The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . STATUK OF JOHN front of City-road Chapel, Loudon. dent of the 1793 Conference, Pawson hadconsiderable weight. For forms of churchgovernment in themselves he cared butlittle, so long as the people had the ordi-nances of God and were saved from the 404 The Illustrated History of Methodism. evils of division. I since
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . STATUK OF JOHN front of City-road Chapel, Loudon. dent of the 1793 Conference, Pawson hadconsiderable weight. For forms of churchgovernment in themselves he cared butlittle, so long as the people had the ordi-nances of God and were saved from the 404 The Illustrated History of Methodism. evils of division. I sincerely wish,he wrote, some months before the meet-ing, that Doctor Coke and Mr. Mathermay be allowed to be what they are—bishops; that they ordain two others,. WESLEYS interior as it appeared in 1861. chosen by the Conference; that thesefour have the government of the connec-tion placed in their hands for one%year,each superintending his respective dis-trict, being stationed in London, Bristol,Leeds, and Newcastle. And even supposing these four had authority tostation the preachers, who would haveany cause to fear ? We must have ordi-nation among us, at any rate. Doctor Coke proposed at the meetingthat he should confer the office of presby-ter on the brethren present who had notbeen ordained, thus exercising his episco-pal functions; and most of the preacherswere in favor of the step. But HenryMoore expressed his doubts whether thiswould not excite unfavorable commentat the Conference; and Mather agreedwith his dissent, characterizing any im-mediate ordination as unmethodisticaland wrong. But the members unani-mously agreed to recommend certainmeasures to the Conference, which pro-vided for the appointment of an orderof superinten
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