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Punshon, LL.D " 2 00 Ocean to Ocean; account of an Expediti n through Canada 2 00 Our Work in Palestine 1 25 Questions of the Day. By Rev, John Hall, D.D 1 25 Systematic Theology. By Rev. Charles Hodge, D.D. 3 vols 12 75 The Bible Text Cyclopedia. By Rev. J. Inglis 1 50 The Missionary World ; an Encyclopaedia of Christian Missions in all ages and countries, and of all Denominations 1 75 The i'ractical Philosopher ; a Daily Monitor for Business Men. By Rev. David Thomas, D.D 3 50 The New Cyclopeedia of Illustrative Anecdote . . 2 25, The New Life Dawning, and other Discourses of Rev. B. H. Nadal, D.D 1 60 The Present World. By Rev. W. Arnott 1 00 The Thorough Business Man. Memoirs of Walter Powell. By Benjamin Gregory . . 1 25 Universalism not of the Bible. By Rev. N. D. George 1 60 Catalogues sent free on application. Address REV. S. ROSE. MINUTES OF fHB FIFTIETH AiNN UAL CONFERENCE OF Till HELD m NORTH STREET CHURCH, IN THE CITY OF LONDON, Seam on WEDNESnAT, J^une 4th, and concluded on WEBNESJDAT, June 18th, 1873. -• ♦» ^i TORONTO: "WESXiEY^N BOOK KOOM, KUm STREET EAST. 1878. OFFICERS OF THE 'CONFERENCE. 1873-74. President: THE EEV. SAMUEL D. EICE, B.D. Co- Delegate .• THE REV. EPHEAIM B. HARPER, M.A. Secretary : THE REV. EDWARD B. RYCKMAN, M.A. Book STewAobs THE REV. SAMUEL ROSE. Editor t THE REV. EDWARD HARTLEY DEWART. Missionary Secretaries. THE REV. EIsroCH WOOD, D.D. THE REV. LACHLIN TAYLOit, D.D, m^ .l-'?r't,""?4 5 *'%«-»s -•:•., •'■J V If '! ? :-/ M; k ■r'i ♦ MINUTES OF CONFERENCE TAKBX IS TUB WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, NORTH STREET, LONDON, ONTARIO. OrgAnixatlon of the Conference, 4th June, 1873, The Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Wesloyan Methodist Church in Canada, began in the North Street Church, in the City of London, at Nine o'CIock A.M., on Wednesday, the 4th of June, 1873. The Rev. John Borland, Co-Delegate, in the Chair. The Co-Delegate gave out the 478th Hymn ; the Sec- retary read the 10th Chapter 2nd Corinthians ; and the Rev. Dr. Wood, and the Rev. John A. Williams, led in prayer. The District Secretaries then reported the names of the Ministers appointed to attend Copference. The roll was called, and Two Hundred and Twenty-five answered to their name?. The Secretary read an extract from the address of the British Conference, confirming the nomination of the Rev^ Samuel Dwight Rice, D.D., as President, and the Re'^ Ephraim B. Harper, M.A., as Co-Delegate of the Conference, The President delivered an appropriate address. 6 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [i873. The Co-Delegate also biiefly addrossed the Confer- ence. The Rev. Edward B. Ryckman, M. A., was elected Secre- tary of the Conference. On the nomination of the Secretary, the Revs. J. B. Clarkson, M.A., and W. W. Ross, were appointed As- sistant Secretaries; and the Rev. Georqe H. Cornish, Journal Secretary. The Revs. Ephraim Evans, D.D., and Charles Lavell, M,A., were appointed OlKcial Letter-Writers during the present Session of Conference. The Revs. Benjamin Clement, Thomas W. Jeffery, John Philp, M.A., and Edward Morrow, M.A., wero appointed p> Committee ou Stt^tistipst ^ / I'yiij'^r'l .a»T :i':!/ RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS OF CONFERENCE. Resolved, — That this Conference records i(8 gi'ateful acknowledgments, and presents its cordial thanks, to the Rev. William Morley PuNSHON, LL.D., for the important and most valuable services which he has rendered to our Church and country during the tivo years that, by ott annual reipiest, he has been our President. With our own, we embody the deep and universal feeling of the Members of our Church and congregations, when we express our humble thanks to Almighty God for the varied gifts with which Dr. Punshon has been so richly endowed ; and our high apprecia- tion of the truly Scriptural character and eloquence of his sermons and addresses ; the faithfulness and great ability with which he has discharged his numerous administrative duties ; the judiciousness and value of his practical counsels, his gen- erous contributions, powerful and successful appeals on behalf of the institutions and financial interests of our Church, as well as the Christian courtesy and kindness of his social intercourse. We have sympathized with him in the sorrows through which he has been called to pass ; and on his required return to the Parent Connexion and to his native land, our best wishes and our earnest prayers accompany him for the happiness of his failure life, and the success of his future labors. 1873." WESLEYAN METII0DI3T CONFSllENC'R. Jicsolvcd, — That tho tluvnk.s of tlii." (!onfcrcnco bo yircacntcd to tho Kev. John Borland for tho iinpoitaut «erviccs lio has rendered to the Connexion ns (.•o-Deh'gato during the j)a.st year, and espe- cially for tho kindness, inij^mrtiality, and ability with which ho lias disclsarged tho responsible duties devolving iH)on him in the absence of tho President during the latter part of the year, licsohr.d, — That the cordial thanks of the Conference bo \)resented to the Rev. William Scoit for the ability, fidelity, promptness, and Cliristian courtesy with Avhich he discharged his duties as Secre- tary of this Conference and its Committees during the past year. Resolved, — That the cordial thanks of the Conference be, and aro hereby presented to tho Kevs. E. H. Kvckman, M.A., and J. B. Claukson, Id. a., for the valuable service rendered by them at the last Conference as the Assistant Secretaries. Resolved, — That the thanks of the Conference be, and arc hereby presented to the Uev. UKOiuiK H, CouNisii, for his veiy edie'eut servic's as the Journal Secretary ; and to tho Kovs. B. Clement, l*ioMAs W. Jkffkuy, William FIall, M.A., and Geouck M. Mkalmiam, M.A., for the excellcht service rendered by them as the Conimittc'c on Statistics. BOUTINE PROCEEPINGS. QUESTION I. — "Who are appointed on ths various Committees ? Committees were appoiated as follows, for the Conferenco of 1873: Jubilee Committee. — Tho Kevs. Dr. Rice, Dr. Green, Dr. Douglas, Dr. Evans, William Scott, Alexander Sutherland, John A. Williams, llichard Jones, James Hannon, Samuel Rose, George R. Sanderson, Asahel Hurlburt, James Gray, and James Elliott. Contingent Fund Committee. — The Revs. John Mills, Thomas Brock, James Graham, John Potts, Jonathan E. Betts. James Gray, James C. Slater, W. H. Poole, Leroy Hooker, J. U. Laird, Alexander Langford, Robert H. Smith, Thomas S. Keough, J. H. Starr, D. V. Lucas ; and Messrs R. J. C. Dawson, W. Warner, W. Coyne, F. G. Lewis, J. W. Poole, James ScarfT, A. Smith, R. H. Waddell, James Gardiner, G. Jones, John Fuller, Jared Kilborn, S. Morton, J. W. Detlor, J. W. Hardie. Church Relief Fund Committee.— The Revs. W. McFadden, A. R. Campbell, W. Savage, D. E. BrowacU, W. Lund, D. Hunt, s MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. J. Whiting, J. B. Claikson, M.A., L. 0. Rice, T. Huuija, P. Ker, 1). E. F. Gee, J. E. Betts, E. llobson, 0. Fish, A. Doxsc*, S. C. riiilp, jun., A. L. Peterson, J. Walton, J. Howes, J. B. Keougli, T. Colling, 0. A. Jones, J. E. Kichardson ; and Messrs. G. Wilson, D. Elliott, J. B. Lane, S. Hunt, A. Wood, . ]). Mclntyre, F. Lewis, G. Galloway, L K. Howell, W. A, Nar- mway, T. Baxter, A. Wilhnott, B. Tisdale, J. Fry, P. Dean, J. Ccutswoith, 0. E. Snell, J. Coyne, C. Sanders, C. M. Eastman, G. Hunger, J. Modeland, A. S. Fisher, and A. 11. Williams. Sunday School Committee, — The Revs J. H. Locke, T. S. Howard J. Goodwin, A. Andrews, I). C. Clappison, E. S. Shorey, G. Clark, W. AV. Sheppard, W. C. Henderson, M.A,, G. M. Brown, L Gold, Thomas Campbell, T. A. Ferguson, S, Bond, H. McDowell, Joseph Kilgour, E. S. Rupert, M.A., William Sheridan, J. Wilson, B.A., W. Raney, R. N. Adams, S. J. Hunter, D. Connolly, and L. Hooker. Educational CoanwiTTEE. — The Revs. R. Jones, G, Douglas, LL.D., ,p jj. Elliott, S, S. Nellcs, liL.D., G. R. Sanderson; and Messrs. .; James Charlton, B. Blaekwell, R. Henderson, B. Wintemute, ftnd W. R. Atkinson. Pastoral Address Committee. — The Revs. J. A. Williams, W. H. Withrow, M.A., and George McRitchie. Address to British Conference. — Th - Revs. E. Ryerson, LL.D., Charles La veil, M.A., and Alexander Sutlurlaud. Address to Conference of Eastern British America. — The Revs. E. Evans, D.D., E. E. Harper, M.A,, and W. R. Parker, M.A. Committre on Memorials. — Tlie Revs. R. Jones, Jame?? Preston, H. F. Biaud, John S. Evans, William Scott, and D. Connolly. • 4#» > STAKDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR THE CONFEREliCE YEAR 1873-74. ! ! I. — The Missionary OommUke. — The President, Co-Delcgate, Sec- retary of Conference ; Missionary Secretaries ; the l^ook- Steward ; Editor of Christian Ouardian ; Chairmen of Districts ; Revs. Dr. Kyerson, Dr. Creen, Dr. Nellesj Revs. R, Jones, T. W. JeJOTery, Jbhu Potts, W. H. Poole, Thos. Cosford, Geo Goodson, John Gemley, John Douse, N. R. Willoughby, M. A.. Chas. Fish ; Jolin Macdouald, Est^., Hon. J. Fen*or, Hon, J. C. Aikins, John 1873.] WESLBYiUf METHODIST OONFKEENCE. 9 Tonvnce, Esq., A. W. Laudor, Esq., M.P.P , Wm. Clendinuing, Esvj., Richard J3rown, Esq., ''.V. E. Sanford, Esq., Z. B. Lewis, Esq,, W, T. Mftsoii, Esq., Wra. Beatty, Esq., Samuel Rogers, Esq.,. Alex. Haniiltou, Esq., "Win, Sawyer, Esq., Jas. McPhorgon, Esij., Samuel Alcorn, Esq., James Patterson, Esq. ; and the follow' ug Representatives : — * DISTIIICT8. REPRESENTATIVES. p. 0. ADDRES.9. Toronto James Gooderham . . Streetsville. Ham i. ton Joseph Lister Hamilton. Niagara James Beatty Thorold. Brantford James Scarti" Woodstock. London A. Johnston London. Chatham Thos. 0. Renwick . . Romney. Saniia Joshua Ada us Sarnia. Guelph Robert Hay Hollin. ^ Godoiich William Hill Scniforth. . ^^on Sound. . . . John W.Armstrong. . Fleshorton. Barrie David Morrow Barrie. Bradford ...... J. J. Piei-son Newmarket. \yhit))y W. H. Gibbs, M.P.. Oshawa. Cobourg R^ie Dickson Port Hope. Peterboro' Geo. Noiris, M.D . . Omemee. Belleville .,^^^*,u* Thomas Holdeu .... Belleville. Kingston ...... M. Lavell, M.D .... Kingston. Brockville W. A. Schofield .... Brockville. Perth . Joseph Jamieson Almonte. Pembro?;3 ...... Judge Deacou Pwmbroke. Ottawa Peter LeSaeur Ottawa. Montreal W. W. Dalgleish.... Huntingdon. Quebec W. H. Lambly Inverness Comers. Stanstead Erastus Lawrence . . Lawrenceville. Ph'.: IL — Th'i Conference Special Committee. — The President, Co-Delegate, and Secretary of Conference ; the Chairmen of Districts ; the Revs. Dr. Ryerson, Dr. Green, Dr. Wood, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Nelles ; and the Revs. S. Rose, E. H. Dewart, R. Jones, J. Douse, G. Goodson, J. Gemley, and G. H. Davis. in. — The ContingerU Fund Committee for 1S7^. — Fifteen Ministers to be api>ointed by the Conference in Hamilton, and an equal number of Laymen to be elected ai the May District Meetings of 1874, as follows : Hamilton, 4 ; Toronto, 3 ; Niagara^ 2 ; Brantford, 2 ; Guelph, 2 ; London, 1 ; St. Thtmas, 1. .IV.— i%€ OhvircK Relief Furtd Gmmittcc for i<97^.— One Minister 10 lllii m MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. !! elected by each May District Meeting, and an equal number of Laynien elected as follows : Hamilton, 8 ; Toronto, 4 ; Niagara, 4 ; Brantford, 4 ; Guelph, 3 ; London, 2 ; St. Thomas, 1. V. — The Contingent Fund Investment Committee. — The Revs. Dr. Green, Jas. Gray, John Gemley, and John Macdonald, Escj. VI. — TJie Board of the Superannuated Ministers' Fund. — The Revs. O- R. Sanderson, Isaac B. Howard, R. Jones, Samuel Rose, Dr. Douglas, Dr. Green, Jas. Elliott, E. B. Ryckman, M.A., and John Douse, who is re -appointed Treasurer. VII. — Committee on Compensation to the S. M. Fund. — The Revs. George R. Sanderson, T. S. Keougli, George McRitchie, Thomas Cosford, Dr. Evans, James Gray, John Shaw. VI n. — Committee on Belief Fund for Minister's Widows. — The Revs. Trof. Burwash, J. E. Sanderson- M.A., G. N. A. F. T. Dickson, J. H. Starr, A. Andrews, Edwin Clement, and Alex. Sutherland. IX. — Committee on the German Work. — The President of the Confer- ence, the Revs. Dr. "Wood, Dr. Green, E. B. Harper, M.A., Prof. Burwash, Dr. NcUes, Dr. Dougbs, C. S. Eby. X — Committee on tJie French Work. — The President of the Confer- ence, Co-Delegate, Missionary Secretaries, the Ministers of the > Montreal and St. John's Circuits ; the Hon. James Ferrier, Messrs. John Torrance, J. A. Mathewson, W. Clendinning, Jas. McMillan, John J. McLaren, Jamea McPherson, Wm. Coote, and George Young. XI. — Bnok Committee. — The Revs. Dr. Rice, E. B. Harper, M.A., R. Jones, and the Ministers of the Toronto, Yorkville, and Yonge Street South Circuits. XII. — Tract Co^nmittee. — The Revs. Samuel Roso, Dr. Evans, E. B. Harper M.A., N. R. Willou^hl^y, M.A., Edward H. Dewart, Alex. ; itherland, W. H. Poole. XIII. — Sunday Sclwol Library Committee. — The Revs. Alfred Andrews, S. J. Hunter, Hugh Johnston, M.A., C. Hamilton* Samuel Rose, D. C. Clappison, W. H. Withrow, ALA., Alex. Sutherland, E. Barrass, J. Learoyd, W. J. Hunter. XIV. — Tlie Committee on Temperance. — The Revs. Wm. Scott, Jno. A. Williams, Alex. Sutherland, E, S. Rupert, M. A., Jno. S. Clarke, 1873.1 WE3LKYAN MRTHODIST CONFERENCI^J, n Joel liriggs, "Wm. MeDonagli, Jno. Shaw, "Wm. Savage, E. H. Dewart, XV. — The Commltke on Lmirance. — The l?evs. R. Jones, Dr. Wood, Dr. Kice, Dr. Nellcs, Dr. Douglas, Samuel Kosc, T. S. Keoiigh, T. Metcalfe Campbell, "Wm. Lund, and Joseph E. Sanderson, M.A., together with the fcllowiiig Laymen : John Macdonald, Denuia jNIooro, Thomas Ilolden, T. U. liryson, W. H. Gibbs, M.P., ]>. B. Chisliolni, M.P., Wm. Beatty, Wm. Kerr, AVm. Blight, Jno. E. liose, and B. M. Britton, Ks([s. XVL — I'he Committee on Church and Parsonage ArchitectHre.^-Th9 Ivcvs. S. Rose, J. E. Sanderson, M.A., W. H. WithroAV, M.A. QUESTION II.— Are there any objections to any of our Ministers, or Preachers on Trial ? Ansm'EU. — They were examined cue by one. QUESTION III.— Who have been deposed from tha -work of the Ministry, and excluded from the Church ? Answer, — Kohe. QUESTION IV. -Who have withdrawn from the work among us ? AxswER, — Geo. n. Bridgman, ;M.A., Lsaac B. Tallman, Wm« H. liowsom, B.A., Thomas Kelly. QUESTION v.— What Preachers are this year re- ceived into full Connexion with the Conference, and ordained ? Awdo, Jamog. Allen, Jaraea. Chambers, A. C. Charlton, James. Chown, Edwin A., B.A. Piindas, Brabazon B, * Deacon, Joseph. ^Dechetader, John W. Edwards, Abel. Edmison, Thomas J. Fife, Wiiliam H. FerguBon, Joim, \2 MINUTES OP THE CAN..DA [187a. Eeynolds, Robert. Ross, James S. llilance, William, *Roadhouse, Job. Ruttan, John H. Scott, Jobu Gardiner. Shier, Richard. Taylor, Edward H. Turner, William T. Thompson, Daniel W, Tovell, Isaac. Winter, David. Wass, John B., M.A. Galloway, Joseph. Hare, John J., B.A. Hill, Newton. Isaac, John R. Joliiflfe, William J. Jewell, John A., B.A. Knight, Adolphus G., B.A. Loneley, Benjamin. MaMen, George C. MiUs, William. Metcalfe, James P- McFarlane, James. fOliver, Robert F. Reidi Thomas Robinson. * Previously received from other Bodic j, but at this Conference took on them our Ordination Vows. t Previously Ordained. George G, Huxtable, received from the British Conference. Henry Kropp, received from the Church of the United Brethren, for the German work. Richard Pinch and Richard' M. Hammond, returned to this Con- , ference from the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States. Thomas C. Bro>ni, received fromtho Ontario Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada. William Fyke and Reuben Toye, received from the Primitive Methodist Conference in Canada. iiii i QUESTION VI.— "What Preachers remain on Trial? A?is. — I, These Jiave travelled three years : — ,.1 1 "^Austin, Nathan. Bell, John W. Bryant, Cornelius. tCaimduff, WUliam H. Calvert, George W. Campbell, Thomas W. Cook, William. Craig, William, Edmonds, Jabez. Forster, Joseph L. tGibson, Joseph R. ;!:Genuan, Orrint I Hall, Robert H. *Hare, Robert B. fHames, Arthur B. Knox, William. Knowles, Henry W, Lanceley, John E. Leach, John J. Manning, Henry M. Mclutyre, Charles E, Odery, Joseph. Potter, Austin. PhiUips, Alfred M. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 13 Patchell, Thomas H. Ileid, Thomas James. Kutledge, William L, 8mitli, John. Schram, Ueorge A, Sm th, Charlejf. Simpson, James. §Stevenson, John C. :{:Turuer, James. tThibadeau, Alexander. tJThompson, Christopher L. IjWatson, Coverdale, Walsh, William. * Has travelled four years ; but continues at Victoria College. t I.s required to conii)lctc hi« third year's course of study. t Ordained for special purposes, {} Whose course of study is completed. II Has travelled four years ; but continues on trial owing to ill health. ir. — TJtese have travelled tioo years: — Austin, William Annis, J. William Berry, Henry *Bi3hop, George liuchanan, William *Jiurn8, lloberfc *Bi)werman, Allen, B.A. DeGruchy, Edward t Daniel, George finghes, Silas J. Hill, Henry E. ^Henderson, James Holmes, A. Lee, B.A. Howson, Wm. G. *Langford, Charles Maxwell, William J. *Meyer, Henry §Mooney, James McCarroU, John *Morden, Thomas E., B.A. JMoIntyre, George McCauley, Samuel Perley, William M. Padgham, llichard W. ^Patterson, Allan Bobbins, John Pvobinson, Isaac Newton Sellery, Samuel ♦Smith, WiUiam E. Salton, Samu*^1 IjSyvret, John *liSexsmith, William V. *||Semmens, John Timberlako, William Turner, John U Walton, John, 2nd * Is required to pass his second year's course of study. t Has completed his third year's coui-se. X Is allowed to retire one year on accoimt of ill health. § Has completed the course of study. II Ordained for special purposes. •JI Is loquired to complete his first and second year's course of study. III. — Thei^e have travelled 0;»o year : — Blades, John T. Crothers, William J., B.A. *Goff, Edward F. Hobbs, Richard . . Howson, William G. Hawkins, Charles W«, B.A. 14 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. Hill, Edward Kettlewell, William Morrow, Charles P., Snowden, Thomas. tShortt, WUliam K., M.A. AVerden, James E. Whitsido, Arthur Webster, John, 2iid WollwooJ, llobert G, ' Has completed his second yeav'H course of study, except one subject, t Ordained for special purposes. M-(' QUESTION VII.— "Who are now received on Trial ? Am, — I. The foUoivinr/, who have travelled one year under Chairmen^ which has been allowed. Crookshank, Simon, Clipsham, John Wesley. *Ea3on, liicliard. Fossctt, James x>. Franklin, Benjamin. fGeo, Thomas. Godwin, William. Guest, Joseph. Henderson, William. Jaraicson, William 8. Pepper, John, B. A. Smith, John T. (Shibli^y. Samuel. *Is required to complete the flnst year's course of study. fls required to com])Iete the preliminary course. II. — Also the following : — Bettschan, David. Gunningham, Rol}ert. Grozier, James G. Edwards, George. Fydell, Thomas Roberts. Flanders, Charles 11. Harrison, James M. Johnson, Francis. Keam, Frank. Kane, David. Lyons, Almon P. Legate, Thomas. Morrison, William R. Monroe, John A. *Pickenng, John. Pearson, William. Hose, Samuel P. Itoss, Andrew W. Scott, Moses. Torrance, William. Taylor, Earnest M. Waite, Joseph. Ward, Joseph. Workman, George C. Is required to pass his preliminary examination at the Financial District Meeting'. QUESTION VIII.~-Who are the Superannuated J Ministers ? Armstrong, James. Armstrong, John, 1st. Armstrong, John 3, Bawtinheimer, Henry. Baxter, John. Baxter, Michael, 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE, 15 Beynon, George. Biggar, Hamilton. Brown, Nelson. Carroll, John. Case, George. Coleman, William. Corson, Robert. Carr, George. Creighton, William. Douse, John. Gilbert, C. W. M. Green, A., D.D. Green, A. T. Greener, James. Hurlburt, Sylvester. Hardie, David, Herkimer, William. Hicks, William. Howard, V. B. Hughes, James. Hurlburt, Asahel. Hutchinson, John. Healy, Ezra A. Ivison, James A. Jennings, David. Johnston, D. A. Jone°, Richard. Kennedy, George. Kenney, George H. Lanton, Ifenry. Latimer, James F, Lever, John, Madden, D. B. Messmore, Joseph. McDonald, Malcolm. McFadden, William. Miller, Aaron D. Norris, James. Phelps, Richard. Phillips, Samuel B. Philp, Samuel C. Sen. Philp, AVilliam. Price, William, Reynolds, Joseph. Ryerson, John. Sallows, Ed'ivard. Sanderson, John, Ist. Scott, Jonathan. Selley, J. B., M.D. Shalcr, Henry. Shcply, Joseph. Steer, William. Sunday, John.. Sweet, Edmund E., Tomkins, John. Turver, Charles. Tu|iper, R. E, Vandusen, Conrad. Waldron, Solomon. Warner, Lewis. Williston, J. K. Wilson, Richard. Woodsworth, James. Walker, Thomas H. Young, Williiun. QUESTION IX.—Who are the Supernumeraries ? Boyd, John H. Burns, Nelson, M.A. Byers, Henry. Byrne, Claudius. Bawtinheimer, Peter. Darlington, Robert. Doel, John. Fletcher, Ashton. Holtby, Matthias. Houghton, Luther. Ingalls, E. S. Ireland, F. C. Jackson, Samuel. Keagy, J. B., B.A. Lake, J. N. Miller, Gilbert. McMulJew, DanieL McMullen, Thomas. Pinch, Richard. Poole, Jacob. Scott, John. Washington, George. i #' III , IC MINUTES OF THE CANADA i [1«73. QUESTION X.— * 1, — Edward White Was born in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1822, and removed with liia parents to the Township of Raleigh, in Upper Canada, in 1825. In early boyhood he was convinced of his state as a sinner, under the preaching of the Gospel ; and iu his sixteenth year found peace with God, in a prayer-meeting held in his father's house. lie shortly afterwards felt it his duty to call sinners to repen- tance, and was constituted a local preacher, in which relation to the Church he labored zealously until 1847, when he was placed on a circuit under the direction of a chairman. During the year his health failed, and he returned home. Having recovered, he was taken on trial at the ensuing Conference, and received into full con- nection in 1852. In the Circuits to which he was appointed he labored with the energy and success which characterized his sub- sequent career. Iu 1858 he was selected as one of the Rrst band of Missionaries sent to British Columbia, where, amid many privations, patiently and self-denyingly endured, all his powers were employed in the introduction and establishment of Methodism iu the frontier towns and settlements of that infant colony of the British Empire. Those early and successful labors are held in grateful remem- brance by the pioneer settlers in whose welfare, temporal and spirit- ual, his deep and friendly sympathies were enlisted. In 1863 the ofEce of chairmanship of the district was assigned to him, the additional burden and responsibilities of which probably superinduced the disease of the brain which necessitated his super- annuation in 1871. Returning to Canada that year ho visited Eug- land in hope of entire recovery, and returned to the Montreal Conference of 1872, with the intention of resuming Circuit work ; but the Master, whom he had served with such fervor and fidelity, otherwise ordained. Attacked by small-pox, the result of expasure to that disease on the homeward voyage, our beloved brother was taken to hia eternal rest on the 16th day of June, 1872. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONPEUENCE. 17 A8 a Christian, brother White was devoted and consistent ; as a preacher, zealous and acceptable ; as a pastor, diligent, afTec- tionate, and faithful. The fruit of his labors, on all his Circuits, bears testimony that they were approved of by God. 2. — Eown S. Washington. Eev. Edwin S. Washington, B.A., son of Stephen Washington, Esq., of Darlington, was born in that Township, October 18th, J84G. In his fi.