BIBLIOGRAPHY. IV. DENOMINATIONAL RELATIONS. 313 Drury, A. W., in Life of Rev. Philip William Otterbein. (See below.) V. HISTORIES. I. General. Hanby, W., History of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, from 1825 to 1850. Circleville, O., United Brethren Publishing House, 1851. Lawrence, J., History of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. First edition, two vols., 1860-61. Last edition, two vols. in one, 1888. Mittendorf, W., Kirchengeschichte der Vereinigten Brueder in Christo. (A translation of Lawrence's History.) 1871. Spayth, H. G., History of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Circleville, O., United Brethren Publishing House, 1851. 2. Local. Flickinger, D. K., and McKee, W., Ethiopia Coming to God; or, Missionary Life in Western Africa. Including a History of Sherbro and Other Missions of the United Brethren in Christ. Illustrated. 1885. VI. BIOGRAPHies. Davis, L., Life of Bishop David Edwards, D.D. 1883. Weaver, J., Philip William Otterbein. In Lives of the Leaders of Our A brief biography of Philip William Otterbein may be found in nearly every Cyclopedia, general, biographical, and religious, published in America. VII. DOCTRINAL, SYMBOLICAL, CONTROVERSIAL, AND PRACTICAL. Drury, A. W., The Revised Confession of Faith of the United Brethren in Christ. 1890. Edwards, D., Youth's Scripture Compend. 1871. Etter, J. W., The Preacher and His Sermon. A Treatise on Homiletics. 1883.-The Doctrine of Christian Baptism. 1888. Hoke, J., Holiness; or, The Higher Christian Life. Revised edition. 1872. Hott, J. W., on Future Punishment. In That Unknown Country. 1888. (Editor), The Coming 1887. Discourses on Doctrinal and Springfield, Mass., C. A. Nichols & Co., 1889. Lorenz, E. S., Getting Ready for a Revival. Revival. By Twelve Different Writers. Shuey, W. J., and Flickinger, D. K., Practical Subjects. 1859. Weaver, J. (Editor), Christian Doctrine. By Thirty-seven Different Writers. 1889.-(Author), Practical Comment on the Confession of Faith of the United Brethren in Christ. 1892.-Discourses on the Resurrection. 1871.-Divine Providence. 1873.--The Doctrine of Universal Restoration Carefully Examined. 1878. PREFACE. THE necessary limitations of the space allotted to the sketch which follows have required that it should be presented in the most condensed form. Out of a large amount of material, choice had to be made as to what should be used or what should be passed over. It was the writer's judgment that the general Christian public would be more interested in the earlier than in the more recent or later history of the church, and he has accordingly given the larger amount of space to features pertaining to its origin and early development. This is followed by a view of its doctrinal position and its general polity and organized forms of work. A closing chapter follows, which presents in very brief outline a statement of the conflict which for years troubled the church, and the crisis to which it recently led. The writer takes pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness to Dr. A. W. Drury's "Life of Otterbein," Spayth's "History of the United Brethren Church," Lawrence's "History of the United Brethren Church," "The Life and Journal of Bishop Christian Newcomer," and other sources named in the bibliography which appears herewith. Statistics showing the numerical strength of the church are incidentally referred to in chapters v. and vi. For a fuller view of statistics the reader is referred to volume i. of this series, as given by Dr. H. K. Carroll, on the basis of the United States census of 1890. DAYTON, OHIO, March, 1894. D. Berger. THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY PERIOD, 1752-1774. 1. Preliminary. THE Church of the United Brethren in Christ took its rise in the revival movement which prevailed in America, with marked power, during the latter part of the eighteenth and opening years of the nineteenth century. In the colonies, previous to the war of the Revolution, a low state of spirituality had for a long time existed, and this condition continued after independence had been achieved and the new States had entered upon their separate national career. The churches in the colonies, as is usually the case in new countries, had been dependent on the churches in the Old World for ministerial supplies, and many of the recruits were no more spiritual than were the churches to whom they came to minister. In the midst of the prevailing spiritual dearth there was great need of new forces and the awakening of new life. The early missionaries of the Methodist movement, whose work proved so effective in America, had not yet come, being preceded by a number of years by the arrival of the young and devoted mission |