The life of RevJames O'Kelly and the early history of the Christian church in the South . SaysDr. Lee: It was enough to make the saints of Godweep before the porch and the altar, and that both dayand night, to see how the Lords flock was carried awaycaptive by that division. On the 25th of May, 1792, in the Greenbrier Con-ference, held at Rehoboth Chapel, Sinks of Green-brier County, Virginia, (now West Virginia), saysRev. Stith Mead: When we met in conference wewere all examined by the bishop as to our confession offaith and orthodoxy of doctrine agreeably to the accu-racy of Wesleyan Methodi
The life of RevJames O'Kelly and the early history of the Christian church in the South . SaysDr. Lee: It was enough to make the saints of Godweep before the porch and the altar, and that both dayand night, to see how the Lords flock was carried awaycaptive by that division. On the 25th of May, 1792, in the Greenbrier Con-ference, held at Rehoboth Chapel, Sinks of Green-brier County, Virginia, (now West Virginia), saysRev. Stith Mead: When we met in conference wewere all examined by the bishop as to our confession offaith and orthodoxy of doctrine agreeably to the accu-racy of Wesleyan Methodism. On a closer examinationit was discovered that two of the preachers composingthe present session of conference, namely John Lind-say and George Martin, coming from the district whereJames OKelly was presiding elder, had imbibedheterodox opinions from him tending to the conference was now requested by Bishop Asburyto bring forward all the Scripture texts they couldrecollect to prove the personality of the Trinity, andparticularly the Holy Ghost, at which time these. OLD REHOBOTH M. E. CHURCH, NEAR UNION, W. VA. Built in 1785 and deeded to the Conference to remain their property as longas grass grows and water runs. The oldest church west of the AlleghanyMountains. A typical mountain church, where, in 1792, the Conference metmentioned by Rev. Stith Mead, and tha discussion about the Trinity tookplace. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 195 preachers recanted their errors in the doctrine andwere retained in the Methodist fellowship.* It is aquestion of serious doubt, even if the ministers namedheld views contrary to those of the Methodists of thetime, whether they imbibed those views from JamesOKelly. A later historian writes as follows: The mostpotent cause for the failure of OKellys plan was theheresy which his system contained. This was the taintthat corrupted the whole schism. His Unitarianerrors allowed no Savior to be offered to the people, and,destitute of that vital
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