The junior history of Methodism [electronic resource]: for young people, study classes in Epworth League and the general reader . s and Members of theMethodist Episcopal Church. The wide circulation of these papers naturally excitedopposition on the part of the authorities of the Church,and ministers were forbidden to aid their persisted, were brought to trial, and were ex-pelled. Many members were excluded on the sameground. These formed the nucleus of the MethodistProtestant Church. In four years they had 14 Con-ferences and 26,587 members. In 1834 they held theirfirst Gener
The junior history of Methodism [electronic resource]: for young people, study classes in Epworth League and the general reader . s and Members of theMethodist Episcopal Church. The wide circulation of these papers naturally excitedopposition on the part of the authorities of the Church,and ministers were forbidden to aid their persisted, were brought to trial, and were ex-pelled. Many members were excluded on the sameground. These formed the nucleus of the MethodistProtestant Church. In four years they had 14 Con-ferences and 26,587 members. In 1834 they held theirfirst General Conference in Baltimore. In 1846 themembership was reported as 63,567. Their governmentdiffers mainly from the parent Church in that they haveno bishops or presiding elders, but elect presidents, whopractically do the work both of elders and bishops. GREAT BRANCHES FROM THE MAIN TREE. 75 Their official paper is the Methodist Protestant, estab-lished in 1834. Their statistics for 1911 report 1,364preachers and 184,703 members. 2. The Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In1845 this important division of Methodism was organ-. Thomas Coke. ized. From its foundation in the United States downto 1800 the Methodist Episcopal Church had takenstrong ground against slavery, but after that date therewas a toning down of its sentiments for a number of years. 76 JUNIOR HISTORY OF METHODISM. When the abolition sentiment became strong in theNorth—from 1833 on—the question began to be hotlydiscussed in the Church. The Church in the North de-manded a stronger attitude against slavery, both in theexpression of sentiment by the General Conference andin its requirements of members. Many difficult casesarose. Finally the crisis came at the General Confer-ence of 1844, when it was found that one of the bishops,J. O. Andrew, had become connected with slavery bymarrying a woman who owned slaves. After a pro-longed and able debate it was finally ordered that he* desist from the exercise of his off
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