 | George Gilman Smith - Methodist Church - 1877 - 614 pages
...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 greatty embarrass the exercise of his office as an itinerant general superintendent if not in some... | |
 | W. H. Daniels - Methodism - 1880 - 804 pages
...and whereas Bishop Andrew has become connected with slavery by marriage and otherwise, and this net having drawn after it circumstances which, in the...General Superintendent, if not in some places entirely present it ; therefore, ;?•'-'</<•!</, That it-is the sense of this General Conference tlmt -he... | |
 | William Haven Daniels - Methodism - 1880 - 810 pages
...and whereas Bishop Andrew has become connected with slavery by marriage and otherwise, and this act having drawn after it circumstances which, in the...will greatly embarrass the exercise of his office ns an itinerant General Superintendent, if not in some places entirely prevent it; therefore, • fiesolved,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 724 pages
...second wife was a slave-holder, and in the general conference of 1844 it was declared that "this would greatly embarrass the exercise of his office as an...superintendent, if not in some places entirely prevent it," and it was resolved " that it is the sense of this general conference that he should desist from the... | |
 | Encyclopedias - 1880 - 890 pages
...second wife was a slave-holder, and in the general conference of 1844 it was declared that " this would greatly embarrass the exercise of his office as an...superintendent, if not in some places entirely prevent it," and it was resolved " that it is the sense of this general conference that he should desist from the... | |
 | Matthew Simpson - Methodism - 1881 - 382 pages
...Conference passed a resolution, declaring it to be the sense of the Conference, that Bishop Andrew " desist from the exercise of his office so long as this impediment remains." The resolution was adopted by a vote of one hundred and ten to sixty-eight. After this action was taken,... | |
 | Henry Bascom Ridgaway - 1882 - 458 pages
...which, after reciting substantially the same facts and arguments, concluded as follows : 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. It was soon made to appear from the declarations of... | |
 | Parker Pillsbury - Abolitionists - 1883 - 520 pages
...and whereas, Bishop Andrew has become connected with slavery, by marriage and otherwise, and this act having drawn after it circumstances, which, in the...general conference, that he desist from the exercise of this office, so long as this impediment remains ! The yeas and nays were taken, and the resolution... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 802 pages
...by a vote of 110 to 08 the following resolution was passed by the General Conference : " liesoh-ni, That it is the sense of this General Conference that...of his office so long as this impediment remains." The delegates from the conferences in the slave States felt aggrieved by this action, and believed... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 938 pages
...the conference for examination. A resolution "that it is the sense of the general conference that ho desist from the exercise of his office, so long as this impediment (slaveholding) remain," was passed by a vote of 111 to 69. After many attempts at reconciliation, the... | |
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... 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,... 
