From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page 63
... slaveholder legally , but not with my own consent . " 2dly . About five years since , the mother of my for- mer wife left to her daughter , not to me , a negro boy ; and as my wife died without a will more than two years since , by the ...
... slaveholder legally , but not with my own consent . " 2dly . About five years since , the mother of my for- mer wife left to her daughter , not to me , a negro boy ; and as my wife died without a will more than two years since , by the ...
Page 64
... slaveholding states , and elected by the General Conference of 1832 , as a candidate who , though living in the midst ... slaveholder ; therefore , " Resolved , That the Rev. James O. Andrew be , and he is hereby affectionately requested ...
... slaveholding states , and elected by the General Conference of 1832 , as a candidate who , though living in the midst ... slaveholder ; therefore , " Resolved , That the Rev. James O. Andrew be , and he is hereby affectionately requested ...
Page 192
... slaveholder to the office of Bishop , is admitted . But as no law gave countenance to anything of the kind , the south regarded it as a mere matter of social injustice , and was not disposed to complain . The north has always found its ...
... slaveholder to the office of Bishop , is admitted . But as no law gave countenance to anything of the kind , the south regarded it as a mere matter of social injustice , and was not disposed to complain . The north has always found its ...
Page 199
... slaveholder has been elected to that dignity , though , in several instances , candidates , otherwise eminently fitted for the sta tion , have failed of success solely on account of this impediment . Since the period referred to , nine ...
... slaveholder has been elected to that dignity , though , in several instances , candidates , otherwise eminently fitted for the sta tion , have failed of success solely on account of this impediment . Since the period referred to , nine ...
Page 200
... slaveholding states . Not one , however , was a slaveholder ; a remarkable fact , which shows very clearly , that while much more than their just claim has been conceded to the slaveholding portions of the church , a decided and uniform ...
... slaveholding states . Not one , however , was a slaveholder ; a remarkable fact , which shows very clearly , that while much more than their just claim has been conceded to the slaveholding portions of the church , a decided and uniform ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolitionism abolitionists action adopted Annual Conference appeal appointed Baltimore Conference Bangs Bishop Andrew Bishop Soule Bishop Waugh body Book Agents Book Concern brethren brother called Capers chair chairman Christian Advocate Committee on Revisal Committee on Slavery Conference adjourned connected with slavery constitution copacy delegates Discipline doctrine duty editor elected ELIJAH HEDDING ence Episcopacy evil expediency ference following resolution itinerant J. A. Collins J. E. Evans JOSHUA SOULE journal labour laid Liberia Luckey M. E. Church manumission manumit matter Metho Methodist Episcopal Church ministers ministry missionary missions mittee motion moved to amend moved to lay New-York Conference o'clock offered the following petition Pittsburg Conference presiding elder principles Protest question Referred to Committee Resolved rule Sandford slaveholder slaves Slicer Society South Carolina southern subject of slavery superintendency tion travelling preachers vote W. A. Smith Wesleyan Winans
Popular passages
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.