New-York tribune., 1901-06-18
MORMON CRURCHIN BRONX
EFFORTS TO START A BRANCH OF THE
LATTER DAY SAINTS THERE.

IF it had not been for trouble in the Port
Morris Congregational Church there would have
been no Mormon excitement in The Bronx"
This was said last night by Mrs Dickinson.
whose daughter, Elijah has recently been
converted to the Utah faith and will be baptized
on July 4, in q bay on the Jersey shore. Mrs.
Dickinson is widow and lives at NO. iOl East
hundred and thirty hist.
Mormon elders say that they hope soon to
have a fourishing church in The Bronx. They
are now holding regular services in Hawthorn
Hail. at No. 151 West One ne-hundred-and-twen-
ty-ffth-st Elders George A Gor Samuel Ner
and James B. Burrow have established work.
ing headquarters at No. COS on the same street.
Mrs Dickinson is woman OF the Yankee
type and has an interesting way of telling a
story As she went over the events leading up
to the church row she illustrated many of them.
She told of trouble with the church organist.
then of the minister's protest against spending
money for the banner for the Sunday schools
May day parade. She handled the Rev. Claud NJ.
Severance without gloves, and several adherents
who present backed up her statements.
When he first came here" said the widow,
che said to the congregation:
II have come here to preach the funeral
sermon of this church or to build it up
He at once began to run things TO suit him
bossed every one around. One day asked him
who was running things over there. He said:
~ am running them; and who am L? 1
kaiser Severance
Il guess he thought he like King William.
He is fond of saying that people have the devil
in them when they don't do what he wants.
He said that about the organist and then about
my daughter.
Il thank God that my daughter has become
Mormon She did it with my full consent. Bet
ter Christian gentlemen than these Mormon
elders l have never known. Some people say it
is a disgrace for my daughter to turn Mormon:
not half so bad to stay in that church."
Elder Samuel Neff, who came here year ago
from Salt Lake spokesman for his
ciates last night, when Tribune reporter called
their home.
I'VE reason why the Christian En-
deavor societies of New-York should try To run
us of the city he said. They say we are
not Christians. If they can prove that out Of
their own Bibles-we use the same translation
we will go back to Utah willingly. We know
that we have right To preach, and will con
tinue TO do so We are holding regular services
and expect soon TO have branch OF the church
organized here. The work is prospering by our
houSe-to-house visits. We do not try to inter-
fere with the work of the organized churches.
There are now ten missionary workers Of
the Mormon Church in and around New York
Within the last few months we have had thirty
full conversions and have made many more
friends. We members OF the Brooklyn Con-
ference. at the head of which is Elder William
J. Snow. The conference is part of the Eastern
mission. under Elder John -. McQuarrie. with
headquarters at Boston. There l30 workers
in the conference. We do not ship people 10
Utah. has been said. and we no longer hold
that plural marriages right AS To the un-
kind things said about us by Mr.. Severance |
have little to say. We did speak at the
meeting until after had asked and received
permission. Then made mention of Nor
monism. We are not sorry that this got 10 the
papers, If they will give us a fair show We are
not villains. Do We look t2'