Debates, May, 1844: To which is Added a Review of the Proceedings of Said ConferenceO. Scott, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... constitutional objection to election and ordination to any grade of office in the minestry of our Conference . ] Now I ask , in view of the solemn sanction of the General Conference to the principle here set forth , was it to be ...
... constitutional objection to election and ordination to any grade of office in the minestry of our Conference . ] Now I ask , in view of the solemn sanction of the General Conference to the principle here set forth , was it to be ...
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... constitution of this committee be- ing evidence in the case . Take into the account , that the Bishops are bona fide members of that committee , and you may well imagine the reason why the whole South were so full of conciliatior and ...
... constitution of this committee be- ing evidence in the case . Take into the account , that the Bishops are bona fide members of that committee , and you may well imagine the reason why the whole South were so full of conciliatior and ...
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... . From New York , was presented - one from the Methodist S. S. Union , asking an alteration in their Constitution , one from the official members of the church in this city , asking for the next session of the 87 Thursday, May 16. ...
... . From New York , was presented - one from the Methodist S. S. Union , asking an alteration in their Constitution , one from the official members of the church in this city , asking for the next session of the 87 Thursday, May 16. ...
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... constitutional duty . ” From Maine , on Slavery , by J. Hobart — from Hampden , 57. He had another , he said on the Annexation of Texas ! Great laughter and confusion succeeded this annunciation . " I'll explain , " said he . " They ask ...
... constitutional duty . ” From Maine , on Slavery , by J. Hobart — from Hampden , 57. He had another , he said on the Annexation of Texas ! Great laughter and confusion succeeded this annunciation . " I'll explain , " said he . " They ask ...
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... constitutional restriction . And I am uncompromisingly opposed to any attempt to change our Discipline , directly or indirectly , except in conformity with the provisions of the Discipline . If a constitutional majority of the Annual ...
... constitutional restriction . And I am uncompromisingly opposed to any attempt to change our Discipline , directly or indirectly , except in conformity with the provisions of the Discipline . If a constitutional majority of the Annual ...
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Page 162 - RECEIVE the holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands.
Page 222 - Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it...
Page 152 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 216 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and His doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.
Page 222 - If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Page 214 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Page 251 - WHEREAS, The Discipline of our church forbids the doing anything calculated to destroy our itinerant general superintendency ; and WHEREAS, Bishop Andrew has become connected with slavery by marriage and otherwise, and this act having drawn after it circumstances which, in the estimation of the General Conference, will greatly embarrass the exercise of his office as an itinerant general superintendent, if not in some places entirely prevent it ; therefore, "Resolved, That it is the sense of this...
Page 298 - The taking the name of God in vain : The profaning the day of the Lord, either by doing ordinary work thereon, or by buying or selling : Drunkenness; buying or selling spirituous liquors, or drinking them, unless in cases of extreme necessity...
Page 281 - There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies, a " desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins.
Page 175 - Rights of Mankind, as well as every Principle of the Revolution, to hold In the deepest Debasement, In a more abject Slavery than is perhaps to be found in any Part of the World except America, so many Souls that are all capable of the Image of God. We therefore think it our most bounden Duty, to take immediately some effectual Method to extirpate this Abomination from among us: And for that Purpose we add the following to the Rules of our Society: viz.