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 . as such, constitute a right of ordination, essential to hisoffice, lay elsewhere. To assert that theright to appoint involves the right to re-move is a patent fallacy, disproved bythe analogy of judges and senators, who,though appointed by the legislature of astate, are not thereby subject to summaryremoval. The
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 . as such, constitute a right of ordination, essential to hisoffice, lay elsewhere. To assert that theright to appoint involves the right to re-move is a patent fallacy, disproved bythe analogy of judges and senators, who,though appointed by the legislature of astate, are not thereby subject to summaryremoval. The recent resolution suspend-ing Bishop Andrew was, in their opin-ion, an outrage upon justice as well aslaw, reducing the bishops of the Meth-odist Episcopal Church to the conditionof slaves, at the mercy of their mastersand holders, the General Conference. Thereafter the proceedings of thismomentous assembly moved on steadilyin the direction of a mutual and friendlydivision of the Church. For three daysafter June 5th, a committee of nine wasat work devising such a scheme, andthey appeared at length with their re-port, known in history as the Plan ofSeparation. Its provisions, which hadfor their object the meeting of the emer- 536 The Illustrated History of LEADERS IN THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH, IN THE W. P. Ratcliffe, Wichita Conference. 2. W. H, Seat, Texas Conference. 3. W. C. Lewis, Texas Con-erence 4. 8. K. Vatjgiit, West Virginia Conference. 5. S. S. Riggs, Tennessee Conference. 6. J. Atkins, Hols-ton Conference. 7. J. W. Kelly, South Carolina Conference. 8. W. A. Gamewell, South Carolina Conference9 t wEwS°N MlLSOU c°u^r^ce. 10. Z. M. Taylor, Louisville Conference. 11. M. Yell, Texas Conference2. J. W. Whipple, Texas Conference. 13. K. Heao, Alabama Conference. 14. D. M. Wiggins, Mississippi Con-ference i5. N. W. Burks, East Texas Conference. 16. J, W. Fields, East Texas Conference. r7. J. W. Phillips,Texas Conference. 18. W. C. Dandy, K
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