^teenth year he was converted to God under the labors of Revs. W. McFaddon and W. Sheridan, and throughout the remain- der of his life evinced the soundness of his conversion by a clear and Scriptural religious experience, accompanied by a correct and earnest religious life. After six years of successful study at "Victoria College he gradu- ated in 18G9, and immediately entered upon the work of the Christ> ian ministry, and travelled successively the Baltimore, Whitby, and Markhson Circuits, in each of which he proved a good and faithful colleague, diligent in his work, and true and loyal in all his engage- ments. His spirituality became deeper and more manifest every year ; and this, with his robust frame, his enlarging experience, and increasing pulpit efiiciency, gave ground of the highest hopes for his future. Desiring, ou leaving the Markham Circuit, to spend a few days with his father and friends before going to Cooks ville, his new circuit, he reached his father's residence on Wednesday, 2Cth June, in excellent health and spirits. The following day, while shooting off a gun in the woods, the barrel broke, and a part of it entering the centre of his forehead, he immediately became deliri- ous. But two days before his death consciousness returned, and though the power of speech was gone, he was able, by signals, in aub.ver to tho questions of his friends, to assare them that his trust iii Christ was unshaken, and that the religion he had preached to ethers, was now abundantly able to sustain himself in the hour of his pain and dissolution. At midnight of Tuesday, July 2nd, 1872, he was released from his suflferings, and fell asleep in Christ, 3. — JosEPu L. Sanders. Brother Sanders was born in Cornwall, Englaml, in the year 1832. His father and mother were both members of the Weslcyan Methodist Church, thus giving him the advantage.! of a pious homo. In addition to parental instruction and example ho had the sound Scriptural teaching of the ministers of the Parent Connexion in England ; therefore his vieAVS of Christianity wore in perfect har- mony with the standards of our Church. IIo was never troubled with misgivings or doubts respecting the importance and necessity of experimental religion. At the age of sixteen he gave his heart to God, finding peace and acceptance with Ilim, while listening to the preaching of a local preacher. He soon began to exhort others to seek like precious faith, and was in dii j time put upon the plan as a local preacher in his native town. While the Superintendent of the Devonport Circuit, England, was negotiating with him to enter the itinerancy there, he received a letter from a friend in Canada, informing him that men were needed here, llegarding this as a providential call, he at once decided to leave all and come to Canada. He arrived here in the fall of 1854, and was at once appointe 1 to assist the late Rev. Henry Wilkinson in the City of London, C. W., where ho labored with great acceptability until the Conference of 1855, when he was received on trial and appointed to the Yonge Street Circuit, in the Toronto District. The work, however, proved to bo too much for his strength. His health failed; and at the District Meeting of 185G, he requested to be allowed to retire, fully intending to return to his native land ; but after a few months' rest among his attached friends on the Yonge Street Circuit, his health was measurably restored, which lei him to change his purpose of leaving Canada, so he went to Belleville, to assist the Rev. John Carroll. From this time he continued to labor with more or less usefulness on the Three Rivers, Bradford, Lloydtown, Weston, Brampton, Whitb}'-, and O^hawa Circuits. On the last-named his health failed again, and a change to an Indian Mis^on, as being less laborious, was deemed de&irable. At the end of two years his health was so far restored as to encourage him to ask for an appointment in the regular Circuit work. In 1871, ho received an appointment to the Baltimore Circuit, in the Cobourg District. During the greater part of the time he waf3 able to do his work with some degree of comfort, and the usual success attended 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST COWPERENCE. 19 his faithful labors. In the Utter part of the year the disease which at last brought him down to the grave began to appear. His days were numbered,— the messouger had come to take him from hia labors to the promised reward. The Master was calling for him, and he must go. He, however, had to bo made perfect through suffering. In his case, patience had its perfect work. His sufferings were severe, yet not a murmur ever fell from his lips. At times, such was hia consciousness of the Divine presence, as to raise him above his bodily sufferings ; and, as his end approached, hia confidence grew stronger. *' There was not a cloud to darken his sky." He could say **/ am ready to depart and be with Christ, which is far better." " Christ is all." Thus lived and died Joseph L. Sanders, a brother beloved ; in the 4l8t year of hia age, and 18th of his ministry. 4. — William Ryerson. William Ryerson, the son of a United Empire Loyalist, a Colonist by birth, and an Upper Canadian by early advent and training. A marked conversion, by the agency of Methodism in its demonstrative stage of development, gave impulse to a capacious and powerful mind, and stimulated, developed, and directed to religious themes a native eloquence of thought and expression, wliich early made him the zeal- ous and powerful exhorter, — and, in the course of years, one of the foremoat ministers in this land, both for pulpit ability and platfoiTO eloquence. In the charge of circuits, the management of districts, and the Presidency of the Conference itself, he was both popular and successful. He was born in the Province of New Brunswick, March 31st, 1797, —came to Canada in childhood, was converted at the early age of eighteen, under the ministry of the late David Youmans, — began very shortly to exhort and preach, but, because of an early marriage, did not enter the itinerancy until 1823. In 1828 he was appointed Pre- siding Elder of the most important district in the Conne-^ion, on which he remained the full term of four years. The office oi Chairman he alternated with such stations as Brockville, Kingston, Toronto, and Hamilton, for many years. Several years of his ministerial life were spent among the Indians of Grand River, for which peojde he had an uncommon aptitude in preaching. One •lement of his greatness waa • 20 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. *^ I' hia vcrHtttllity, — lie could iutcrost thoso of the highest attainments, anil thoHo wIioho knowlojgo was only elementary, — littlo children could understand him. The fircumatanees of the country when lie entered public life, and the diHaltJlitie.s under whi(!h most (churches were ^daced, early identi- iU'A him — naturally ardent and outspoken — with public (|uestions and doings. It is not surprising tliat a man, whose earliest memories were stored with tales of loyalist valor and suffering during the American Revolution, ^nd who — while yet the merest boy for age — girt on the Bword, and sprang to the front to repel American invasion in the war of 1812-15, would not easily brook the violation of a Briton's rights by irresponsible parties in his own country. His taste for public matters, it uu;st bo confessed, had sometimes too much iniluence over him, — occupied too nmch of his time and thoughts; and, at an ad- vanced period of his life, in opposition to the advice of his best friends, he was led to lay aside the regular work of the ministry for a few years, and to enter the Legislature of his country. But, from tho very nature of tilings, tho mistakes of a gi'cat man are exaggemted by tho excellencies with which they stand in contrast. It was, however, a satisfaction to hia brethren to have their gifted brother return to his projHjr vocation, in which he remained till death. J lie jiassed away on the 15th of September, 1873, aged seventy-five years ; thus ending (with a short hiatus), from the time of its com- mencement, a ministry of fifty years. His large person, combined with strong intellectual developments, could not otherwise than make his appearance commanding. As to attainments, he was not so much scliolarly as intelligent, — he was not so much a metnodical student as an omnivorous reader, and a man of profound and extensive thought. In his death we have .'o record the fall of one who, in his day, was **a prince and a great man in our Canadian Israel." ii n: 5. — James Thompson. James Thompson was borii at Switzerville, on thtj Newburg Circuit, on the 12th of September, 1829, and converted to God on the 16th November, 1840. From the time of his conversion, till his entrance into the ministry, and — as his brethren know — until his death, his lifu was blameless. His voico was always heard in prayer-mcctiug. He never missed 1873.) WESLEYAK METHODIST CONFERENCE. n his class bnt onoo when at home and able to bo present. Very soon after his conversion, feeling the importance of mental culture, in order to the ministry of the Word in connection with our Church, he applied himself faithfully to study, and in August, 1834, wa« sent to the Battersca mission. His next Circuit was Bradford. He was then sent to College for two years, after which ho labored ou the following Circuits in this order : Napanee, Brewer's Mills, Oil Springs, Milfcrd, and Rednervil'o, where he finally broke down in health from overwork, and was obliged to superannuate. From Kednerville he removed to Napanee, and there, so far as God gave him strength, he labored with great zeal and fidelity until his death ; but, though early called from labor to reward, it was only after he had done a work of deep and abiding value to the Church of God. '•' That life Is long which answers life's great end." On all his Circuits ho was favored with extensive revivals, or ho prepared the ground for them. The reasons of his success were as follows : ho had great singleness of purpose, ho was firm in his ad< herence to what he believed to bo right, and faithful in his denuncia- tion of all he believed to be wrong. His love for nis Master and his work was absorbing. He was converted to God, and knew it. He had a profound conviction that he was called of God to preach the Gospel, and to fight with every form of evil about him. Ho believed himself guided of God habitually. He served the Lord Christ, and counting himself the servant of the Church, for Jesus' sake gladly gave to the promotion of its interest all his energies, and ail his time, and when laid aside, he was not content with past achieve- ments, but because he loved his Master and the souls of men, be was " instant in season and out of season," perpetually planning now works. And seeing what obstructions intemperance and ignorance offered to the spread of religion, he labored for the overthfow of the license system, and for the introduction of Methodist literature into the homes of the people. So thoroughly was he in love witu his work, that he felt anxious to live in order to carry out that on which his heart was sot, — not that he was not ready to die av any time. He lived in the favor of God from day to day, and aimed only to finish the Work given him lo do. Seldom does the death-bed witness such unquenohable aeal* 22 MINUTES OP THE CAKADA Hi 1 1 1 [1873. It flamed and blazed until the last. Long after his voice failed him he wsa intent upcn th'^ Master's business. Knowing that his time was short he labored to compress the work of months into days — he sent for many whom he strove to commit to the work on which his heart was fixed. On Easter Sabbath, his last Sabbath on earth, his experience was v.nmistakably bright. Through all that day he was wonderfully animated, talking freely, and expressing his great joy in God his risen Savour ; — but the excessive exertions of -that day wore him out. As the week progressed, the conviction became established in his mind that he must go. Said he, "I shall soon be home ; tell the people that thsir prayers are answered, and more than answered. Tell them I said so." And when he heard the call '* Come up higher," he exclaimed " I am going to a world where I shall work for Christ." This passion for work — berviceable, practical work — was strong in death. To the latest questions put as to his experience of saving and supporting grace, his answers were always satisfactory. And on Saturday evening, 19th April, quietly and gently passed away the spirit of our beloved brother to the palm and crown in heaven. ' ' The memory of the just is blebaed." May we eaten hie falling mantle, carry on his uncompleted work, and share, *' by and bye,'* in his recompense of reward. 6. — Thomas Horlburt. Thomas Hurlburt was bom on the 3rd of March, 1808, in the Township of Augusta. He was converted when about nineteen years old. Before his conversion, according to his own statements, a powerful impression was made upon his mind, that he should become a Misaionary to the Indians. He saw, or thought he saA", at a short distance from him, an Indian standing, and pointing westward with his hand. In 1829, at the request and under the fiupervisiopi of Eider Case, he commenced his labors as an assistant, at Grape Island Indian Mission. About six months afterwards he was removed to Muncey. When about two years and a half employed, with a full view of the difficulties and hardships before him, he concluded to consecrate his life, for Christ's sake, to the Indian work J and nobly did he pursue his course. In 1839 he was received into full connexion, and appointed to the North Shore of Lake Saporioft During that year he established, at the Tic, tho first; 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 23 Methodist Mission in that region. He built his own house with his own hands. He rejoiced in the conversion of souls. Ho taught a number of young men to read and write, so that by 1842, one of them was employed by him as his assistant. He made in all thir- teen journeys along the North Shore of Lake Superior, visiting all the Indian tribes in that region, as far as Long Lake, the head of the Pic and Lake Nipcgon. He thoroughly mastered their language, — preached in it, wrote in it, printed in it, delighted in it, — and in the end, had (faite a continental reputation as a phil- ologist in it. Ho also gave much attention to the science of geo- logy. He held strong views in favor of the translation of the Scrip- tures into the language of the natives, and the employment of native agents in the Mission work. Failure of health induced him to leave the Lake Superior rcgrons. Hopes of finding a wider field, in which his plans of evp,ngelisation might be carried out, led him to the South-west, among the American Indians, where ho labored from 1842 to 1850 ; but his favorite plan was not adopted there, or did not succeed to his satisfaction, — hence he was strongly inclined to leave t)ie Indians, and engage in the regular circuit work, in one of the American Confereuces. At this juncture, from intimations made to him, ho supposed a favorable opportunity ofifered to realise among the Indian Missions in Canada his long- cherished plans for their benefit. With such a prospect, though his efibrts had all been transferred to the South-west he returned at a groiit sacrifice, to his iiative country. At home again, he pursued his great life-purpose, with the same assiduity and success — laboring successively at Alderville, Rice Lake, Norway House, Garden Iviver, St. Clair, and Waipole Island. For a short time he left the Indian Work ; but in June, 1871, ho accepted the appointment to a new mission at Manitoulin Island. There, though he had charge of a few scattered white settlers, most of his attention was given to the natives of those parts. He was already successful in that new field ; but he was unexpectedly called, by Him who can- not err, to rest from his labors. Ho was ready. With brother Thomas Hurlburt, Christ and Hia cause were first — especially His cause among the aborigines of this continent. For Christ and them he lived, and planned, and worked, and suflFered. Living and dying ho belonged to them. With us he is no more. The Lord took him. 24 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. m il.i I! jiijlj 7. — W. H. Williams. Pev. William H. Williams was born in Hartford, Connecticut, March 27tli, 1795, nnd died in Iroquois, Ontario, May 11th, 1873. Very little is known of his early life. Some circumstances con- nected with his leaving home led to his conversion, which took place in Orange County, State of New York, in 1813. His educa- tional advantages having been very limited, he availed himself of such oppo? iumties as were now afforded him, and devoted his spare hours to reading and study, and was encouraged to exercise his gifts as an exhorter. About 1818 he came to Canada, and held the position of a local preacher on the Niagara Circuit, from which he was recommended to the Genesee Conference, held at Lundy's Lane, in 1820. His first appointment tvas to the Long Point Circuit, where he labored with great acceptance and success. A pleasing appearance, com- bined with great energy of character, a clear conception of the scheme of salvation, and a warm and impassioned manner of delivery, rendered him both popular and useful. Pleasing reminis- cences of his early labors are entertained by those who then knew him, and who still survive him. From 1820 till 1857 ho continued in the active ministry, avoiding neither responsibility nor labor, toiling with zeal, fidelity, and perseverance, and God honored him. His early ministry was followed by great and glorious revivals of religion, — one in particular in Matilda, in 1823, when a great multitude of people turned to the Lord, some of whom remain to this day. Prompt and active, strong and healthy, he was fitted for any part of the service required in the days when Circuits were vast and the itinerancy laborious. But he accepted it, and was true to his calling. The ministry he had received in the Lord ho fulfilled. Neither the roughness of the roads, nor the poverty of the accommodation, nor the limited remuneration for his services, nor the privations incident to the life of a Methodist itinerant of fifty years ago, induced him tc turn aside from the work, to an easier and OLore lucrative calling. Bro. Williams possessed a mind in which the logical and reasoning power was more prominent than the imaginative, which enabled him to render good service to the cause of truth, in the days vrhen •ontroversy wai rife, and Arianism and t^nivemalism were leading 1873.] WESLKYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 25 ^ I many astray. He had an extensive knowledge of the doctrines of Christianity, which he expounded with clearness, and enforced v iih earnestness. His preaching was remail;;iblo for the power of its appeals to the conscience. He was firm in bis attaclinient to the Methodist doctrine and discipline, and a man of inllexiblc integrity, and independence of spirit. His manner was sometimes abrupt ; but he bad a kind heart, in which those who knew him best could confide. In 1857, although bis mental -vngor was unimpaired, such were Lis physical infirmities that he was induced to take a superannuated relation, and retire from the active work. He resided in Matilda, in the midst of the families of those who had been so greatly blest by his miaistry, and by whom he war so highly esteemed. Hero he continued, preaching as opportunity and health permitted, with matured piety, and mellowed feeling, as the patriarch of the com- munity, going in and out, visiting the sick, consoling the bereaved, encouraging the aged, and instructing the young, till God's fingei' touched him, and beckoned him to his reward. His sickness was of short duration, but marked by severe physical suffering ; yet he was divinely sustained. His mind was still regnant, his intellect was clear. A few days before he died, he said to a brother miaister, '* For fifty years I have been enabled to exercise a saving faith in the great atonement ; and many, many times, I have been filled with the spirit of joy. And now, in view of the passage of my soul, from this state to another, t ne which evidently lies before me, and which appears so wonderfully g^eat, I desire a still brighter display of the Divine bounty, in an increase of joy : I want to rejoice more fully in the Infinite mercy." And he wa? heard in that request. His soul was filled witl the joy of the Holy Ghost. His last moments were very happy. He called his family round his bed, turned his head |^ightly, closed his eyes, • and passed away to the life that is eternal, in the 79th year of 1 la age, and 53rd of his ministry. Ii)!i' ' 26 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. l\ ■11 a, {Hi :i Hi i': i ;• 8. — Rowley Hkyland, Who, in a good old age, exchanged mortality for li.'e, happy in God, 27th of May, J873. Ho was born in Ireland, converted in his native country while ytt young ; and, by a pleasing coincidence, in i^e very same place and hour as his twin brother ^'klward, who also died in our Canadian Methodist ministry. Mr. Hey land began his ministry in Canada, in 1823, in the "New Settlements," north of Lake Ontario, then known as the **New Purchase." Rowley Heyland's name was a synonym for power in preaching;. Imagine a man vrith a clear per- ception of Christian experience, just and impressive views of Wesleyan theology, fair education, ready command of strong, clear nervous language, possessed of a telling, manageable voice, with a simplicity of mind and manner which seemed totally devoid of self -consciousness, and a heart set on fire with love to God and souls, and it will give some idea of Heyland's ministry and the power of his early preaching. His natural talents and education fitted him for extended u-efulness. His f-ffective ministry was spent on the heaviest, though usually the richest of our rural Circuits, — (with once in a while an appointment to an Indian mission,) — ranging from the River Thames in the west, to the Bay Quinte in the east. He was a man of sound judgment and great fidelity in his work, competent to the duties of almost any trust, but owing to secular incumbrances, together with defective vision through life, wh ch ended in total iindness at last, he was kept from filling oifices which otherwise would have been assigned to him. Our brother, however, has not lived in vain ; he set an example of laboriousness in the hard circuits of the olden times — ^was the instru- ment of hundreds of conversions, some of which converts have been long inHhe ministr^f our Church; and he *' glorified God in the fires " at last, by the patient endurance of suflfering "in age and feebleness extreme," in which he felt "God did a sinful world redeem." In him was answered Charles Wesley's dying prayer : " O let me catch a smilo from Thee, And drop into eternity." 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. S7 QUESTION XI.— How are the Ministers and Preachers stationed for the ensuing year? Answer : — SAMUEL D. RICE, D.D., President op Conpebence. EPHRAIM B. HARPER, MA., Co Dklegate. EDWARD B. RYCKMAN, M.A., Secbetary op Con- FERENCE. aa* The word in parenthesis is the Post Office Addrtss of the Minister wliose name immediately precedes it. I. THE TORONTO DISTPICT. 1. Toronto First ) John Potts ; Egerton Ryerson, D.D., (Metropolitan) ) LL.D., Chief Superintendent of Education, by permission of the Conference; John Gemley, Per-; manent Secretary of the Upper Canada Bible Society, by permis- sion of Conference ; Anson Green, D.D., Willife.m Price, Superannu- ated ; John H, Boyd, Supe'ry. Miaaicn Department I Enoch Wood, D.D., ) g^^ Secretaries. Lachlin Taylor., D.D., J Boole Room and Guardictn Office i Samuel Rose, Book Steioard. Edward Hartley Dew.iRT, Editor, 2. Toronto Second) Thomas W. jeffery. (Richmond Street) S 3. Toronto Third (Elm Street) } Samuel J. Hunter, Isaac Tovell; Joshua H. Johnson, M.A., College Agent ; John Douse, Superannuated ; John N. Lake, Supoi-numeraiy. m 11 ! •i'i i!ll,i!t li'"" ill 28 MINUTES OP THE CAWADA [1873. {Berkeley Street) ) ; - -^ 5. Toronto Fifth ) William H. Poole ; Richard Pinch, (Queen Street) Supernumerary. 6. Yorkville Nicholas R. Willoughby, M. A., Henry M. Manning ; George '; . ,, Beynon, Superannuated ; John H^i ivf'Vv Doel, Thomas McMullen, Supernu- meraries. 7. Davenport and ) William M i?adden ; Charles Turver, Seaton J Superannuated. 8. LesUeville John Carroll, Superannuated. 9. Scarboro' William E. Smith; William Colemaui Superannuated. 10. Yonge St South, ) j^^^ Learoyd, William J. Jolliffe. ( Eglington) 3 11. Yomje Street ) Thomas Cardus. Centre, (Thomhill) ) 12. YongeSt. North) John Hunt, Ed wd. F. Goff (Maple.) ( Richmo7idhUlJ ) 1 3. Weston Joseph H. Locke, one wanted ; David Jennings, Superannuated. 