| 612 Early in November there was a discussion between Elder E. E. Wheeler and Elder Allyn of the Christian Church, at Olivet, Dakota, on church propositions.
A discussion was held at Nebraska City, Nebraska, November 12 to 17, between Elder H. C. Bronson and Reverend Mr. Williamson of the Christian Church. Each disputant affirmed that the church with which he is identified is the church of God.
November 18 Diamond Valley Branch, of Nevada District, was organized by Thomas Daly.
The church at Garafraxa, Ontario, was dedicated December 2, Elder R. C. Evans preaching the dedicatory sermon.
December 4 Elder R. J. Anthony wrote from Salt Lake City, Utah. In speaking of the trials of the Utah church, he stated:
Hundreds, ensnared by that delusion, have been convicted and sent to prison, and hundreds more are under indictment and are hiding or fleeing from the officers of the law, while possibly a million dollars' worth of property, once owned by the church, is now in the hands of a United States receiver and liable to escheat to the public schools in the Territory, after all legal claims are allowed.
It is not a pleasant thing to see a people who claim to believe in the restoration of the gospel and its grand precepts place themselves in an attitude where the Nation has deemed it absolutely necessary to lay a heavy hand on the property that has required years of labor and patient toil to procure, in order to force them to see that they have established dogmas that must be abandoned, and who by persistently teaching and practicing them have forced an issue between them and the Nation, and that laws have been enacted and are now being rigidly enforced to make people see what the Lord warned them against, and asked them to see, and do, many years ago, which if they had done, all of this terrible reproach and distress would have been turned away from them.-The Saints' Herald, vol. 35, p. 815.
On December 6 Elder G. T. Griffiths wrote of an interview that he had on the 28th of November previous with Mr. Daniel D. Spalding, a nephew of Solomon Spalding, in the presence of Mr. Jerome Beardsley, at Conneaut, Pennsylvania, in which he declared that the writings of his uncle were concerning American Indians. 2
2 Q.-What is your given name, Mr. Spalding?
A.-Daniel D. Spalding.
Q-How old are you?
(page 612) |
