Antique 1930s Hardcover Book Discipline order of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1936 Religious Doctrine Historical Text Rare Find

This is an antique 1930s hardcover religious doctrine entitled, 'Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1936.' Published by The Methodist Book Concern, 1936. Well-used and worn vintage condition given it's age. Still amazing overall and quite readable and displayable. Ready for your book collection. A rare find, indeed. Also included is a membership application for the congregational church. It was found in the book as a bookmark.

KEY FEATURES
Approximate dimensions: 4 inches wide and 6 1/4 inches long.

PROVENANCE AND INFORMATION
This comes from my grandmother's collection. When she and my grandfather moved into the house she lives in, they found various books, papers, and postcards left in the house by the previous owners. The house was built in 1900 but they moved into the house in 1955. and she held on to these items until recently. She has been tidying up the house and has decided that these lost treasures need a new home.

The book is well-worn and pages have yellowed. Was found with a membership application inside as a makeshift bookmark. The inside of the book has the name "O.J. McCulloh" and other order words I'm not able to read. Dated 1936. These are written in pen ink. Perhaps he was a chaplain. On the back page, in pencil, is more writing. All I can make out is "76 General" and a name I can't read. Something was purchased for $12. In 1937, $5 was paid. And then there's something about an annual report p.1015. No idea what this might be about.

O.J. McCulloh is documented here: http://www.thenewsleaf.com/EUC/1999-10-22-Bracket%20History%20of%20EUC-etal.pdf
Appears as a member of The Methodist Episcopal Church and identified as a pastor in the years 1923 through 1928 in a list of pastors in the neighboring communities of Effingham, which is in Kansas. Also includes Monrovia, which is about 3 miles east of Effingham, Muscotah, which is about 5 miles northwest of Effingham, and Lancaster, which is about 8 miles north east of Effingham. His congregation size varied and overall increased by about a hundred people over that time period. Where he may have moved to after 1928 is unknown but he was still a pastor in 1936.

Some history with references cited on Wikipedia:
The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In 1939, the MEC reunited with two breakaway Methodist denominations (the Methodist Protestant Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South) to form the Methodist Church. In 1968, the Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church to form the United Methodist Church.

The MEC's origins lie in the First Great Awakening when Methodism emerged as an evangelical revival movement within the Church of England that stressed the necessity of being born again and the possibility of attaining Christian perfection. By the 1760s, Methodism had spread to the Thirteen Colonies, and Methodist societies were formed under the oversight of John Wesley. As in England, American Methodists remained affiliated with the Church of England, but this state of affairs became untenable after the American Revolution. In response, Wesley ordained the first Methodist elders for America in 1784. Under the leadership of its first bishops, Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury, the Methodist Episcopal Church adopted episcopal polity and an itinerant model of ministry that saw circuit riders provide for the religious needs of a widespread and mobile population.

Early Methodism was countercultural in that it was anti-elitist and anti-slavery, appealing especially to African Americans and women. While critics derided Methodists as fanatics, the Methodist Episcopal Church continued to grow, especially during the Second Great Awakening in which Methodist revivalism and camp meetings left its imprint on American culture. In the early 19th century, the MEC became the largest and most influential religious denomination in the United States. With growth came greater institutionalization and respectability, and this led some within the church to complain that Methodism was losing its vitality and commitment to Wesleyan teachings, such as the belief in Christian perfection and opposition to slavery.

As Methodism took hold in the Southern United States, church leaders became less willing to condemn the practice of slavery or to grant African American preachers and congregations the same privileges as their white counterparts. A number of black churches were formed as African Americans withdrew from the MEC, including the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. By the 1830s, however, a renewed abolitionist movement within the MEC made keeping a neutral position on slavery impossible. Ultimately, the church divided along regional lines in 1844 when pro-slavery Methodists in the South formed their own Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Around the same time, the holiness movement took shape as a renewal movement within the MEC focused on the experience of Christian perfection, but it eventually led a number of splinter groups to break away from the church. Due to large-scale immigration of Catholics, the Catholic Church displaced the MEC as the largest US denomination by the end of the 19th century.

An amazing piece of religious church history. Purchase for yourself or give as a gift.

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