The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . f anyperson who has a divorced wife or husband still living;provided this inhibition shall not apply to the innocent partyto a divorce granted for a scriptural cause, or to parties oncedivorced seeking to be remarried. In response to a communication received from the NationalReform Association the General Conference of 1890 reaffirmedthe position taken in 1886, and furthermore declared, Weshall rejoice when by concurrent action of the several Statesthe laws of divorce shall be based only upon the word ofChrist, and with the limitations which tha
The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . f anyperson who has a divorced wife or husband still living;provided this inhibition shall not apply to the innocent partyto a divorce granted for a scriptural cause, or to parties oncedivorced seeking to be remarried. In response to a communication received from the NationalReform Association the General Conference of 1890 reaffirmedthe position taken in 1886, and furthermore declared, Weshall rejoice when by concurrent action of the several Statesthe laws of divorce shall be based only upon the word ofChrist, and with the limitations which that word also ordered the insertion in the Discipline of the prohibi-tion adopted in 1886. The General Conference of 1894 indorsed the polyglotpetition urging the governments of Christendom to resort to peaceful arbitration as a means of settling questions thatarise between nations, and directed said petition to besigned by the officers of the General Conference. In 1902the order of deaconesses was recognized by the CHAPTER CXLII The Missionary Society Missionary Spirit in the Church.—Society Organized in 1846.—TwoBoards in 1866.—Difficulties and Losses.—Damage by the CivilWar.—Discouragement.—Resuscitation.—Radical Changes in1870.—Only One Board of Missions.—Debt Paid.—General Prog-ress.—Hard Times and Another Debt Payment.—PresentStatus. THE Separation in 1844 brought tinder the watchfulcare of the Methodism of the South the missions amongthe negroes and the Indians, besides some work amongthe Germans. So dependent was this missionary work, andso keenly appreciative were the Southern Methodists of itsclaim on their Christian liberality and labor, that the Louis-ville Convention of 1845 adopted a temporary plan of super-vision of the missionary interests until a duly authorizeddelegated General Conference should form a connectionalsociety, and one of the first acts of the General Confer-ence of 1846 was the organization of
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