The Schism in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1884

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Excerpt from The Schism in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1884: A Study of Slavery and Ecclesiastical Politics, A ThesisThe original plan of this work contemplated trac ing the disruptive influence of slavery in all the churches, but as the work progressed and a need was perceived to limit its scope, the study was confined to that church which, of them all, was most severely torn by the slavery conflict. The experiences of the other churches also present problems deserving of study, but their problems differ from those of the Methodists. The Catholic and the Protestant Episcopal churches had strong organizations, but they lacked the emotional element to which the radical abolitionist movement most appealed. The Presbyterian and Baptist churches possessed the requisite emotional element, but they lacked the strong national organization. The Methodist Episcopal Church combined both factors, it had the proper material for an emotional appeal to act upon, and it had a well-knit polity. In it were united explosive material and rigid structure. The result was that while other denominations had suffered in slavery struggles, nowhere was the issue so clear-cut or the outcome so destructive to the historic church as among the Methodists.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.