A plain account of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America
Subtitle: being an outline of her history and polity : also her prospective work
By: by F.M. Hamilton ; congratulatory lines by Solomon G. Brown ; with an introduction by L.H. Holsey ; also containing a paper on Methodism in its infancy by R.T. Moss
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: History; African American Methodists; African Americans; Religion; Methodism; Church history; Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Other titles: Church in the Southern Black community.
Description: A comprehensive history of the church from its inception in 1870 to 1887, deftly situated within the history of Methodism. Hamilton describes the denomination's early formation and rocky separation from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, details of church organization and government, explaining the roles of the bishop to the local members, and brief histories of each regional conference. Hamilton's history is optimistic about the continued success of the C.M.E. Church.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

This electronic edition has been transcribed from a photocopy, supplied by the Methodist Center, Drew University, of an original owned by the Library of Congress. The supplied photocopy starts on p. 1 of the original text.

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Transcribed from: A plain account of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America : being an outline of her history and polity : also her prospective work / by F.M. Hamilton, author of "A conversation on the C.M.E. Church." ; congratulatory lines by Prof. Solomon G. Brown ; with an introduction by Right Rev. L.H. Holsey, one of the Bishops of the C.M.E. Church ; also containing a paper on "Methodism in its infancy," by R.T. Moss, Esq. Read before the Centennial Meeting at Israel C.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. Nashville, Tenn. : Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1887. 136 p. ; 16 cm.

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