Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . years ago men who could stand up andbe shot at without flinching, could not standup and bear the odium of being calledChristians; now no man is ashamed to say inpublic, I am a Christian; but rather men arefound apologizing because they are stillheathen. These changes were never so evi-dent as they have been the past year. The Mormons are not yet reconciled to theAmerican idea of religious toleration. Atradesman in one of the Utah towns becameinterested in the evangelistic meetings inprogress. The Mormon teachers calledon him and informed him t
Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . years ago men who could stand up andbe shot at without flinching, could not standup and bear the odium of being calledChristians; now no man is ashamed to say inpublic, I am a Christian; but rather men arefound apologizing because they are stillheathen. These changes were never so evi-dent as they have been the past year. The Mormons are not yet reconciled to theAmerican idea of religious toleration. Atradesman in one of the Utah towns becameinterested in the evangelistic meetings inprogress. The Mormon teachers calledon him and informed him that he would losehis livelihood if he continued to attend themeetings. A lady recently received says that her ownparents have disowned her and that she isostracized by the society in which has beenmoving. Another has lost most of her friendssince making a profession. A gentleman writing from Utah says: IfI were asked to name the chief hindrance toyour work I should unhesitatingly reply:1 The fear of 1805. GIDEON BLACKBURN, I>.I>. 38]. GIDEON BLACKBURN, REV. WM. W. McLANE, Before me lies the picture of a venerableman. Long, white hair parted in the middleand falling down over the shoulders, a smoothand somewhat receding brow, large, soft,gray eyes, a prominent, slightly aquilineand shapely nose, a straight, strong mouth,and a broad well-rounded chin, constitute aface of dignity and strength, of gentlenessand grace. The picture is a portrait ofGideon Blackburn. He was born in AugustaCounty, Virginia, on the 27th of August, 1772,and died in Carlinville, Illinois, on the 23d ofAugust, 1838. Dr. Blackburns character, like that of allgreat men, was determined and formed byrace, family, personal choice and environ-ment. He sprang from that portion of theScotch race which leaving Scotland settled inthe North of Ireland and received the nameof Scotch-Irish. Many of them left Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth centuryand sought a home in the New World. They
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