14«. Brampton William Burns, John G. Scott; Jonathan Scott, Superannuated. 16. Streetaville John H. Starr, Brabazon B. Dundas. 16. Cooksville Andrew Cunningham, W. R. Mor- rison ; J. Woods worth. Superannu- ated, (Islington.) 17. Chinguacousy ... Benjamin Sherlock. 18. Orangeville George Sexsmith. 19. -4^^071 Thomas R. Reid. 20. Albion James Matheson, Joseph Waite. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 29 21. Klineh(,rg James A. McClung, Robert G. Well- wood. JOHN SHAW, Chairman. THOS. W. JEFFERY, Finandul Secretary. II. THE HAMILTON DISTRICT. 22. Hamilton First... (Centenary Church), Hugh Johnpton, M.A., Manly Benson ; Henry Lanton, Lewis Warner, Superan- nuated. 23. Hamilton Second (John Street), William Stephenson, Coverdale Watson ; John Hutchin- son, E. E. Sweet, Superannuated. 24. Hamilton Third (King Street), W. W. Carson. Wesleyan Female College : Samuel D. Rice, D.D., Governor. WeoLet p. Wright, M.A., B.D., Prof, of Natural Sciences. W. H. Wi THROW, M.A., President's Assistant. 25. Dundas James Preston, J. E. Lanceley ; John B. Keagy, B.A., Supernumerary. Wealejfan College Institute. \ E. B. Ryckman, M.A., Governor. 26. Waterdowii William Morton, Richard W. Padg- ham ; William Philp, Sup'd. 27. WellingtonSquare Hali Christopherson, one to be sent. 28. Glanford Thomas S. Howard, David Kane. 2 9. Seneca John W. German. 30. Milton James Gray j Nelson Burns, M.A., Supernumerary. :l;i ■!i! ly 30 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 31 . Lowville Robert Bell. 32. Oakville Thomas D. Pearson, J. RoLbins ; George Washington, Sup'y. 33. IluUsville Alexander R. Campbell, one to be Y • : sent. 34. Nanticoke Joseph Colling. 35. Cainsmlle William W. Shoppard, one to be sent ; R. Corson, Superannuated. 36. Grand River Erastus Hurlburt. (Onondaga.) 37. New Credit Elisha Tennant, (Hagersville) ; William Herkimer, Sup'd. 38. Eam{Uon{Ger-\ Charles S. Eby, B.A., Henry man Mission) ) Meyer. 39. Preston d) PcPns. Stephen Kappele, H. Kropp. JAMES GRAY, Chairman. EDWAED B. RYCKMAN, M. A., Financial Secretary. III. THE NIAGARA DISTRICT. 40. St. Catharines. William R. Parker, M.A., Joshua P. Lewis ; James F. Metcalfe. 41. Thorold John S. Clarke, one wanted; James Armstrong, Superannuated. 42. Font Hill John Ridley; Michael Baxter, Super- annuated, (Fenwick). 43. Merritton John H. Robinson. 44. Niagara Charles Silvester. 45. DruminondvUle Thomas Stobbs, John Smith. 46. Wetland ...... James Goodwin, Thomas Gee. 47. Dunnville James Whiting. 48. GHmsby John Mills, Charles W. Hawkins, B. A.; Richard Phelps, Superannuated. Ill JliiH:! m 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 31 49. Beamsville ... llobert H. WaJdell. 60. Smithville William Savage, J. M. Harrison. 51. Cayuga John Sanderson, (York), C. R. Mo now. 52. Eidyeway T. Metcalfe Campbell; John Baxter, Superannuated. 53. Caistorville ... Walter Rigsby. WILLIAM R. PARKER, M.A., CJiairman. ' JOHNS. CLARKE, Financial Secretary. IV. THE BRANTFORD DISTRICT. 54. Brantford, Ist, ^ George H. Davis ; Hamilton Biggar, (Wellington St.) ) Superannuated. 55. Brantford 2nd, ) Benjamin B. Keefer, who shall ox- ( Dumfries St.) ) change once a Sabbath with the Su- perintendent of Brantford Ist ; John Ryerson, Superannuated. 56. MountPleasant William Willoughby, (Mohawk.) 57. Fairfield B. Clement, (Burford), J. B. Fossett ; Claudius Byrne, Supernumerary. 58. Paris John Philp, B.A. ; Henry Bawtiu- heimer, Superannuated. 59. Richwood Joseph W. Holmes, (Ayr.) 60. Princeton J. H. Keppel. 61. Woodstock ... William H. Laird ; Thomas H. Walker. Superannuated ; Peter Bawtinhimer, Supernumerary. 62. Oxford Centre, Shem Blanshard, (Beachville.) 63. East Zorra ... Abel Edwards, (Strathallan.) 64. St. George Alfred Andrews, W. H. Cairnduff. 65. Norwich John F. German, M.A, 82 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. 6G. Otterville Tliomas Jackson. 07. Simcoe John A. Williams ; J. Mossmore, Sup'd. 68. Waterford William J. Ford; Joseph lloynolds, Siiperaiinuated. 69. Port Dover ... William Bryers, one wanted. 70. St. Williams.., Chmtopher Hamilton. JOHN A. WILLIAMS, Cliaimian. ALFKED ANDREWS, Financial Secretary. '.\\'\ • I li ■ V. THE LONDON JDISTRICT. 71. LondonClti/, \ James Hannon, John J. Hare, B.A.. North Street, J James F. Latimer, Superannuated. Fall Mall James Allen, under the direction of the Superintendent of North Street. 72. LondonCity, | ^i^xander Langford, (Lilley's Comers.) Dundas St. ) 73. London East... W. Jeffers, D.D. 74. London South, Noble F. English, (London,) one to be sent, (Arva); K. E. Tupper, Super'd. 75. London North, Charles Striugfellow, (Birr.) 70. Ingersoll Charles Freshman, D.D. ; George Kennedy, Joseph Sheply, Super'd. 77. Salford Thomas Crews. 78. St. Marys John Wakefield. 79. Kirkton Henry Reid, one to be sent. 80. Westminster ... David C. Clappison, (Lambeth.) 81. Mount Brydges William Chapman. 82. Exeter William Lund, William Kettle well; William Hicks, Superannuated. 83. Kippin Robert Reynolds. 84. Luean James E. Dyer. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 33 85. Ailsa Craig ... Kichard W. Williams. 86. Niasouri Hugh McLean, (Kin tore,) W. Godwin, 87. Belmont Andrew Edwards, one wanted. 88. Dorchester 1 j^^^ Kennedy. tStatian ) W. JEFFERS, D.D., Chairman. ALEX. LANGFORD, Financial Secretary. VI. ST. THOMAS DISTRICT. 89. St. Thomas... George N. A. F. T. Dickson, 90. Millerahury . . . Edward Morrow, M.A., (St.Thomaa.) 91. Yarmouth George C. Madden. 92. Aylm^r, Ont* William McDonagh, Kichard Hobbs, (Springfield.) 93. Fingal James Harris. \ 94. Tyroonnell ... T. Hanna. 95. Port Stanley. Peter German, one wanted. 96. Port Rowan . Richard L. Tucker. 97. Lynedoch .... William Shannon ; Charles W. M. Gil- bert, Superannuated ; Matthias Holt- by, Supernumerary. 98. Tilsonhurg ... D. E. Brownell, Charles Smith. 99. Vienna George Ferguson, one wanted; David Hardie, Superannuated. 100. Muncey Ephraim Evans, D.D., who shall have special charge of the Mount Elgin Industrial Institution, AUan Salt. 101. Oneida William Cross. EPHRAIM EVANS. D.D., Chairman. G. N. A. F. T. DICKSON, Financial Secntary. 2» S4 MINUTEH OP THE CANADA [1873. VIL THE CHATHAM DISTRICT. 102. CJiatliam William S. Griffin. 103. Bloomfieldavd)^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ (Chatham). Wesley J 104. Windsor D. L. Brethour. 105. Sandwich' William H. Fife. 106. Blenheim David Ryan, (Rondeau), R. J. James, (Charing Cross). 107. Kingsville David Hunt. 108. Woodslee Thomas Had win. 109. Amherstburg..,.. Edmund S. Jones. 110. Rornney Am broae Hunt. 111. Tillury Willi*^ra T. Turner. 112. Leamington Edwin McCollum. 113. Ridgetown John L. Kerr. • 114. Newbury Edmund S. Shorey. 115. Wardsvilte Richard W. Woods worth. 116. Florence Alexander G. Harris. 117. Moraviantown... To be supplied by the Florence Minister. 118. DawnMills TV" C. Watson, M.A., Joseph Guest. 119. Wallaceburgh . . . "^/illiam W. Edwards. WILLIAM S. GRIFFIN, Chairman. D. L. BRETHOUR, Financial Secretary, VIII. THE SARNIA DISTRICT. 120. Samia Francis Berry; Solomon Waldron, Superannuated. 121. St. Clair George Goodson, (Sarnia). 122. Point Edward., James S. Ross. 123. Strathroy T. Cosford ; J. K. Williston, Sup'd. « 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 35 124. Adelaide John Mahan, ono to be sent. 126. Jrkona John Russell. 126. Forest George Clark ; R. B. Hull. 127. Park JliU William Amos, W. J. Maxwell. 128. Watfcrd J. McCartney, H. E. Hill. 129. Alvinaton William Austin, who shall act undor the direction of tho Superintendent cf "Watford. 130. Moore John Neelands, John T. Smith, (Coninna.) 131. Petrolia Ezra A. Staiford. 132. OilSjyrings Jacob Freshman. 133. Wyoming Ebenezer Teskey, George Daniel. 134. Napier John R. Isaac. • 135. Sombra and ) j^^^^ ^ Stonehouse, J. A. Monroe. Walpole Island. ) FRANCIS BERRY, Chainnan. EZRA A. STAFFORD, Financial Secretary. IX. THE GUELPH DISTRICT. 136. Guelph Isaac B. Howard. 137. Georgetown Matthew Swann. 138. Acton John W. Dochstader. 139. Erin William Johnston. 140. Garajraxa \ G. McNamara, (Garafraxa); and Luther... ) Bettschan. 141. Rochjoood P. W. Jones. 142. Elora Joel Briggs, one to be sent. 143. Elmira William Mills. Hi. F&rgm Robert Fowler, M.D. D. 36 MINUTES OF THE CANaDA [1873. 145. Fed WiHiam Hayhurst, ^Gle; \llen.) W. Henderson, (Holliii.) 146. Drayton Richard J. Forman, Henry Beny; Ezra A. Healy, Superannuated. 147. Qalt John B. Clarkson, M.A. 148. Washington Samuel Tucker, (Plattsville,) one v/anted (Washington). 149. Berlin Christoph er Cookman, one to be sent. 150. Listowel John Scott^ B.A., one to be sent; John Armstrong, Superannuated, 151. Ha/rriaton Francis C. Reynolds, one wanted. 152. Millhank Nathaniel Smith. 153. Arthur Robert Phillips. 154. Mount Forest... Thomas Cobb, one wanted. 155. Wellesley Joseph Deacon, (Cross Hill). worth. Superannuated. ISAAC B. HOWARD, Chairman. JOEL BRIGGS, Financial Secretary. X. THE GODERICH DISTRICT. 156. Goderich James Graham. 157. Clinton William S. Blackstock. 158. Londesboro' Isaac Crane, (Clinton.) 159. HolmesvUle Charles E. S*iaflford. 160. Seaforth ..-. Charles LaveJl, M. A. 3 61. Mitchell Samuel Wilson; Asahel Hurlburt, Superannuated. 162. Fullarion and | Coleman Bristol, M.A. Hihhard / 163. Monckion One to be sent. \^i, Stratford William C. Henderson, M.A. i,r:^ 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 37 165. Harmony D. W. Thompson. 160. Bayfield Luther O. Rice. ■■■" > n 167. Dungannon James Broley. 168. Kincardine George A. Mitchell, B.A. 169. Bervie Andrew Milliken. 1 70. Teeawater James Laird. 171. Brussels itobert Davy, Thomas Legate, 172. Trowbridge John Hough. 173. Uowick William Hawke, (Goriie), Robert Burns. 174. Wingham Henry Kellam, Samuel Sellery ; G. H. Kenney, Superannuat-eu. 175. Luchnow..., John S. Fisher. CHARLES LAV ELL, .M. A., ChairmaH. WILLIAM HAWKE, Financial Secretary. »*.- XL THE OWEN SOUND DISTRICT. 176. Owen Sound ... John G. Laird. 177. Mea/ord James Ander&on, John McCarroll, 178. Walter^ 8 Falls... William Tucker, one to be sent. 179. Durham Thomas W. Glover, one wanted. 180. Invermay Josias Greene. 181. Port Elgin David Perry. 182. Paisley Nathaniel S. Burwash; Alexander Thibadeau. 183. Hanover Charles E. Perry. 184. Walkerton Phineas D. WilL 185. Artemesia Henry S. Matthews, (Flesherton), John Turner. 186. Markdale David Williams. 187. Cliatsworth John Webster. m 38 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 188. Sarawak Isaac Baker, (O wen Sound). 19>^. Allen ford William C. JoUey. 1 90. Saugeen George Jacques. ] 9 1 . Wiarton William M. Bielby, one wanted. 192. Cape Croker ... Thomas Williams, (Owen Sound.) JOHN G. LAIRD, Chairman. JOSIAS GREENE, Financial Secretary. XII. THE COLLINGWOOD DISTRICT 193. CoUingwood ... Joseph W. McCallum ; Edward Sallows, Superannuated. 194. Thomhury ...... Wm. M. Pattyson, James Mooney. 195. Oaprey Alfred L. Russell, B. A., (Majcwell). 196. Averting John V. Wilson. 197. Stayner Isaac Gold, 198. Christian Is- ^ lands & Beau- > Joseph H. Stinson, soliel Island ) 199. Parry Sounds \ Shawanahga, dj /■ J. C. Willmott, M.A. French River. ) 200. Manitoulin IsVd \ Li**le Current dh > W. Sutton, (Little Current.) Manitowaning. . ) 201. Bruce M les Thomas Woolsey. 202. Garden River, ^ Micldpicoton, I j,^j„^ g ^^^^ BacheufnaBay l and J^ipigon, ^ 203. SauU St. Marie Thomas Cleworth. y. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 89 204. Silver Islet Joseph Galloway. 205. Prince Arthur's ) ^j„j^^ Halstead. Landing. ) 206. Lac-la-Pluie One wanted. JOSEPH W. McCALLUM, Chairman. ISAAC GOLD, Financial Secretary. XIII. THE BARRIE DISTKICT. 207. JBarrie Cp.vid C. McDowell. 208. Vespra ....,..,. George M. Brown. 209. Orillia Kennedy Ore 'gh ton. 210. Rugby John Pepper, B. A., under the direc- of the Superintendent of Orillia. 211. Eama e "William H. Peake, (Oriliia.) 212. mihdale and ) j^^^.^ McFarlane, Charles Langford. Fenetanguiahene ) 213. Angus John W. Totten. 214. Bracehridge Webster W. Leech, A. P. Lyons. 215. Utterson One wanted. 216. Huntsville ^... Thomas Snowden, under the direction of the Minister at Bracebridge. 217. Morrison ...... Alexander C. Chambers, (Severn Bridge.) 218. Cold Water Kobert Lochead. 219. McKellar Reuben Toye. 220. Spence One wanted. 221. Rosseau One to be sent, ( Ashdown.) DAVID C. Mcdowell, Chnirwan. JOHN W. TOTTEN, Financial Secretary. w Ml 40 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. XIV. THE BRADFORD DISTRICT. 222. Bradford William Hay, David Catteimch. 223. Newmarket Wesley Cassoa. 224. Aurora Edward Barrass, John C. Stevenson. 225. Bond Head Francis Coleman, Austin Potter. 226. Lloydtown Peter Addison, George J. Bishop. 227. Cookstovm ...... William Irwin, William G. Ho wson ; Jacob Poole, Supernumerary. 228. Innisfil Robert H. Smith, (Craigvale,) Thos. H. Patchell, (Bramley.) 229. Alliston Daniql E. F. Gee, one wanted. 230. Mount Albert ... Andrew Armstrong. 231. Rosemount Thomas Campbell, Joseph R. Gibson. 232. Mono John Smiley, M.A. 233. Horning^ 8 Mills Thomas Culbert. 234. Sutton William Torrance. . 235. Snake and i To bo supplied by the Minister from Georgina Islands J Sutton. WILLIAM HAY, Chairman. WILLIAM IRWIN, Firmncml Secretaxj/. \^ XV. THE WHITBY DISTfllCT. 236. WJdthy Jos. E. Sand jison, M. A., J. William Annis ; Conrad Vandusen, Sup'd ; Robt. Parlington, Sup'y. 237. Oshawa William Scott. 238. Bowmanville ... John Bredin. 239. Newcastle Isaac B. Aylsworth, M.D., Newton Hill. 240. Darlington Thomas A. Ferguson, (Hampton.) Isaac Newton Robinson, (Hampton.) 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 41 241. Pickeriiiy George H. Cornish, (Greenwood,) Andrew VV. Koss, (Pickering.) 242. Markham Jonuthan E. Betts, John Pickering. 243. Stouffoille Ephraim L. Koyl, one to be sent. 244. Uxhridge John S. Evans. 245. Prince Albert.^. Samuel 0. Phil p, jun., John Hart. 246. Scugog To be Supplied by the Ministers of Prince Albert. 247. Cartwright John Hod^^son. 248. Manvers John C. Wilson. 949. Brock George T. Richardson. 250. Cannington ... George Leech. 251. Beaverton Edwin A. Chown, B.A. WILLIAM SCOTT, Chairman. GEOliGE H. CORNISH, Financial Secretary, XYI. THE COBOURG DISTRICT. 252. Cohourg William Briggs ; Richard Jones, Co- Treasurer, Victoria College; Samuel Rose and John Macdonald, Esq., Co- Treasurers of the Endowment Fund ; John C. Ash and J. H. Johnston, M.A., Agents; Vincent E. Howard; D. B. Madden, Superannuated. VJCTOHIA COIjJjEOE: Samuel S. Nelles, D.D., LL.D., President^ and Professor of Logic, Ethics, and Metaphysics. Alfred H. Reynar, M.A., Professor of Modern Languages English Literature. James Roy, M.A., Principal of Collegiat.e Institute. Undergraduates — Robert B. Huro, G. C. Workman, J. W. Bell. 42 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. liill I'meulty of Theology : Nathaniel Burwash B.D., Dean, and Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology. Theological Siudenta : Thomas W. Campbell. Jabez Edmonds. Thomas J. Reid. Matthew Robison. Nathan Austin. George W. Calvert. Alfred M. Phillips. 253: Port Hope ... Ephraim B. Harper, M. A., Co-Delegate; Alexander T. Green, Superannuated. 254. Canton Arthur Browning, one wanted. 255. JBcootimore ... Thomas S. Keough. 256. Plainville ... James Charlton, (Gore's Landing.) 257. Grafton Thomas J. Edmison ; Willir^m Steer, Superannuated. 258. Colhome William McCullough ; James Hughes, George Carr, George Case, Sup'd. 259. Castleton George Brown. 260. Brighton Osborn Lambly, M.A. 261. Smithjield ... Edward Cragg. 262. Campbellford. Richard Potter. 262. Hastings Robert Robinson; Ash ton Fletcher, Supernumerary. 264. I^ercy E. S. Rupert, M.A., (Warkworth), one wanted. 265. Alderville ... William Andrews, Frank Keam ; John Sunday, Superannuated. EPHRAIM B. HARPER, M.A., Chairman. ■W:LLiAM BRIGGS, Financial Secretary. 1843.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 48 XVII. THE PETPIRBOHO' DISTRICT. 266. Peterhoro^ Charles Fish, Samuel P. Rose ; John SaQticrson, Superannuated. 267. MiVhrook Richard Clark, Edward Hill. 268. Lindsay James Brock ; James Greener, Super- annuated. 269. Oahwood Heary McDowell, Robert Cunning- ham. 270. Omemee John W. Savage, Francis Johnson; Jas. Norris, Saml. C. Philp, Sup'd. 271. Keene William R. Bar?^er. 272. Norwood Joseph Hill. 273. Lahefield William L. Scott. 274. Hiawatha Robert Brooking. 275. Warsaw John W. Wicher. 276. Bohcaygeon Robert Godfrey, one to be sent. 277. Minden One to be sent. 278. Fenelon Falls... William C. Washington, M.A. 279. Cohoconk A. C. Wilson, (Shedden.) 280. Woodville Robert McCullough, one to be sent. 281. Blairton John A. Jewell, B.A., one wanted. 282. Hall's Bridge ) William Craig, under the Superin- John iozeland. Addington Road ) 303. Madoc Samuel Sing; James A. Ivison. Superannuated. 304. VAtnahle Samuel Sal ton, one to be sent. 305. Denbigh and ) j g ^^^^ g ^ Ahinger ) 306. Maynooth One to be sent. 307. Brudenell dc \ r\ . j > One wanted. Carlow ) HENRY F. BLAND, CIiar.Tiian. EDWIN CLEMEN^', Financial Secretary. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 45 XIX. THE KINGSTON DISTRICT. 308. Kingston First . Geo. R. Sanderson, Richard Ejuson ; J. C. Ash, College Agent ; Richard Wilson, Superannuated ; Henrjr Byers, Supernumerary. 309. Kingston Second Adolphus G. Ki;ight, B.A. (Ports- mouth.) 310. Gardenlsland ) To be supplied by the Superintendent John A. Dowler, one wanted. Maberly ) 356. Play fair William Sanderson. 356. Fitzroy Uarhor. Brock Rose. JAMES C. SLATER, Chmrman. WILLIAM McGlLL, Financial Secretary, XXII. THE PEMBROKE DISTRICT. 357. Pembroke Richard Whiting. 358. Rankin ) Charles Allum, Thomas E. Morden, (Ger. Mission) J B. A. 359. Westfneath ...... John Howes, Samuel E. Maudsley. 360. Clarendon ...... George Stenning, who shall devote attention to the French work. 361. Portage du Fort. Edwin Fessant. 362. Eenfr&vo Robert F. Oliver. 363. Alice William Norton, (Locksley.) 364. Onslow John C. Osborne, (Quio.) 365. Bryson Ezekiel Richardson. 366. Mattawa To be supplied. RICHARD WHITING, Chairman. EDWIN FESSANT, Financial Secretary. I!ii!f 11 ill 48 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. XXIII. THE OTTAWA DISTRICT. 367. Ottawa Centre ) ^^r-w t tt i. \ vVilliam J. Hunter. Metcaffi Street. ) 368. Ottawa K..,t 1 ^.j,.^^ g^,,^ ^^ King Street ) 369. Ottawa WeH. ) ^^^^ ^^^-^^ jj p JRichmond Jioad J 370. Alymer, P.Q ... J. W. Sparling, B.A., B.D. ' 371. BelVs Comers.., Jabez B. Keough. 372. Ma/rch James Simpson. 373. Richmond John Holmes, Samuel Shibley. 374. North Gower ... K. M. Hammond, one wante 37t>. Long Island ) ^ , -rv j. ^ > Samuel Down, ; - Locks ) 376. Osgoode Samuel Teoson 377. Bearhrook Job Roadhouse. 378. VOrignal John Burwasb, B. A., W. S. Jamieson. 379. Grenville John Corbett. 380. Thurso Richard N. Adams. 381. North Wake- | ^ -^ jjuxtable. field ) 382. Chelsea Peter Ker. 383. Aylwin Charles Y. Lake, one wanted. W. HALL, M.A., CJcairman. R. M. HAMMOND, Financial Secretary. XXIV. THE MONTREAL DISTRICT. 384. Montreal Mrst, 1 Alexander Sutherland ; John B. St, James Street Selley, M.D., Superannuated. * 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 40 .*''' » W^HLETAlf THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, George Douglas, LL.D., Principalf and Professor of Theology. Theological Student*. Arthur Whiteside. William Knox. Reuben Millyard. Henry W. Knowles. W. L. Kutledge. George A. Sohram. S86. Montreal Second, ) j^,^^ ^.^^^ ' Ottawa Street ) 386. Montreal Thivd, \ ^y,;^^ Gulbraith. Palace Street ) 387. Montreal Fourth, 1 Wniiam W. Hoss ; John Scott, Dorchester Street ) i^'rancis G. Ireland, Supernu- meraries. James Awde. 388. Montreal Fifth, ) St. Joseph Street ) 389. Montreal Sixth, 1 ^^j^^^ ^ chambers. Sherbrooke Street ) 390. Montreal Seventh \ Wellington Street, V John Armstrong. Point St. Charles ) 391. St. Zambert and ) ^harfea E. Mclntyre. Longueuil ) 392. Lachine Thomas Colling, B. A. 393. Chambly James Masson. 394. Odelltown William I. Shaw, B.A., LL.B., (LacoUe, P.Q.,) one wanted. 395. Hemmingford John Scanlon. 396. Franklin Centre... Thos. G.Williams, one t« be sent. 397. Huntingdon George Rogers, William J, Crothers, B.A. 398. Ormstoion William K. Shortt, M. A. 3 i «i* i'llii! I 'i^-^^^ 11 f 11! ■ fi ^ Hi '* 1 If- l-?!^ £>ii [i 50 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 399. Hudson David Kennedy, M.A., B.D. 400. Za Chute Samuel G. Philliiw. 401. North Gore John Hiscox. 402. New Glasgow David Winter. * 403. SIiMwhridge One wanted. t n— «. 404. Hawdon Francis Hunt. GEORGE DOUGLAS. LL. D. , Chairman m- -V' WILLIAM W. ROSS, Financial Secretary. V I XXV. THE QUEBEC DISTKICT. 405. Quebec Jamss Elliott. v06. Point Levis ... J. L. Forster. • 407. Three jRivers... Henry Irvine. 408. Melbourne William Jackson, one wanted, ^ 409. DdnviUe George Washington, M. A. 410. Windsor Mills John T. Blades. 411. Sherbrooke ... Daniel Connolly. 412. Sawyerville ... James Pearen, B.A. 413. Island Urook, Simon Crookshank. 414. Goohshire Cornelius A. Jones. 415. Dudswell William Adams, (Marbleton.) 416. Bury Hiram Fowler, (Robinson.) 417. Leeds John Stewart. 418. Inverness John G. Brick, one wanted. 419. Durham^ P. Q. John Saunders, B.A., (Ulverton.) 420. Port Neuf Moses Scott. 421. Val Gartier ... One wanted. 422. Metis A. Drennan. 423. Gaspe Thomas Haddon. JAMES ELLIOTT, Chairman. GEORGE WASHINGTON, M.A., Fin%ncUil Secretary, 187H.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 51 424. 425. 426. 427. 428. 429. 430. 421. 432. 433. 434.. 435. 436. 437. 438. 439. 440. .441. XXVI. THE STANSTEAD DISTRICT. Stanstead Wm. Hansford, A . Lee Holmes, B. A. STANSTJBAl} WESLETAN COZZEGE. Wm. Hansford, Governor, JBeebe Plain ... Isaac Wilkinson* Gompton T. C. Brown. MaiUyand \ j. w. Clipsham. :^' Casaville ... J Coaticooke LeRoy Hooker, A. Patterson. Georgeville ) t* • • t i ■^ > Benjamin Longley. (^ Magog ) Solton John Grenfell, (Knowlton Landing,) ".^,, \.^ '• ' who shall aid the Siiperiatendent of '""''""■: ' Stanstead in canvassing for the - College. Mansonville ..,, Richard Shier, Knowlton ...... Hugh Cairns. Shefford Joseph M. Hagar, B.A., (Waterloo, P.Q.,) William Timberlake. JjawrenceviUe . Alexander flardie, B.A Granhy James E. Richardson; Edmund S. In^ralls, Supernumerary. Dunham William English. Frelighshurg . . . Thomas Bell ; Samuel Jackson, Su- pernumei'ary. Farnham William Pyke. Sutton Richard Robinson. St. Armand ... John Davies, Charles R. Flanders. Clarenceville . - . George H. Squire, B.A. WILLIAM HANSFORD, Chmrman. LEUOY HOOKER, Firumcial Secretary. 62 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. ' 1 sil' I • 't'l' 1^ . 1 I ■' 1 h XXVII. THE FRElSrCH AND INDIAN DISTRICT, (P. OF Q.) 442. St. John's ,..,,,...,., John Borland. 443. Montreal ...*... One wanted. 444. Quebfic One wanted. 445. Sherbrooke Thomas Charbonnel. 446. Boxton John Syvret. 447. Shefford Joseph Dorion (Waterloo.) 448. Lacolle, French Amand Parent. 449. Mystic One to be sent. 450. Bolton Edward DeGruchy, 451. Three Rivera One to be sent. 452. Sorel One to be sent. 453. Clmmbly One to be sent. 454. Lake of Two I /ni \ a i ^ a- n \m- . i (Oka)* Abranam Sickles. Mountains ) JOHN BORLAND, Chairman. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 58 MISSIONARY DISTRICTS. XXVIIL.THE RED RIVER DISTRICT. 455. Winnipeg ..... Geo. Young; Allan Bo werman, B. A. 456. Headingly tSc ") Boyne River.,.] ^o^^^ Semmens. 457. High Bluff ... Michael Fawcett, John Walton 2nd ; Nelson Brown, Superannuated. 458. Palestine G. Edwards, under the direction of the Superintendent of High Bluflf. Kerens and 1 ^ ^ ^^ _,. _,. > Egerton Re Young. Pigeon Hiver ) ° o 460. Norway House John H. Ruttan. 461. Oxford House Orrin German. 462. Nelson Miver, . To be Visited. GEORGE YOUNG, Chairman, 459. JBerens and , XXIX. THE SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT. 463. Edmonton House... George McDougall. 464. Woodv ille Henry Steinhaur. 465. Victoria Peter Camphell. 466. White Fish Lake.,. One to be sent. 467. Morley. Bow River ) ^ , t^t tx -.i '' , ni 1 ^ ^ .. r ^^^^ McDougall. d; Blackfeet Indians j GEORGE McDougall, chairman. m ^^ MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. XXX. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA DISTRICT. 468. Victoria Will iam Pollard. 469. Saa?iic/i Christoi>lier L. Thompson. 470. Salt Spring and ) ,xt.i Maple Bay I ^'"'*'" ^- ^'''™'"'- 471. Nanaimo Thomas Derrick. 