Item Detail
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8467
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2
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English
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Frederick Vining Fisher : Methodist Apologist for Mormonism
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Utah Historical Quarterly
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Fall 1987
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55
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359-69
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Fisher was pastor of Ogden's First Methodist Church from 1910 to 1912, and demonstrated an ecumenical spirit unusual among Utah evangelicals in the early twentieth century. Through broad community involvement, including support of prohibition, boys' programs, and the Chautauqua movement, Fisher sought to generate understanding and conciliation between the Mormons and the gentiles. Intolerant of the 'prejudice and factional feuds of the past,' he envisioned a 'new age' where 'bigotry and religions strife must cease.' During and after his Utah ministry, Fisher defended Utah and the Mormon people as worthy of public respect. He even endangered his own position as a minister in his attempt to foster understanding for the Mormons. He was a good friend of David O. McKay and other Church leaders. (Paraphrased from parts of the article.)