Excerpt from Manual of Southern Methodism, Including Church History, Doctrine, Polity, and Missions This book is part of the Advanced Circle Course for the training of Sunday school workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It is based largely upon the earlier book of the Circle Course entitled Doctrines and Polity of the M. E. Church, South, as written by Drs. Tillett and Atkins for the teacher-training Department when organ ized in 1901. In accordance with the interna tional teacher-training standards adopted by our own and other denominations in 1908, the book is now enlarged and revised. In ad dition to most of the matter contributed by Drs. Tillett and Atkins, sections upon Church History and Missions have been introduced, and the book in its present form consists of four instead of two sections, as follows Church History, by Dr. H. M. Hamill; Our Methodist Doctrines, by Dr. W. F. Tillett; Our Methodist Polity, by Dr. (now Bishop) James Atkins; Church Missions, by Dr. E. F. Cook. As a condensed handbook the little book, in addition to its use in teacher-training, de serves a place in the home of every Southern Methodist preacher and layman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.