METHODIST HISTORY. January Volume XLIX Number 2

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1 METHODIST HISTORY January 2011 Volume XLIX Number 2

2 EDITORIAL BOARD Morris Davis Drew University Paula Gilbert Duke University A. V. Huff Furman University Cornish Rogers Claremont School of Theology Ian Straker Howard University Douglas Strong Seattle Pacific University Anne Streaty Wimberly Interdenominational Theological Center Stephen Yale Pacific School of Religion Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. Lancaster Theological Seminary Assistant Editors Michelle Merkel-Brunskill Christopher Rodkey Nancy E. Topolewski Book Review Editor Christopher J. Anderson Cover: Photograph originally featured on the October, 1896, front cover of the holiness journal, Christian Standard. Pope-Levinson s article features the contributions of Amanda Berry Smith (back row, center) (68). METHODIST HISTORY (ISSN ) is published quarterly for $25.00 per year to addresses in the U.S. by the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ Printed in the U.S.A. Back issues are available. Second-class postage paid at Madison, NJ. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to METH- ODIST HISTORY, P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ or mmerkel@gcah.org.

3 METHODIST HISTORY Robert J. Williams, Editor Volume XLIX January 2011 Number 2 CONTENTS Contributors Editor s Note Methodist Interracial Cooperation in the Progressive Era: Amanda Berry Smith and Emma Ray by Priscilla Pope-Levison A Brief History of the Judicial Council of The United Methodist Church by Sally Curtis AsKew Easter in Jackson, Mississippi, 1964 by Carter Dalton Lyon Book Reviews Books Briefly Noted Minutes of the 2010 Annual Meeting Historical Society of The United Methodist Church Statement of Ownership Copyright 2011, General Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church Methodist History is included in Religious Index One: Periodicals, Religious and Theological Abstracts, Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life ATLA Religion Database Manuscripts submitted for publication and all other correspondence should be addressed to Editor: METHODIST HISTORY, P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ Prospective authors are advised to write for guidleines or visit

4 CONTRIBUTORS PRISCILLA POPE-LEVISON is Professor of Theology and Assistant Director of Women s Studies at Seattle Pacific University. Her most recent book is Turn the Pulpit Loose: Two Centuries of American Women Evangelists (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004). She has earned a B.Mus. from DePauw University, an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews. SALLY CURTIS ASKEW is a fifth generation Georgia Methodist. She is a graduate of LaGrange College, the University of Georgia School of Law, and Clark Atlanta University. She has been employed as a teacher in public schools, a member of the staff of Hinton Rural Life Center, and a law librarian. She served as a member of the Board of Global Ministries and the Women s Division for eight years and as a member of the Judicial Council for sixteen years. CARTER DALTON LYON earned a Ph.D. in history at the University of Mississippi and is Adjunct Instructor in history at the University of Mississippi. His dissertation was entitled Lifting the Color Bar from the House of God: The Church Visit Campaign to Challenge Segregated Sanctuaries in Jackson, Mississippi. He has published in The Mississippi Encyclopedia (forthcoming) and The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 3: History (2006). 66

5 Methodist History, 49:2 (January 2011) EDITOR S NOTE I have become quite interested in the following quotation being so frequently attributed to John Wesley, Do all the good you can; by all the means you can; in all the ways you can; in all the places you can; at all the times you can; to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. Similar sentiments are found in his sermon On the Use of Money and the phrase Do all the good you can does appear in several letters in But Dr. Frank Baker concluded in a contribution to Methodist History, 33:1 (October 1994, 58-59), We can offer no solid proof that he actually wrote more than the opening clause of this attractive jingle as a specific rule of conduct. I have been keen to discover when these lines first began to circulate and when were they first attributed to Wesley. Baker noted that the lines appeared in a footnote of a 1915 collection, Letters of John Wesley. In a collection that is now housed at the Archives Center, we have several postcards with either a six line or full seven line version that were printed in Boston in In an 1882 biography of Bishop Edmund Janes by Henry B. Ridgaway, the bishop claims a similar saying as his motto but the first person singular pronoun is used instead of the third person, you. He wrote this in a letter to his daughter in I currently have a lead that four of the lines appear in The Sunday School Repository in I would welcome any further information from any of the readers of this journal. I can be reached at rwilliams@gcah.org. I find this important because while we speak so frequently of our Wesleyan DNA and claim our Wesleyan heritage, the disciplined reading of John s writings and the singing of Charles hymns seems to be on the decline. Furthermore, this most often used Wesley quote is not even found in his writings, though it is very much in his spirit. I trust that the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church will continue its ministry to keep our memory accurate as we strive to do all the good we can. A reminder that the next World Methodist Conference will be in Durban, South Africa, August 4-9, 2011, with the World Methodist Historical Society planning a program for Thursday afternoon, August 4. There will be a bus tour of places of historical importance in the Durban area and will include lunch and dinner. If you will be at the conference, you can reserve a place for the tour by writing me at rwilliams@gcah.org. Robert J. Williams 67