A history of Methodism in the United States . stitution of the Missionary Society was revised,and that of the Sunday-school Union amended. The proposed change in the Sixth Restrictive Ruleconcerning the division of the Book Concern was dulysubmitted to the Annual Conferences. The New Yorkgave its approval at once. The Western Christian Ad-vocate, however, attacked the action of the General Con-ference and took strong ground against the alteration ofthe rule. The vote of the Ohio Conference was one hun-dred and thirty-two to one. Though all the Southernconferences voted in favor of it, the affi
A history of Methodism in the United States . stitution of the Missionary Society was revised,and that of the Sunday-school Union amended. The proposed change in the Sixth Restrictive Ruleconcerning the division of the Book Concern was dulysubmitted to the Annual Conferences. The New Yorkgave its approval at once. The Western Christian Ad-vocate, however, attacked the action of the General Con-ference and took strong ground against the alteration ofthe rule. The vote of the Ohio Conference was one hun-dred and thirty-two to one. Though all the Southernconferences voted in favor of it, the affirmative lacked twohundred and sixty-nine of the requisite three quarters, thenegative vote being ten hundred and seventy. The Methodist General Biblical Institute was openedat Concord, N. H., in 1847, and was the first distinctivelytheological institution established by American Metho-dism. It was opposed by many eminent ministers, whobelieved that it would impede the progress and prob-ably change the character of Methodism; that such insti-. ^yjuu^ m^-f ^vA BORDER WARFARE. 137 tutions might become breeding-places for heresy, and themeans of substituting education for the call of God andintellectual qualifications for a living experience. Con-nected with the early history of this institution wereStephen M. Vail, Osmon C. Baker, and John Dempster. The Baltimore, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and Ohio con-ferences bordered upon the territory of the MethodistEpiscopal Church, South, and as they included the Statesof Maryland, Delaware, and a part of the State of Vir-ginia, they became a battle-ground. At first both partiesseemed to be disposed to keep peace along the South made no change in the rule regarding slavery,in part for the sake of peace and to avoid the charge ofbeing a pro-slavery church, and doubtless in part to beacceptable to such border churches and ministers as, be-cause of contiguity or social considerations, might natu-rally wish to affiliate with them. Man
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