Harris, W. L. [editor]. The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1872. With an Appendix. New York & Cincinnati: Nelson & Phillips | Hitchcock & Walden, (1872). [12410]
Black cloth over thin card, gilt title to front, edges are worn, corners rounded, front cover loosening but not yet detached, 5 x 3 1/8 inches. 424 generally clean pp. with some light foxing & stains. Fair. Softcover.
There are 602 different topics in the main part of the book with 45 additional items in the Appendix. These are followed by courses of study for ministers and an extensive index.
Complete and detailed instructions for every aspect of the Methodist Episcopal Church during the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War.
The editor was Bishop William Logan Harris (1817-1887), b. near Mansfield, Ohio; d. New York City. He considered his conversion as having taken place at a camp meeting in Ohio in 1834, after which he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. After serving as an itinerant, pastor, and author, he was elected Bishop in 1872.
