| Title |
Church Review Historical Edition/Vol. 4/No. 1/pg. 3 |
| Article Title(s) |
The First Congregational Church continued |
| Author(s) |
Col. O. J. Hollister |
| Page |
3 |
| Subject |
Utah--Church history; Pacific Railroad Company; Young Men's Literary Association (Salt Lake City, Utah); Walker's Opera House (Salt Lake City, Utah); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Latter Day Saints ; Latter Day Saints churches--Wards--Salt Lake 10th; First Congregational Church (Salt Lake City, Utah); First Church of Christ (Salt Lake City, Utah); Congregational Church (Salt Lake City, Utah); Congregational Church--Utah--Salt Lake City; Congregationalists--Utah--Salt Lake City; Congregational Society of Salt Lake City; Independence Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah); Daft's Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah); Daft's Store (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sunday schools--Utah--Salt Lake City; Christian education--Utah; Religious education--Utah; Education--Utah; Schools--Utah--History; Church schools--Utah; Good Templar's Hall (Fort Douglas, Utah); St. Mark's Church (Salt Lake City, Utah); St. Mark's School (Salt Lake City, Utah); Rocky Mountain Seminary (Salt Lake City, Utah); American Home Missionary Society; Salt Lake Academy (Salt Lake City, Utah); New West Education Commission; Hammond Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake College (Salt Lake City, Utah); Theaters--Utah--Salt Lake City |
| OCR Text |
Show Page 3<br><br>At that time the Territory had 50,000 inhabitants, more than 99 per cent of whom were members of the Mormon church. There was no Gentile paper except the Vidette; there were no Masonic lodges, no Odd Fellows, no clubs, no hotels; there was no Gentile institution or organization whatever, not even a place where Gentiles could meet without intrusion. It was against Mormon policy to sell land to Gentiles. Such was the condition of things out of which grew as a matter of necessity the Young Men's Literary Association. For its literary and social meetings this association rented Daft's hall, the second floor of Daft's store, on Main Street, at $100 a month. On the 16th of January, 1865, Gen. Connor's chaplain, the Rev. Norman McLeod, a Congregational minister, who had been previously stationed at Denver, arrived in Salt Lake by the overland stage. The literary association tendered the use of their hall, and on Sunday, January 22nd, Chaplain McLeod held the first non-Mormon div |
| Further Information |
This article is a history of the First Congregational Church in Utah, with extracts from O. J. Hollister's historical sketch up to 1890. There is a photograph of the First Congregational Church included. A date correction at the bottom of the page is made in ink, changing Mr. McLeod's trip East before the assassination of Dr. Robinson to 1866. Vidette (newspaper) Robinson, J. King, d. 1866 Thrall, J. Brainard (Rev.) (p5, 6) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2004, Westminster College. All rights reserved. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Fort Douglas (Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Fort Leavenworth (Kansas) |
| People |
Barrows, Walter M.; Connor, Patrick Edward, 1820-1891; Hollister, Ovando James, 1834-1892; Lee, Frank T.; McLeod, Norman |
| Setname |
wc_tw |
| ID |
1095262 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65719xp/1095262 |
