To all who in our beloved Zion adhere to our
Confession of Faith and Constitution, we wish to say through this circular humbly, yet
firmly, stand by your principles. Be brave. Be true. Let nothing be done through strife or
unholy ambition but stand for the church whose confession of faith and constitution bears
the seal of the blessed Holy Spirit.
Be not hasty in conclusions as to what course of action
should be pursued. The Constitution and Confession of Faith is the standard around
which United Brethren in all our borders must rally.
The extraordinary and unconstitutional methods of the late
General conference as set forth in this circular must be unitedly and prudently resisted,
not by disintegration, nor by rebellion, but by maintaining the confession of faith and
the constitution as it now is. As representatives of a constituency true to the
time-honored principles of the United Brethren in Christ, we feel that we can do nothing
less than to enter our protest against the revolutionary measures adopted by this
conference and rest our cause, which we believe to be the cause of truth and righteousness
with the church. Praying that it may be saved from disintegration or schism, and that it
may be preserved in the purity and power of the Gospel of Christ.
Halleck Floyd,
Milton Wright,
David Shuck,
H. T. Barnaby,
J. L. Luttrell,
Wm. Dillon,
Commmittee.