Hi. I found this very interesting. In what way is Methodist Episcopal different from Methodist or Episcopal? Obviously, a combination of both??????????????????? Thanks, Beth Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <Maryd0318@aol.com> To: <DuBose-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 9:42 PM Subject: Bishop Edwin DuBose Mouzon > Edwin DuBose Mouzon was born May 19, 1869 in Spartansburg, S.C. and died > February 10, 1937 in Charlotte, N. C. > > He graduated A.B. at Wofford College, Spartansburg, S.C. in 1889. In that > yearm he joined the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal > Church, S.C. and was soon transfered to Texas, serving pastorates at Bryan > (1889-1890) Caldwell (1890)), Galveston (1891-1893), Flatonioa (1895), > Abilene 1896-97) and Fort Worth (1898-1901)). During 1901-1904, he was > pastor of the Central Methodist Church of Kansas City, Mo. and then returned > to Texas, ahving charge of the Travis Park Church at San Antonio during > 1904-08. For two years thereafter, he was professor of theologyh at > Southwestern College, Georgetown, Texas. In 1910, he was elected bishop of > the M.E. Church, South Carolina. Besides meeting the routine demands on the > time of a Methodist bishop, Edwin was a leader in various activities to > promote the betterment and extend the influence of his denomination. At > Rock Hill on October 27, 1926, Edwin took the Chair of the upper S.C. > Conference. He was one of the dounders of Southern Methodist University; > assisted in establishing Searritt College for Christian workers, in > Nashville, Tenn; was the bishop chosen to inaugurate the autonomous Methodist > Church of Brazil in 1930, and was chairman of the board of Christian > education of the Methodist Church, S.C. from 1930-1937. From his early > ministry on , he was vitally interested in the unification of the various > branches of American Methodism, being one of the chief exponents of > unification in S.C. He was co-chairman of the commission on unification from > 1930-1937 and played a large part in preparing the plan which was adopted in > 1938 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Methodist Protestant Church. He > was also very interested in the missionary work of the church and made > official visits to the missions in Mexico in 1911 and South America in 1915. > He was a delegate to the Methodist Ecumenical Conferences in Toronto (1911), > London (1921) and Atlanta (1931). > > A strong prohibitionist, Edwin was opposed to the repeal of the 18th > amendment. He was widely known and admired as a preacheer and ranked among > the half dozen leading pulpit orators in the United States. he was recognized > as the leader of the liberal theological group and was held in high esteem > by the younger Methodist preachers and laymen. he delivered the Cole > lectures at Vanderbilt University in 1925, the Fondern lectures at Southern > Methodist University in 1925 and the Lyhman Beecher lectures on preaching at > Yale University (the first southern minister to hold this important > lectureship) in 1929. Thses were published in book form as The Program of > Jesus and The Missionary Evangel (1925) and Preaching with Authority (1929). > His other published books were: Does God Care? (1919) and The Fundamentals of > Methodist (1913). In addition,He contributed to church periodicals. > Frankness, forthrightness and deep sincerity were among his salient personal > characteristics. With these qualities were combined with a sympathy, > kindness and understanding that endeared him to all that knew him. A unique > evidence of the esteem in which he was held by people of all denominations > was the actions of the Hebrew United Brotherhood of Charlotte, N.C. in > rememberance of him after his death in sending a substantial gift of money to > the Children's Home at Winston-Salem, N.C. in rememberance of him. The degree > of D.D. was conferred upon him by Southwestern University in 1905 and he > received the honary degree off LLD from Southwestern (1911), Duke (1930), > and Southern Methodist (1935) universities, He was 32nd degree Mason. > Politically he was a Democrat. Edwin was a Bishop for 27 years. > The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1967. > > >