472. Keio Westmin- i . „ ster *- » 5. THE LONDON DISTRICT. Membership. Sunday Schools. . CIRCUITS. ^1 10 2 15 8 1 •• ; 11 1 9 i I • • 7 6 30 • • 15 22 Full Memb's. Total. Pr'ing Places Sch'ls. 1 London City— North Street.. .. London City— Duudaa Street.. London South 324 176 207 190 140 103 257 200 200 162 274 138 95 200 151 100 225 110 134 136 183 226 110 17 98 334 178 222 198 140 103 268 209 203 160 274 145 100 200 181 100 240 132 134 136 183 225 129 18 . 105 3 1 5 3 1 "l 2 1 5 4 2 3 4 4 2 3 1 3 3 1 6 4 4 65 62 82 50 22 31 23 21 21 36 46 25 24 24 31 25 35 6 30 19 7 47 29 15 ■ • 581 375 403 London North 152 *=*.. Thomas 345 Yarmouth Iiij^ersoll 220 Salford 163 St. Mary's 152 Kirkton Aylmer, Ont > Fingal Tvrconr;ell 187 275 142 77 Westminster Port Stanley 164 199 Mount Brydges Ex :irdiue lervio Teeswatcr . . Ainleyville Trowbridge Howick Wingham . . Lucknow , . Totals. Memkkrhiiip. 1 Sunday Schools, On ♦- Trial. Full Total. .c 1 Menib'a. 1 2 ^ & 221 225 44 324 ! 1 115 116 1 1 20 199 8 97 106 3 3 35 280 • • 118 lis 4 2 8 61 ' 8 117 125 1 1 17 161 .1 .. 200 290 11 5 52 297 25 147 172 1 1 32 322 6 112 117 5 2 10 72 2 107 109 5 1 6 35 6 195 200 6 2 15 159 23 152 175 1 1 24 176 3 184 187 6 4 27 179 7 143 150 7 2 13 82 43 179 222 10 6 3'!> 206 4 144 148 5 3 20 151 1 .. 30(3 306 7 6 48 396 1 3 232 235 8 6 57 470 1 142 1 124 126 6 87 3 60 33 234 2983 3126 603 3801 ■',■* 10. THE OWEN SOUND DISTRICT. Owen Sound Meaford Walter's Falls Thornbury Durham Invennay Port Elgin Paisley Hanover , Walkerton Artemesia Markdalo Chatsworth Keppel Amabel , Saugeen , Do. Indians . . . Cape Croker Do. Indians Totals., • • 104 161 1 95 205 300 3 5 166 171 2 4 278 282 6 8 110 •♦18 1 28 261 289 3 4 108 112 3 12 170 182 6 27 123 150 3 3 82 85 2 2 382 384 6 25 106 181 8 8 171 179 2 5 86 90 6 5 151 156 3 6 31 57 ■ 66 1 •37 31 65 i" 68 • • 48 2690 2927 28 35 9 62 11 32 35 40 29 27 37 Is 16 G2 38 463 330 210 86 262 70 272 90 256 165 117 347 108 110 220 223 80 2895 60 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. 11. THE BARRIE DISTRICT. t CIRCUITS o-c Barrie Vesixra Collitigwood Orii'iia Ru'a'by lluiua Do. Indians.. Iliilsdale and Pf^netanguishene Stayner Avening Angus Osprey Muskoka Iluntsville Mor.i.son Christian IsI'ds&Beausoleil Isl'dj Do. Indians Cold Water Bruce Mines Sault Ste. Marie Garden River, Michiplcoton, Bachewana Bay & Nipegon Parry Sound, Sliawanahga & French River McKellar Hosseau Manitoulin Island Silver Islet Prince Arthur's Landing .... Mrmbuksuip. 20 '4 17 3 Totals. y 2 4 16 10 11 18 114 Full Menib's. 264 182 159 101 36 26 90 190 04 120 129 122 104 30 76 3 99 49 65 62 90 32 ii Total. 284 132 103 118 89 116 198 94 120 131 12(1 120 40 87 102 4Q 67 68 108 32 12 SU5DAY Schools. (^CL< 2092 2206 13 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 • • 2 1 1 2 1 'a H 27 18 18 34 20 • • 8 7 19 6 18 17 14 12 2 7 86 12 5 263 12. THE BRADFORD DISTRICT. ^ 168 119 300 227 80 44 136 36 116 196 60 109 20 67 260 25 84 81 • • 35 2170 Bradford 3 50 4 1 1 4 • • 2 10 • • 75 147 60 236 261 218 859 239 150 147 296 99 115 81 37 150 60 285 265 219 360 243 150 149 806 99 115 81 37 5 1 5 6 7 6 7 4 5 9 5 5 4 69 2 1 3 3 3 8 5 • • 4 4 2 • • • • • • 30 21 18 34 28 29 39 47 29 28 15 • ■ 192 Newmarket 120 Aurora 330 Bond Head 126 Lloydtown 47 Cookstown 297 Innisfll 361 Aliston Moun^' Albprt 243 Ro;;emount 196 Mono 128 Homing's Mills Sutton Snake & Oeorgina ^ 7 Pickering 224 Markham 265 Buwmanvillo 227 Darlington 306 Newcastle 609 Prince Albert 332 Soiiffop— Indian Uxbridg'e 00 Brock 351 Canningtou 106 Baaverton 155 Btouffville Cartwrijf ht 146 Man vers 212 Totals 2845 2999 606 8691 ip^j., ■■ ■>:.; ■■ii^-j^ ^+ , . ,0t .;> i4. THE COBOURG DISTRICT. Cobourg Do. Students Port Hope Canton Baltimore Plain ville Colbome Costieton Brighton Smithfleld CarnpbelUord .... Hastings I'ercy Alderville Do. Indians Totals 20 200 10 61 68 i32 3 237 7 101 1 71 10 190 ^ ^ 200 8 168 50 220 , , 166 3 108 ■ • 216 a • 136 > 38$ 2310 180 220 I || 61 S .300 240 lOS 72 200 200 106 270 155 ill 215 174 2490 2 2 85 T 1 38 7 6 43 4 1 8 3 1 3 4 3 42 6 4 33 1 1 10 7 6 35 4 3 27 4 3 21 7 4 30 7 4 27 66 37 362 820 465 27i 45 20 218 209 130 203 234 177 189 222 2706 62 MINUTES or THE CANADA ri873. 15. THE PETER BORO* DISTRICT. Mkmbkrmuip. SUM>AT SciiooLa. CIRCUITS. 4 20 4 1 4 • • S 6 Full Menib's. Total. e X) 1 I'ot.erboro' 260 296 10 ( 28* 106 341 200 103 171 140 97 202 71 132 47 128 93 ^l} 39 280 300 48 10«J 341 200 166 177 140 97 234 73 140 47 146 131 20 44 35 35 1 19 32 6 21 21 29 28 9 40 18 38 23 7 440 Millbrodk 252 lliawiiHia and llice Lake Do liiiliafiH 38 l>iii(lKav 188 Oak wood Omeraee Koene 135 30 Norwood 185 Lakefield 149 Warsaw 82 2 8 18 38 6 6 146 145 Hobcavoreon 249 Miiulen FencJon Falls 267 Coboconk 49 Woodville ir.8 Blairton J u Hall's DrldKe and Mud Lake .. Do. Indians Chaudos 28 Totals 2639 2685 • 862 2426 16. THE BEL: EVII.LE DISTRICT. Belleville Consecon Wellington Anicliasburg Picton Bloonifield & Cherry Valley . . Milford Sidney Thurlow Marmora Stirling Frankford Trenton Demorestville Shannonvillo Moira Tweed Bridgewater Flinton & Addington Roaa . . Madoc L'Amable Denbigh & Abinger Maynooth Brudencll & Carlow Totals , 10 ' 480 490 2 67 • • 140 140 1 10 , , 220 220 2 13 • • 447 447 6 64 17 298 815 3 J2 65 130 195 3 40 6 309 314 7 41 , , 187 187 4 35 4 239 243 • • • • 7 123 130 5 30 4 263 267 2 18 7 168 ?75 2 14 30 239 269 4 26 5 265 270 3 29 13 223 236 3 22 , , 186 186 4 36 J , 200 200 2 21 2 138 140 3 84 ^ ^ 72 72 • • ,. 8 163 166 2 10 ^ , 12» 129 • • ., 5 71 76 2 9 8 23 31 ^ , • • 2 24 26 1 62 4 187 4737 4024 639 520 80 122 290 330 202 216 173 213 125 110 196 117 li2 216 96 195 99 33 22 3569 1873.] WESLEY AN METHODIST OONFERIiNCB. r,3 17. THE KINGSTON DISTRICT. CIRCUITS. Kinfirston Napance , Morven & Oosport Selby Newburgr , Wilton Odessa , Bath Amh^rat Island ('ataraqui Battcrsoa (lananoque Pittsburg 0;-cien & Wolf Islands Centreville Harrowsmith & Frontenac . . . Tainworth Kennebec MlMBKRBIIlP. Totals , 28 12 o 23 2 6 7 1 14 21 25 5 3 Full Memb'a 140 .363 336 132 237 46« 303 209 278 33 203 59 99 161 130 126 95 61 ToUl. Sunday ScnooiiH. 3340 801 348 184 2;i8 466 320 209 278 36 208 60 :0) 176 lei 150 100 64 ^1 c a 3489 4 2 5 8 7 7 3 8 "o 4 1 C *7 9 6 5 91 6 1 2 1 4 3 1 i 2 1 3 4 1 8 3 .a 86 86 38 14 10 66 33 11 10 • • 6 9 18 11 24 4 19 40 893 18. THE BROGKVILLE DISTRICT. & 704 244 92 65 371 170 76 83 47 90 247 81 140 15 119 103 2416 Brockville . 4 io 2 10 17 • • 2 1 8 8 2 7 71 226 142 250 316 210 135 215 16s> 237 14v) 260 188 872 194 70 93 78 8291 230 142 250 326 212 146 215 165 254 140 262 189 380 202 72 100 78 8362 1 1 8 10 7 7 5 3 6 6 5 3 9 7 1 4 6 88 1 1 1 6 1 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 2 1 "i 36 32 20 8 30 4 18 26 29 38 27 25 36 18 10 6 273 Prescott 160 Lvn 80 Farmersville 857 Maitland 30 Nortii Augusta Si>encervi le 135 179 Keniptville 229 Kouth Mountain 298 Ed^rardsburg Matilda 180 Morrisburg 181 Winchester AultHville 805 190 Cornwall 69 Moulinette Avoninore 28 Totals 332 2690 64 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 19. THE PERTH DISTRICT. Mbmbkrbuip. Sunday ScnooLs. CIRCUITS. Pull Memb's. Total. 4 9 7 7 8 7 6 6 8 2 73 in 1 3 4 S 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 23 1 ^ 1 eg Pt-i,;! ,,.. 2 • • 8 • • 6 12 7 • • 99 306 227 260 269 145 145 70 66 75 48 101 806 255 250 259 151 147 82 63 75 48 12 87 41 28 18 6 9 6 7 4 6 80 Smith's Falls Carleton Placb ... 156 264 Pakonhani and Amprior McitIcI. viiie 123 160 Eiffin S3 Newboro' 59 Glentay 62 Maljerly 60 Playfair 40 Fltzroy Harbor 42 Totals 37 1680 1717 1 174 1069 20. THE PEMBROKE DISTRICT. Pembroke 10 4 15 8 8 ■ • 6 • * 61 130 101 204 15« 52 56 11 61 124 54 12 961 140 105 219 164 62 64 11 61 130 64 12 1 14 7 3 6 7 6 6 7 7 64 1 2 4 • • 2 1 'a 2 1 16 13 4 36 12 9 • • 15 3 3 119 HankMi— Gorman Mission Westmeavh 30 209 Clarendon Portage du Fort 95 Re^irew 70 Cilabogie Alice Onslow 99 Collfleld 36 Mattawa 3 Totals,.. 1012 95 661 21. THE OTTAWA DISTRICT. L Oti&wa 20 1 i 3 2 23 8 4 27 330 40 213 350 332 86 122 51 197 52 37 167 141 350 41 213 360 333 89 124 74 200 66 37 194 141 5 2 9 o 8 <> 9 9 • • 2 1 6 3 1 • • 3 i '4 44 6 U 26 16 2i 2i • • 175 ! 306 Aylmer, P. O 35 Beil'.s Corners 104 Richmond 172 'Torth Gower 120 Long Island Lockd Osgoode 88 Boarbrooke L'OH'frtal 40 Grenvdle Thurso North Wakefield & Tomnleton . . Aylwl n SO 84 Totals 2118 2202 57 20 1006 1873.] WESLEY AN METHODIST CONFERENCE. " 22. THE MONTREAL DISTRICT. t'JiV* - \ MBMBKaaiiip. Sunday Scuoom. i CIRCUITS. a* 94 26 6 23 15 2 5 Full Meuib'a. Total. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 3 6 6 4 1 4 3 i 2 3 4 * » 48 •g 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 4 8 4 2 1 "i • • 2 1 • • • • • • « ■ • • 36 eg Montreal FMrst— St, James St.. Montreal Seoond —Ottawa St. .. Ma Pik',', River Lacollo—French , 263 4 • Totals 2C75 2\)28 428 3319 23. THE QUEBEC DISTRICT. Quebec JPtiint LeviH 2 • • • • 6 9 2 5 7 11 • • 140 11 22 150 167 68 106 117 16 43 77 36 172 122 184 27 69 140 13 22 loO 173 67 107 122 22 64 77 86 172 122 134 82 78 1 1 2 8 9 3 3 t 6 a 3 8 8 6 8 • • 78 2 • « 2 • * 3 2 2 8 1 » • 1 4 81 29 6 6 20 18 10 4 10 16 7 7 17 2 4 13 257 S2 Three KJvors MenK>urne 38 142 Dauvillo , Wind8or idills 127 Sherbrooko SawjerviHo Island Brook . 73 20 CookHhir« , 65 Dudaweii Wury , 100 Leeds • * • • • • 6 19 66 60 New IrelMid., .. Durham. P.O 60 141 Port Nouf 17 ValCartier Metis 60 C^iwpe 100 Totals 14d& 1621 166 1261 -.- •••a 66 MIirUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 24. THE STANSTEAD DISTRICT. CIRCUITS. Stanstcad , I'leebe Plain Compton Hatley and Casiville . Coaticooke Gkiorgeville &ll%gog. Bolton Knowlton Shefford Lawrenceville Granby Dunham Frelighsburtc Farnham Sutton Bt. Armand Clarcuceville MiMBRBSniP. Totals 137 4 2 3 22 n 2 4 34 10 2 2 "t 24 15 Full Memb's. 80 11 72 72 118 30 129 108 203 101 188 88 68 71 52 216 220 1817 Total. 80 15 74 75 140 30 150 110 207 126 198 90 «0 71 54 240 235 1954 gPHDAY SCUOOLB. : • J3 5 111 .2 CO 9 (14 •9 64 13 80 8 42 24 126 18 135 15 160 22 130 7 69 15 83 9 S9 9 27 13 64 • • 13 90 .. 20 184 1174 25. THE RED RIVER DISTRICT. Red River 14 12 11 • • 'a 38 80 2£2f 76 2 62 i 5 1 S 1 *i 6 12 9 • • '3 85 Hiirh Bluff 92 307 76 10 8 3 '2 2 20 65 Norway House Do. Indians .... Nelson River .... 110 O^cford HouHe— Indians BereuB and Piceon River 30 . . . Totals 45 486 531 24 280 26. THE SASKATCHEW^AN DISTRICT. Edmonton House Woodville Victoria , White Fish Lake Elk River 27. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA DISTRICT. Victoria. V. I 4 10 110 8 114 18 • • ■■ I 16 10 120 Do. Indians ro Baanich and Royal Oak , , , , • • a , » . , a • • Nanaimo and Maple Bay 40 46 86 18 7.40 Do. Do. Indians 19 17 • • Sumaa and Chilliwhack « 41 47 60 : Do. Indians.. 83 17 • • • • • • New Westminster and Lower Fraser River S 8 40 2 62 4i .. 8 Do. Indians t5 Cariboo • • 83 10 • • 10 * . .. 8 10 Indian Tribes Totals 204 877 8 54 876 1873.] WESLEYAW METHODIST C05FERENCB. 67 RECAPITULATION OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS. . Membbrship. SuifDAY SCHOOM. THE DISTRICTS. o 1 ^ . ■S m si 3 a • • i o o J3 CQ 69 44 46 47 05 34 41 58 50 48 27 30 49 37 SO 62 35 35 23 16 20 36 31 26 6 8 069 o 1 1 1 . Toronto ........••••.».. 848 152 105 253 168 92 133 237 142 2S7 114 76 154 180 146 187 149 71 37 61 84 253 66 137 45 83 4397 3696 2469 3628 4155 2350 1881 3209 2983 2090 2092 2444 2845 2310 2539 4737 3340 3291 1680 961 2118 2675 1466 1817 486 44S 29i 66985 4745 3848 2574 3881 4323 2442 2014 3446 3125 2927 2206 1 2519 'i999 2490 2686 4924 3489 3362 1717 1012 2202 292S 1621 1954 531 443 877 787 610 473 618 662 326 327 651 503 463 203 288 606 352 3-52 539 393 332 174 95 175 428 166 184 24 64 5868 2 Hamilton 4835 S. Niairara 3556 4. Brantford , . . . . 8547 6. London 4846 6. Chatham 2441 7. Sarnia 2689 8. Gueloh 41«1 9. Goderich 3801 10. Owen Sound 2895 11. Barrie 2170 12, Bradford 2101 13. Whitby 3691 14 Cobourg' 2705 15. Petcrboro 2426 16. Belleville 17. Kingston « , 8559 2418 18. Brockville 2690 19. Perth 1069 20. Pembr' Ke 661 21. Ottawa 1005 f 2. Montreal 3319 23. Quebec 1261 24. .St stead 1174 25. Reu Kiver 26. Saska hewan 280 27. Britisj 'olumbia 375 otals S099 70684 0666 70421 68 MINUTES OP THE CAKADA [1873. QUESTION XII.— What is the amount received for the several Gonnexional Funds ? 1. THE TORONTO DISTRICT. CIRCUITS. Toronto First— Metropolitan . . Toronto Second— Richmond St. Toronto Third— Elm Street Toronto Fourth— Berkeley St.. Toronto Fifth— Queen Street . . Yorkville Daven]X)rt and Scatou tiCHlicville Scarboro' Yonge Street South Yonge Street North Weston Brani])ton BtrectHvillo Cooksvillo Chinguacousy Omngeville and Caledon Albion Kliueburg Totals GONNEXIONAL FUNDS. ST3 170 81 26 60 32 87 16 06 28 00 14 40 4 1 4 64 38 10 12 75 10 68 11 76 12 10 12 30 10 00 3 19 8 27 12 67 8 20 288 07 S « 3 153 76 68 17 72 29 38 64 71 35 38 60 8 68 1 85 6 20 26 30 21 64 26 26 27 50 26 34 23 40 6 30 13 66 20 60 18 00 661 53 87 46 21 80 32 62 17 12 32 35 18 00 60 18 3 75 12 50 13 55 V} 50 13 00 16 00 11 4 8 25 15 00 11 00 8 60 325 26 o s p Ucnfa 76 87 26 20 36 26 12 60 20 00 10 00 34 00 t • • • 2 60 10 00 7 60 10 27 10 00 10 80 9 00 60 60 91 00 260 96 110 00 104 86 115 11 30 40 124 26 356 70 21 25 3 67 22 77 125 00 80 00 CO 76 70 50 141 60 46 33 11 00 82 00 36 00 60 60 1640 67 2233 62 809 48 1181 82 284 74 817 16 1651 35 198 97 40 00 230 44 740 29 841 01 419 81 665 61 795 46 381 69 119 00 175 93 496 50 263 39 12246 17 ■' f.(-:^_: '< 2. THE HAMILTON DISTRICT. Hamilton First t47 66 117 66 66 55 20 00 13 35 12 63 12 08 8 75 9 00 7 00 6 00 6 20 10 60 12 00 8 60 11 08 1 25 1 10 1 20 54 6:^ 20 50 11 15 16 62 6 44 8 15 6 26 8 00 5 30 2 76 7 00 8 60 8 00 4 03 2 60 1 20 1 16 1 269 00 71 00 37 60 86 00 68 19 60 25 70 00 60 00 41 00 28 50 63 00 30 00 34 70 24 68 8 27 3 20 3 00 2631 67 Hamilton Second 18 39 9 20 16 60 9 61 8 10 7 05 10 20 8 10 6 00 10 75 8 86 7 16 6 64 1 42 1 22 1 20 178 03 34 60 26 40 32 80 22 06 19 66 16 10 16 24 11 10 9 89 20 42 17 00 16 62 17 46 2 33 2 83 2 18 672 78 Hamilton Third 441 69 Dundas 607 63 Waterdown 234 15 Wcllintrton Sauarc 360 OG Olanf ord ...............<.... 502 71 SenecA •..<..>•••. 254 33 Miltcn 489 12 I^owville ............. 253 75 Oakville 608 76 Hullsville 304 21 Vanticoke .... CainRvilla .....•• 270 02 263 74 Grand RiTev 77 71 New Credit 92 08 Hamilton— Q«rmaa Mission .... 74 83 Totals S82 64 194 14 17110 923 19 7899 08 X873.J WESLBYAN METHODIST OONF£RENCE. 63 3. THE NIAGARA DISTRICT. CONNEXIONAL FUNDS. CIRCUITS. on •0 3 4) *» "O ?2 (La fl m9M a St. Catherines ...t.. .......... 120 95 8 13 4 00 8 88 3 37 10 50 8 18 3 60 9 36 4 03 6 85 3 00 4 60 4 72 67 35 16 22 7 26 6 97 6 80 17 66 13 87 8 75 20 64 10 47 11 90 4 60 7 00 7 44 26 75 10 60 3 2-2 3 48 1 W 8 00 7 50 3 65 13 06 6 70 8 00 4 00 6 00 3 60 87 76 10 20 3 25 2 79 4 10 7 26 8 14 4 00 7 79 6 93 6 00 3 00 6 26 3 06 109 61 42 00 40 00 10 00 10 55 6 48 34 66 30 02 00 65 97 14 35 23 00 8 00 12 25 13 61 371 63 Thorold 437 29 Font Hill 91 03 llcrritton 123 38 Niaj,'ara 142 24 Drtiuimondville 224 13 Wclland 223 71 Dunn villo 103 60 Grimsby 466 20 Beanisville 171 26 Smithville 279 39 Cayuga 78 19 Point Abino 103 (M Caistorville 136 02 Totals 98 97 196 71 106 46 319 38 2952 06 4. THE BRANTFORD DISTRICT. Brantford «13 09 4 76 6 26 8 12 6 50 2 07 12 10 7 25 4 50 7 68 6 10 8 07 7 41 3 03 6 63 7 20 3 26 5 06 7 96 6 00 41 69 9 60 12 G6 IS 11 12 70 4 73 28 70 12 31 8 25 12 80 10 49 6 89 18 72 6 88 14 87 7 60 6 30 7 84 14 00 12 16 16 44 5 10 6 12 6 60 5 00 4 00 16 00 6 93 4 00 8 16 6 00 3 59 10 25 2 16 7 50 8 10 6 20 3 07 11 77 6 56 23 05 6 87 6 34 7 89 6 00 4 15 8 00 6 29 4 00 4 60 5 25 2 18 8 50 1 88 8 00 6 15 2 25 8 16 6 50 6 65 37 04 20 75 20 00 16 93 20 50 19 50 46 37 14 02 26 76 46 00 16 89 9 02 43 00 6 66 36 00 25 50 7 46 10 43 36 60 8 00 699 71 Mount Pleasant 173 . Waterford Port Dover 148 38 I?'! 46 St. Williams Port Rowan 63 OS 161 02 Lynedoch Tilsonbunr 267 88 176 02 Yienua Totals 126 93 265 46 140 44 123 60 464 30 3916 77 70 MINUTES OF THE CANADA 5. THE LONDON DISTRICT. [1873. CONNEXIONAL FUNDS. CIRCUITS. 9 « 9 5 I'd a c J- s oj s "Q O 3 O J 3 $102 00 60 86 36 19 30 40 50 00 12 00 32 60 21 25 45 40 23 94 33 00 42 00 8 00 28 50 20 00 8 64 31 75 14 66 25 00 20 00 16 00 30 00 17 20 2 50 1 a London City— North Street London City— Dundas Street.. London South 832 60 14 82 7 27 3 96 11 46 3 00 9 00 6 10 8 23 6 10 8 00 6 39 4 00 6 00 7 67 6 00 7 84 2 60 4 25 5 75 7 28 7.54 6 7« • • • • $61 25 43 «8 12 20 61 27 71 9 30 12 20 8 60 22 71 15 79 18 00 13 81 6 25 16 20 9 24 8 00 15 14 9 45 10 50 7 67 14 22 16 75 10 21 2 10 $30 00 13 80 6 62 3 33 20 60 3 00 11 91 4 00 10 75 3 00 6 00 6 00 2 75 8 53 6 87 3 00 6 67 4 91 5 10 4 00 7 05 6 35 6 08 • • « • $899 92 438 38 202 04 London North 243 19 St. Thomas 246 74 Yarmouth 133 21 Ini'orsoll 263 94 Salf ord 273 31 St. Mary's 320 26 Kirkton 297 08 A vlmer. Ont 245 55 F'intral 194 45 Tvrconnell 92 22 Westminster 212 89 Port Stanley 179 92 Mount Brvdcres 91 30 Exeter 264 02 Kippin 106 80 Lucan « 167 00 Ailsa Craicr 127 00 Nissouri 271 29 Belmont 307 61 Dorchester Station 167 12 Muncev & Oneidft 137 87 Totals 179 66 380 39 186 22 .... 720 96 6932 00 1 !;< 6. THE CHATHAM DISTRICT. Chatham $22 60 7 50 774 5 65 7 00 7 26 8 26 6 50 5 37 6 75 4 69 3 05 856 5 43 $40 64 14 80 15 "7i 14 43 9 11 11 00 11 11 10 00 6 69 11 54 8 00 10 29 13' 26 8 27 $13 24 13 00 8 06 10 00 5 24 8 00 6 48 2 30 4 26 3 89 3 50 3 75 6' 50 5 45 $19 60 6 64 5 06 7 00 2 00 4 00 6 90 1 60 3 00 3 00 3 44 5 00 425 4 46 $61 06 22 00 43 '63 25 00 12 20 12 00 30 00 17 00 16 00 20 80 15 00 16 05 26' 66 7 22 $467 63 Windsor , 210 53 Sandwich* 19 34 Blenheim 251 76 Kinufsville 161 58 Woodslee 154 00 Amherstburgf «... 102 00 Romney 212 13 Leamin&rton 133 25 Ridtretown 04 90 Newbury 111 07 Wardsville 82 72 Florence 89 S9 Moraviantown 9 16 Dawu Mills 164 42 Wallacoburg and Walpole Isl'ds 136 82 Totals 106 20 184 74 90 60 75 69 S17 86 2400 70 * InoJudcd in Windsor retume. !ir 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 71 7. THE SARNIA DISTRICT. ^ CONNEXIONAu FUNDS. CIRCUITS. 053 3 C S T5 C 3 S 91 5 033 S'2 . fe.2t3 1 a Samia $15 00 8 50 6 08 2 80 3 25 6 55 'J 70 3 60 8 45 1 50 6 50 3 00 55 3 00 $32 70 16 50 6 10 5 02 4 25 12 30 5 CO 6 00 17 44 5 50 14 00 4 00 1 50 6 82 $15 09 10 00 /: 40 3 10 3 50 3 62 6 45 2 80 75 3 00 7 00 4 26 1 00 3 43 $14 90 10 00 3 00 150 4 00 4 26 3 25 12 4 00 6 50 i"66 3 06 60 67 $53 "5 40 00 5 00 4 38 5 60 10 00 80 00 11 50 20 34 8 00 20 10 10 00 1 00 12 26 $340 20 Strathroy 220 12 Adt'laide 04 32 Arkona 74 85 Forest 83 10 Park Hill 155 06 Watford 240 24 Mooretown 118 47 Potrolia 190 4S Oil Sprinsfs 80 00 Wvoniine 102 00 Napier lOrt 25 St. Clair 05 dfi Sonibra 97 24 Total* 74 49 ir>o 73 75 38 231 22 2028 01 8. THE GUELPH DISTRICT. Giielph Georgetown Acton Erin , Garafraxa & Luther , Boekwood Elora Einiira Fergus Peel Drayton Gait Vnishitijfton Berlin Listowel Harriston Miilbank Arthur ilovnit Forest. Welleslcy Preston & Paris - Ger. Mission TotAlB 1 1 $20 80 ! $49 37 $21 91 $25 42 $72 22 $.318 27 5 54 12 16 6 44 6 19 33 no 146 95 2 00 4 05 2 00 1 50 5 00 76 75 3 02 5 75 3 06 2 38 5 00 83 51 5 21 7 67 2 66 1 31 9 11 25 160 55 4 79 7 17 3 08 2 79 9 ;'4 80 34 8 3;{ 12 36 7 00 6 47 26 00 224 16 2 23 4 68 2 70 1 03 2 23 60 81 6 85' 15 50 8 10 6 15 ir, so 115 77 5 09 10 12 7 36 5 -23 37 25 267 7.-i 7 00 14 28 7 00 6 00 40 00 .'{1)4 37 6 00 15 00 7 00 10 00 14 00 110 00 5 75 14 39 9 77 6 20 30 80 252 50 6 50 9 83 6 26 6 00 19 00 101 24 5 31 7 91 6 00 4 75 11 25 1S2 96 3 67 5 r,!) 3 10 5 15 9 40 156 03 4 20 7 00 3 00 2 50 12 50 13;^ 20 1 41 1 50 1 09 60 3 00 79 60 4 40 10 00 4 02 2 00 9 50 153 30 4 15 6 13 2 61 2 00 14 00 8S 28 4 00 116 35 3 78 1 16 1 00 4 25 384 29 178 96 224 24 115 90 103 73 3452 28 a MI^TES OP THE CANADA [1873. 9. THE GODERIGH DISTRICT. CIRCUITS. Goderich . . Clinton Londosboro' Holmesville Seaf orth .... Mitchell .... Stratford .. Ilannony .. Dayfleld Dungannon Kincardine Bervie Teeswater . . Ainleyville Trowbridge Howick . . . . Wingham .. Lucknow .. Totals. CONNEXiONA L FUNDS. hurch elief und. duca- onal und. uper'd inis'rs' und. 1 a .2 d «> >> d •2 t3 .o»f^ O bife W'^^pM Occfa C/lxett** a "fe :|10 04 $18 89 $10 21 $14 70 $39 00 $192 81 8 12 13 00 7 25 8 00 24 75 212 54 6 41 7 41 6 50 6 50 30 89 166 16 2 28 4 12 2 00 2 00 15 60 121 10 6 15 11 35 7 10 5 42 17 CO 163 57 13 50 22 05 10 21 10 30 60 50 409 05 8 62 16 02 8 06 6 90 18 00 233 11 6 44 14 61 6 04 3 75 24 00 191 88 6 17 • • I • 4 80 69 CO 123 15 6 55 8 53 4 38 4 22 13 54 130 34 4 21 16 01 6 80 6 68 16 76 232 83 6 53 10 27 4 60 3 73 13 50 141 25 5 00 6 50 4 00 3 00 22 35 131 20 7 13 12 50 4 56 6 00 24 08 197 70 4 85 7 15 3 90 4 40 13 20 141 90 7 45 11 3i 5 42 5 00 20 08 174 93 6 16 10 52 4 52 6 85 19 39 ISf 00 6 00 11 00 5 00 199 45 1 4 00 13 00 17?* 72 'll4 94 1 207 34 105 31 893 14 3292 32 10. THE OWEN SOUND DISTRICT. f ii I ! i f s M Owen Sound ^ Meaford 17 50 5 40 2 75 4 26 3 74 6 27 3 84 6 71 3 25 6 00 5 06 1 60 4 29 2 00 8 96 40 $12 30 10 22 4 25 9 30 7 44 9 76 7 03 7 70 6 50 8 00 8 12 2 30 9 31 2 25 4 70 60 $7 00 6 Oil 3 56 4 00 2 85 6 40 3 00 4 98 3 20 3 00 8 50 1 62 5 00 1 75 1 00 $6 40 6 01 2 45 4 25 1 46 6 50 2 50 4 13 2 30 4 25 2 00 1 12 3 59 1 74 78 • • • • $22 00 10 71 8 75 15 00 8 04 18 14 8 00 26 11 10 76 9 00 19 49 7 35 11 25 4 00 6 15 1 20 • • • • $132 17 217 72 Walter's Falls 129 64 Thonibury 155 47 Durham, Ont 101 29 In\ enn%y 244 50 Port Elgin 143 81 Paisley 216 60 Hanover 76 42 Walkerton 89 60 Artemesia 182 33 Markdalc 96 06 Chatsworth 129 92 Keppel 89 59 Amabel 107 00 Saugeen 46 98 Capo Croker 31 60 ' Totals |63 96 109 84 GO 88 48 47 185 94 2181 78 WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 73; 11. THE BARRIE DISTRICT. CONNEXIONAL FUND. CIRCUITS uascM flal § 3 5 = 5 ?2 c,a g "Rarrifl . ........«.•• .• •■ •••••• $14 00 4 19 7 10 4 60 4 96 2 49, 6 70' 2 12. 6 00 6 00 4 20, 4 82 .. ..| 6 82 .. 38 2 51 6 25' 2 86 • • • • 5 00 i'66 • • • • 1*15 $29 68 7 62 16 00 15 68 3 71 2 80 9 67 3 27 8 64 9 96 6 06 9 69 8*95 42 6 40 10 41 3 00 6 20 2 60 4 44 • • * • 2*60 $18 06 1 26 7 76 9 00 2 76 2* if' 1 41 2 61 5 1'.' 4 0( 4 0. • • • 4 0( 1 If 1 95 4 6 8 81 • • • • 2 14 2 00 1 26 • • • • 2*80 ^2 16 2 86 6 26 9 70 2 26 1 00 • at* 1 00 8 08 3 26 3 00 4 77 2*66 35 1 29 6 00 • • • • 4 76 3 00 1 10 • • • • • • • • 65 82 $42 26 12 83 20 00 17 10 5 26 12 64 18 60 6 00 5 10 24 31 14 83 18 16 • • • • 11 00 2 30 4 86 8 25 4 00 • • • • 20 00 3 26 6 16 2*50 $204 76 VACTim. ...........••••>••• 159 10 fJollinirwood • • 79 60 OriiliA 206 42 Rui'hv .........••• 72 00 "•"0 "J ...•••«••••. 181 14 Hillsdale and Penetanguishcne St-iviiRr 137 48 33 60 A veniiior 90 89 Aui^us •• 310 61 l^^jitirflv 127 42 Miitknkn. 182 76 Huntflvillo ]^()i^ ison •••••■• ••«•• .. .. 143 31 Christian lards&Beauaoleil Isl'd f!old Water 66 44 89 16 Bruce Mines Sault Ste. Marie Garden River, Michipicoton, ) Bachewana Bay & Nipejfon ) Parry Sound, Shawanahga & ) French River ) McKellar 111 58 66 72 • • •• 253 70 44 63 V{.OR<^P]).l] ............••••••••• 69 36 M».iiif,itiilin Island 2 26 Silver Islot ••# •••••••• Prince Arthur's Landing 20 00 Totals 91 70 164 40 76 09 251 22 $2650 62 12. THE BRADFORD DISTRICT. 1 Bradford ' Newmarket $8 05 3 60 9 00 6 85 7 60 9 20 7 40 3 34 3 73 ft 73 6 83 4 90 $20 41 7 00 19 06 13 00 10 47 18 00 15 35 8 28 6 88 12 82 7 C!) 8 26 1 65 $6 80 3 40 8 00 00 6 46 9 11 8 60 4 16 3 11 4 08 3 60 4 40 §8 65 3 10 10 00 6 00 5 02 6 00 7 60 3 12 1 40 6 22 4 40 3 40 2 65 $32 35 9 10 21 07 42 50 35 76 77 00 38 60 26 23 16 00 34 00 13 06 18 25 • • • • • • • • $321 04 116 00 Aurora 223 93 Rnnd Mead 318 88 Lilovdtown 322 78 Cooksto'.vn 458 33 Innisfil i 320 62 Aliston 203 71 Mount Albert ••• 172 16 RosftTnount ...' 303 80 Mono . .............i 120 02 Homincr's Mills 1 213 95 Sutton Ont ' 69 08 Snake & Oeorgina Islands 14 60 Totals 76 03 148 96 60 62 67 36 361 91 8228 OS urn r4 MIITTTTES OP THB CANADA .x:. i.Jt* ■■?'•>.,? i^ iS-, a 1- .;- i'l!' ?/ ...i.