Methodists Adopt Episcopal Worship

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 18, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 11.

Methodists Adopt Episcopal Worship

A correspondent sends this note, which he seems to think is something to occasion surprise:—

“The First M. E. Church, of Camden, N. J., one of the largest in the State, has inaugurated a new thing for Methodists in public worship. They have installed a surpliced choir. What next?”

And why not? Is it not an “Episcopal” church? If it carries the name and the organization, why not the form of worship? This is the argument of an aristocratic Methodist Church in San Francisco, which recently decided to adopt the whole Episcopal ritual and form. The above action may be out of harmony with past Methodist custom, but it is logical, and to be expected. It is a pertinent sign of the times.