Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-05-27
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II Resofus9sThat the committee on
Reyisals b. ! are hereby instructed TO
enquire ;inR te propriety of reporting
such c1angsl the arrangement Of the
Chapters, Sstiohs, land paragraphs of
the Book tscipline as will relieve it
from the Antiquity of the present ar
rangemenisf VI so as not thereby TO pro
duce any cliage in the meaning, only
so far as ais cnform the Discipline to
the Southesa organization.
On the. hdion of Mr.. Whitefoo,d
Smith, the5eSlution in reference to a
revised ediion of the Hymn Book,
which was lid on the table on Tuesday
last, was taRnup and read, and after an
interestingiabate between Messrs. Sum>
mers, w. .SSith, Bryant, w. a. Smith,
Longsireet al T.. NJ. Lee, the resolu,
tion was ad5pted.
On the sion of Mr.. Wightman, the
resolutionfojDr. i. Pierce in relation TO
"a plan forlaiiing moneyfo the supper!
ofall the behsVoIent operations sustained
by the Me!bldist Episcopal Church,
Soutb,''', wssaaken up and read.
.. Or. Piercssaid that he wished to pre-
sent brieGyi,w Of the plan in his own
minds An Improvement in the mode
Of sustainihgaae benevolent enterprises
Of the Churcs swas admitted on all hands
to be most dIsirable. That heretofore
in all these muses. we had done very
poorly, noEoae could doubt. To assume
that oul longlamented failure to carry
on satisfactorily these enterprises arose
from any setpurpose to starve them out,
is too, nnchaItable to be entertained.
The dificuItS has arisen. from defec,
the systcm.4 At the Introduction. Of
Methodism:ifso this country it was sup
posed ihat;@ahad the remarkable facul.
ty.of Iiaihg $olbnorhing. Thus an urfa-
vorable prejudice had grown up in the
minds sfthe lslhndist people, aid had
made it ;isyeig di.!1ieaiv vmatter to bring
the heart ofses Churchls9 to the right
scriptural sease of lis responsibilities.
Owing to thsgi5reat delicacy connected
with raising Honey, the people had not
the right4 am atI0f Spectacular, and
4 ] u M lg! s'ssa essls sa Is "a ;',i.' mis-.
taken, one haff ofrhe people in the in
terror Of the country suppose it Is cons
petent for them to reject any and every
application TO them for money without
impairing their christian obligations.
And why? Because the character Of
these obligations and duties has not been
pressed upon them. As we have con-
tinued TO operate heretofore, this evil
will be an incubus upon US for fifty years
to come. There can be nothing done
so as to affect society at large without
weN digested system Of action. This is
the object proposed by raising The conf
Not only on this ground did he find
fault with the existing order CT things,
but also from the fact, that as the matter
now goes, the expenses TO be provided
for have been drawn,o out of small por-
ton of oul friends, while The great ma
jorily did nothing but claim the glory of
the benevolent works of The Church,
without having in it, stock or heart.
Persons living in towns, cities, or villa
ges were begged to death; one here or
there living in the country, known TO be
wealthy, was made a mark for every
beggar in the land with mercy at the
bottom of his plea: but the great ma
jority we're passed by: HE was oppos-
ed to the employment and existence of
so manv Asents--Missionary American
Bible Society, Educational and other
Agents we're in the field. The system
of WeyleyanM Methodism requires no such
thing, if fully carried out. The Me,ho-
dist Church was an Apostolic Church
only so far as the Methodist people con-
formed to- the Apostolic model OF life
and practical as we'll as doctrine, in doing
good as wellas getting good. H. would
not 60 into detail in reference to the
plan he wished to suggest to the cons
mittee, but would only say that it con-
trmpIatedthe taking UP of one general
coIlection,in the year in all the Societies
the connection for beneyo
lent institutions, and dividing the pro.
ceeds in dae proportions. He was in
formed extensively as 10 the wish of the
Methodist community, and he knew ,ha,
would hail with pleasure the
adoption df some such system. 80.
The resolution, after filling the blank
with FIVE, was adopted, and, subsequent
Iy. Bishop Soule announced Messrs, L.
Pierce, Hamilton, Sehon, Early and
W,uhtnnan .s the cornm;ttao