The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-13

in February, 1866, united with or adhered
to Che M. Il. Church South. They re-
nounccd allegiance to the M. e. Church
had done so before this. When the law
was amended for their benefit, they, accord
ing to the opinion of the Court of Appeals,
were not members of the M. e. Church,
had no legal interest in the property, and
had no right to vote il into the Church
South. The Baptists or Presbyterians had
as much legal right, growing out of Church
membership, as they had. Yet they coted.
The amendment must fail to effect the
purpose of its enactment because the deeds
had been made valid by the law of 1912.
The contracts were completed, the titles
made good, and the constitution Of the
United States and of the State forbid ''the
impairing of the obligation of contracts.o
But we will be met with the plea that in
many places we have no members left, that
all adhered to the Church South. We have
seen that under the law the preacher and
the Church-house go together.
The Trustees are required to let our
preachers conduct religious worship by the
deed, and, besides, the Church South peo-
pie, having lost their interest in and right to
the property by rebelling against or renounc-
ing the authority of the NJ. E. Church, they
can set up no legal claim to it, get it who
may. But whatever doubts may have been
excited in some minds should be removed
by the article in the constitution. This was
voted for by a large majority OF the people,
and they by their vote have decided that we
should have this property. Whether they
desired, it or not, they so decided. OF the
moral right in the case | have no doubt.
The Virginia Conference said in the Pas
toral Address in 1869, I'm portions of our
bounds we labor under difficulties because
Of exclusion from houses of worship built
for the use of our members and ministers,
the right to the use of which we claim upon
both legal and moral grounds. Because we
make this claim we have been denounced as
house-stealers and robbers, but this will
not divert us from our purpose if possible
to possess them. s2
Those who contributed to build them
gave their means in good faith to provide
places for the worship Of God to be con-
Quoted under the authority of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, and an attempt to
divert the trust is, if successful, a breach of
the contract. We cannot consent that this
contract Shall be broken. We have driven
no one from these temples, and those who
have left voluntarily have no right to take
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