Excerpt from The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South The Holy Scriptures contain all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved there by, is not to be required of any man, that it should be' believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salva tion. In the name of the Holy Scripture, we do understand those canonical books of the Old and New Testament, of whose au thority was never any doubt in the Church. 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.