^ T'-V. IS. THE "WHITBY DISTRICT. [1873. --•^-CIRCUITS. v-i *■'■■■'*?. ■'t.Zi4 Whitby Osliawa Pickcrinff MarkhaiM IJovviuanville Dar]inii,^n Newcastle Prince Albert . . . . Scugog Indian .. Uxbrid^o Brock Cannin^oii Bcavcrton Stouffville Cartwricfht Man vers Totals CONNEXIONAL 1 'NDS. JS $13 6 5 13 10 7 13 7 e" 4 3 5 4 24 4 62 80 51 02 00 39 56 83 • • 50 00 07 9V 20 00 07 104 70 ■*^ JJ ^ g-S-o &!,■ 22 . C « S (3 C Coll Sus' Fun o § d T5 O ;; cniSfa $29 28 $16 00 $10 00 $100 00 23 90 7 20 8 30 42 50 11 75 7 09 4 25 62 15 22 71 11 00 11 50 50 50 19 00 a 50 8 50 68 00 20 64 9 47 6 07 60 60 25 23 17 00 10 00 100 23 20 00 9 2^) 7 40 43 00 ■•'^s 5*66 o'oo 12*25 )6 3 40 2 60 29 01 ■i 91 3 25 1 06 121 60 10 01 4 35 3 90 9 00 8 00 4 00 3 66 ir. 00 2 82 • • • • 1 00 4 00 9 90 4 12 4 00 2P 60 228 46 111 13 88 22 719 34 a S c5 fl $602 87 492 46 858 441 15 95 345 84 19 76 Ui4 741 278 82 20 31 152 94 23 25 222 66 117 98 175 79 119 80 217 66 4900 91 14. THE COBOURG DISTRICT. 1 't ii i- i 'k{ 1 L ■ ^ -. t ■ \] f:' '1 CobourET $15 46 16 68 8 48 4 11 3 01 6 25 4 6u 7 50 3 67 6 15 4 04 5 00 8 85 .?40 00 36 94 15 10 10 00 7 97 12 50 8 00 11 25 7 00 9 32 6 50 8 00 7 96 180 63 $20 00 13 80 8 00 6 00 2 88 8 00 6 00 7 50 4 32 5 50 4 75 7 00 6 00 $41 00 17 84 6 56 4 00 3 51 6 00 8 00 9 60 8 75 6 00 3 60 6 00 6 60 $85 00 52 00 36 40 28 00 13 00 20 00 13 41 17 00 10 00 20 00 15 00 10 00 17 00 $1072 69 455 75 Port Hope Canton 323 05 Baltimore 181 03 Plainville Colbome ,.,,.... 174 79 200 76 Castleton 196 10 Brifrhton 128 75 Smithfield 160 40 Campl)ellford 164 50 Hastings Percy 198 01 171 00 Aldcrvillc 229 54 Totals 86 64 98 26 116 15 t46 81 3635 37 1873.] WESLETAir ME'i ODI^T CONFERENCE. 15. THE PETERBORO' DISTRICT. ', "^ * * • .r ' "= ',* i*i «' CONNKXlDNAL FINDS, ClRCUITa - ,., oeS ti- 1-^ §§3 S-sl S or -Jib* 0,0. s ■i -d Petorboro' . • .•••.... ns 15 9 00 i6*66 6 13 6 45 6 64 4 57 6 00 2 75 45 3*48 1 50 6 00 1 00 08 2* 63 $86 82 15 60 86 20 00 11 00 12 27 12 13 10 n 9 21 4 07 11 00 6" 66 1 00 10 00 2 20 1 33 i"67 $18 00 8 00 46 12 20 6 00 6 75 9 00 2 87 4 00 4 09 7 00 2 00 2 00 1 10 6 00 1 45 61 266 118 72 4 60 7*66 3 81 6 26 3 00 2 3S 6 00 2 00 4 00 3*27 1 00 2 00 1 00 -) 59 2*26 iHO 00 67 60 25'66 20 00 21 25 28 00 12 K 17 00 12 00 24 00 7 00 13 06 2 75 12 00 6 05 4 00 4*66 $476 80 MUlbrook 460 11 Hiawatha 43 64 LiiiilHav 183 24 Oftk wood '260 73 Oiiieineo •••• 214 69 Koono 17 ♦ 40 NcHTwood 146 82 Lakefleld 178 94 Warsaw 119 61 liobcavifcon 209 81 Mtndon 68 49 Fcnelon Falls 131 16 Coboconk 130 00 Woodvillo, Ont 293 41 Blair ton 114 64 HailnBridKO 28 36 M ud Lake 28 44 Chojidos • 83 21 Totals 88 48 165 46 92 60 66 77 340 69 3381 39 16. THE BELLEVILLE DISTRICT. Belleville , CoiiHccon Wellington Ameliasbiirg Pictun , Bloomfield & Cherry Valley.. Milford Sidney Thurlow Marmora , Stirling Frankford Trenton , Demorestville Shannonville Moira Twoed Bridgowater , Flinton & Addington Road . Madoc L'Amable Den bigh & Abinger , Mayiiooth Brudenel & Carlow , Totals 110 19 |2l 10 3 90 3 60 7 55 9 82 4 28 8 04 5 60 6 00 3 34 5 19 $47 05 $22 13 8 50 8 60' 16 03 21 61 7 20 7 08 9 16 6 70 12 01 2 58 13 06 19 U 18 8 50 42 25 19 80 CO 00 .30 28 00 85 09 13 02 3 80 86 78 4 26 60 08 11 75 58 75 47 00 61 6 00 8 04 218 19109 16 $22 40 4 00 ■J 20 4 25 10 0:? 3 t>i> 7 08 1 50 8 26 3 76 o 99 2 00 3*66 55 3 50 89 14 $132 80 $837 50 18 00 214 34 27 14 141 04 60 00 522 90 03 88 434 35 20 90 134 07 16 00 238 62 50 30 283 06 16 75 l.>i*86 00 262 38 11 61 97 23 84 02 831 53 22 50 222 54 16 22 216 51 16 00 171 75 21 60 156 18 15 70 173 78 2 68 71 22 21 76 142 14 1 00 130 00 1 80 92 01 2 10 57 08 6 00 158 27 687 21 6289 49 76 MINUTES OF THE CANADA 17. THE KINGSTON DISTRICT. [1873. CIRCUITS. King'ston Napanoe Morven A Qosport Selby NowDiirg Wilton 4 Odessa Bath Amherst Island Ciitarruiui KuttcrHca Qanaiioque Pittsbure Garden & Wolf Islands.. .. CentrevlUe Harrowamith & Frontenac Tam worth Kcnutibec . . . .f Touils CONNEXIONAL FUNDS. 6^ O tville 187 26 South Mountain 184 86 Eklwardsburgf 201 79 Matilda 263 22 Morriaburg 152 'W Winchester 1313 69 Aultsville 159 13 Cornwall 110 06 Movilinctte 144 00 Avoniuore 92 81 Totals 89 49 168 44 96 16 86 64 ;:68 36 4617 57 1873.] WB8LEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 7T s 19. THE PERTH DISTRICT. CIRCUITS. Perth Smith's F»)1h Carloton Place Pakonham and Arnprior Mlrrickvillo ElKin Newboro' Olontay Maberly Playfair Fitzroy Harbor , Totals , CONNEXIONAL FUNDS. 1 s ^ ^ ^•a-d ll^ Super'd Minis'ni' Fund. Chu Reli Fun Edu tiun Fun o 3 3 $4 00 $6 37 to 19 $6 26 116 00 10 53 14 86 6 00 7 61 21 60 7 20 17 00 9 60 12 66 86 50 10 20 23 11 9 37 9 40 62 46 6 66 12 20 6 76 6 93 22 60 2 20 3 86 1 36 2 70 6 91 4 06 10 77 6 09 4 00 18 04 S 40 4 00 2 60 2 00 8 00 1 46 2 96 1 76 1 40 4 00 8 42 4 77 3 10 3 19 7 53 8 14 4 85 107 06 3 03 2 36 14 80 66 61 63 09 66 14 207 33 $167 06 412 30 879 13 sao 06 187 70 105 45 187 14 78 60 86 26 133 39 84 61 2159 60 20. THE PEMBROKE DISTRICT. Pfitnhrnk e $6 00 1 68 6 48 1 80 1 76 6 64 • • • • 2 00 3 30 2 79 31 23 12 00 1 80 6 21 6 00 4 32 6 89 • • • • 3 06 8 60 U 76 • • • • 900 2 00 3 26 2 00 3 60 4 63 2*81 4 07 1 29 • • • • 32 06 9 00 2 00 6 00 1 75 2 50 3 64 2 10 3 80 2 86 83 04 70 00 5 12 80 50 15 00 12 41 24 10 406 13 00 6 14 9 00 802 05 Rankin— German Mission W«stiiipftth 118 16 193 29 Clarendon 100 85 Portaire du Fort 76 30 Renfrew 127 73 Calabodic Alice 102 20 Onslow 114 52 CoUflold 56 05 Mattawa ...» 46 64 Totals , 64 64 100 63 1236 19 21. THE OTTAWA DISTRICT. Ottawa Aylmer, P. Q Bell's Comers Richmond North Gower Long Island Locks Usgoode Bourbrooke L'Orignal Grenvdle Thurso North Wakefield & Templeton . Aylwin Totals. $25 76 4 00 10 62 6 00 4 19 3 95 3 19 3 CO 8 00 2 00 13 96 4 66 6 00 89 22 71 26 4 88 16 7J 18 76 4 42 7 42 5 87 4 46 8 50 6 30 8 03 6 62 7 00 —P- 163 20 44 32 30 00 1 160 26 972 26 4 00 3 00 20 00 112 28 10 44 6 37 30 68 270 26 12 00 6 00 84 00 834 84 6 26 4 48 18 66 253 23 6 99 4 00 12 50 171 51 2 00 1 15 16 21 101 10 1 06 2 00 6 12 124 4i 4 25 4 00 20 56 220 74 1 26 1 28 8 24 76 21 2 89 4 00 9 40 180 87 3 60 3 00 36 62 341 74 2 00 5 50 8 00 876 14 193 72 101 66 73 73 3359 17 lii Tt MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. 22. THE MONTBBAL. DISTRICT. H M!^ ciiicurrs. Montreal First— St. James St . . Montreal Second— Ottawa St . . Montreal Tliird Palace St .... Montreal Fourth — DorcheaterSt Montreal Fifth - St. Josejth St. Montreal Sixth— Shcrbrookc St Montreal Sev'li— W.St., Pt.St. Oh St. Lambert and Loii;.fucuil. . . . Ijachine Chanibly St. John's ,. Odelltown Houiiningford Franklin Centre . Huntin>jdon Ormstown Hudson LaOhute North Gore New GlasjiTOW Bhawbridge Bawdon Lake of Two Mountains ShofTord lloxton Sweetsburg Bolton Pike River , . , LacoUe —French CONNEXIoNAL FUNDS. if5G 86 12 90 15 U6 17 05 11 39 12 80 10 09 6 ?0 3 50 2 00 8 40 7 91 4 25 6 lo 10 86 6 00 7d 25 24 50 57 60 Totals '206 45 542 • • • $76 14 14 75 17 66 30 76 16 46 14 50 9 20 2 30 00 23 14 23 18 4V 6 25 12 00 6 50 82 09 '29 50 95 00 V § • • • • * • fl a I • * • :° £ 1 " STSfi ■i^-^" ?9{14 00 $5604 35 60 56 476 16 35 76 473 :J4 162 25 145J 50 34 75 340 73 60 09 637 41 20 16 294 32 4 75 32 60 6 30 50 50 4 50 fli 37 70 00 209 03 35 63 165 54 2] 50 li;7 32 S3 00 218 38 67 S9 288 05 11 50 97 18 6 25 62 08 11 49 144 72 6 00 60 30 20 00 94 80 6 25 78 90 3 75 40 61 34 00 60 (iO 50 04 m 00 18 '00 1640 87 ' 1VJ!07 81 23. THE QUEBEC DIkSTRICT. QuelKHJ Point Levi.'} ... Three Rivers . Melbourne Danville Windsor Mills. Sherbrooke . . . SawyeTvillc .. . Island Brook . Cookshire Uudswoll Bury Leeds New Ireland . . . Durham, tjue. , Port Neuf Val Cartier ... Metis Qaspe $24 34i$(35 6 50 2 56 66 2 34 25 7 25 4 00 20 3 28 1 2 3 3 4 40 54 02 14 2 20 2 20 Totals 81 62 152 OT ' 90 U 00 50 67 02 34 93 60 13 58 86 37 28 15 50 00 $40 00 5 60 4 00 4 84 1 50 2 89 9 00 3 50 29 8 00 1 67 2 21 2 89 2 76 3 2(S 2 85; 4 23. 2 40 1 15 $.... 5 00 4 00 6 50 4 14 4 43 6 50 8 71 i'25 2'ii 2 00 3 81 42 46 §79 76 10 20 12 00 7 68 11 66 1 90 80 00 13 11 40 6 50 2 00 3 52 14 17 11 68 12 64 4 63 5 26 224 79 $756 77 61 60 104 08 102 55 85 10 «5 71 200 SO 7S 94 14 65 50 30 48 86 33 48 103 25 168 82 05 65 2S 79 20*13 22 20 2012 08 1873.J WESLEYAK METHODIST? CONFERENCE. 79 24. THE STANSTBAD DISTRICT. • CONNEXIUNAL FUNDS. CIRCUITS. JS ^•.3 a $6 08 2 04 2 18 4 92 4 00 4 00 4 22 4 50 10 48 6 21 4 00 6 09 2 50 6 14 4 25 8 10 6 50 Contin- gent Fund. 3 a a T" O 3 HO 00 3 02 3 60 4 45 5 33 6 00 5 00 4 00 9 70 4 34 2 95 2 45 2 00 5 10 3 60 10 00 6 64 87 18' O 3 3 a,s a in 'Pi b Ht^n^teiul , > 813 00 3 25 4 26 8 50 8 20 6 06 8 83 6 00 24 37 7 24 11 45 6 75 3 34 8 39 4 53 15 60 9 00 $7 74 5 06 4 55 9 00 4 25 4 55 9 64 2 45 4 61 2 25 4 00 e (X) 3 00 6 60 7 14 77 74 m 25 6 35 7 30 12 50 10 25 7 00 9 48 11 00 IS 23 8 61 l:{ 60 14 25 18 00 12 00 6 00 14 00 S5 00 ^175 80 Bcebo i'lain , 20 93 llatloy & Oassville OoiHpton , , . , S3 24 118 94 «T Coaticooko 153 37 ' GeoKjevillo & Macrosr 63 37 Bolt<>n 154 25 Knowlton , 73 02 Shufford 136 97 Lawreiicoville 120 79 Granbv , 125 28 Dunham 116 99 Frcli,!»'h^^bur^ Farijliain .... 00 00 76 30 Sutton, (Quebec 64 71 St. Armand CiftrencovlHo 86 i^ 208 81 '^ : ' Totals 84 21 147 67 I 216 72 18:» 36 25. THE RED RIVER DISTRICT, Winnipoj? Uoadini^iy HijfhUluff Korw'ay House Nelson River Oxford House Borons is. Pigeon River. Totals «353 86 ') 00 2,S 80 2s>0 00 250 '66 1107 66 26, THE SASKATCHEWAN DISTRrOT. BiTniontun House ,...'' - - - - •»••>• • • • • 1280 00 Woodvillc, Sas Victioria. Sas • • • • » • • • 162 00 White Pish Ltvke Elk Elver Total.T . > * • • r » . , , . . 442 09 _, „, _,„ . ■ « . 1 * ' * .. «■ .■. .. . ,, , ._^ 27. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA DISTRICT. Victoria, B. C Saanich Si Rvyal Oak Nanuiiuo & Maple Bay Somas &. Chilli whack , . , , . New Westu)inst(5r and Lower Frazer River Cariboo Indiaai Tribes ..., Totah • • » • • • t It • • • • • • • • • * • • ■ • • « 17 00 • • • * $8 00 * • • » » » » * • > • • « • • t * • • • 4 00 6 85 • • » * .... .... f • * • • k ■ • * • fc • 11 00 15 85 ~|350' fO 152*66 141 60 131 23 775 .S5 80 MINUTES OF THE CANADA * > i^ [1873. SUPERANNUATED MINISTERS' FUND, Names of Ministerial and Lay Subscribers of Four Dollars cuid upwards to the Superannuated Ministers' Iiand. I.— THE TORONTO DISTRICT. Rev. «< .D 5 00 S. Rose 5 00 E. H. DewaH... 5 00 A. S itherland 5 00 John Doel 6 00 W. S, Griffin 6 00 G. H. Bridginan 5 00 W. W. Ross 6 00 H. Johnston, M.A... 5 00 N.R.VVilJoughby,M.A '^ OC A. C. Ghambers 5 00 J. H. Robinson 5 00 Jno. Learoyd 5 00 Jas. GalIo\'"ay .. 5 Os> Jno. Hunt 5 00 Tkos. Gardus ... 5 00 Jas. H. Locke 5 OC Jno. Shaw 5 00 Jno. G, Scott 5 00 J. H. Starr 5 00 W. J. Jolliffe J oe D. L. Brethour 6 00 W. J. Houson, (two years) 10 00 Bonj. Sherlock 6 00 Geo. Sexsmith 5 00 Jas. Matbeson 5 00 R. G. VVeilwood 5 00 Jas. A. McClung ... 5 00 Edwd. F. Goff 5 00 Toronto First. James Paterson $25 00 W. T. Mason iO 00 J. Garvin 6 00 Hon. J. C. Aikens 5 00 E. Gurney 9 00 H. K.Gooke, M.P... 5 00 J R.James 4 00 Benjamin Walton 5 00 G. Pc'ir^y 4 00 Jam^s IViyles 4 00 John Morphy 4 00 I A. W. Lauder, M.P.P ... 4 00 A. M. Kosebrugh, M.D... 4 00 T. G. Mason.... 4 00 A.J.Mason 4 00 J. H. Rogers 4 00 S. Rogers 4 OJ ei80 00 Toronto Second, M. Robins E. Butt... Wm. Crozier Alex. Hamilton ... W. Wharin Adam Miller Mrs. Miller James Hobba H. E.Clarke W. Willmott Dr. J. B. Willmott Mrs. Wiggins John Eastwood C. S. Finch 10 00 » • > -* » • • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Toronto Third. Walters. Lee Richard Browa W. Kennedy »»ii*,«r 00 6 5 5 $130 00 Hamilton First, W. E. Rauford $25 00 Mrs. Sanford 10 00 Mrs. Jackson 10 (K) In memory of Mr. Jacksf n 10 00 Deimis Mooro 12 00 Mrs. lAooro „ Miss Moore W. A. Robinson T. Bickle J. W. Bickle A. McCallum Joseph L^'^ •• ., Mrs. Lii. Mrs Lyman Moore... E. Gurney Mrs. Gumey,., Dr. Rosebrugh ,. Mrs. Rosebrugh ...... Mrs. Sutlxerland D. B. Chi.sholm Peter Warren Dr. Bowes Mrs. F. W. Watkins John Moore Matth w Howies A. S. Vail.. J. W^. Fearman H. C. Perkins $4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 <0 4 m 4 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 4 CO 4 00 4 00 4 00 5 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 Hamilton Second. T. S. Powell A. F. Burmaster , Mrs. S. J. White George Wilson , HamUff^n i hi ■■■.(. I J. P. Carpeu.;s>r >,.■:■' 'WiA.? \ W. Binkioy ,.•..•. 5 00 4 00 5 00 4 00 ^, 10 JO 00 1873.] >fESLEYAN METHODIST CONFEHENOH. 83 John Ware H 00 James Grafton 4 00 John S. Grafton 4 00 George F. Burrows 4 00 Mrs. Hopkins 4 00 John Neff 4 00 I. Keid Howell 4 00 Waterdown. John Creen 4 00 Mrs, George Rymal 4 00 WeUingtoii Square. Thomas Baxter 4 00 Olanford. . Thomas Bell 4 00 Hiram Smith 4 00 Michael Taylor 4 00 Crowel Smith 4 00 Seneca. William Thompson 5 00 James Hardie 5 00 William H. HuU ^4 00 Jonathan Cooke 4 00 Milton. Johnson Harrison 4 00 Joijhua Van Allen 4 00 Austin Willmott 4 00 John Colling 4 00 ' • Lowville. Thomas Colling 4 00 Oakville. . Isaac Warcup 4 00 William M. Craney 4 00 William Wass 2 00 Mrs. StaflFord 4 00 James AppleVjee 4 00 George Marlatt 4 00 Cainsville. W. A. Narraway 4 00 $120 00 III.—THE NIAGARA DISTRICT. 00 00 00 (< i 00 «; • ( ♦« , 10 << u Rev. W. R. Parker, M.A. Jas. P. Lewis John S. Clarke John Ridley James Pearen, B.A.. W.H.Withrow.M.A. John Mills Jos. Odery James Goodwin Chas. R. Morrow ... T. M. Campbell Charles Sylvester ... .). W. Docbstader ... R. H. Waddell .*,.., Wm. Savage John Sanderson R. L. Tucker Waltsr Rigaby $5 00 • t ■ • • • 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 00 00 00 00 $90 00 St. Catharines. S. S. Junkin R. Collier M. Cooke J. Bishoprick B. C. Fairrield N. A. Lindsey H. Brownlee J. Gillespie M. Simpson H 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Thorold. Wra. Beatty & Son DriimmondvllU. Thomaa Ward " ' Welland, * Wm. Steel., M**«ckr^^«;*fr»« 10 00 4 00 400 r\»^F^W if J 1 ii MINUTES OF THE CANADA [I873t Wm. Wellanby $4 00 Dr. Schooley 4 00 Grimsby. R. Quarice 8 00 P. A. Dayman 4 00 J. B, Bowslaugh $4 00 Smithville, George Snider 6 00 Jacob Kerr 4 00 |$7 00 «« (( << C( (4 <( (( << (t ({ €t tt H ti it i( (I (( tt ti tt tt IV.— THE BRANTFORD DISTRICT, Paris. Joseph Steele $4 00 Rev. Geo. H. Davis |5 00 •♦ J. L. J?oi5ter 5 (K) H. Biggar 5 00 W. Wiilougliby 5 00 D. Ryan 5 00 John Douae 6 00 B. Clement 5 00 E. Mjrrow 5 00 W. H. Laird 5 00 S. BJanshard 5 00 Alfred Andrews 5 00 R. Millyard 6 00 J.F.German 5 00 T. Jackson 5 00 G. Mcllitchie 5 00 W.J.Ford 5 00 W. Bryers 5 00 C. Hamilton 5 00 W. C. Jolley 5 00 W. Shannon 6 00 D. E. Brownell 5 00 G. C. Madden 5 00 W. C. Watson 5 00 Wm. Godwin 5 00 W. H. Cairndaff 5 00 $125 00 Brantford, Judge Jones 4 00 H. W. Brethour 4 00 D. W. Plewos 4 (JO Mount Pleasant. John Devlin 4 00 Mrs. Douglass ... 4t 00 FairfieH. , , B. a Madge 4 00 Woodstock. Mayor Fletcher 6 00 T. J. CJarke 5 00 Joseph Rippon... 4 00 East Zorra. John Miller 4 00 George King... 4 00 St. George. J. Stimson, M.D 8 00 A. McRoberta 5 00 Lynedoch.' George Kent 4 00 Simcoe. A. J. Donley 5 00 J. B. Carpenter 6 00 R. Smith 4 00 Pichwood, Jairua Maus 4 00 St. Williami, . , John Myers .,v 5 00 —- TUsonburg. - -^- — E. D. Tilson 4 00 194 00 T 1873.] WESLEY AN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 85 v.— THE LONDON DISTRICT. Kev. James Hannon 5 09 | B. B. Keefer 5 00 James Turner 5 00 Alexander Langford 5 00 N. F. English 5 00 James Harris 5 00 G. N . A. F. T. Dickson 5 00 C. Freahman, D.D... 5 00 Thomas Crews 5 00 James Gray 6 00 C. Strmgfaiow 5 00 William Ames 5 00 Abel Edwards 5 00 Edward Cragg 5 00 D. C. Clappison 5 00 Peter German 5 00 G.W. Calvert 5 00 " William Chapman ... 5 00 '» William Lund 5 00 " William Kettle well.,, 5 00 E. Hobbs .^ 00 James E. Dyer 6 M R. W. WiUiama 5 m C. Cookman 5 00 Hugh McLean 5 00 Austin Potter 5 00 James Kennedy 5 00 " E. Evans, D.D 6 00 Allan Salt 6 00 William Cross 5 00 John Pepper, B.A ... 6 00 <( <( (I (( << <( t* 4< tt tt (( <( tt tt ti tt t>. tt tt • I $155 00 London, City, North Street. I. A. Nelles, M.D $10 00 John McClary 5 00 H.C.Green 5 00 George Kobinsou 5 00 John Green 6 00 Thomas McCormick 5 00 R. J. C. Dawson 4 00 L. Lawless 4 00 SamueiPeters 4 00 Joshua Dalton 4 00 Wmiam HiUiard 4 00 J. Winaetfe* Son 4 00 Thomas McBroom 4 00 i Miss Bethel 4 00 James Peer 4 qq London City, Dutulaa Street. Alexander Johnston 10 00 A. Keenleyside 10 00 Colonel Lewis 4 00 William Bowman 5 00 William Plewis 4 00 J. W. Sifton 4 00 St. Thomas. John Baird 5 00 G. D. Morgan 4 00 William Coyne 4 00 Joseph Amley 4 00 Edward Miliar .„ 4 t|y| St. Marjft. John Freeman 4 00 Robert Eaton .,..,^«.,... 4 rown 5 00 i). Perry 5 00 N. 8. Horwash 5 00 Juo. TurLcjr 5 00 H. 8. Matthews 5 00 P. D. Will 5 00 Chas. E. PeiTy 5 00 D. Williams 5 00 «t «( «< <( «( if tt (( (< tt tt <( tt tt Rev. Josias Greene IJ5 00 •* Isaac Bakor 5 00 " W. M Bielby 5 00 ThoB. Williams 6 00 (f 9110 00 Owen Sound. Benj. Allan 4 00 Invermay, James Dobbin 4 00 Artemeaia. Dr. Christie 4 00 $000 00 XI.— THE BARHIE DISTRICT. Rev. J). C. McDowell ... *' Isaac Gold J. W. McCallum ... K. Fowler, M.D. ... R. Reynolds W. H. Peake P. Ker T. Fydell J. B. Aylesworth, J. V. AVilson J. W. Totten J. Webster T, Snowden J. B. Foisett R. H. Hall A. L. Rassell, B.A. E. Hurlburt T. Woolsey T. Cloworth E. S. Curry..,. S. Tucker .... J. Mooney .... J. H. Koppel . W. Halstead . « tt tt tt tt it tt it «( (( it It tt tt tt 4i tt ** tt 1% tt tt 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 00 5 5 5 00 00 00 5 00 >••«•«• 00 00 00 00 00 00 6 00 5 ) 00 00 00 1120 00 Barrie. David Morrow $4 00 George Peacock 4 tO CoU'tnywood Mission. MisB Isabella McCollum ... 4 00 Orillia ^fission. Reuben S. Janes Hillsdale Miision. Alexander Fowler 4 00 4 00 4; Angus Mission. ' \ H. Wnimott 4 00 Parry JSound Mission. W. Beatty 6 00 J. D. Beatty 4 00 $33 00 1873.] WK8LEYAN METHODIST rONPERENCE. 89 XII.— THE BRADFORD DISTRICT. (I 41 raper James Holden .. Samuel Beall «110 00 Oshaioa. Thomas N. Gibbs, M.P... William H. Gibbs, M.P. Markka tin. Hon. David Reesor Sinclair Holden Dr. Crowle BowmanvUk. James McOung John McClung Thomas McCiung George Shaw Richard Shaw Darlington, Anthony Washington. David Rogers $6 00 5 00 4 00 10 00 10 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 */v %, ^^>. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) S, A w. ^ 1.0 I.I tii. IIM |||M "1 1.8 1.6 1.25 U| ^ 6" ► yw <^ e: °w ^^ c^l m <% .^ c? / -^' Photographic Sciences Corporation €^ <^ ^•v ^\ ^N^ 23 WEST MAIN »rftEET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 %^«. <^ warn '^^ ^^- ^^P c? 2)0 ^m .' ^ '\i.. m MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1 873. Newcastle. A. F. Wallbridge, M.A.., $5 00 John Learey 4 00 Late Mrs. Hy. Rinch's Be- quest 10 00 Mrs. W. H. Allen 5 00 Prince Albert. George Currie -<■ 00 Aaron lloaa 4 00 Richard Lund 4 00 Uxbrldje. TraG. Crosby $4 00 Brock. James Barker 4 00 Richard Shier 4 00 Cannwgton. Martha Brandon 100 00 Adam Shier 4 00 9230 00 XIY.— THE COBOUKG DISTRICT. Rev. <« <( 4^ (< <( << «( «< (( (( << «( (( t( (( (> (< (( (( <( (t • ( << l< « «{ W illiam Brigcrs 5 I. B. Howard 6 S. Bond 5 M. Robison 5 S. Sing 5 W. McCuUough 5 E. Robsou 5 R. Mark, M.D 5 W. L. Scott 5 R. Potter 5 R. Robinson 5 A. Browning ... 5 W. Andrews 5 C. W. Hawkins 5 T. S, Keough 5 J. C. Ash 5 J. Kinea 6 S. S. Nelles, D.D. ... 5 A. H. Rejnar, M.A. 3 N. Burwash, M.A. 5 :. Roy, M.A 5 J. J. Hare, B.A. ... 5 B. Lougly 5 J. S. Ross 5 J. Charlton 5 T. G. Edmison .... 6 I. Tovell 5 D. W. Thompson .. 6 GervacE 3 Holmes % B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CO 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 oc 00 Ob Professor Wilson, M. A.... A. B. Carpenter John Bcitty, M.D. William Graham William Kerr, M.A. , J. Crossen Henry Hough, M. A. .,.#*'. D. H. Minaker R. Wilson T. McNanghton Thomas Dumble R. VVUson, B.A Port Hope* 00 00 00 4 00 4 00 5 00 5 00 4 00 00 00 00 00 S. LeLean . . . . J. A. Brock C. Clemes .... (}. M. Healy. T. VVhitfield. E. Budge .... Canton. James Lewis. A.Choate .... 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 00 00 00 00 CO 00 00 00 \ Brighton. Captain Sherwood 4 00 D„ McKenzie 4 00 A Lady 4 00 II mm — i-rr lioi) 00 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 91 m XV.— THE PETERBORO' DISTRICT. Rev. James Brock C. Fish R. Clark J. A. Jewell, CA ... R. Brooking William Burns W. L. Kutledge J. W. Savage K. Hill Wm. Barker Joseph Hill H. McDowell J. V/. Wiener R. Gottfrey ... William Craig W.C. Washington, M. William Sutton Robt. McC.illough... John T. Blades T. W. Glover 00 00 00 00 5 00 5 00 00 00 00 00 5 00 5 00 00 00 00 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 A5 00 00 00 00 00 Rev. John Hodgson, |5 00 '♦ A. P. Lyons 5 00 $110 00 Peterboro\ Wm. Clnxton, M.P 5 00 George Hilhard 5 00 George A. Cox 4 00 D. W. Dumble 4 00 Lindsay. L. Magiiire 5 00 J. R. Dundas 5 00 Lakefidd. J. C. Sheriu 4 00 $32 00 XVI. -THE BELLEVILLE DISTRICT. Rev. H. F, Bland C. A. Hanaon W. J. Hewitt G. J. Dingmau George Carr A. G. Knight J. E. Howell, M. A.. William Ryan S. Sdlton T. Cnilen S. Huntingdon E, Clement J. C. Osborne A. B. Hames C. Taggart S. McAuley J. H. Stiiison J. Weldon J. W. Bell E. Harris A. Doxsee J. H. l.iittan J. Kilguur 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 00 00 00 00 00 Rev. <( J. H. Chant J. I omblin $5 00 n 00 J. Tozeland J. A. Ivison 5 00 5 00 W.H.Cook 0. German r> 00 .. ., 5 00 Belleville. $145 00 MiT»&Mrs. J. H.Meacham 30 00 Mr. & Mrs. Vantassel ... 5 00 Mrs. R. Solmes 5 00 W. E. & Chas. Holton ... 4 00 John Lewis 20 00 H. K. Lyon 4 00 Horace A. Yeomaas 4 00 John Brenton 4 00 L. W. Yeoraans 4 00 M. Sawyer 4 00 Hon. BUla Flint 4 00 Consecon. Joseph Pearsoii ..^. 5 Ort 'Mr ft ' i 92 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. Ameliashurg. 0. Hoblin 14 00 James A. YeOttians 4 00 Picton. Charles S. Wilson 4 00 Stewart Wilson 6 00 J. P. Rohlia 5 00 W. H. R. Allison 4 00 Sidney. JohnFretz 4 00 John Ketcheson 4 00 Almira Caverley ^i 00 Samuel T. Wilmot ... 4 00 B. W. Lane 4 00 Trenton. W. H. Austin 4 00 H. W. Delaney 5 00 A Friend 7 00 Madoc. Capt. G. C. Rowe 4 00 Wellington Bristol 4 00 $164 00 XVII.™ THE KINGSTON DISTRICT. Rev. Geo. R. Sanderson... W. W. vJarson E. A. Chov/n, B.A... G. M. Meacbiv.'- M. A. W. T, Young . A. A. Smith S. C. Philp, jun C. E. Mclntyre E. S. Rupert, M.A... J. E. Werden J. H, Johnson, M.A. D. Chalmers Jno. Ferguson R. Wil.on Wm. Rilance S. Fear D. G. Sutherland, M.A Wm. Briden J. J. Leach .. E. L. Kuyl Wm. Short ...... W. W. MUler »5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 00 5 00 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 $110 00 Kingston, Edwin Chown 5 00 Mrs. E. Chown 6 00 James Schroeder ... 4 00 H. Cunningham 5 00 Jas. Holmeo 4 00 Mra McRossie 4 00 B. M. Britton, M.A 4 OO Henry Durable $4 00 Dr. Skinner 4 00 Arthur Chown 5 00 Thos. G. Rudd 4 00 James Johnson 4 00 Mrs. McCutcheon 4 00 Benj. Bailev 4 00 Joseph E. Clarke 4 00 John Trenaman 10 00 Mrs. McLeod , 5 00 Wm. Anglin f 00 Thos. Overend 5 00 Mrs. John Breden 4 00 Mrs. Heath .., 4 00 Wm. Skinner, jun 4 00 Napanee. Mrs. Geo. M. Meacham... 4 00 Truman Beeman 4 00 Morvin and Qosport. Peter L. Bogart 4 00 Newhurg. D. B. Stickney 4 00 Wilton. Sidney Warner 4 OC Mrs. S. Warner 4 00 Odessa. P.A.Mabel 4 00 Bath. Mrs. Hancox 5 00 $134 Od ■n 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 195 00 9K 0(\ E. Storr's Monday Class $20 00 Mr. and Mrs. T. Vaux ... 10 00 Mr. and Airs. Jas. Johnson 8 00 E. B. Eddy 5 00 J. T. Pennock 5 00 W. H. Walker 5 00 H. Whiteside 4 00 Peter LeSuer 4 00 George Humphries 4 00 Richard Woodland, Jun'r 4 00 Charles W. Jenkins 4 00 Edward Storr 5 00 Edward Hall 4 00 Alonzo Titus 4 00 Robert Ken Aylmer. ■J 5 00 Mrs. C. Hardman 4 00 North Oower. John Cole 4 00 North Wakefield d; Templeton. Andrew Pritchard 5 00 $104 00 XXIII.— THE MONTREAL DISTRICT. Rev. (( (< (( (( . (« it 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Rev <( (( if A. Sickles $5 00 T. Charbonnel 5 00 J. A. Dorion 5 00 J. Syvret 5 00 E. DeGruchy 5 00 A. Parent 5 00 $130 00 Montreal, First. Mrs. Dickson 100 00 Mrs. Thomas Kay 50 00 John Barry 50 00 David Torrance 50 00 John Torrance 50 00 Mrs. David Torrarce 20 00 Mrs. Dr. Campbell 20 00 Miss A. CamDbefl 10 00 Miss C. Campbell 10 00 George Young 20 00 Mrs. George Young 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1873.] WESLEYAN MBTHODIST CONFERENCE. 95 Hon. James Ferrier $20 00 Jainea Ftrrier. Juu'r 20 00 Benjamin Wh.Uley 10 09 Mrs. B. Whailey 5 00 Mrs. Vaiineck 10 00 Mrs. J. Ferrier, Jun 6 00 Miss Mary Torrance 6 00 A Friend 20 00 S. CJarHley 10 00 Thomas Pattnn 10 00 Robert Campbell 5 00 Mrs. Caiiipbell 10 00 Joiin Botterell 10 00 Gf^oTiy;e E. Jacques, Sen... 10 00 Mrs. C. 3eyb;ld & Son ... 