A history of Methodism in the United States . great satisfaction with the Christiancourtesy and kindness which marked the intercourse ofthe Northern commissioners and agents in negotiating thefinal settlement of the New York controversy. They metus on the platform of candor, liberality, and strict jus-tice. . Nor was there a feeling or a word, so far as wecan judge, which in a dying hour either party would wishto blot from the pages of memory. They reported lessharmony with the representatives of the Cincinnati prop-erty, and said that all the honorable judges of the SupremeCourt were present
A history of Methodism in the United States . great satisfaction with the Christiancourtesy and kindness which marked the intercourse ofthe Northern commissioners and agents in negotiating thefinal settlement of the New York controversy. They metus on the platform of candor, liberality, and strict jus-tice. . Nor was there a feeling or a word, so far as wecan judge, which in a dying hour either party would wishto blot from the pages of memory. They reported lessharmony with the representatives of the Cincinnati prop-erty, and said that all the honorable judges of the SupremeCourt were present at the hearing of the case except JudgeMcLean, who, from motives of delicacy, declined to sit;and the commissioners reported the decree of the SupremeCourt in their favor and apprised the conference that someyears would be required to complete the settlement. The conference was encouraged by the increase duringthe last four years, the net gain being 83,047, making themembership 603,303. At the General Conference of 1858, which sat in the. aZ^ PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. 345 hall of the House of Representatives at Nashville, Tenn.,all the living bishops, Soule, Andrew, Paine, Pierce, Early,and Kavanaugh, were present. Since the last conferencethe beloved William Capers had died in his sixty-fifth was of national repute as an orator and had traveledabroad, was a constant reader of a few of the best books ofgeneral and theological literature, and had trained himselfto rapid mental combination—to the readiness and alertnesswhich come from concentrated reflection. He used neithermanuscript nor brief, employed no formal divisions, yethis delivery was refined, graceful, and self-restrained.!On special occasions his word was attended with over-whelming power, whether in consolation or warning. Theconference declared that his greatest honor would be thatof founder of missions to the blacks in his native State. The bishops reviewed the work in general, giving par-ticular attention t
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