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Thomas Benjamin Neely was born on June 12, 1841 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of Thomas and Frances (Armstrong) Neely.
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South America: A Mission Field (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from South America: A Mission Field This little book treats of a subject of immediate and great importance - namely, South America, and, particularly, South America as a field for Christian Missions. The restricted limits placed upon us have compelled great condensation and have prevented the mention of various missionary workers whose services should not be for gotten, and have also necessitated the omis sion of various details we desired and hoped to embody in this production. 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.
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Present Perils of Methodism (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Present Perils of Methodism A Church like any other organization may have its periods of peril. The Church has pecu liar perils in the present time, and it is the part of Wisdom and affection to recognize them promptly and rush to its defense. One Who has loved the Church and labored for it through long years must do so until the peril is past. This book is to point out the dangers and to rally some to meet them before it is too late. 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.
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Neely's Parliamentary Practice
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A History of the Origin and Development of the Governing Conference in Methodism: And Especially of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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Doctrinal Standards of Methodism: Including the Methodist Episcopal Churches (Classic Reprint)
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The Methodist Episcopal Church and Its Foreign Missions (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Methodist Episcopal Church and Its Foreign Missions In course of time, having the missionary spirit, the work of this church was extended to foreign countries, SO that, at this time, the missions of The Methodist Episcopal Church are found in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in North, Central, and South America, and also in islands of the seas. 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.
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Thomas Benjamin Neely
Edit ProfileEducation
He studied at Dickinson Seminary and at Dickinson College, receiving from the latter institution the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1875.
Career
He was admitted to the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1865, and rose rapidly to a position of leadership in that body. He held thirteen pastorates, chiefly in Philadelphia and vicinity, and from 1889 to 1894 was presiding elder.
Years of indefatigable study of the history, laws, and constitution of the denomination, and of the broad principles which underlie all law, were the foundations of his power. Intense application to the study of special questions equipped him with a reserve fund of information which few of his opponents could match. His mind worked with order and precision in the presentation of his argument.
As early as 1888 he began to receive votes for the episcopacy. In 1900, when he failed of election, he was chosen secretary of the Sunday School Union and the Tract Society. In this capacity he traveled widely among the churches, and showed himself to be an intelligent, industrious, and vigorous executive. Numerous improvements were introduced into the educational material of which he was editor.
In 1904 he was elected bishop and assigned to Buenos Aires, Argentina. He had been the champion of the party which resisted the High Church theory that the Methodist episcopacy was a distinct order in the ministry. He held that it was but an office to which an ordained elder was commissioned for a special service. His own period of service was a troubled one. He was no longer young, and his field, the South American continent, subjected him to hardships of travel, altitude, and climate. His assertion of authority was not always acceptable among a people unaccustomed to the close supervision of one who conscientiously tried to be "every inch a bishop. " In 1908 he was transferred to New Orleans, Louisiana, a residence which did not please him and the climate of which perhaps hastened the death of his wife in 1912. His uncompromising assertion of episcopal prerogative in the use of the appointing power in certain annual conferences in the North, where he held temporary assignments, added to the growing feeling of dissatisfaction with him as bishop. At the General Conference of 1912 he was retired by a vote of 496 to 297, no reasons being formally stated. He believed himself to be the victim of injustice, and protested bitterly, though he acquiesced in the decision.
Returning to Philadelphia, he devoted himself to studies which resulted in several learned treatises on Methodist polity and doctrine. He fired his heaviest guns against the League of Nations.
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Doctrinal Standards of Methodism: Including the Methodist Episcopal Churches (Classic Reprint)
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The Methodist Episcopal Church and Its Foreign Missions (Classic Reprint)
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South America: A Mission Field (Classic Reprint)
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Neely's Parliamentary Practice
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A History of the Origin and Development of the Governing Conference in Methodism: And Especially of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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South America: Its Missionary Problems
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Present Perils of Methodism (Classic Reprint)
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Doctrinal Standards of Methodism: Including the Methodist Episcopal Churches (Classic Reprint)
Religion
He spoke and wrote against Methodist unification, against the idea of granting a degree of autonomy to the churches in mission lands, against uniting with other denominations in the joint support of missionary institutions, and against the ambitious, and, as he believed, disastrous, plans of missionary expansion known as the Centenary Movement (1919) and the Interchurch World Movement.
Views
Quotations: "Radical changes should be approached with great caution. "
Personality
Neely's self-control seldom relaxed in the heat of forensic strife, and he was ever ready to thrust the thin blade of fact and logic between the joints of his adversary's armor.
He lacked traits which make for the widest popularity, but his place is assured among American churchmen, as a productive legislator, an acute parliamentarian, an erudite historian, and a worthy expounder and defender of Methodist doctrine and polity.
Connections
In March 1882 he married Elizabeth Cheney Hickman of Philadelphia.
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