EV. THOMAS HARDY took an active part in opposition to Methodist despotism. He had become an itinerant among the Methodists in 1788, but located in 1790. After O'Kelly's withdrawal, he united with the Church under the name of "Republican Methodists," and although in 1794 the Church decided to be known by the name "Christian Church," he was so strongly attached to the name Methodist that he labored on under the name "Republican Methodist." Chaney chapel, a Republican Methodist church, was visited by Rev. Joseph Thomas as late as 1809, or later.

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