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and vote in the Conferences of their white brethren, let them be how much soever qualified for the work of the ministry; nor do we desire to unite with our brother Richard Allen's connexion, being dissatisfied with their general manner of proceedings; (for our brethren, the members of the Wesleyan Church, in Philadelphia, withdrew from them to build their present house of worship named as above,) therefore, our brethren in the city of New-York, after due consideration, have been led to conclude that to form an itinerant plan, and establish a Conference for African Methodist Preachers, under the patronage of the white Methodist Bishops and Conference, would be the means of accomplishing the desired end; believing that such an establishment would tend greatly to the prosperity of the spiritual coneerns of our coloured brethren in general, and would be the means of great encouragement to our Preachers, who are now in regular standing in connexion with the white Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, and also to such as may be hereafter raised up among us, who may be disposed to join the said Conference and enter on the travelling plan. And in order to commence this great work, the two Societies in the city of New-York united and agreed that the title of the connexion shall be "The African Methodist Episcopal Church in America," and have selected a form of Discipline from that of the mother (white) church, which, with a little alteration, we have adopted for the government of the said connexion, and to which we beg to refer you.
After the perusal of our selection and consideration of
