Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-07-05
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From the N. Y. Evening Post
Ecclesiastical Notification in g. Carolina,

bCClthubtlCul NullillChllOn III \, Upr0llha,
At the last General Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, an at
tempt wos made by the delegates of South
Carolina and some other conferences, TO ex
punge from their discipline the section on
slavery, bat the majority of the conference
concluded that Il would not be expedient to
do so; a note was however, ordered TO be
appended to the section, declaring the sense
Of the conference that il was to be regarded
rs dead letter, and entirely inopcrative.-
But this compromise did not satisfy the
brethren in South Carolina, who, as will be
seen by the following article from the South.
ern Christian Advocate, have taken the re-.
sponsibility Of expunging the naughty sec.
ton themselves, so that there are now two
dscipines in the South, one from the Meth.
odst Episcopal Church, South, and the 9th.
or form tho Methodist Episcopal Church.
South Carolina. We may premise, however
that the section referred to, runs as follows
SECTION x--Or SLAVERY.
Quest.-What shall be done for the extr-
patton of the evil of slavery?
Ans.-1. We declare that we are as much
as ever convinced of the great evil of slave
ry; therefore no stakeholder shall he cligi-
bic to any official station in our Church
hereafter, where the laws of the State in
which he lives will admit of emancipation,
and permit the liberated slave to enjoy free
dom.
2. When any travelling preacher becomes
an owner of slave or slaves, by any means,
he shall forfeit his ministerial character in
our Church, unless he execute, if il be prac-
ticable, legal emancipation of such slaves,
conformably to the laws of the State iI
which he lives.
3. All our preachers shall prudently en-
force upon our members the necessity of
teaching their slaves to read the word of
God; and TO allow them time to attend up
on the public worship of God OH our reg
ular days Of divine service.
a neio Edition Of the Book Of Discipline.
The South Carolina Conference, nj its last
annual session, resolved unanimously that
an edition of the Book of Discipline, amend
cd by having the tenth section expunged,
should be published for circulation within
its bounds. We are happy to state that the
committee raised for this purpose, have sue
ceeded wthoutembarasssmen in executing
the resolve of tue conference. An expung-
ed edition has been printed-a fac sinile Of
that bearing the impriinatur of John Wesley,
identical in all respects with the connexion-
al edition, with the exception of the neccs-
sary alteration on the title page, and the
omission of the closing section Of the Sec
ond part-that on slavery. This section,
the fruitful source of so much trouble TO
the Methodist Church setting forth II doc
trine to which none of us in the South
Carolina conference have ever subscribed;
declared in the note appended 10 it by order
of the last general conference, TO have long
since become imperative, and ceased by
common consent to set fort practical rule
or principle is without ceremony discarded
from the book as 10 ought to have been long
since. The reason for this is found in the fact
that the misrepresentation and false position
occasioned by the section, have worked
damage to the best interests Of the MetlO-
dist Church in the conference aioremention-
ed; from the disabilities of which, inasmuch
as the general conference declined aflording
the relief sought, the South Carolina con
ference, on the principle of sclfpreserva-
lion, has been compelled to relieve herself
The book now is a safe one; the rule in
operative IN every way except that of work
ing mischief among us, has been thrown
overheard; the taboo which restrained its
circulation is effaced; and il can now be
taken safely into the families of our mem
bers. The new edition is for sale ut the
Charleston Methodist book room; and the
ngent, MIR. Stoy is prepared to execute all
orders with promptness. Terms the same
us the edition by authority"