A history of Methodism in the United States . rences shallnot be counted for or against the expunging of the rule. Resolved, 6. That the publication of the foregoingpreamble and resolutions in the church papers shall beconsidered a sufficient notification of the action of thisconference in the premises. Resolved, 7. That the bishops are respectfully re-quested to set forth in the pastoral address the platformoccupied by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, onthe relation of masters and servants, agreeably to the prin-ciple contained in the foregoing preamble and resolutions. All of which is
A history of Methodism in the United States . rences shallnot be counted for or against the expunging of the rule. Resolved, 6. That the publication of the foregoingpreamble and resolutions in the church papers shall beconsidered a sufficient notification of the action of thisconference in the premises. Resolved, 7. That the bishops are respectfully re-quested to set forth in the pastoral address the platformoccupied by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, onthe relation of masters and servants, agreeably to the prin-ciple contained in the foregoing preamble and resolutions. All of which is respectfully submitted. Thomas O. Summers, Chairman. Nashville, May 18, In the pastoral address the conference presents for thepurpose of justifying this action the following views:After the Southern churches had been organized in onedenomination the Discipline still contained the rule andthe section on slavery. The section was denouncing slavery as an evil, and pledging the 1 Journal of the General Conference of lOHN C. KEENER. A QUESTION OF COURTESY. 353 church to its extirpation, it provided by statute for itsallowance and perpetuation. Four years before the con-ference had abolished the section, but the rule still re-mained. Its removal they believed to be demanded byloyalty as citizens under the Constitution of the country,by consistency, by fidelity to the people whom they servedand the institutions in which they lived; that the removalwould place them upon a Scriptural basis; they could thencarry out the ideas taught by St. Paul; they could circu-late the Discipline without note or comment; they wouldthen have surrendered to Caesar the things which are his,and could hold themselves debtors to the wise and theunwise, the bond and the free, and, unchallenged by thejealous and distrustful, preach Christ alike to the masterand the servant, secure in the confidence and affection ofthe one and the other. ^ The Committee on Episcopacy reported seri
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