p. 576 | Ministers in Politics by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 17, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 36.

Ministers in Politics.

By Editor

IN the North Methodist Episcopal Conference, at Berea, Ohio, a resolution declaring that no Methodist preacher occupying pastoral relations has a right to become a candidate for political office, was defeated by a vote of 57 to 53. Bishop Merrill, of Chicago, declared that no Methodist minister has a right to mingle in politics. A resolution declaring that the Conference was not responsible for the individual or political alliances of any minister or layman was then adopted. It looks as though a large number of the ministers have political aspirations. This is no doubt owing to the State in which they reside.