Excerpt from An Original Church of Christ, or a Scriptural Vindication of the Orders and Powers of the Ministry of the Methodist Episcopal ChurchWhile travelling the Niagara circuit, in Upper Canada, in the latter part Of the year 1804, as a colleague with the Rev. Daniel Pickett, a discussion incidentally arose between him and a minister Of the Church Of England, on the validity' Of our ordination. Some letters passed between them in reference to this subject, in one Of which, from the clergyman Of the Establishment, it was asked, If Dr. Coke were satisfied with the validity of his ordination, why did he apply to the house of bishops, in the United States, for a reconsecration? This question disclosed a fact of which we were both ignorant, and Of course could not reply to it. The next spring, while attend ing the conference in the city of new-york, the sub ject was mentioned to Bishop Asbury, who explained to us the whole transaction which passed between Dr. Coke and Bishops White and Seabury, and, at the same time, expressed his regret that Dr. Coke had so precipitately committed himself in this affair. Here the matter ended for that time.This circumstance, however, awakened my mind to the subject, and led me to make inquiries respecting the authorities on which Mr. Wesley and others de pended for a justification Of their proceedings in the organization Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.