Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-06-15


Iaf The Consequences Of disOni0n Wha
vguId tho Methodist Church bo tho 6fl
to ditide1 This subject had come up
Congress. and hghbloodoi slalosao
. bad mot In the conflict, bat modiators ha
been found and tho union saved. III
!, Baptist and Presbyterian Churches hs
;. been threatened with division but the
: had moi divided, and now should We lea
! off tho work Of dsunioni II we did
. who could tell where II would e0dl w
should thereby sever tho Union Of III,
States, and tina, event would DO followed
by all the horrors Of civil war, the desc
lation of citizens, brother meeting broth
or on the field of battle and imbruinp
their hands in each others blood The
division Of our ecclesiastical bodies would
cut one cfthe strongest cords which binds
our civil union together, Could he sever
that cord? Never If il should be done
what would the Devil sayl Would there
not be jubilee in Hell Aud where
we're our missionaries TO 60 in case of d.
visionp Lot brethren pause and reflect.
lie too had thought OF offering reso|u-
lion for season of prayer and fasting,
but had hesitated from feeling that he
was not the proper person to make such
a movement. Yes, letus have such q sea
son. He cared nothing for the taunts and
sneers which in6dels might heap upon
US for thus meeting together to pray over
our difficulties, This was the way to
settle them" 1.s4 - aet -
1t is little remarkable, says the New
York Express, that the case should have
been brought up from slave State, and
have been carried on by the Maryland
Conference with so much spirit. This
probably contributed much
to induce the Conference to reverse their
hitherto conservative course, and take
stand against slavery. IL ... ;.
The Baptist Church, at their triennial
Convention held at Philadel phia fort
night since, was agitated in the same way
The result of their deliberations was to
lay the whole subject on the table with.
,ut action. s.@.' ". ... ..."...'
The larper pa 1T ne the Meihodisls, we
are inclined to believe, are found in theI
Middle and Southern States; and in the
alter, The subject is looked upon There
With more feeling than in any other Sec
ion of country. The Richmond Conn
oiIer, in concluding an article on this sub
ect, says, ''If ever this Methodist Con.
erence should become involved as a par.
y in this agitation, the death.knell Of
his coniederacy would be sounded :" =.
The New York Express Of the i7thI
mas the following: .,....,.. Il
The METHODIST CHURCH AND SLAVES =
The Methodist Episcopal Church has in
It's folds ,thirty.three Conferences, embra-
cling, the whole OF the United States.
The meeting held at present in Greene
street Church, is composed oil delegates
from these Conferences, and IS quadren-
aial meeting Each local Conference Isl
eplitled to one delegate for every twenty
2ne OF its members, and one IN addition
Tor large fractions. The Bishops in at
tendance have no vote, not even IN case ii
tie. There is, we are informed, but lily
lie prospect that the present Conference
will adjourn before the lst OF June. II
is expected that the, subject OF Slavery
will come up in all its length and breadth,
It seems that one of the Southern Blsh-
BPS has became connected with slavery BY
and this circumstance will be
he cause OF bringing up the whole mat,
er, independently of the action Of Com
nittees 10 whom the subject has been re-
erred; and from whom Reports to the
Conference may be expected in few days.
The Conference sat yesterday with clio.
led doors, the reasons for which were,
hat the discussion related to case Of i'm.
morality on the part of preacher from