Show THE NEW BISHOP The news of the elevation of the Very Reverend Lawrence Scanlan of the Roman Catholic Church resident in Salt Lake City to the high dignity of Bishop in that Church will be received by the people of Salt Lake with warm approval The impending break in the bonds which held this Territory in a grip of steel for forty years will open the way for a flood of immigration from the East and with the flood will come the usual percentage of believers in the Church of Rome and it is to these people and the few now on the ground that the reverend gentleman will be called to minister Coming to the country when the rays of Christian light were few and small he has succeeded suc-ceeded in endearing himself to all with whom he has had dealings and so uniformly uni-formly kind courteous and considerate I has been his course to all men that he i < has by his actions paved the way for a I lasting friendship between himself and I those who differ with him in their spiritual I I spirit-ual beliefs The act of raising the rank and powers of this gentleman proves II that the outside world is alive to the fact that the day of deliverance from the thralldom of Mormonism is at hand and that Utah Territory in common with the whole of the country will be open to the labors of the ministers of Gods gospel The growing strength of all Christian denominations de-nominations is such as to warrant a belief be-lief in the conversion of many who now I are away from their early teachings and only through such means can Utah be ever restored fully to her rightful place in the nation |