7 00 James Hutohinsou 5 00 Jarnes Kimbp-r 5 00 Chiarles Fessenden 5 00 Major Hills 5 00 N. S. Whitney 5 00 R. Holland 5 00 William Lunn 6 00 Mrs. J. N. Hall 5 CO T. D. H(.od 5 00 Geo. D. Ferrier 5 00 Wm. Hodgson 5 00 Geo. Arm.strong 4 00 Montreal Second, A Friend 20 00 Wm. Clendinneng 10 00 George Bishop 5 00 John ivlathewson 5 00 Moses P rker 5 00 A- Holiuay 4 00 Montreal Third. A.W.Hood 4 00 Mrs. Fox 4 00 Montreal Fourth. Samuel Finley and Wife. 15 00 T. M. Brys m and Wifo...!514 00 J. J. McLaren, M.A 5 00 Jobn Dillon 5 (lO James Akin 6 00 Thos. Jordan 5 00 Robert Smith 5 00 Dr. Duqdale 5 00 W. H. Orr 5 00 Robert Houghnn 4 00 Geo. Thompson 4 M Mrs. John Rosa 4 00 W. R. Tabb 4 00 Dr. Bernard 4 00 Montreal Fifth. James Patton Geo. E. Jacques, jun Montreal Sixth, Robert MiUer Montreal Seventh. Daniel Hadley Francis Had ley Huntingdon. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dal- gliesh Mrs. A. Henderson OdelUown, Alonzo Force G. L. Masten 5 00 4 00 5 00 5 00 4 00 7 00 5 00 4 00 5 00 St. John's. A Friend 40 00 James McPhevson 10 00 Wm. Coote 4 00 Alfred Coote 4 00 George W. Farrar 4 00 ^63 00 XXIL— THE QUEBEC DISTRICT. 00 00 Rev. James Elliott $5 00 " J. Allen 5 00 *' E. E. Sweet 5 00 " W. Jackson 5 00 Rev.G. Wa-hington, M.A. *' J. Webster D. Connolly R. H. Smith K l( $5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 96 MINUTES OF THE CAT^ADA [1873. Rev . J. Hiscox ... $5 00 C A. Jones 5 00 W. Adams 5 00 H. Fowler 5 00 J. Stewart 5 00 J. G. Brick 5 00 John Saunders, B.A. 5 00 H. Irvine 5 00 T. Ha^ldon 5 00 M. Scott 5 00 . $90 00 Quebec. Toaeph Louis... 4 00 Mrs. Louis 4 00 J. Smith $4 00 William Bignell 4 00 John Storey 4 00 Genrge Renfrew 4 00 William Mc Williams 4 00 Sherhi'ooke. Jame8 A. Gordon 5 00 Dr. Dowlin 6 00 William Coulter 5 00 John Woodward 4 00 Savryerville. William Sawyer, M.J^.P. 4 00 $43 00 XXIV.— THE STANSTEAD DISTRICT. f \M Rev. Wm. Hansford $5 00 J. Grenfell 5 00 J.Wilkinson 5 00 J. K Richardson ... 5 00 J. Y\ Clipsham 6 00 J. M. Hagar 5 00 A. Patterson 5 00 J. Freshman 5 00 Wm. Scales 5 00 H. W. Knowles 5 00 H. Cairns 5 00 Leroy Hooker 6 00 W. timberlake 5 00 J. A. Chapman 5 00 W. English 5 00 Thos. Bell 5 00 «< (I u <( Rev. R. Robinson $5 00 ** J. English 5 00 ** J. Armstrong 5 00 W. H. Rowsom 5 00 Thos. KeUy 5 00 $105 00 Stanstead. Wm. Holmes 4 00 Compton. Col. Pomroy 4 00 ClareHceville. Mary Emrick 4 00 Isaiah J. Bush 4 00 $16 00 XXV.— THE RED RIVER DISTRICT. Rfiv. George Young $5 00 " M. Fawcett 6 00 E. R. Young 6 00 A Bowerman, B.A. 6 00 ii Rev. John Semmens |5 00 " George Edwards 5 00 $30 00 1873.] I WESLEYAN METHODIST CONPERKNCB. 07 oa 00 XXVI.— TIIP: SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT. Rev. George McDouffall... *• Jolui McDougall »5 00 Rev. Henry Steinhaur... ... $5 00 5 00 — . — ___ •• Pefir Campbell 5 00 UMBI^ . DISTI 920 00 XXVII. THE BRITISH COL IICT. Rev. William Pollard $5 00 R«v. Thomas Crosby ... ... $,5 00 " Thomas Derrick 5 00 ♦♦ C. L. Thompson... ... 6 00 ** Amos E. Russ 5 00 " William V. Sexsmith 6 00 " C. Bryant 5 00 '* Joseph Hall. RECaPITULATK 5 00 1 aONAL $40 00 )N OF THE SEVERAL COXNE] FUNDS. CONNEXIONAL FUNDS. THE DISTRICTS. Church Contin- Educa- College Superan'd Miiiist^irs' Missionary Fund. Relief gent tional Sus'fcion Fund. Fund. Fund. Fund. Fund. 1. Toronto $288 07 661 53 325 26 1250 96 115^0 57 112246 17 2. Hamilton 178 03 382 64 194 14 171 16 923 19 7899 08 3. Niagara 9»©7 196 71 105 4t 109 51 319 38 2952 06 4. Brentford 125 93 255 46 140 4-! 123 60 464 30 3916 77 *6. London 179 65 380 39 186 2: , , 72^ 96 5932 00 6. Chatham 105 20 184 74 90 60 75 09 317 35 2490 70 7. Sarnia 74 49 116 36 136 73 224 24 75 3* 118 90 60 57 103 73 231 22 384 29 2028 01 8. Guelph 3452 28 9. Go«lerich 114 94 207 34 199 45 106 3] 393 14 3292 «2 10. Ow»n Sound.. .. 63 96 109 84 •0 88 48 47 185 94 9181 78 11. Barrlc 91 70 76 03 164 40 148 96 75 09 «6 62 65 8. 67 36 251 22 361 91 2060 62 12. hradford 8228 08 13. Whitby 104 70 228 45 111 13 88 22 719 34 4990 91 14. Cobourg- 86 64 ISO 53 98 25 115 15 346 81 3635 37 15. Peterboro' 88 43 165 46 92 52 66 77 34C 59 3391 39 16. Belleville 110 19 218 19 109 16 89 14 687 21 5239 49 17. Kinjfston 115 27 230 55 112 12 100 41 613 46 4880 16 18. Brockville 89 49 168 44 96 16 86 54 358 36 4617 57 19. Perth 56 61 107 05 53 99 65 14 207 33 2159 60 20. Pembroke 31 23 54 54 32 06 33 04 190 53 1236 19 21. Ottawa 89 22 163 20 101 55 78 73 376 14 3359 17 *22. Montreal 206 4;-) 542 93 253 18 • • • t 1640 87 11207 21 23. Quebec 81 62 152 91 90 84 42 45 224 79 20i2 68 24. Staiistead 84 21 f 147 67 87 18 77 74 216 72 1839 36 25. Red River 6 60 14 00 9 72 ♦ .. .. 18 25 1107 66 26. SasiCatchewap .. , ^ • • • • • • • ■ ■ • . • • • • • 692 00 27. British Columbk •• .... .... 11 00 15 35 775 36 Totals §2657 88 #5426 90 *2883 30 $2021 51 111848 22 1103322 98 * C(41eg&SuHtentation Fund hot reported by London and Montreal District. *5 98 MINUTES OF THE CA'^TADA [1873. REPORTS OF STANDING COMIIIITTEES. KEPORT OF THE CONTINGENT FUND COM- MITTEE. * RECEIPTS. Balance from last year $2353 Interest on " 115 District Collections 5399 Grant from the British Conference 1690 Interest from Commutation Fund 714 Conference Collections 142 Keturned from Brockvillc District 56 54 24 32 01 62 35 00 Balance due the Treasurer. $10471 1786 08 43 PAYMENTS. Appropriations to* Districts (1872-73) $8480 00 Proportion of President's Salary (l87?-73) 500 00 Expenses of Committees * 459 62 Special Cases of Affliction 1028 00 Funeral Expenses 725 16 Supply on account of Affliction .^.. 416 00 Laymen's Expenses attending this Committee. .. 31 14 Conference Expenses 231 60 Miscellaneous 385 99 $12257 51 $12257 51 Appropriations to Districts for 1873-74. Toronto $350* Hamilton 200 Niagara 200+ Brantford 250$ London 150 St. Thomas 300 Chatham 153 Sarnia 467 Guelph 2.33 Goderich ., 233 Owen Sound .♦. 267 Bradford 90 Whitby 100 Cobourg 384 Peterboro 117 Belleville 407 Kingston 320 Brockville 267 Perth 467 Pembroke ... 233 Ottawa 100 Montreal 200 Quebec 1 Stanstead 84 * $100 to be deducted if a young man be not sent to Weston, t ^G6 to be deducted if a young man be not sent to Thorold. j #06 to be deducted if a young man be not sent to Port Dover. THOS. S. KEOUGH. Secretaey. 1873.] WESLEY AN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 99 On the recommendation of the Committee th( following resolutions were ailopted : 1. That tho Rev. James Gray be the Treasurer of the Fund. 2. That the Rev. J. C. Slater, and Joseph Lister, Esq., of Ham- ilton, be requested to act as Auditors for the coming year. 3. That inasmuch as the special demands upon the Contingent Fund for the past year have been unusually great, not only leaving the Fund in aebt, but also largely reducing the appropriations to dependent Circuits, thereby entaihng much suffering and v/ant upoi. many of our Ministers ; this Conference urges upon all the Congre- gations under its save the ^ ressing necessity for more liberal con- tributions to the Fund ; and also suguests that the District Meetings exercise increased wat^^i fulness in guarding the interests of . the Fund, recognising the fact that their recommendations should be made only in cases of real necessity, especially in the items of Medical Attendance and Funeral Ex|)enses. 4. That the cordial thanks of this Conference be presented to those Medical Gentlemen throughout tho country who have so generously given their professional attendance and advice, without charge, to Ministers of tliis Conference, and to their families, and that this resolution be inserted in the printed Minutes. REPORT OF SUPERANNUATED MINISTERS' FUND, 1872-73. Rev. John Douse, Treasurer, in account with the Superannuated Ministers' Fund. To Receipts from Circuits.. $11,873 11 ** Subscriptions of Ministers 2,826 00 $14,699 11 " Grant from Mission Fund 3,544 00 *• Intereat on Endowment 1,881 93 5,425 93 " Donations, Mrs. Martha Brandon, Brock 100 00 " •* John Macdonald, Toronto 5,000 00 ■ 5,100 00 ** Loans Repaid 4,100 00 *• Balance due Treasurer 18 26 $29,343 30 C». By Balance of 1872... $1,049 66 " Allowances to 70 Ministers $14,866 00 " •♦ 36 Widows 3,822 00 18,688 00 100 MTNITTK8 OF TITE CkTHADk ' [1873. By Miaccrianeous Expenses : Travelling of Ministers' Mijiutea of Conference for Sub- scribers • > r ; , * * Interest on Advances Overpaid by Financial Secretaries in 1872 Postanre and Incidentals Annuity to Melbourne Circuit... $120 66 By Elndowment Fund 114 55 136 00 20 00 10 43 4 00 405 G4 9,200 00 COMPARATIVE RECEIPTS. $29,343 30 CircuiU'. MinisUra. Gtitnt. Interest. Total. 18T8 111,873 11 12,826 00 $3,544 00 $1,881 93 •20,125 04 1872 10,618 00 2,64100 2,962 00 1,484 74 17,69'. 74 12,429 80 Increase |1,256 11 $185 00 $692 00 $397 19 COMPARATIVE DISBURSEMENTS. 1871— Paid 70 Ministers $14,866 00 ; 86 Widows $3,822 00 ; ToUI $18,688 00 1872— " 74 " 14,126 00 ; 84 •♦ 3,856 00 ; " 17,982 00 Lecrease 4 Min's. Inc'se. $740 00 In. 2 Widows. Do. $34 01) Total In. $706 00 John Douse, Treasurer. G. R. Sanderson, Secretary, Conference Room, London, I. B. Howard, \ A,^-f . 12th June, 1873. William Hall. \ ^«»»'^«- REPOB.T OF THE EDUCATIONAL FUND COMMITTEE. Dr. To Collections $2,740 18 12,740 18 Cr. By Expenses of Examiners $194 17. " " Students „ 935 76 $1,129 92 Balance paid Victoria College $1,610 26 Richard Jones, Anting Treasurer We have examined the accounts for payment, and find them correct. B. WiNTEMDTE, j A.^JUnrJ, London, June 9th, 1873. Robt. Henderson. ( ^ ***«<>»•«• 1873.) WESL^TAH MirmODIST CONPKin»CB. 101 CHILDREN'S FUND— BALANCE SHEET. V',- ■• • • — — _^ ' "'i.i5-v LoNDOK Conference, June, 1873. Dr. The Treasurer in account with Children's Fund. 1872. To Balance in hand $831 19 June 10, " Payments : 643,551 members, rate 35 cents. 23,292 85 Notes paid, and Interest 53 00 $24,227 24 ■ - '^'- • Cr. ■^'^'■^ -;^ June 13, 1872. — By payments at close of s last Conference, and during the year : — Ketumed payment for 12 mem- bers, Rice i^ake $4 20 Returned payment for 16 mem- bers, Rania 5 60 Paid L. Warner — threb chil- dn (omitte(f) V5 00 Additional to children of Su- peraonuated aud Deceased Ministers, per resolution of last Conference 246 00 June 10 1873. —Paid claims of 895 chUdren — $26 23,270 00 *' Excliange and draft ... 98 ** Treasurer's Expenses... 4 00 *' 200 Schedules 7 60 '** Balance in hand 613 96 $24,227 24 Examined and found correct, J. S Clarke. > ^^^^^^^ E. Clement, ^•^"^*'^^"'' The Committee report as follows : — The number of chil- dren to provide for is 917 — 45 having gone oflf the Fund, and 67 having become Claimants. The rate payable per member is 35 cents, including those on trial ; ..ad the amount which each child will be entitled to receive is $26. It is recommended that the present Treasurer and Secretary be re-appointed. J. C. Slater, Treasurer. J. H. Starr, Secretaty, i n # 102 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. EEFORT OF THE CHURCH RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE FOR 1873. The following resolutions were passed by the Ccnmitteo relating to the sale of Church Property, and approved of by the Conferwice : Toronto District. — Weston Circait. — Resolved, — That the Trustees of the Smithfield Chuvch property be permitted to sell the same. Proceeds to be applied to the erection of a new Church in the village of St. Andrew's. Hamilton District. — Hullsvillo Circuit. — Resolved, — That the Trustees of the Parsonage Property in the village of Hullsville be permitted to cell the same. Proceeds to be applied to the building of a new Paisonage in the village of Hagarsvillc. Niagara District. — St. Catharine's Circuit. — Resolved, — That permission be granted the Trustees of the Wesleyaa Methodist Church Property, St. Catharines, to sell the rear part of the said property, reserving the Lot on Church Street, having the entire frontage from the Episcopal Church, to the new street surveyed by and along the north side of the Roman Catholic Church, and having a depth of 160 feet. Said Lot to be used wholly and solely as a site for a new Parsonage. It is moreover resolved, that the proceeds of the property hereby authorized to be sold, be applied in the cost of erecting a new Parsonage on the reserved lot. London District. — IngersoU Circuit. — Resolved, — That the Trustees of the IngersoU Parsonage Property be per- mitted to sell the same. Proceeds to be applied to the building of a new Parsonage on a more desirable site. Resolved, — That the Trustees of the IngersoU Parsonage Property be permitted to sell a parcel of land held by them under a deed from James R. Benson. Proceedo to be applied to the building of the new Parsonage. Resolved, — That the Trustees of the IngeraoU Parsonage Property be permitted to sell the northern part of a lob 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 103 I; fronting on Diike Street, East side, m''. running paralell with the rear of the lots on Charles Street to the rear of said lot. Said, lot held by deed from one James Chapman, Proceeds to be applied to the building of the new Parsonage on the remaining part of said lot. » Chatham District. — Florence Circuit. — Resolved^ — ^That the Tr'stees of the Parsonage Property be permitted to sell the same. Proceeds to bo applied to the building of a new Parsonage on a more eligible site. Sarnia District. — Mooretown Circuit. — Resolved, — That the Trustees of the Mooretown Church Property be , permitted to sell the Church and lot in the village of Mooretown. Proceeds Ut be applied to the building of a new Church at Cartwright. JRcsolved. — That the Trustees of the Watford Church Property be permitted to deed one-half of the Parsonage Lcv, to another Board of Trustees, for the purpose of eructing thereon a Wesleyan Methodist Church for the better accommodation of thos« of 1 ae village of Watford who may be desirous of attending upon the ministry of our Church. Resolved, — That the Trustees of the Oil Springs Church Property be permitted to sell the village lots in the village of Oil Springs. Proceeds to be appropriated to the erection of a Chu"ch at the station of the C. S. R. R., known as Oil City, s.'tuate two miles north of Oil Springs Village. GojDERiCH District. — Dungannon Circuit. — Resolved, — That the Trustees of the Parsonage Property be permitted the sell the same. Proceeds to be applied to the erection of a new Parsonage. ,^, \ Whitby District. — Pickering Circuit. — Resolved, — That the Trustees of the Jackson Church Property be per- mitted to exchange Lot on the 7th Concession of Pickering for a more eligible one, which has been generously offered to the Connexion by Mr. Samuel Jones. Peterboro* District. — Peterb-^ro' Circuit. — Resolved, — That the Trustees of the Church Property on the corner of George and McDonald Streets, in th^town of Peterboro,* 1-^ "m 1: 104 MINUTES OP THE CANADA ri873. be permitted to dispose of the same, for the pui-pose of purchasing a more eligible site on George, McDonald, and Water Streets. Resolved, — That the Trustees of the Church Property, situate on the corner of Sherbrooke and Water Streets, in tiie town of Peterboro', be permitted to dispose of the same, for the purpose of securing a more eligible site on Charlotte Street, Pekth District. — Almonte Circuit. — Resolved^ — That the Trustees of the Almonte Church be permitted to sell the old Church. Proceeds to be applied to the erection of 8 nevr Church. Ottawa District. — Bell's Corners Circuit. — Resohed, — That the Trustees of the 4th Line of Huntly Church be permitted to sell the same. Proceeds to be applied to the erection of a new Church. Stanstead District. — Famham Centre Circuit. — Re- solved, — That the Trustees of the Farnham Centre Church be permitted to exchange the present Church site for a, more eligible site offered by Mr. James Barnett. Resolved, — That the Church Relief Fund Committee meet on the first Tuesday morning of the Conference, and that the Secretary of the Conference send notice of the same to the Lay Members of this Committee appointed by the May District Meetings. Resolved, — That the thanks of this Committee are due, and are hereby presented, to the Rev. T. Cosford as Treasurer ; and that he be, and hereby is, re-appointed Treasurer. The following are the Grants recommended by the Committee, and authorized by the Conference of 1 873, held in Iiond* i, commencing June 4th, 1873 : — TRUSTRKS' DISTRIC'lCi. ciEcurrs. CHURCHP8. subscr'on. ORAKT. Toronto Niaji^ara . Orangeville . Ridg'eway ...... Orangeville Ridgeway t! 00 7 00 $39 60 59 40 Ki^'' << . Merritton Port Dalhousie . . 7 00 79 20 ^K|? Brantford . Port Rowan .... Port Rowan - 7 00 118 10 ^Hi (( . Waterf ord Rockford 7 00 39 60 ^Pt' London . Exeter ........ Elmsville 7 00 39 60 Peterboro' Oakwood - . Romney Little Britain .... 7 00 79 20 1 • Chatham Comber 7 00 89 60 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 10» -.JIU8TKK8' DI8TRICT8; CIRCUITS. CHURCHB8. bubscr'on. eKANT. Samia Sariiia Point Edward .... Arkona 7 00 7 00 7 00 150 20 (< Arkona 43 56 Goderich .. Howick Wroxetcr 30 t')0 «< , . Teeswater Salem 7 00 39 GO << . . Lucknow Miller's 7 00 £0 40 Quelph , . Acton Silver Creek 7 00 21 78 n .. Gait Ga't 7 00 1.59 20 ew Ireland 1 pper Ireland.. .. 7 00 79 20 Hed River.. .. . . Winnipeg Grace Church .... 200 00 $2837 M Wesleyan Methodist Hook Room Account ... 48 0«> Amount paid Lay Representat uount paid ives .. 44 10 Total Ai ..S20SA 04 Samuel C. Philp, JuN., Secretary. BALANCE SHEET. General Treasursr in account with the Church Relief Fund : — 1873 Dr To Cash, Received from Districts ' t2642 59 " Received from Trustoes 287 00 " Advanced by tlie Treasurer 45 $21»0 e4 C». By Paid, Grants to Churches #28-^7 94 " Book Room Account 48 00 " Jjaymon's Expenses 44 10 $2930 04 ~ — — Thoma^ Cospoiu), Treasurer, * Special cases. 106 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. rvEPORT OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Bespected Brethren, — Your Committee, hjwing given the District returns, and verbal statements accon)panying them, their most careful attention, ure thankfiil to report that, in their judg- ment, this most important department of our work, is being carried on with increasing energy and success. Great changes have taken place in this department of our Church during the past few years, many of which aro decided improvements. These changes affect not only the outward aspects of the work, but embrace every particular connected with the prosperity of the Institution. A prominent place may be given to the adoption of a uniform series of lessons designed for use in all the schools of Pro- testant Churches throughout the world. This system wo are glad, to find in practical operation in 462 of our schools in Canadf,. While recognizing fully the benefit of such a series, your Committee would express a hope that tlie use of the Berean Leaves and the Banner, or other helps designed only to assist in the preparation of the lesson at home, and when so employed of very great value, be us(;d as sparingly as possible during the hour of teaching. If the Bible in the classes be the only text-book, the habit of independent thought will be much more fully developed than by leaning on such auxiliaries. We cannot too highly commend tlie example of those schools which hold regular weekly teachers' meetings for the study of the lessons. Your Commit^.ee is also of the opinion that our lesson scheme, when prepared for future years, should always contain two questions from our own Catechisms for ^ach Sabbath during the year ; and we trust that the Conference will so direct for the ensuing year. On several of the Districts a Convention is held every year in connection with the Fall District Meetings. This practice is earnestly recommended for the adoi)tion of the entire Conference, because the interests of Wesleyan schools can be more fully and freely discussed in such a met^ting than is possible or desirable in mixed county Conventions. We find that many of our Superintendents do not know 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 107 <; precisely what the Conference has recofifiiized as the law of the Church in reliition to Sabbath Schools. Therefcre, it would he well to puhliHli all that is now the law of the Church, together with this year's report, and forward at least one copy to every Su{)erintendent throughout our work. Tiie new schedules which have been adopted have enabled us to secure the address of nearly all the Superin- tendents, and we hope that by laying before them from time to tiuje the condition and wants of our schools, to elicit a more thoroughly connexional spirit than has yet been obtained. We regret that there has been nothing done by the Library Committee appointed by the Conference last year ; but, believing that the object sought to be gained by its ap- pointment is of great importance to our Church, respect- fully ask the Conference to re-appoint the Committee, and give such directions as may be necessary to secure the performance of its work. Many suggestions have reached the Committee from various parts of our work, involving subjects which merit a careful consideration ; yet, knowing the pressure of busi- ness which the present Conference feels, we hesitate to lay them before you. "We venture, however, to suggest to the Conference, that steps should be taken to provide a better sup{)ly of Sabbath School papers. Although an excellent lieriodical, and having a very large circulation in our schools, yet the Advocate, being publu^hed only semi-monthly, is supple- mented by large numbers of other papers, many of which are not well suited to the wants of our schools. We would most respectfully recommend the Conference, so soon as in its judgment the proper time has come, to establish another children's paper which shall be thoroughly Canadian and Methodistic, to be published alternately with the Advocate. We trust the Conference will provide for tlie holding of an Annual Conference Sabbath School Meeting ; the first to be held next year, on tho evening of the second day of the Conference. As there is considerable expense i^ the management of the Sabbath School work, we recommend the Conference to 108 MINUTES OF THE CANADA ■HhI [ H ! ■HHI f hH ' ilH [1873. request each school to take np a collection in the month of October of each year, and forward it to the Treasurer of the Sabbath Scliool Committee. The object of this collec- tion will be the payment of expenses incurred in preparing and sending out the Annual Schedules ; the publication of the Constitution and Report of our schools as now recom- mended ; defraying the expenses attending the work of the Library Committee ; lowering the price of approved libraries and other requisites for new and destitute schools ; and such other objects as the Conferencef may approve from time to time as necessary to the better performance of our Sabbath School work. The accompanying Statistical table will show more fully the present condition of our schools on the various Districts, as reported to your Committee. The followiiig resolutions, reported by the Sabbath School Committee, were adopted by the Conference : — Resolved I. — That the Sabbath School lessons be pub- lished in the Christian Gvardian weekly — the (hiardian of each week containing the lesson to be used on the second Sabbath following. II. — That the Book Steward be required to put two questions from the Wesley an Catechisms in the regular lesson scheme for each Sabbath durin<' the \ear. III. — That we recommend the Conference to ask each school throughout the Connexion to take up a collection in the school for the purposes mentioned in the above report ; and that w^e request the Conference to appoint the Sec- retary of the Sabbath School Committee the Treasurer of the Sabbath School Fund. * IV. — That this Committee recommend the re-appoint- ment of a Library Committee, to meet during this Confer- ence, and report before the close. Y. — That the subject of establishing another Sabbath School paper be referred to the Book Committee, to report upon at the next Conference. VI. — That there be an Annual Conference Sabbath School Meeting — the first to be held next year, on the evening of the second day of the Conference ; and that the arrangement of which be left with the President of the Conference. 1873.] WESLEYAN METH0DI8T CONFERENCE. 