. A manual of the discipline of the Methodist Episcopal church, South [electronic resource], including the decisions of the College of bishops and rules of order applicable to ecclesiastical courts and r his official acts, but for hisministerial and moral purity. (Debates of 1844.)In the Discipline of 1808 the question was asked,To whom is a Bishop amenable for his conduct?Answer. To the General Conference, who have powerto expel him for improper conduct, if they see it neces-sary. And this was the law from 1784. Improperconduct in our Discipline, says Bishop Hedding,means a smal
. A manual of the discipline of the Methodist Episcopal church, South [electronic resource], including the decisions of the College of bishops and rules of order applicable to ecclesiastical courts and r his official acts, but for hisministerial and moral purity. (Debates of 1844.)In the Discipline of 1808 the question was asked,To whom is a Bishop amenable for his conduct?Answer. To the General Conference, who have powerto expel him for improper conduct, if they see it neces-sary. And this was the law from 1784. Improperconduct in our Discipline, says Bishop Hedding,means a small offense below a crime. And thoughthe preachers and private members may be expelledfor that kind of offense when it is persisted in after re-peated admonitions, yet no one but a Bishop can beexpelled for the first improper act of that if a Bishop be expelled, he has no appeal. 3. The Committee on Episcopacy, one of thestanding committees of the General Conference,is made up of one delegate from each AnnualConference, chosen by the respective this committee any preacher or member hasaccess, with any complaints he is pleased to pre-fer. The private and official conduct of each one. 146 OF TRIALS. of the Bishops, for the four years next preced-ing the session, is referred to this committee,and their duty is to present to the Conferenceany thing they find exceptionable. As the trav-eling preachers annually, so the Bishops quad-rennially, are subjected to the passage of char-acter on the inquiry, Is he blameless in life andofficial administration?* And seeing the Church has intrusted Superintendentswith important powers, it is admitted this provision iswise and prudent; only it may be doubted whether aBishop ought not to be furnished with notice, and al-lowed to be present when any complaint is about to bepreferred against him; for though a bill may not befound against him, so as to bring the question before theConference in his presence, yet the compla
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