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TITLE PAGE |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
INTRODUCTION |
PREFACE |
CHAPTER |
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I
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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS |
II
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SPIRITUAL DECLINE OF AMERICAN METHODISM—THE
ZINZENDORFIAN HERESY |
III
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SPIRITUAL DECLINE OF AMERICAN
METHODISM—TOLERATION OF SLAVERY |
IV
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SPIRITUAL DECLINE OF AMERICAN METHODISM—SECRET
SOCIETIES |
V
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A CRISIS APPROACHING IN GENESES CONFERENCES |
VI
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HISTORICAL
MISREPRESENTATIONS—THREE AUTHORS REVIEWED |
VII
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HISTORICAL
MISREPRESENTATIONS—GENERAL SUPERINDENT ROBERTS VERSUS BISHOP SIMPSON |
VIII
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HISTORICAL MISREPRESENTATIONS
CONTINUED—ALLEGED “NAZARITE UNION” DENIED |
IX
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HISTORICAL MISREPRESENTATIONS—“NAZARITE
DOCUMENTS” AND GENESEE CONFERENCE ACTION |
X
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MINISTERIAL CONCLAVE IN GENESEE CONFERENCE |
XI
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DOINGS OF THE MINISTERIAL CONCLAVE |
XII
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FURTHER DOINGS OF THE MINISTERIAL CONCLAVE |
XIII
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RELIGION OF THE DOMINANT PARTY— ”NEW SCHOOL
METHODISM” |
XIV
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RELIGION OF THE DOMINANT
PARTY—TESTIMONY OF ITS OWN REPRESENTATIVES |
XV
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RELIGION OF THE SO-CALLED NAZARITES |
XVI
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RELIGION OF THE SO-CALLED NAZARITES—CONTINUED |
XVII
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ECCLESIASTICAL PROSCRIPTION BEGUN—CASES OF
JOSEPH M'CREERY AND LOREN STILES, JR. |
XVIII
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ECCLESIASTICAL PROSCRIPTION
CONTINUED—PROCEEDINGS AGAINST B. T. ROBERTS |
XIX
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THE CONFLICT DEEPENING—MR. ROBERTS AGAIN ON
TRIAL |
XX
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CRISIS OF THE CONFLICT—ROBERTS AND M’CREERY
EXPELLED |
XXI
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FURTHER PERSECUTIONS—”A REIGN OF TERROR” |
XXII
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LAYMEN’S CONVENTION—A DIGNIFIED PROTEST |
XXIII
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WAR AGAINST THE LAYMEN |
XXIV
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MORE PREACHERS ECCLESIASTICALLY BEHEADED |
XXV
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MORE PREACHERS ECCLESIASTICALLY
BEHEADED—CONTINUED |
XXVI
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THE SECOND LAYMEN’S CONVENTION |
XXVII
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THE CRUSHING-OUT PROCESS CONTINUED |
XXVIII
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EARLY DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS |
XXIX
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THE THIRD LAYMEN’S CONVENTION |
XXX
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THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND THE APPEALS FROM
GENESES |
XXXI
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THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND THE APPEALS FROM
GENESEE—CONTINUED |
XXXII
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THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH ORGANIZED |
XXXIII
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FORMATION OF THE GENESEE CONFERENCE |
XXXIV
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FORMATION OF THE ILLINOIS CONFERENCE |
XXXV
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THE SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE ORGANIZED |
XXXVI
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THE SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE—PROMINENT ACCESSIONS |
XXXVII
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FORMATION OF THE NEW YORK
CONFERENCE |
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