HISTORY OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH hope grew strong, and shouts of victory pealed forth from every quarter. In the meantime the voice of Kendall continued to fill the auditorium with heavenly melody as he led the song to the close of the last stanza: "Thrice blessed, bliss-inspiring hope! It lifts the fainting spirits up, It brings to life the dead.
Our conflicts here will soon be past, And you and I ascend at last, Triumphant with our Head. "That great mysterious Deity We soon with open face shall see : The beatific sight Shall fill the heavenly courts with praise, And wide diffuse the golden blaze Of everlasting light."
Concluding prayer was then offered by the Bishop, the doxology was sung, the benediction pronounced, and the "Pilgrim" preachers went unmurmuringly to their appointments, feeling that they could joyfully go to the ends of the earth, if need should require, to proclaim the Gospel of a free and full sah'ation. Another measure adopted by the Regency party was that of defeating the admission into Conference of devout young men who offered themselves as candidates, if it was supposed that they would hesitate to place fully under their guidance and control. A number of promising young men, of good educational qualifications and of deep piety, who both professed and preached entire sanctification, were compelled to knock at the doors of other Conferences for admission. Concerning this action. and indicating it to be the settled purpose of the Regency party, the Buffalo Advocate, which was their organ, published the following : Hot-heads and fanatics, from any quarter, will find it hereafter difficult soil on which to produce any of their mischief or scandal. Some attempted to gain admittance to the Conference at its last session, but were repulsed at the threshold, and passed away, dis-
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