The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-06-02
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The Methodist Church--A Aistery e
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fceling n
tho south ON Re-Jnion:

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tho south ON Re-Jnion: l ,S
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rs GREENsDuRo, GREEN Cos, Ky.
}sssE April 10, 1870. !.
EDITOR JoURNAL.-We hear q great
cal of the Methodist church South, ,
i'd tho Methodist church North, in all
he Southern States, and perhaps more
, Kentucky than in any other State.
he Methoaists here, who are more nu-
lerous than any other body 3: Of chris,
ANS, say that the No1thern Msthodists
re now asking for 2 reunion With
hem, ana have sent messengers ten
eriug christian salutstions and fellow
hip; that the Methodists South in
lignantly reject the offer OF christian
fellowship until it shall be accompanied
With an acknowledgment Of wrong and
on the part Of their North
ern brethren, perpetrated at and since
the separation. They say that the
marriage Of Bishop Andrews, Of Geor-
gia, was made the, ground of complaint
by tho General Conference. of tho
church, held in the city of New York J
in 1910. -.
In this: The Bishop, who was
not an owner Of slaves, married q lady
who was stakeholder: But, before
the marriage: that her slaves might re-
main her exclusive property and that
he could have no legal interest in them,
Gas his marriage would, without aeon.
tract between them, have given) he had
q marriage contract drawn before
band, which should continue tho title
to the slaves in his wife. The Gen.
eral Conference offered resolution, in
its great meeting, in 1910, suspending
him: from his Office Of Bishop until
such time as he should cease to have
any connection with slavery even as the
husband of a slaveholding wife. They
were about to force through this reso-
luton, when the Southern delegates in
the Conference proposed a separation.
1t was at this time that the celebrated
protest Of Bishop Bascome, was pre-
pared and presented to that body. The
result was the adoption Of: a, plan, Of
separation, on the principle of:a pro
rata division of the church property,
amounting to nearly a million of dol.
lars. -. ~ '.s:' 49,. - 90 L.. -
The separation took place after foil
discussion, and with the concurrence
and consent Of the Northern members
But 1t is alleged that when the South
ern brethren asked for their part o
the church property, their Northern
brethren refused to carry out the terms
Of separation; by allowing the South
ern members to take. their share of thi
church property. The church Soutl
then brought suits in New York an,
Cincinnati for the recovery Of thei
rights before the United States courts
The suit instituted in Cincinnati wa
decideain favor Of the church South
giving them four hundred and fft
thousand: dollars. But the churcl
South charges in its local conference
and church pulpits, that the churcl
North would not honestly fulfil its pa,
of the agreement until compelled to d
SO by the streug arm Of the law. Tha'
therefore, if they have practically yield
ed up property that never belonged
, them, they are not entitled to th
/ credit Of doing it from any willingness
to be honest or fair, but because the
) couldn't help themselves. ~. ,>-.,,
The Southern Methodists are Their,
fore very bitter on their Norther
! brethren, and say that John Wesley
r spirit has no abiding place in an
! Northern Methodist church that job
t Wesley was an honest man and nov,
!. was known to take or keep what didn
belong to him; that this. cannot
e said of Northern Mcthodists, for thu
c did keep property, goods and ch.ttle
g moneys and credits that did not b
D long to them, until forced to give the
g up to their rlghttul, owners. Hence
! hear our Methodist brethren in Kel
lucky boldly assert, In public and pr
vate, that their Northern brethren ha,
+ got to come down and apologize Il
their past misdeeds before they "a
afford to have anything to do Wit
them. '''' ''8 81. S@-.> 10y,
= I am sorry for all and singular N
Northern friends who unfortunately b.
: long to the Northern Methodist churcl
, for all its bishops, elders, deacon
xardeps and what not. = For, if M,
the earnest disciples of good. old, Job
, Wesley. and good old George Whit6el
say is true, they are yet, to all inten
and purposes, in the bonds Of inniiqquiit
and il the gall Of. bitterness, / don
Think ,i anything can g > save them: 1tno
e the prayers Ct their Southern brethre
Y, Won't: :l have known ! great many e
them ,. during Y , short career %
thought ott.1 they we're IS good as tie ord
. nary run 81 q sinful inf mortals; but ! :,
= never 50 mistaken before. Broad ph
d laeteries can never save such a peopl
! J. When people think only Of mint, ami.
y and o,,m;n &c a., Ia I..3...a., u. .