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... ference . John Early moved that the rules of order for the last General Conference be adopted for the government of this Conference . The rules were then read and taken Rules of Con- up in consecutive order . The first and second rules ...
... ference . John Early moved that the rules of order for the last General Conference be adopted for the government of this Conference . The rules were then read and taken Rules of Con- up in consecutive order . The first and second rules ...
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... ference , to be appointed by the respective delegations , to be called a Committee on the Itinerancy , to whom shall be referred all the acts of the several Annual Confer- ences . " one The fourth resolution was read and adopted ...
... ference , to be appointed by the respective delegations , to be called a Committee on the Itinerancy , to whom shall be referred all the acts of the several Annual Confer- ences . " one The fourth resolution was read and adopted ...
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... ference Jour- nal . On slavery , E. Speedville . Cayuga and on slavery . Genesee Conference . - G . Filmore presented a memorial Genesee Conf . from Genesee Annual Conference on slavery . Read and referred to the committee on that ...
... ference Jour- nal . On slavery , E. Speedville . Cayuga and on slavery . Genesee Conference . - G . Filmore presented a memorial Genesee Conf . from Genesee Annual Conference on slavery . Read and referred to the committee on that ...
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... ference furnish the Committee on the Centenary Fund , at as early a day as practicable , a statement of the amount subscribed , and the amount paid to that fund , in their re- spective Conferences ; and also the objects to which that ...
... ference furnish the Committee on the Centenary Fund , at as early a day as practicable , a statement of the amount subscribed , and the amount paid to that fund , in their re- spective Conferences ; and also the objects to which that ...
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... ference , praying for the adoption of some plan to promote the greater usefulness of local preachers , and the moral and religious training of baptized children . Referred to the Committee on Revisal & c . Bishop Waugh presented a ...
... ference , praying for the adoption of some plan to promote the greater usefulness of local preachers , and the moral and religious training of baptized children . Referred to the Committee on Revisal & c . Bishop Waugh presented a ...
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Page 182 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 91 - All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Page 164 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 161 - Such a society is no other than " a company of men having the form and seeking the power of godliness, united in order to pray together, to receive the word of exhortation, and to watch over one another in love, that they may help each other to work out their salvation.
Page 35 - The buying and selling of men, women and children, with an intention to enslave them.
Page 174 - For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men. I should not be the servant of Christ.
Page 35 - We declare that we are as much as ever convinced of the great evil of slavery ; therefore, no slaveholder shall be eligible to any official station in our Church hereafter ; where the laws of the state in which he lives will admit of emancipation, and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom.
Page 53 - JB Finley offered the following resolution, which was adopted : — , " Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to Life of Bishop make inquiry into the probable prospect of having the Life M'Kendree' , of our beloved late Bishop M'Kendree published, and report to this Conference as soon as practicable.
Page 125 - Whereas, in the event of a separation, a contingency to which the declaration asks attention as not improbable, we esteem it the...
Page 150 - 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 General Conference that he desist from the exercise of this office so long as this impediment remains.