Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-05-26
METHODIST F.. CONVENTION.

II.
"a, las, paper brought down the Proceedings Of this
nay In the 10Th inst. Inclusive. Ga The 3lh, Mr.
r,axder ofya addressed The Convention
In the next day, Qhe l4ih,) after Report from the
,,;a,n.s Committee had been submitted by Mr. Early
"a ,no,brr fr. m The c, m.e Missions by DIR Ia
-. ,be resolution Of Dr.. Smith was farther supported
he Mr.. Plus Of Tennessee, Mr. Brock Of Tennessee,
Al, Crouch ,f Nv. and several others. aud was final
!, nassed. in the following words, rh one dissenting
roiee:
.R,,olred By The Delegates Of The areral Annual
ct,r,uees in the Southern aud S,utlresern States IN
C.noeroI Conreniion assembled, That We cannot sane
,in the action Of the late general coFference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, the subject Of slavery
Re- ,emaolnp under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction ut this
,l, without deep and lasting injury the interests
=, The church aad The country; Ne. therefore, hereby
., The cpmmliiee organlzaton that it, upon care
M examination Of The whole subject they find that there
i, mn reasonable ground In hope liza, the Northern
,,;ty will recede frum their poson and give safe
Guaranty for the future security of civil and ecclps
seal rights that they report in favor 1t separation
FINN III. ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the said general
conference
On the passage of the Restitution, Bishop Soale oh
served that the very remarkable tor its
nmi'y
In The 9TH Dr. Basrom. chairman Of the commit
lee an a separate oreanz ,lion mad,a Report IN that
subject, which occupied heal two hours III The drllve-
~ and is said be document o ezra ,raay ability.
l. concludes by recommending distinct an separate
oaoiz,t,,n under the ite of The Methodist Episcopal
Church South" No action was ou thai day had on the
Report.
e,- The following arr The closing paragraphs If he
.equcn Speech drIstnd ty DR.. L. res's'. "l eor-
pa THE c, lehrad au,inr # ''Georg Scenes, be-
hre The NJ. f.. Convention III Iousve CA Tie 10Th
inst. They will be read with interest
But will not separation III the church government
rndar.er the unou answer Il viii strengthen
II. We have praclios preot Of this. The Wesleyan
Me,iodsis Of England aud Canada disturb our
pace or Interfere with our lucs institutions. But why
should propose terms o eonpromi>e ? answer
because II would place us IN a ridiculous attitude before
the world to do this iime. Because IL would be
lss-because it Would exp'se Blshup SouIe aud Bishop
Andrew renewed p-rseculi because the effort has
.en made under The most favorable circumstances and
hlled-be,ause il is not desirable. Par must, and
never part under circumstances favorable the
Smh as the present. A compromise would not undo
what has been done, irpn encruachnent in
Thousand new ways ior The iutuie All the offices Of
the church would sion be filled with Ahollun sls-prvi-
legrs would be graned to our slaves Inconsistent With
lac rights Of the master. Already have they rcpraled
the law which disqualified The slave from ieslf, no a
pains white mau, bhndly Surprising that lhat rule
was meant penalty 10 the slave. and moi dixie the
law that will moi lei The wife testify against her hus.
hsRd) as means OF preserving peace, preventing petu
~ aul securing truth They Ali submit the rule
applied ID their wives nut hot Ia slaves, (he brtcpie
u The rule meaH!) We nuSr be 8 pi,rs IN
tine conference lnus ever be excluded from their
pulplS tir The ontnent drposors o lishups
tt,n secure n their c"nlpeer> place III New ENGLAND
MetmdiS Church, where the ngro Is ifeel, admitted.
n: ~, nIs part, ard liir snn"r The better Let Us.
with tur urgaZ iIun, ny la gel hat primitive
llluS | u q lis al vi
i-alIinal,, be"uged 10 II. hut al lis inward ora
sI"'5k al It's termcr zeal. which glowed with e.
ieivur amidst The u,asua al the owand swamIs and
hralshlul hfrezes OF ilr inountau; which led the
hlf,hdt preacher seek the lost sheep Of the uld Of
tnr,sl whnh' rsuever they wandered. speak of that
Mrll"ItSin that preached noi uutv stated days. and
Al ,ia'd fnts but whirh preached all Tines aud in
all ritrN--tn the chapel IN the hut. the klicitn the
gtlsr, Tie wildrrncss-io tahrIS, mothers, husbands
MFrs rar' HS. children. masters, which
rrf entered house whtu a word for the ord aud
ht"f "i' II without praying blessing upon (Which
planted ihr standard of the The sph which we
ornpN The elk aud The buffalo had LEFT (which
r'S1'd IN It's 'ahprs, al times. unt exhausted
su under them.
Nhrn thns speak of Nrihudism. let he un
JrrSond claiming for all the religion in he
world. Far from lithrre Is pure religion IN other
churches as am spciariau. II possess one
christian virtue, is love Tor all Thai love and serve the
lrd Jesus Christ but cuniess feel kndling
lun, allied Ia the moral sublime, when contemplate
Neih"dlsm rersonii d IN such men Molly whose
funeral ohs' quies performed by hnlsp whose dlrge
MAS sounded by the winter nds. vi hose Winding sheet
was the snow drii, and whose monument The
ds oak ct the iurrslunnd by the Noodman. frozen u
his kurrs. and buried the attitude Of PRAYER Ofmy
srl will not glory. of my church viii not gIary hut
# such these might become iuu IN olorylng and
all christians would pardon me- II moi JOIN Yes.
We're To inscrhe the Tree, the OF which was his
last pillow. The Christians best .Nonuntent, every
Christian of every church would cheerfully n> ribe