Add to ORKGRev. George W. Walker writes to put Finley on guard about a troublesome situation. Bishop Soule has taken exception to Dr. Elliott\u27s assertion that he left the Methodist Episcopal Church under charges. Soule contacted Elliott to learn who his source was. Elliott provided Finley\u27s name as the authority. It is Elliott\u27s understanding that Finley wrote to Soule threatening to prefer charges against him. Walker hopes that Finley can clarify what actually happened. [Bishop Soule was instrumental in founding the MEC South, presiding at the May 1845 Louisville conference which declared the MECS as a separate denomination. At the first General Conference of the MECS in May of 1846, Soule declares his formal affiliation with the new denom...