109 •I^^oj, h- (M «o O CO o CO •sasodinj looqog CO (M O o CO •SUOISSlJ^f u o o CO t>- •sdunjqiT; ai s8nin[0^ o oo *>. CO y-i CO •ssBiQ ui Sui^oom -o^ 04 CO O rH »o kO UT suoisaaAdoo jo 'o^ o o •8i«;<\L 00 r-l t^ rH 00 CO •sassB[3 axqig CO 04 _<© cb"" o oo •sass^tQ a^Bipaaua^uj i-t o> CO CO f-H r~> CO •ss^iQ ^irejuj UI -oj^ o 00 o to o o •siooqog JO -ox O 0 CO 00 •s;uaui;uiodc[y jo -oj^ S So I f-t r-t » t 0) -M I S3 09 l-H I & s :a o H ,, l! ' ' 11 110 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. EEPORT OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL LIBRAEY COMMITTEE. Your Corarnittee beg leave to rei)ort that, in their juflg- ment, the time has come when it is the duty of tlie Church to provide authorized books for use in our Sabbath School Libraries, from which, if they choose, Supei'intendents may make their selections. We recommend the Conference to request the Book Steward, to furnish 500 books (for the present) at half price, for examination by the committee, the balance of cost to be provided from the collections taken up in the Sabbath Schools (iuring the year. Should the Conference accept these recommendations, the S« cretary shall order the books as soon as possible, and furnish to the Book Steward the names and addresses of the *^oinmittee, and the number of books to be sent to each for examination. Every book shall be thoroughly read by some member of the Committee before receiving the Committee's sanction, except in the case of such books as are known to the ma- jority of the committee as unexceptionable. All books approved shall be certified by tlie persons who have read thera, then laid before the committee at its annual meeting, when it shall be competent for the Committee to give, by resolution, its sanction to such books. Whereupon theip titles, the attestation of the reader, and the action of the Committee, shall be recorded by the Secretary of this Com- mittee. All books rejected, shall be registered in a Black List, with the objectionable featu)'es of the book definitely stated, the name of the reader, and the date of examination. The Con)mittee shall meet at the call of the Secretary during the sessions of the Conference. All books approved by the Cora mittee, shall be stamped accordingly. All of which is respectfully submitted. (Signed) D. C. CLAPPISON, Chairman. A. ANDREWS, Secretary, 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONPKRENCE. Ill KEPORT OF THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. The Committee on Memorials met on the platform of North Street Church, on Tuesday morning, June 10th, 1873. Rev. Richard Jones was appointed Chairman, H. F. Bland, Secretary. In reply to the resolution from the Ottawa District, requesting the Conference to devise some plan of compensation, that ministers who have come to us from other bodies of Christians may have a claim upon our Superannuation Fund ; the Committee are of opinion, that as Conference has appointed a Special Committee to consider this question, it may be properly left in their hafids. (See No. VII. , page 10.) In reply to the resolution from the Barrio District, requesting that the Superannuation Fund shall be augmented, and the allow- ances increased ; the Committee are of opinion, that the Jubilee Fund will cover the first part of the resolution, but that the allowances may be fittingly mcreased from $8 per annum to $10, and they recommend accordingly. In reply to the resolution from the Whitby District that the annual subscripti(m of ministers and preachers to the Superannua- tion Fund be raised from .$5 to $8 ; the Committee recommend the Conference to take no action at present : — This resolution of the Memorial Committee was amended by the Conference, which resolved that the amount paid annually to the Superannuated Ministers* Fund by the njinisters, shall be henceforward $G, instead of $5, as here- tofore. In reply to the resolution from the Whitby District, recom- mending the discontinuance of the Cliurch Relief Fund Collection ; the judgment of the Committee is, that in view of other pressing claims, the Annual Collection may be discontinued, and they recommend accordingly. In reply to the resolution from the same District, recommending tlie formation of a Widows' Assurance Fund, on the basis of the payment of one dollar by each minister on the death of a minister; the Committee approve of the principle and recommend its adoption. The Conference appointed a Committee (See No. VIII. t ill 112 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 1 1 , III >■ ?! P page 10) to consider the propriety of forming a ** Widows' Relief Society," and to report at the next Conference. The Rev. Dr. Wood introduced the subject of the in- adequacy of the amounts paid to the widows of deceased ministers ; and by resolution of the Conference it was decided that hereafter a widow shall receive four-fifths of the amount her late iiusband would have received had he been superannuated. In reply to the resolutions from the Trustee Board, and the Quarterly Official Meeting of Great St. Jauies Street Church, Montreal, respecting facility of ministerial transler, in the event of Conference being divided into several Annual Conferences ; the Committee coincide with the resolutions, that the ability to transfer should be as accessible as possible, and recommend accordingly. In reply to the memorials from the Trustee Board and Quarterly Official Meeting of the same Church, praying for an extension of ministerial term from three to five or six years, when both minister and people are agreed ; the Committee are of opinion, that it is not expedient at present to alter our established usage. In reply to the resolutions from the Quarterly Meetings of Great St. James Street and Dorchester Street Churches, Montreal, recom- mending a still further increase in the salaries of unmarried min- isters and preachers, and a fitting increase in the salary of married ministers ; the judgment of the Committee is, that the former class may, for the present, be left as recently amended, but that the salary of a married minister ought tu be not less than $300, instead of $2i0 as now. The Conference resolved to defer the question of the increase of ministers' salaries. In reply to the resolution of the London Noi'th Circuit, requesting Conference to draft a course of study for local preachers ; the judg- ment of the Committee is, that as Conference just now is in a tran- sition state, action in the way named is not recommended at present. In reply to the resolution from the same District, requesting that a membership certificate book shall be prepared, containing a duplicate certificate, one of which shall be given to the member removing, the other sent to the minister of the Circuit where he intends to live ; the Committee, believing the regulation to be a desirable one, recommend its adoption, and that such book shall be a charge upon the Circuit Funds. 1873.1 WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 113 The Conference resolved to defer action respecting this matter also. In reply to resolutions from Whitby and Bradford Districts, re- questing Conference to express its (lisapitroval of questionable forms of amusement, and objectionable modes of raising Church monies ; the Committee recommend that the Pastoral Address shall make pointed reference to these evils. In reply to the resolution from the Cobourg District, requesting Conference to make some provision for the erection of a monument to the late Ilev. Wm. Case ; the Committee recommend Conference to appoint a Committee to carry out so worthy a purpose. In reply to the resolution from the same District, requesting Con- ference to re-affirm the resolution prohibiting probationers attending Victoria College from Voting in the meetings of the Cobourg District ; the (Jommittee recommend that the young men who have completed their collegiate course, and are about to enter the work, and they only, may have the privilege of voting. With reference to the above, the Conference adopted the following resolution : — That the resolution on the Journals of Conference for- bidding the Conference students at Victoria College to vote in the Cobourg District Meeting be, and is hereby, rescinded. In reply to a resolution of the Montreal District Meeting, requesting Conference to determine whether the returns of mem- bership shall be based upon the last visitation of the year, or from the date of the May Quarterly Meeting ; the Committee recommend no action, as the law in the Discipline is specific. In reply to the resolution of the Brockville District, requesting Conference to commend the holding of District Sabbath School Conventions in connection with the Financial District Meetings ; the Committee deem no further action in this regard necessary than has already been taken by the Conference on the recommendation of the Sabbath School Committee. In reply to the resolution of the Ottawa District, requesting Con- ference to secure the services of a competent architect, who shall prepare plans and specifications of church buildings adapted to our woik, and that every Circuit and Mission shall b supplied with a copy at cost price ; the Committee recommend Conference to appoint a Committee, who shall consider the subject and report next Conference. (For the Committee, see No. XVI., page 11.) 6 114 MINUTES OF TnR CANADA [1873. In reply to the icsolution of the same District, n questing Cud- ference to take immediate steps for the publication of tracts, primt'rs, ^c., which shall, in a popular form, state our doctrines and defend our Church polity ; the Committee strongly recomramd Cimfcrenoe to commit this question to the Comnrittee on Tracts and Books. (See l^o. XI i., paj^e 10.) In reply to the resolution from the Belleville District, complaining of irregularity in claHS-meotiiig attendance, and requesting (Jonfer- ence to appoint a large and competent Committee who shall con- sider the whole question involved ; the Committee, while recognizing and deploring the evil complained of, are not prej)ared to recom- mend Conference to make the appointment named at present. All of which, &C. H. F, Bland, Secretary, ♦» REPORT OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE. Tke Special Committee appointed to consider the memo- rial respecting tracts and religious literature report as follows : — Resolved I. — That this Committee recommends the Con- feronce to organise a Tract Society for the purpose of preparing, publishing and circulating tracts and books, setting forth our doctrines and Church polity, adapted to counteract the popular heresies of the day. ll. — That this Society consist of a President, one Vice- President, a Secretary and Treasurer, who, with ten additional inembers, five m^'nisters and five laymen, shall constitute a Board of Management, whose caity it shall be to rfelect suitable tracts for circulation, publish original tracts and books, and in all suitable ways provide a sound religious literature for general circulation. III. — That in case rlie Conference accept the recommend- ation to form a Tract Society, an appeal be made to our people through the Guardian and the Pastoral Address, to contribute funds to sustaui this important project. E. H. DEWART, Secretary. 1873.] WE8LKYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 115 REPORT OF THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE. Your Committee, aj)|)ointe'isable ake an Those who take General Church History, may take in this year tho History of Methodism and Methodist Church Folity in connection with Modern Church History. 10. That Examiners be appointed by Conference, who, in connection with the Professors in the schools, shall examine the Theological Students on the foregoing course, and award them graded certificates as heretofore, to be pre- sented at District Meeting, and reported to Conference. Charles Lowell, Secretary, REPORT OF THE THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF VICTORIA COLLEGE, 1873. To the Chairman and Members of the Board of Victoria College : Gentlemen, — The Instructors in the Department of Theology in your University beg leave to submit the following Report of the work done in the Academic year now closing. The Instruction given has been partly in separate classes, and partly in the classes of the Faculty of Arts, and has embraced the following subjects : — The Evidences of Christianity. The Principles of Natural Religion and Ethics. Homiletics. The Exesresis of the New Testament. Biblical Literature, Criticism, and Interpretation. The Language and Exegesis of the Old Testament. Systematic Theology. Biblical Theology. Practical Theology. Biblical History and Geography. In the Evidences of Christianity, the class have read the standard w ork of Paley, under the instruction and combined with the lectures of the President. They have also read, 118 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. I on the second of the above-mentioned subjects, Stewart's Active and Moral Powers, in the same way. The President has also delivered a cours*^ of lectures on Homiletics, and h:.a given special instruction to Theological Students in Applied Logic, in addition to the Arts course in Theoretical Logic, which they have largely attended. The classes in New Testament Exegesis have read the whole rf the Gospels of Mark, Luke, and John, under the instruction of Dr. Wilson. He hag also conducted a class in Biblical Literature, who have read Pt3. I., II., III. and IV. of Angus' Bible Handbook, to page 179. Prof. Burwash has conducted a class in Hebrew Grammar and translation, and a more advanced class' in the Exegesis of the Old Testament. They have read parts of the first nine chapters of Genesis, with lectures on the Creation, the Primitive State of Man, the Temptation and Fall, and the History of the Flood. In Systematic Theology, the classes have read Pope on the Person of Christ ; and the third and fourth parts of Watson's Institutes. These text books were accompanied by a course of fourteen lectures on the Method, Classification, and Relation of the Theological Sciences. In Practical Theology, the class havis studied carefully the " First Four Volumes of Mr. Wesley's Sermons," and those who presented themselves before the Conference Board of Examiners obtained, without exception, first or honor class certificates. This was also the case with the class i.i the third and fourth parts of Watson. The classes in Biblical History and Geography have read considerable portions of the able works of Dr. Smith on the Old and New Testaments. Prof. Reynar took charge of the Old Testament History, and also gave instruction in Rhetoric to a number of Conference Students. A c( mmencement has also been made in the important subject of Biblical Theology, in a course of twelve lectures by Prof. Burwash, on the Theology of the Epistle to the Romans. In connection with this, the students read the Greek text upon which the lectures were founded. 1573.] WESLEY AW METHODIST CONFEBENCE. 119 The total nural^r of Stulents who have availed them- selves of this course of instruction during the year has heen twenty-six. Ten of these have taken the Practical Theology and Biblical History of the preliminary year ; twenty have pursued one or more branches of Exegesis, Biblical Literature, and Biblical Theology ; six bave taken the course in Systematic Theology, and twelve have pur- sued Ethics and the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Keligion. In conclusion, w« would ask the attention of the Board to the favorable reception of the curriculum for the Degree of B.D., established during the past year. Four candidates have presented themselves on the subjects of the third year, and three on those of ttie first and second. Others have presented themselves for single subjects ; and some who entered their names but did not appear may perhaps come up at the September examinations. By this course we believe a new impetus will be given to the cultivation of the highest branches of Theological science by the ministers of our own and of other churches ; and we hope tho.t ere long our University may be able to offer instruction, aa well as examinations, in all of those subjects. Signed on behalf of the Faculty, i •if N. BURWASH. ^^ SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS. Jubilee Celebration, Resolved^ — That the whole subject of the Jubilee Cele- bration, incbiding the three objects indicated by the Jubilee Committee, namely, the Superannuated Ministers' Fund, the Theological institutions, and the Missionary Society, be referred to a large mixed Committee, to ari*ange the details both of the Celebration and the appropriation of the Fund. ■•'#1 120 MINUTES 07 THE CANADA fl873 Union and Confcderatiqp, Resolved, — That a Committee, to be named by the Presi- dent, be appointed, constituting a Union and Confederation Committee, who shall consider all legal and other questions involved in the proposed confederation of this Conference ; the Conference of Eastern British Amenca, and the New- Connexion Conference ; and who, in the consideration of such questions, shall meet any similar Committee appointed by the Conference of Eastern British America and the New Connexion, and report to the next Conference. Temperance. Resolved I. — That in Tiew of the great evils of Intem- perance, and the baneful effects of the present license system, this Conference would express its earnest conviction that it is the duty of our Dominion Legislature to enact a law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. II. — That the propriety of petitioning the Government in favor of a Prohibitory law be laid before the Quarterly Meetings of the Connexion, and that they be asked to express their views on th^s subject. III. — ^That a Committee on Temperance be appointed (see No. XIV., page 10), and that the preparation of a memorial to the Governor-General and Parliament, and of a suitable document to be presented to the Quarterly Meetings, be entrusted to this Committee. Sabbath Observance. Resolved, — That this Conference, recognizing the Chris- tian Sabbath as a holy day, divinely appointed, and set apart from all secular employments, except works of necessity and mercy ; and impressed with the fact that its desecration is not only a violation of a Divine command- ment, but a certain prelude to national decay, would record its solemn protest against the increasing desecration of the Sabbath, especially by some of the Railway Companies and other Corporations of the Dominion ; and we hereby pledge 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 121 ourselves to use our best endeavors to secure a Scriptural observance of the Sabbath, by the employment of every legitimate means in our power. Payment of Widow^s' Claims. " Resolved, — That the Board of the Superannuated Min- isters' Fund be, and hereby are, authorized in paying the claims of the widows of deceased ministers, where there are cliildren by a former wife, to make such a division of the money as may appear to them just and equitable. French Ganadicin Missionary Society. Besolved, — That this Conference cheerfully reiterates its frequently expressed sympathy with the operations and aims of the French-Canadian Missionary Society, whose Missions and schools are chiefly situated in the Province of Quebec for the evangelism of the Roman Catholic popula- tion, and we do eames^ljr pray that all Protestant Chris- tians may be moved to more enlarged activity for the spread of the "truth as it is in Jesus" throughout our whole Dominion. Rev. Dr. Punshon. Whereas the Rev. Dr. Punshon has expressed his fixed determination to make over to the Canada Conference the amount presented to him as a Testimonial : Resolvedj — That we, the ministers of this Conference, accept, though reluctantly, this most generous offer; and, whilst engaging to appropriate the amount to the support of the worn-out ministers and their families, according to Dr. Punshon's request, we hereby record our admiration and gratitude for such generc^ity in our beloved and honored Ex-President. Parent Missionary Society. ^ Resolved, — That the lespectful and very hearty thanks of this Conference ai\3 due, and are hereby presented, to the Missionary Secretaries, Treasurers and General Committee of the Parent Society, for the prompt manner in which the commutation money, agreed upon with President Wiseman, *6 i ■5 1 rtP' ' 1 Mte^Ky H ^hhb ' ' ^^^^^^^n 122 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. has been remitted to the Treasurer of the Canadian Con- tingent Fund, and especially for the sum of £350 alw^ve the £7,000 sterling, intended to provide for loss of interest oc- casioned by these transactions j and that *he Delegates from this Conference personally convey the same to the parties above-named. The late Edward Jackson, Esq. Resolved, — ^That a letter be written by the Secretary of the Conference to the widow of the late Edward Jackson, Esq., expressing the gratitude >f the Conference, and of the friends of Victoria College, ior the noble and Christian liberality of that gentleman's bequest of $10,000 for the establishment of a Theological Chair in Victoria College. The London Friends. Hesolved, — ^That the thanks of this Conference be, and are hereby, given to the friends in the city of London, for their hospitality so generously extended to the members of the Conference during the protracted sessions of this its Jubilee Meeting. The London Ministers. Resolved f — ^That the thanks of this Conference be pre- sented to the ministers of our Church in the city of London, for their kind attention to the comfort and accom- modation of the members of the Conference during this session. Steamboat and R. R. Companies. Resolved^ — That the thanks of the Conference are due, and are hereby presented, to the Railway and Steamboat Companies, for the reduction of fares made to ministers and others attending this Conference ; and especially to the London and Port Stanley R. R. authorities, and to Mr. Bowman, the Superintendent, for their kindness in arranging and carrying out a free excui*sion to Port Stanley and back. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFEEBNCE. 123 STANDING RESOLUTIONS. Order of Connexional Collections. Resolved, — That the Connexional Funds shall be taken up in the following order, viz : — 1. (Jhubcu Relief Fund — In the month of July. 2. CoNTiNOENT FuND — lu the months of September and March. 3. SuPEttANNUATKD MiNiSTEEs' FuND — In the moBiths of October or November. 4. Educational Fund — In the mor.ch of December. 5. Victoria College Fund — In the month of February. Financial and other Returns, Whereas the Returns sept from the Districts to the Con- ference are frequently incomplete and incorrect, making it quite impossible to compile perfect and accurate tabular statements for the Minutes of Conference, it is Re$o(ved — (1). That the Financial and District Secre- taries be required to have their accounts and tabular state- ments audited and certified as correct before handing them to the Conference authorities. (2). That the Secretary of Conference, when sending the books for the May District Meetings, shall call the atten- tion of the Chairmen to the above resolution. Sustentanon of Victoria College. Resolved — That this Conference, on the recommendation of the Annual Meeting of Victoria College, now directs a special collection to be made in the month of February in all the Congregations under its care, the proceeds to be applied in manner and proportion as were the proceeds of the Assessment upon their Salaries formerly paid by the Ministers, and instead thereof. Collections for Connexional Funds. Resolved — That it is the judgment of this Conference, that when collections for connexional purposes are appointed to be taken in an/ of our churches, the whole of such col- .24 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. lections thronghout tlie day shall be appropriated to the respective Funds to which they are related, without any deduction for the Circuit, or any Trust, or other Fund. Treasurers and Financial Secretaries. Resolved — That it shall be required of every Financial Secretary, either by himself or by a proxy, to meet the Treasurers of the several Connexional Funds, to report the receipts of their respective Districts, on Tuesday, at two o'clock, P.M., the day before the annual meeting of the Conference. , Superannuated Ministers' Fund. Resolved — That whereas the m\e requires that all widows, claimants on the Superannuated Ministers' Fund, shall be members of our Church : therefore, it shall be the duty of the Chairman of each Annual District Meeting to make enquiries into the case of widov^^s residing within their respective bounds, as to their membership, and report the fact annually to the Conference. Income of Domestic Missions. IJesolved — That the Financial District Meeting shall ex- amine into the circumstances and probable income of Domestic Missions, in the same way as in respect to Cir- cuits, and suggest the amount that should be appropriated for the support or assistance of such lltissions. Chairmen and Domestic Missions. Resolved — That the Chairmen of Districts forward to the Missionary Secretaries the amount recommended by the several September Financial District Meetings for the Domestic Missions, as soon as practicable after the close of each meeting. Preachers Attending College. Resolved — That in all cases when Preachers, who have travelled four years, are then allowed by the Conference to attend College, their reception into full connexion, and their ordination, are thereby deferred. