Download or read book The Missionary Report and Minutes of the Eighth Session of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South written by Methodist Episcopal Church South and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Missionary Report and Minutes of the Eighth Session of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South: Held in Mansfield, La., Wednesday, December 14-22, 1853 Another year of labor has tested the value of the present system of preaching upon plantations. The results ln members converted seem disproportionate to the labors expended. This brings in review the obstacles to successful preaching Which the missionary encounters at every step in his round. First, the preaching-place - vthicli is the sugar house, some vacant quarter, the cooper's shop or half-out-of-doors in the hall of a double log cabin, intact any place not otherwise occupied, Where room can be made in a harry by piling the rubbish all around and leaving a bare spot in the center, for the congregation. Which' would all be ample enough m a time of persecution to a church glad to catch the Gospel as they might; but to the negro, in a time of profound peace, Who has all his notions of religion laid ln some old Virginny meeting-house, With its regular altar and pulpit and gallery, such an extemporising a houise of God out of evexy-day materials seems no doubt a violent unfithess to the gospel - old Wine in new bottles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.