A Journal of Radicalism 1842
flag, proves to the world that her officers and
crew are brave fellows, wishing to appear
in their true characters, and so far,
whatever their traffic may be, are worthy
of respect for mee to tell your numerous
readers that the usage of the Methodist prote:
:stant church is directly the opposite of the
laws of the Methodist Episcopal church is to
tell them what they already know. that
we have a lay representation in both gen:
:eral and annual conferance; that all our
church officers are elected by the church
or her representatives; that all her memb:
:ers are received by the vote of the church.
that all her property belongs to the membesh:
:ip, that she always sails under her own
proper flag, and that she never, for conve:
niencesy or other wise, hoists the Episcopal
flag, which fact we pledge ourselves to
maintain, and beg leave to enrowl our name
withe the names of the advocates of religious
liberty Paul . Fry and he lyes to be sure
For the western Recorder
the little book again, friend Springer
in my last I called on Br. shinn for proof
that creeds or disciplines in the general, had
prevented divisions among those adopting
them, and in this I ask him to shew that
the little book, recommended by him, has
been more successful than its predecessors
if he is not already apprised of it, permit
me to inform him, that in the limits of
my acquaintance, some preachers, and
several memebers, who once adopted '
the little book, have either went back into
the old line, or strayed off into other denom:
:inations. so that ' the little book itself; has
proved a failure but onother argument has
been used in favor of creeds and disciplines,
which I must notice, namely, ' it is more honist
and fair, to have our belief written out and
published, so that the world may know exactly
what we do hold to, and believe, than to have
