Clay v. Crawford

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming-.

We are presented with, a division in a Methodist Church, the first to reach this court in more than 70 years. And, strange to say, the decision that is all but decisive of the present case is that in which this very congregation was involved 90 years ago. But the cause of the division is one that has vexed the Christian churches for nearly 1900 years. We are told that the members of the new church at Corinth disagreed as to which preacher they should follow. They variously said: “I am of Paul; and I am of Appollos; and I am of Cephas.”…