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authority is exercised over them, partly by the Congress, partly by the state assemblies. But no one either exercises or claims any ecclesiastical authority at all. In this peculiar situation some thousands of the inhabitants of these States, desire my advice: and in compliance with their desire, I have drawn up a little sketch. "2. Lord King's account of the primitive church convinced me many years ago, that bishops and presbyters are the same order, and consequently have the same right to ordain. For many years I have been importuned from time to time, to exercise this right, by ordaining part of our traveling preachers. But I have still refused, not only for peace sake, but because I was determined, as little as possible to violate the established order of the national church to which I belonged. "3. But the case is widely different between England and North America. Here there are bishops who have a legal jurisdiction. In America there are none, and but few parish ministers. So that for some hundred miles together there are none either to baptize, or administer the Lord's supper. Here therefore my scruples are at an end: and I conceive myself at full liberty, as I violate no order, and invade no man's right, by appointing and sending laborers into the harvest. "4. I have accordingly appointed Dr. Coke and Mr. Francis Asbury, to be joint superintendents, over our brethren in North America. As also Richard Whatcoat, and Thomas Vasey, to act as elders among them, by baptizing and administering the Lord's Supper. "5. If any one will point out a more rational and scriptural way of feeding and guiding those poor sheep in the wilderness, I will gladly embrace it. At present I cannot see any better method than that I have taken. "6. It has indeed been proposed, to desire the English bishops to ordain part of our preachers for America. But to this I object, 1. I desired the Bishop of London to ordain one only; but could not prevail. 2. If they consented, we know the slowness of their proceeding; but the matter admits of no delay. 3. If they would ordain them now, they would likewise expect to govern them. And how grievously would this entangle us? 4. As our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the state, and from the English hierarchy, we dare not entangle them again, either with the one or the other. They are now at full liberty, simply to follow the scriptures and the primitive church. And we judge it best that they should stand fast in that liberty, wherewith God has so strangely made them free." JOHN WESLEY. At the same time Mr. Wesley prepared a liturgy little differing from that of the Church of England, or rather revised the Common Prayer Book, leaving out certain parts, and altering some of the ceremonies, and some of the psalms, and making the morning and evening service much shorter than it was before. He advised all the traveling preachers to use it on the Lord's day in all the congregations, reading the Litany only on Wednesdays and Fridays, and to pray extempore on all other days. He also advised the Elders to administer the Supper of the Lord on every Lord's day.
As soon as Dr. Coke landed in America, he laid his plan to meet Mr. Asbury as soon as possible, and traveling from New York to Philadelphia, and then down into the Delaware state, he met with Mr. Asbury at Barratt's Chapel on the 14th day of the same month. They then consulted together about the plan which Mr. Wesley had adopted, and recommended to us. After the business was maturely weighed, and sufficient time was taken to consult some more of the preachers who were present on that day, it was judged advisable to call together all the traveling preachers in a general conference to be held in Baltimore at Christmas. Mr. Freeborn Garrettson undertook to travel to the south, in order to give notice to all the traveling preachers of this intended meeting. But being fond of preaching by the way, and thinking he could do the business by writing, he did not give timely notice to the preachers who were in the extremities of the work; and of course several of them were not at that conference. December 27th, 1784 -- The thirteenth conference began in Baltimore, which was considered to be a general conference, in which Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury presided. At this conference we formed ourselves into a regular church, by the name of The Methodist Episcopal Church; making at the same time the Episcopal office elective, and the elected superintendent amenable to the body of ministers and preachers. Mr. Asbury was appointed a superintendent by Mr. Wesley, yet he would not submit to be ordained, unless he could be voted in by the conference: when it was put to vote, he was unanimously chosen. He was then ordained Deacon, then Elder, and afterwards superintendent, before the end of the conference. At the request of Mr. Asbury when he was about to be ordained a Superintendent, Mr. Otterbine, a German minister, who was a pious man, assisted in his ordination by the laying on of his hands with the other ministers. At this conference there were 13 preachers elected to the Elder's office, and most of them were ordained their names were, James O. Cromwell, Freeborn Garrettson, * [1] Jeremiah Lambert, * [2] William Gill, Reuben Ellis, Le Roy Cole, James O'Kelly, John Hagerty, Richard Ivey, Beverly Allen, * [3] John Tunnel, Henry Willis, * [4] Nelson Reed,
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District of Maryland, to wit: BE IT
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CHAPTER 9 From the beginning of the
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This motion brought on a long debat
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A. "To the general conference, who
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In the tenth section we formed a ru
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"Let the evening service consist of
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thought proper at this conference t
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Four preachers were entered, withdr
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put into the harbour, and come to a
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The divisive spirit prevailed more
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Mr. William Meredith, who had been
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Massachusetts; and Vermont, in the
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I set out from Lynn in September 17
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never was such a gracious outpourin
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elonged to circuits in other states
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In the close of the minutes there w
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month of September, 1795, being abo
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New Jersey 2351 Kentucky 1750 Penns
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6th. "The money shall, if possible,
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ARTICLE III It is provided and decl
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majority of them, may be wanting to
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commencement of the trial, appoint
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connection; a few years afterwards
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quick and solid parts, a sound and
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for Upper Canada, where he was owne
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Massachusetts 1577 -- 168 New Hamps
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Nevertheless, this rule shall not a
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Virginia. As the rule has not been
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There was a good revival in Chester
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about one hundred and thirteen pers
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The 175th, at Monmouth, in the Prov
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who visited that place, and preache
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time before his death, and in his l
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of the Sabbath morning. On Sunday t
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October 1803, in Brunswick county,
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The above rules and regulations I h
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together in helping forward in this
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as a circuit, or a stationed preach
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to depart and be with Christ; and h
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F Fidler, John -- Admitted 1784 --
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S Shadford, Geo. -- Admitted 1768 (
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Browning, Geo. -- Admitted 1790 --
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Hardy, Edward -- Admitted 1792 -- L
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Moss, Wm. -- Admitted 1788 -- Locat
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Van Nostrand, Albert -- Admitted 17
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Chandler, Wm. P. -- Admitted 1797 C
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Hunt, Lewis -- Admitted 1799 -- Die
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R Risher, Samuel -- Admitted 1793 -
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The reader will observe, that for t
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Cook, Phenehas -- Admitted 1803 Cov
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J Jean, William -- Admitted 1805 Je
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Porter, John -- Admitted 1805 Prend
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Williams, Joseph -- Admitted 1805 W
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Combs, David -- Admitted 1787 Cook,
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Johnson, James -- Admitted 1793 --
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Saunders, John -- Admitted 1798 Sco
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a. He came to America in 1771 b. He
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On the 19th of April this year we f
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In the month of May we had our fift
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The General Conference elected anot
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years. He was very serious and very
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1794 65,508 2,135 150 298 1795 59,2
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upon which, the people in all their
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The latter part of that year he wen
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was so much crying, that it was som
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At the Conference of 1791 he was ap
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He made note of the many changes th
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