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 |  Subject: Education of young people  Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:40 pm | |
| The Methodist church has always been strongly oriented towards the religious lives of the young. In 1848, the General Conference stated, “when the Church has collected…a great population born within [her] bosom, she cannot fulfill her high mission unless she takes measure to prevent this population from being withdrawn from under her care in the period of its youth.”[24] The first two American bishops of the Methodist Church, Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury, opened a preparatory school in Abingdon, Maryland in 1787.[24] The school was a strict environment, with seven hours a day devoted to study. The venture ended when a fire destroyed the building in which the school was housed. marijuana dispensaryhome extensions | |
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