came I to do missionary work, asking for no 1 salaries, though their expeuses were I paid. Mr. Gilbert was still the popular popu-lar principal. In the summer or 1872 he went east to Etudv for the ministry, minis-try, and Mr. Byron Wilcox came to take his place. The next year Mr. Edgar Ed-gar Tallman was principal. Another room wns added, and Miss Nellio. Taylor Tay-lor assisted In the teaching. Miss Mary Glllogly assisted later. Mr. C. G. Davis was tho next principal. First Confirmation, "The first confirmation was held in ! Ogden, September 8, 1871, when Mr. j James H. Young and Miss Berha Burt j were, confirmed. Miss Burt, who after- iv lining mm- o .v.. - --edge --edge the great . debt ve owe to him, who fo loved the church and her Dl vine Master, thai, he was willing to undergo the hardships, and endure the persecutions that accompanied his errorts to plant the church hero; and that wc should show forth our thankfulness to -Almighty God for these benefits by an earnest and bin-cere bin-cere effort to carry forward the wor.c for which he gave his life. Well may those words of the Apostle come to us today, "Other men have labored and ye are entered luto their labors." All that we have, all the blessing that wc enjoy as a parish, are due to the untiring labor, the unbounded faith of this devoted servant of the Master, who. in the face of hardships and discouragements, was willing to sow the seed of the Word of God in what everyone considered to be a barren and unfruitful field. In Mr. GlHogly's own account of those days I ftnd these words: "At the suggestion o( the Rev. Geo. W. Foote, who was then residing resid-ing in Salt Lake City. Bishop Tuttle appointed a committee of consultation tn decide whether-Mr. Glllogly 6hould continue or abandon the work already begun. Having carefully taken all things Into consideration, the committee com-mittee pronounced in favor of discontinuance dis-continuance of the work, at least for a while, until the prospects of the town should assume a more permanent perman-ent shape, for at this time It was thought that the Junction would soon be removed to a point five miles west of Ogden. Mr. Gllloglv was not satisfied with such a decision, so h communicated with Bishop Tuttle, who was then In Montana, pronoslnsi to prosecute the work vlgorouslv for oen year, and then should his efforts fail, to turn his attention to some other part of the field" particular thing that needed ro be done. Realizing- at the outset the great lmp..rance of education. ih church established schools where the youth could be trained for useful citizenship: cit-izenship: but when the public schools were established upon a sound and American ' basis, these parochial schools w ere eloped. Practically all of our eulpmpnt for chnrch work has come to us through the generosity of devoted churchmen In the eist. We need to remember that we are stewards of a great trust, and we will prove to bo untrue to that trust unless we see that this equipment Is mad.? tn minister to the hiehest welfare of the comtnnnltv This beautiful church building w in not erected that a r.w of u might have a place to worship Alml8h?v God according to the n-ag of this historic and apostolic church, but that It raUht be a center from which would rndiato thoso forces and influences that make for true Christian mnnhood and womanhoodthat wom-anhoodthat it might b a rallying point for tho forces rf righteousness in that unceasing warfare against the "powers of darkness." We are untrue un-true to our trust unless we arc s rfngfhnlnir men and womn to meot the nroblems and temptations of our eomolex modern life; unless we are training our children for live of unselfish usefulness-. Much to be Thankful For. "SpeaV to'the cbMdien of Mraol tha they go forward." is the charge thir comes to us tod-,- v have Indeed much to h thankful for. much to be proud ft In the stdf-ndld record o' the nast forty yeans, bn' that 'la as nohln? whn compared with the ct-lous ct-lous opportunities and Privileges of trdiy and tomorrow. The problems and dlnicuItieR that confront' u to-dav to-dav are not rhrne of sectarian hatred and mrcsl'ir.n of narroivnei blc-ntrv blc-ntrv but the lrcer prnli!ms of civic ar.i Industrial and ociai rlPhf-oui ness. In the early davn. as we havt teen, mud and etones wore thrown at I wards married -Mr. K. D. Rrown. later I removed to Prmldeneo, R. I., and was j called home by the Great Head of the 1 Church a few months ago. The first j baptism was that of Louisa Frederlcka I Klesel, March 19. 