For conservatism, orthodoxy, broad theological scholarship, and, particularly, for careful, conscientious, and patient study of all the elements of the Arminian system of theology—the system which gave such complete satisfaction to his head and heart—Dr. Summers was confessedly without a superior in the ranks of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. From the separate organization of the Church until his death, he stood over Hymnbook and Discipline and theological publications, as the guardian