JULY 19
Do not rashly tear asunder the sacred ties which unite you to any Christian Society. … Take care how you rend the Body of Christ, by separating from your brethren. It is a thing evil in itself. It is a sore evil in its consequences.
Beware of countenancing or abetting and Parties in a Christian Society. Never encourage, much less cause, either by word or action, any division therein. … Leave off contention before it is meddled with; shun the very beginning of strife.
Happy is he that attains the character of a peacemaker in the Church of God.
Schism
Never deny, never conceal, never speak doubtfully of what God hath wrought.
Letter, 12th November, 1776
