American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-02-10
Ne menbe,s Of the Hst4odi,t i. Church

OF ne bGNimCFC .Sll!U0l Conference:
DEAR BRETHREN--AS You are aware tnat the late
general conference of the Methodist r. Church, held
in New York III May, 1874, composed of the minis
- of uuI beloved thur, II. did originate the prelim
nargs 10 seq ra ion OF the ChuIch without consult
ing as, The members Aud since which, The SUutuetn
portion Of tie Church, have org Iu!H"d themselves
INTO separate church, called Me bodiSt f.. C"urch
south, iNO OF our Bishops adEGTing 10 tn same, and
tictenahiug III hops chad meeting ia NeW York
in June last aud dcnrd rh nl-eIvrs with the North
And II lhc general conference has right 10 limit the
ministers and member of tue Church, by boundary
running cast and west though the midst oIthe church
thCV nave an equal right To prescribe another bound
lunGuS north aud south. and so on, until these lands
over nCh we belt We the Providence of God plant
ed Mehodlsm, shall become chcquerCd, or cut up,
that the plan OF cur ltuerlucy will scarcely extend
StJ6atk dpy'S journey, ii after while. The mem
bers OF me chuICh, TO retain their membership must
take long Pllg'mag jOulne s,Or he crowded. in some
lost square, among the fudiuns March next is the
hh9 appointed Tor the 3aitlmOre Annual conference
To meet, aud If a Northern or Southern Bishop pre-
sides, il al once determines The side, 10 which ma
Dv OF IN" ministers of the conference adheres, and
many OF the membership will suppose they must go
the same way, without their cOuscht Therefore, as
one of the children of MethOdism, believing in the
nid aud wen tried discipline of the church, under
which our fathers and mothers worShiPped, lived and
died, end we as church, have, by the bies ing of
God, prospered 81 glOgiOusiy are unwilling be
transferred, but desire 10 stand firm the old rock
OF Methodsm unit il has been from its beginning,
and t. secure those wishes would request the mem.
ent stations an circuits, before the meeting of the
Baltimore Annual Conference, and respectfully re-
quest the Bishops not to preside at the Conference,
pagr 80 in the dscn!ine makes provision for the
ministers 10 elect a Presidet BY ballot from among
the Presiding Elders. Baltimore has always been
considered the old bed Of Mehndism; the epcs of the
church, the world, and those who support her COM
incredibly, are watching the Course she will take in
this melancholy dis ster Should not then her mem
betship, particularly, eak out in language that can
not be m understood, there are thousands who
are positively opposed TO the church of their choice
being torn to pieces, separating the family ties Of pa
rents aud children, brothers and sisters.
BrshTen-AT0use yourselves, assemble in your Sc.
vera stations aud circuits, and determine to stand to-
gether let your motto be the Church as il has been
and let us hold out the olive branch of peace to our
beloved brethren, North and South, East and West
and say to tn NJ, ''stay thou with u.s. and we will do
thee good" and say TO the members Ofthe Baltimore
Annual Conference, you profess to stand on neutral
ground, adhere 10 your principles stuff Il not North
or southern Bishop to preside yli but elect
according to the discipline, page 3d. your own presid
ing oticcT, and then come 70 your several appoint
mGnts not rs party men, but as champions OF the
lord Of Hssts-then shall see the pleasure of tae
Lord prosper among us,
FRANCIS ASBURY.
N. B. Papers friendly please copy.
Baltimore, Feb. 1916. feQ a,