New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-12
THE METODIST CHURCH AND SLAVERY
In APpEAI.
TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GREAT METHODIST
PANTY AFFILIATING WITH The METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH, THROUGHOUT THE


FAMILY. AFFILIATING WITH HE NLThoDisI
EPISCOPAL CHURCH, THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD.
BeIorsd Brtthren is Chrisi:
TIE undersigned, ministers Of TIE Methodist tpisco-
bal CT urch in the United States Of America, would
respectful! represent;
That. at an early day in our history IS Church,
slevehoiders were tolerated among Us a. membeIs-
that the prac,ice had become common that in 1914
one of our bishops found TO be a ayeholder-
that a reso ution requesting him not to oiciae as
bisf op TIL that imp, drnent was removed, caused
division Of the oIigina Ie,hcdis Episcopal Church
in 1915: spd that notwithstanding that division, the
Methodist Episcopal Church rhst IS, the Northern
Division Of the orgira Churchl l. SIM deeply lu
VOWED in tie sin and shame Of slaveholding. We
have thousands Of slay,ho.deis yet in the Chuich-
trustees. stewards, leaders aud LEGAL preachers, aud
even traye preachers have become SHAREHOLDERS 10
several Instances AID such It'll. with but little
disaJ probation, 81 ger eh thing on tne part o tue
CoIisItLces 10 which they De.Olg Such L ouf present
connection with this teInbe cIiu agaiurt hu uaChy
TIE uuders'gred aud tsus a. thousands u tue private
neubtTship of our Cburch lee that these thihgs aye
wing IL tie sight OF GOd-a disgrace To Me'AYd!'m
and cur con mon Christianity, and stumbling DOCK
70 uubeieyers We therefore, fell that It Ii our bVun
der cuy to SCENE. y possible, at the next session oi
our general Conference, which takes plaoe az Buua.'
NY, C. S. May lsi, 1850 dEelplSafy rule 10y
nu,mber-hp il the Methodist Episcopal Church. sla
very is deeply cursiI nation. and ls malgn nhr.
en(e is not lees deaOiy upUL q nurcl Oi God ana
We feel 20 be our doiy much in u eth, to re-
move tlis curse ard ~ wipe away this reproaeh from
n. otherwise pure escuicheoL, Of cur common Meihod
ism -,
But We have learned 10y experience ,hG, the ssve
power Is formidable power Slaves brig Len
price, aud sunle ~ our members rase, and o"n au1
sell thin Go other, TO ther great peculary prvul
And portion Of the iIi-iry. especially in the si'e
States strongly opposed to aIy ecclesiae,lca4 az
ticn that will e,cIude Shareholders from the ChnIeA'
or even cojd, mn tlr practice o. slay ebUlcitg.
In this staie of tnirCs while are determined 70
do il oLr power To- secure The exclusion OF slaVe-
hodiIg from the NJ thod,. Episcopal Church, ~e ies
the need Ct al the moral iLhnetce We csn ccmmtnd,
In order 70 a successful termination Of our laocTs
We stand on the original AniSlaye5y platform o,
Neslty GrG NstscI and Clsrke ard Of Coke snd
Asbuy the founders Of our Church in tais eoanIry
srd have other object IL view bur to purify our
American Ziun fruIn tbs terrible aboniGa ion.
t. YOU, therefore, we appeal, and daughters o.
the W,.ieys. III der God. 10 81 lands VII you MOI
cast the BIT # your fuer the scale OF hu-
mainly and justice IN tbs approaching contest lot
can exert powerful iuuet for good upon the next
General Colf-IeIce If tie NJ. l.. Church ID these
United States. And i there uot moral propriety IN
your 20 DONG T. very Methodist the globe j. DIS
graced by the slaveholdig tolerated in the NJ r.:
CluIoh; ana GU have 8 riyk to speak, aa'' u
need be 10 demonstrate in earnest and unequi al
lsr gusye il behalf Of our common Methodism and
Chrisiisriy.
We sppesl to you therefore in this fearful, ard we
hope fual Struggle against Slavery in the VI. L.
Ctuch, to help ", by sending memorials or dePutA-
ous 10 the General Corftrerce Of 1850. And se en-
pest ~ ose hcnoreG bodies in England and IL Canaoa
who have heretofore fay ord With deputaiot: a.
o9f quseIepnia. session, Iced be, to instruct As'r