p. 8 | Methodist Ministers Report on Arizona Territory

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 26, 1879

Methodist Ministers Report on Arizona Territory

At a meeting of the Methodist ministers of Chicago, June 16, Mr. McChesney speaking of his visit to Arizona Territory, said:—

“Here, as in other parts of the West, the traveler was struck with the gambling, profanity, and prevalence of worse crimes. There were about 20,000 white people in the Territory, and not more than three or five—it was disputed which—churches. The Methodist church, he thought, should do something to help dispel the heathenism here, as dark and dire as in the most benighted parts of Africa.”

“On motion of the Rev. Mr. Colville, it was resolved not to oppose Sunday trains to the camp-meeting.”