1871, the daughter I of Mrs. Julius C. Klesel, who was burled from tho church lnat Tuesdav. I "September i, IS71, Mr Glllogly' was ordained to the prlesthoo by Bishop Tuttle at St. Mark's cathedral, Salt Lake City, the Rev. Mr. Stoy being be-ing the preacher. The first church commltee was appotlnted by Bishop Tuttle, October i8. 1872. The mem bers were Messrs. K. D. Brown. J. S. Lewis (the father of one of o.;r 'present 'pres-ent vestry), Fred Gilbert, R A. ' Shielles and R. M. Vail, j "About Christmas. 1873, came the gift of a bell from Mrs. Theodore isham of Maiden, N Y.. as a memorial to her sister. A temporary tower was built for It In front of tho old echool-houpe. echool-houpe. It was first rung (by Mr. Samuel Sam-uel nurt, Sr.). .January IS, 1871, the first churrh lell evcr'heard in Ogden. It whs removed to the tower of the preBent church In 1875. Hammersley Built Church. "Farly In the spring of 1874, Rishop Tuttle decided to locate a proposed memorial church In Ogddn to be (ected by Mr. John V. Hammerbly of New York, In memory of his daughter, Mrs. Catherine L. Livingston, of Cleremont, N. Y. The church was expected to cost $4,000, and designs for such a church were drawn." Ulshop Tuttle in his memoirs says: ,"The architect's estimate f $4.uo under un-der the lowest bid of contractors, prew to $0,000. When the 'Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd was finished It had cost, alas, $11,000. And tho HammcrelyB generously p:iid all the cost. I am sure, however, that their opinion cf'rny Judgment and wisdom as a builder of churches, sank low indeed. Rut In spite of the perplexities per-plexities t caused ne, and the dls-, dls-, esteem It fastened on me, the beautl- Man of Great Zeal. Had It not been for his unbounded faith his willingness to continue what seemed to others to ne a hope-U-ss proposition the work begun fr rt years ago would have been abandoned, and we would not be gathered here this morning to keep this anniversary. When we. with all the blessings we enjoy are tempted to bo discouraged by the difficulties we encounter, we may well lok back to thoe early days, and think of how petty and Insignificant In-significant thosi' difficulties are as compared with the real ones he was obliged to meet, and we may well ask our Heavenly Father for more of tho faith, more of the zeal aud devotion that characterized this earnest man. From another account by Mrs. Gil-loglv Gil-loglv I quote these words: "Whenever the trains were ate, the services had to be postponed. post-poned. Several times we had Sunday Sun-day schi.ol In one corner of the room while the fruit stand was doing active business In another. Trains were often passing bnck and forth during service, and walking, talking, singing and swearing were plainly to be heard from the platform. In one case a woman was slaving cards with some men in an. adtolninsc room, and through an onen window their conversation con-versation coUld be well heard.- Mr, Glllogly, after a few experiences like this, wrote in hi d'arv. 'This is what I call dlscouroclng. but P. V. I shall not give up yet.'" Dut a dav . of brighter and more promising things wss nt hand. Such faith, such love, coupled with such zexil and devotion, were bound to b3 rewarded, both by God and man. Early Days in Ooden. I quote atratn fep M-- n,--'-'-article. written at the time of the twenty -fifth anulvcrsary of the consecration conse-cration of the ch.ri-h. iu yenrs aso: "X number or the rallroa.l people were anxious to have a day school i the meeting plaoc of those pioneer because they worshipped God In manner different from that of the original or-iginal settlers of the country- Tb?T .were feared anj hated aud persecuted persecut-ed because of their efforts to preai- "and teach the "truth as It Is In Chr!;'; Jesu": lecause nf the possibility peaking converts An we reared aP' bated and persecuted today bee'i--' of our MteadfasttK-ss In hold.ns f those things which are opposed to fu Kingdom of Gori? No Longer Hated. We can thank God that we no loof er have the persecutions of sectariH hatied, but we need te rear for t progress and welfare of the Master' work, if we are content to be look upon as a mere "respectable r?M5l'rJ Organization" ai organization t1 makes no Impression uno.n 'be h'4 and the morals of the communltT' an organization that takes no Invest Inv-est In anything beyoDd itself, aud iiJ' is not seeking by every mean." It Pr!' sesses to rn;ike this world "the Kla?' dom of our God. and of Ills Chr.t- Ijtt us pledge onnelve-! this ioTV. ing. borore the altar of our I ord a 'Klnj.', to the performance of tbls Rr1. tank. tii:t, in future days, It may '' S4id .,f Ms that we were not unf; ful of our privileges, not unfaitbfj' ' the trust committed to us. |