Evening journal., 1893-06-15
MORMON VS.. me ETHODIST
Two Sects Struggling in Bald
win, Md.
MORMOEs REFUSE TO BE BOUGHT.

Latter-Dny Saints and Methodists strug-
Gle for Supremacy in the Little Mary
land TOwn-The Latter are Getting
the Converts But the Mormons Refuse
to Sell out and Shut Up Their Cos
pei shop.
Baldwin, a little town on the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad, a few miles below
Newark, has a miniature religious war on
its hands 10 is between the Methodists
and a small band Of Latter Day Saints or
Mormons, who practice all Of the rights
f the Mormon Church with the excep-
tion of polygamy. There have been no
very heavy blows struck as yet. but the
Methodists are doing all in their power
TO render the work Of the Mormons in
effective and 20 drive the followers Of
Joseph Smith from their midst But the
Mormons own their own little church
and will not be driven, seven though
their number is small. Colonel William
+. Baldwin, the wealthy mill owner,
after whom the town was named, has
even gone so far as 10 offer to buy their
little church, but they refuse TO sell and
60 on week after week, conducting their
strange services and trying to get con-
verts. Their persistency IN this last
respect much resembles that of the
South street, Philadelphia, second hand
clothing merchant, who button holes
every man who comes lwithin reach and
attempts to make him walk in whether
he would or would not They even visit
the houses in the neighborhood and try
to swell their congregation In that way
bat find little encouragement.
Tho Clusters Were Oustod.
Baldwin enjoys the distinction Of being
the only town on the Peninsula which
has regularly organized church Of
Jesus Christ Of the Latter Day Saints.
The sect began work several years ago
and It's leaders are Jonathan Carter,
Harry Harrigan and Francis Atkinson
The Methodists, who have recently built
very pretty little church under tho
pastorate Of Rev. w. 4. Valiant, say
that the present Mormons were formerly
Methodists, but withdrew because they
could not run the meetings. That is,
they did not exactly withdraw, but they
ousted the Meth0dists from the place of
meeting in one end Of Baldwin's mill
and held the fort until Mr.. Baldwin, by
right OF proprietorship. ousted them and
reinstated the Methodists. Then the
Mormons began house to house service
until Jonathan Carter, their recognized
leader set apart small plot of land and
built a small and plain church thereon.
This gave them prestige and the
Methodists recognized it. They deter
mined to have a church, too, and built
one Just enough larger than the Mormon
edifce to give them something to sing
about. Since then the whole endeavol
, has been to save souls from the infuenc'
, of the devil and the Church Of Jesul
, Christ Of the LatterDay Saints.
I To Crowd the nIormons out.
b The Methodists have been fairly sue
cessful, but they will not rest until th'
] Mormons shall have been crowded out o
S the place by the sheer force Of publi
9 sentiment.
3 The Mormons are religious enthusiast
3 Of the old school, and their treatment /
/, q little too heroic for the Baldwinites
7 They have been known TO cut hole II
twelve inch ice and mmerse one womai
d I'm the seventies and another, a youn
u woman who soon expected to become
mother. In the latter instance the i'm
r mersion was attended by almost fatal rs
q suits
Occasionally Mormon elders 60 Z
Baldwin to help their struggling bretl
rem out. In some instances they ar
r men Of ability and are listened to respect
l. fully, but that ends It., for the work Z
b Mormon conversion is slow while th
e Methodists are reaping Il rich harvest.
Don't Sing From the Same Book.
There has yet to be recorded a
70 instance where the Methodist an
y Mormon elders sat on the same rail an
"a sang from the same book While IL
Mormons are praying for the conversio
;. of the Methodlsts, the latter are prayin
that the Western fever will strike Il
Mormon converts and carry them
Utah, where they belong
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