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and

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have always been an important source of

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for

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churches and their members and constituents. In the US, there have been a variety of instruments published over the years, some by General Conferences, others by annual conferences, others by individuals. These are some of the early papers published by various Methodist denominations. * The

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was the first paper published weekly under the authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was commenced in

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, 9 September 1826. It continued publication for many years as the first official and leading paper of the ME denomination. * Zion's Herald, published in

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, actually preceded ''The Christian Advocate,'' but was not officially owned by the General Conference. It was later merged with ''The Missionary Journal.'' Later, Methodists in

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re-established ''Zion's Herald'' as a separate publicatio

* The Missionary Journal, published in Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston, was another publication which preceded ''The Christian Advocate.'' Neither, however, was owned by the General Conference. * The Christian Advocate and Journal and Zion's Herald was a merger of ''The Christian Advocate'' with the earlier ''Zion's Herald'' and ''The Missionary Journal.'' * The Western Christian Advocate was another early publication of the ME General Conference. It was published in

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especially to serve the needs of the Methodist Church as it spread westward with the frontier. *

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was the title of an early official periodical of the

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, begun in 1863. It was published in

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. *

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was the monthly magazine founded in 1841 by Cincinnati Methodists. *The

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was a weekly newspaper, founded in 1836, that served as the official organ and preeminent weekly of the

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.Frank Luther Mott, '' History of American Magazines, 1865-1885'', vol. 3, p.71 (

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References

* Cyclopaedia of Methodism, Matthew Simpson, Ed., (''Revised Edition.'')

, Louis H. Everts, 188

History of Methodism in the United States, Newspapers Christian newspapers

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