Mark Twain
When twenty-six year old Samuel
Clemens (Mark Twain) brother was appointed secretary to Nevada Territory,
Samuel stopped over in Salt Lake City two days while traveling with his brother
to his government appointment. Samuel stated that Salt Lake City was like a
what?
a. Zoo
b. Jungle
c. Disneyland
d. Fairyland
Yesterday’s answer:
a. Presbyterian missionaries
When Henry Kendall, general
secretary of the New School Presbyterian Church Board of Domestic Missions,
visited Salt Lake City on his way to San Francisco in 1864, he found Brigham
Young to be an affable conversationalist. Kendall inquired if he had any
objections to the establishment of Protestant churches in Utah. Young replied,
“No objection whatever on our part, or to sending missionaries to the Mormons
either, if you like.” Young invited Kendall to speak at the Tabernacle where he
preached to “a large, respectful, and attentive audience.” Young advised his
people, “Accord to every reputable person who may visit you, and who may wish
to occupy the stands of your meeting houses to preach to you, the privilege of
doing so, no matter whether he is a Catholic, Presbyterian, Congregationalist,
Baptist, Free-will Baptist, Methodist, or whatever he may be; and if he wished
to speak to your children, let him do so.”
R. Douglas Brackenridge,
“Hostile Mormons and Persecuted Presbyterians in Utah, 1870-1900: A
Reappraisal,” The Journal of Mormon
History, Vol. 37, Summer 2011, 169.
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