A very scarce volume with no examples extant at the time of cataloging. Extensive section on slavery as it relates to Methodism, published just after the breach between the M.E. Church and the M.E. Church, South in Louisville. 

Also, extensive sections on the Methodist church's interaction with social evils, polity, doctrinal controversies, etc., 

One of the most thorough statements on the issue of slavery from the Methodist [North] perspective. Additionally, owned by Rev. J. W. Cooper of Alabama. He was pastor at the African Methodist Episcopal Church [of Zion] at Montgomery, Alabama just after the Civil War. The listing photo of Cooper not included with sale. 

Henkle, Moses M. Primary Platform of Methodism; or, Exposition of the General Rules. Louisville, KY. Published by the Author and Company. 1853. 404pp.

A good + copy, bound in cloth, generally solid, with generally bright pages and light to moderate foxing.