Identifier: 01861476.emory.edu
Title: 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 day. Written in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Lee, James Wideman, 1849-1919 Luccock, Naphtali, 1853-1916 Dixon, James Main, 1856-1933
Subjects: Methodism
Publisher: St Louis New York : The Methodist magazine publishing co.
Contributing Library: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library

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probation from twoto four years; and they recommendedthe change as beneficial in itself and asbringing the Church in harmony withtheir elder sister, the Wesleyan Meth-odist Church. The question of the ad-visability of forbidding ministers to unitewith secret societies, notably the Ma-sonic fraternity, came up at this time fordecision. The North Ohio Conferencehad, in the year 1845, passed such arecommendation, but several ministershad refused to consider it as binding, andwere thereupon found guilty of imprudentconduct. The action of the local body,however, was not sustained by the Con-ference, which declared that it was un-authorized by the Discipline. The death of the venerable Heddingand the resignation of Hamline had de-pleted the ranks of the bishops. Thefour new men who were elected weretaken respectively from the Philadelphia,New Hampshire, and Indiana Confer-ences. Eevi Scott, destined in time tobecome the senior bishop of the Church, The Illustrated History of Methodi SM. 555
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IVY AND OTHER LEADERS IN THE SOUTHERN METHODIST CHURCH.I. J. A. Ivy, Louisiana Conference. 2. T. K. Mi.nsey, Holstou Conference. .5. \V. A. McSwux, South Car-olina Conference. 4. S. J. Davies, Louisiana Conference. 5. S. A. Williams. East Texas Conference. 6. A. R.Erwix, Tennessee Conference. 7. (,. W. Carter, Virginia Conference. 8. C. C. Gillespie, East Texas Conference.9- T. L. Boswell, Memphis Conference. 10. H. C. Thweatt, Louisiana Conference. 11. R. T. Heii.ix, North Car-olina Conference. 12. J. II. Davis, Virginia Conference. 13. S. Watsox, Memphis Conference. 14. K G. Feri,i-so.\,Alabama Conference. 15. J. B. Tullis, East Texas Conference. 16. E. C. Slater, Memphis Conference. 17. T. W.Handle, Tennessee Conference. 556 The Illustrated History of Methodism was born in the state of Delaware. In1803, while he was still an infant, hisfather became a member of the Phila-delphia Conference. When twenty yearsof age he came under deep religious con-victions, and finally, in 1825, he

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