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFBRCNCE. 125 Relating to the Book Room. Resolved — That every Minister and Preacher is hence- forth peremptorily required to settle his account with the Book Steward, at or before the Meeting of Conference. Resolved — That in the case of anv Minister or Preacher who is indebted the amount of $ 1 00 to the Book Room, the Book Steward shall be authorised to draw on the Treasurer of any Connexional Funds on which that brother may have a claim, to the amount of not more than 25 per cent, of his claim annually, until his debt is paid ; and that a like pro- l)ortion prevail when the indebtedness is larger than the Bum named. Resolved — That the brethren indebted to the Book Room, they not being claimants on the Connexional Funds, be required to settle all overdue accounts. Probationers. Resolved — That any I*robationer, assisted by the Educa- tional Fund, who, within tho period of ten years after Ordinntion, may wish to withdraw from the Coinference, shall be required to refund the amount of aid given him before receiving a Certificate of standing j provided always that this requirement sh^l not apply to those who retire from ill health. Visiting the Public Schools, &c. Resolved — That the Conference earnestly recommends the Ministers of this body to avail themselves of the facilities afforded by the Council of Public Instruction, to visit the Public Schools as frequently as possible at the times pre- scribed, for the purpose of communicating religious instruc- tion. Attendance at Conference. 1. That the Conference shall each year, after the place of holding the next Session of Conference is fixed, determine the whole number to be appointed by the District Meetings to attend the Conference, and leave each District Meeting to select its proportion from among the members of Con- ference belonging to the District. Si.- 126 MINUTES OF THE CANAJ)A [1873. 2. That this limitation shall not appl^^ to the District within the bounds of which the Conference is to be held. Registration of Baptisms. Resolved — That the Conference reaffirms its resolution of 18 13, on the Registration of Baptisms, viz : — 1. That it shall no longer be required to keep Registry Books on the various Circuits, but that there shall be kept, \ at the Conference Establishment, in Toronto, one General Registry of Births and Baptisms for the v^ole Church. 2. That the General Registrar shall be the Book Steward for the time being. The Registrar shall furnish each or- dained Minister yearly with a small ruled blank-book, for the convenient and uniform entry and retuVn of Births and Baptisms. The Minister shall return the said book-, with the entries, to the Registrar at the Conference after. The returns shall be copied into the General Registry Book, which book shall be kept in the custody of the Registrar. COURSES OF STUDY AND BOARDS OP EXAMINBRS. A COURSE OF STUDY FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE MINISTRY^ OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH IN CANADA. All Candidates, lefore being recormnendcd to the Conference to be received on trial, sfmll wndergo a satisfactory examination in-^ English Grammar ; Composition ; Geography ; Arith' metic ; Collier's History of the British Empire ; Ganot's Natural Philosophy ; Smith's New Testament History ; Wesley's Sermons, I. to LII. N.B. — Each Candidate shall be required to write an Essay. The subject to be given at the time of examiiiatiou, 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 127 FIRST YEAR. At the end of the first year,* Candidates shall be exam- ined in The Evidences of Ckriatianityf and of the Genuine- ness, Authenticity, Inspiration, and Uncorrupted Preser- vation of the Books of Holy Scripture, from the fol- lowing Text Books : — Watson's Theological Institutes (Part T.) ; Angus's Bible Hand Book (Chap. I., and Sections 1, 2 hy. Music R. S. Ambrose, Esq., Professor of Music. Miss Annie E. Booth. Mrs. W. Ambrose. Miss Douglas, A$8istant, • • » WESLEYAN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, MONTREAL. BOARD OF DIRECTORS*. Rev. S. D. Rice, D.D., President of the Conference. Hon. James Ferrier. Rev. George Douglas, LL,D. John Torrance, Esq. Rev. John Borland. John Dillon, Esq. Rev. Alexander Sutherland. James Lord, Esq. Rev. WillJim W. Ross. Robert Campbell, Esq. William Clcudinnuig, Esq. Gteorge Young, Esq. Samuel Finlay, Esq. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. Hon. James Ferrier, Chairman. I John Dillon, Esq., Secretary. John Torrance, Esq., Treasurer. | Principal and Prrfessor qf Theology:— Hsy- Okorqb Bovquab, LL.D. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONPEBENCE. 137 THE DUNDAS WESLEYAN INSTITUTE. Oovemor and Ptincii^al—'RGv. E. B. Ryckman, M.A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Rev. S. D. Rice, D.D. Jas. B. Grafton, Esq. Rev. Enoch Wood, D.D. William Binkley, Esq. Rev. S. S. Nelles, LL.D. Geo. F. liurrows, Esq. Rev. A. Green, D.D. John S. Grafton, Esq. Rev. James Preston. W. E. Sanford, Esq. Rev. J. B. Keagy, B.A. Dennis Moore, Esq. Rev. E. B. Ryckman, M.A. Joseph Lister, Esq. Edward Gurney, Esq. John F. Wood, Esq. John McKay, Esq. Jas. B. Meacham, Esq. T. H. A. Beguo, Esq. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. Gkorgb F. BuRaows, Esq., President. John F. Wood, Esq., Treasurer. Rev. E. B. Ryckmak, M.A Secretary. CLEEICAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STANSTEAD WESLEYAN COLLEGE. Rev. S. D. Rice, D.D. Rev. Geo. Douglas, LL.D. Rev. Wm. Hansford. Rev. Geo. Washington, M.A. Rev. Joseph M. Hagar, B.A« Rev. Leroy Hooker. Rev. Benjamin Longley. TREASURERS OF CONNEXION AL FUNDS. Missionary Fund | ^^^- ^- Baylor, B.D., Toronto. ( John Macdonald, Esq., Toronto. Contingent Fund Rev. James G ray, Milton. Church Relief Fund ... Rev. Thomas Cosford, Strathroy. Superannuation Fund ... Rev. John Douse, Toronto. Children's Fund Rev. James C. Slater, Smith's Falls. Centenary Fund Rev. Samuel Rose, Toronto. Victoria CoUege Fund... j ^^"'' r^^^^ard Jones, Cobourg* ( William Kerr, M. A. , Cobourg. Education Fund Rev. Richard Jones, Cobourg. Endowment Fund j ^^'^' ^' ^^^^^' Toronto. ( John Macdonald, Esq., Toronto. Commutation Fund A. Green, D.D., Toronto. 7 f 'W HW ■'T 138 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. QUESTION XIII.— How many Ministers shall be ap- pointed to attend the next Conference ? Three hundred, (exchisivo of the Officers of Conference, and tli€ young men to be ordained), distributed as follows : — Toronto 21 Hamilton ..., 18 Niagara 12 Brantford 14 London 15 St. Tliomaa 10 Chatham 10 Sarnia 10 Guelph 13 Goderich 12 Owen Sound 10 Collingwood 8 Barrie G Bradford 7 W^iitby 10 Cobourct 16 reterboro' 11 IkUeville 15 Kingston 11 Brockvillo .. 13 r*th 8 Pembroke 6 Ottawa 10 Montreal 13 Quebec ... 8 StauBtond 11 French 2 300 N.D. — According to Resolution of Conference, the numbers have been made up from tho ordained men in each District, exclusive of the Supernumeraries. QUESTION XIV.— "When and where shall the next Conference be held ? In the City of Hamilton, on the First \Yednesday in June, 1874. Tho Conference Prayer Meeting will begin at 12 o'cliDck. Samuel Dwigiit IIicb, D.D., I^reeidtnL Edward B. Byckman, MA., Secretary. J^" The Address o! the PiJEsiDEKT of the Conference is hamiltoU) Ontario ; the Co-Delegate's, Poit Il(»pe, Ontario ; tho SiECBETARY's, Dundasi, Ontario, % i8?3.] WESLEYAK METHODIST CONPEBENCE. 139 ADDRESSES AND REPLIES. THE ANNUAL ADDKESS OF THS CONFERENCE OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH IN CANADA. TO TUB MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH UNDER ITS CARE. I Dearly Beloved Brethren, — " Grace be unto you, and peace from v lod our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God upon eveiy remem])rance of you, and pray that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge, and in all judgment ; that ye may approve things that are ex- cellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ." "With emotions of profound thankfulness we acknow- ledge the great mercy through which we have been en- abled to meet in this our fiftieth Conference, to rejoice in the continued evidences of the divine guidance bestowed upon ourselves, and the churches committed to our care. Perhaps at no former session was the presence of Him who is both the " Giver of peace, and lo^er of concord," more manifestly felt than at this. One of great labor — it has been one of special grace, harmony, and blessing. We have rejoiced in the intelli- gence received from every part of the wide and exten- sive field occupied by our ministry, of the blessing of 140 MINUTES OF TtiE CANADA [1873. God, which has descended upon the churches, rendering the preached word " the power of God unto salvation;" of the vitality and power of the truth, as experienced by scores of thousands of our members; of the fervor and zeal with which our great church work is pursued, and that intelligent determination eveiywhere manifest throughout our entire Israel to fulfil our Divine mission to spread Scriptural holiness throughout the world. " Thanks be to God who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place." In the death record of the year will be found the names of honored and beloved brethren who bore the burdens and privations of former years ; who saw the Church in its comparative weakness, and were permitted to share in its later triumphs ; and, also, the names of younger men, more recently called to this ministry, but eminently honored of God, who have passed upward to their reward, proving in death as in life the power and unfailing love of the living liedeeujer. They now " rest from their labor, and their works follow them." They, being dead, seem to exhort us to " remember the words which they spake unto us, being yet present with us." Not a few of our members have also changed mortality for life ; some of whom were among the princes of the people and leaders of the enterprises of the Church, both local and general ; men whose saintly lives and holy endeavor gave a fragrance to their names, and a freshness to their memory which will not fade by the lapse of years. See, therefore, " that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises." Though we lament the loss to the Church of the labors of those who have thus passed away, yet we rejoice in the communication of the Divine Spirit, through whose blessing upon the preaching of the word, a large 1873.] WESLKTAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 141 number of persons have been brought from darkness into light, so that after filling up the vacancies occa- siouod by death, and other causes, we are enabled to report an increase of over one thousand to the mem- bership of the Church. And we are sure, dear brethren, that you will share our joy in the fact that thirty-nine young men were set apart to the work of the ministry, of whom we have good hope that from the advantages they have received, and the marked evidence of devoted- ness to their work, that they will become " able minis- ters of the New Testament." We have also been gratified to learn, that thirty-seven young men have offered themselves as probationers for our ministry. Yet, owing to the progress and enlargement of the work, a number of the circuits are only partially supplied. We invite you, therefore, to unite with us in prayer, that the spirit of consecration to the great work of evangelization may rest upon the young men of the Church, that the waste places of Zion may be built up, and trophies of redeeming grace may be gatliered in the desolate places. Delightful intelligence reaches us of the continued success of our Sunday-schoool enterprise ; and it will be a matter of grateful praise to you, as it is to us, to learn that 2,009 of the children and youth have set out during the year to serve God; and that not less than 5,409 of our scholars are now meeting in class. Such an agency for good must commend itself to your prayers and your Christian benevolence, that it may be rendered more efficient and equal to the great expecta- tions we cherish concerning it. Our University at Cobourg, from whose halls have gone forth so many of your sons, thoroughly equipped for the warfare of life, and are found in the pulpits and foremost places of the land, was never more prosperous, nor gave brighter augury of future success than at jjrc- i 142i MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. sent. A theological department has, through the liber- ality of kind friends, been established at Cobourg and at Montreal, which we commend to your sympathy and support. Your Female College at Hamilton, under the successful government of the Eev. Dr. Rice, is accom- plishing a great work in imparting the highest Christian culture to a large number of your daughters, and in- vesting them with most potent influence for good in their future home circles, which cannot fail to bless the Church an'd the world. Institutions at Dundas, in On- tario, and at Stanstead, in Quebec, are also inaugurated under able governors for the higher education of your young people ; and we asl: your prayers that the Di- vine blessing may rest upon these enterprises, that they may be eminently successful in irapartinf a sound re- ligious education, and thus advance the se of truth and righteousness. - We have been greatly cheered and encouraged by the visitation to the Conference of tv/o honored brethren from our distant fields of missionary labor, the Rev. George Young, of the Red River District, and the Rev. A. E. Russ, M.A., from New Westminster, British Columbia. These brethren came to us with tidings of success, and earnestly pressed upon us the importance of strengthening the staff of laborers in their respective districts. They ask for men to proclaim the truth which has wrought such wonders in this land, and for means to extend the Redeemer's kingdom in places where his name is not known. They appeal to you, as those who are put in trust with a dispensation of the Gospel, for assistance and succour. With the increase of wealth, of intelligence, and culture, let us not forget tliat it is for us to maintain the peculiar missionary character which has marked the history of this depart- ment of the Church from its inception. In this con- nection we mention the foreign mission to the empire of JapaU; which your zeal and piety have enabled us to 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFEBENC'E. US commence, llius takinp; a share in the true vocation of ilie i^v^neral Church of Christ, the extension of the nai.io and kingdom of our Lord to the ends of the eartli. But, brethren, we cannot rest here. " The harvest is great, the laborers are few." We entreat you to pray " that the Lord of the liarvesfc may send forth laljorers into his harvest." We invite you to study tiie cause of the world's conversion in your closets, over an open Bible, until it touches your hearts by its own power, and sways your understanding and judgment hy its own great argument ; until a Macedonian benevolence, such as the Churcli has not yet given, shall exhibit tl:3 strength and force of our faith in the world's regenera- tion, and the warmth and earnestness of your love to Christ. The Conference now closing is the Jubilee Confer- ence of the Wesleyan Church in Canada, and is one of unprecedented importance to us. As we have looked over tlie past, and compared it witli the present, we have rejoiced in the way in which the Lord our God hath led us. ^)ur hearts have been full of praise and thanksgiving as we have thought of the successes vouchsafed to us, of the marvellous extension of the Church, the moulding influence it has exerted upon the cliaracter and institutions of the country, both in a civil and religious aspect, the position in the Dominion in wliicJi the providence and grace of God has placed us, the numbers that range themselves under our Wes- leyan banner, the various agencies -and resources now at the disposal of the Church for her great and glorious mission, and we say with the Psalmist, "Blessed be the Lord God, tlie God of Israel, who only doeth Wond- rous things, and blessed be his glorious name for ever, and let the whole earth be tilled with his glory. Amen and Amen." Another fact which gives interest to this Conference, is that tliis year is also the Jubilee year of the Missk)n- r 144 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. ary Society of the Church. Greet and marvellous has been the work performed by this Society during the fifty years of its existence, both among the aborigines of the country, as well as among the new and destitute settlers. The Word of Life has wrouc^ht wonders amonjx the Indian tribes, and has been a solace and a comfort to the emigrant amid the uncertainties and solicitudes of his new position. The Holy spirit has shed abroad his influences " as floods upon tlie dry ground," " the wilderness has become a fruitful field," "and the desert has blossomed as the garden of the Lord." In reviewing the events of the fifty years now clos- ing, it becomes us to acknowledge with gi^atitude our obligation to Almight}' God ; and we are confident that you will join with us in suitable memorial services, tluit shall perpetuate our appreciation of the untold blessings and advantages which liave been conferred upon us, and our beloved country, through the instru- mentality of Weslcyan Methodism. After much prayer- ful consideration and thought, we have concluded that the Jubilee year of the Conference, and of the Mission- ary Society, affords a fitting opportunity of commemo- rating the commencement of that gTeat work, which, under God, has wrought so much good in this land. We invite you, therefore, to unite with us in such re- ligious and memorial services as may be indicated by the committee to which this matter has been assigned ; and we heartily pray that the rich and animating pre- sence of the Holy Spirit may descend upon the length and breadth of the Church, bringing to us those bless- ings which shall result in increasing unity, consolida- tion, and prosperity. The legislation of the present Conference has been of pingular importance to the whole Church. The subject of the division of the Conference into three sections, and the 'confederation of the Wesleyan Churches of the 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 145 f -*!. Dominion, involving some great changes in our econo- my, has, after a long, prayerful, and thorough discus- sion, been decided \)y the Conference. The entire scheme, as agreed upon, will be laid before you at the November Quarterly Meeting. No subject could be placed before you of greater moment than this, and we most confidently appeal to you to assist us in the accomplishment of so great a work. United as we are nationally, we seek to make the Church of our choice and our love more effective in moulding the destiny of the nation, and to impress upon its institutions that Christian chaiacter which shall be a pledge and augury of their stability throughout all time. We would claim this' whole Dominion for Christ, and, by his help, con- front and turn back the swelling tide of ungodliness, and hasten the period when upon every industry and activity of the country shall be written, " holiness unto the Lord." We pray that as a Churcli we may have grace to rise to the height of the great privilege to which we are called. Let us ask " the wisdom that is profit- able to direct in all things." Let us seek the Divine anointing. Clothed with the garment of piJrity, under the inspiration of a high and holy endeavor, let us arise, and in the light of Divine direction, seize the opportunity of securing a United Wesleyan Church throughout the Dominion. -Another matter of great importance is the subject of union with the Methodist New Corniexion Church of Canada. We are confident you will appreciate the motive, and second the endeavor of the Conference to secure so desirable a result. Too long has the Method- ism of Canada been divided ; and the ruinous influence of rival pidpits and rival interests prevented the growth and advancement of the truth as it is in Jesus. One in the essential elements of a common faith and of a common purpose, one in tiie love we bear to our great Eodeemer, and, feeling that the prayer of our common 146 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. Saviour for the unity of the Church must be answered, ere the great design of his mission can be accomplished, we are desirous that such an arrangement may be made as shoukl give us an organic unity, that, being united in a common brotherhood, we may heartily unite around the only saving Name, with a fuller and more loving appreciation of its meaning. The plan we have agreed upon, as the basis of Union, will be submitted to you for your approval ; and we heartily pray the God of all grace to grant unto you "the spirit of wisdom and knowledge," that the important matters which await your consideration may receive that attention which will enable you to arrive at such conclusions as shall best serve the interests of the truth, and effectually promote the peace, prosperity, and unity of the Church. It is with gratitude to God, and for your encourage- ment we state, that the various funds of the Church are in a prosperous condition. The hearty co-operativU we have received from you, in this regard, is not only en- couraging to us, Imt is taken by us as an expression of your attachment to the Church, fjind of the cordial, sympathy you have with us in those great interests which require your material support. May God^ who is able, " make all grace abound toward you, that ye, always having all-sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." Dear Brethren, allow us to remind you of the very great importance of cultivating a thoroughly religious character. In these days of religious speculation, in- satiable thirst for novelty, and increasing hostility to evangelical godliness, we earnestly exhort you to "Jiold fast the form of sound words," " the faith once delivered to the saints," the truth of which has been verified in your own experience, and by the many living examples of piety with which you have been associated. You have heard, you have seen, how mighty it has been, 1873.] WESLEYANf METHOl^TST CONFEREKCB. U7 "through God, in pulling clow;i the strongholds ; " and how, in our congregations, the declaration of the truth has been so accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, that multitudes have proved it to be "the savour of life unto life." Let this satisfy you that the Gospel has not lost its efficiency, — that by it glorious transformations of mind and heart are still accom- plished ) it still fills tlie Church with songs of triumph, and enhances the joy of angels; it still produces purity of life, and manHnoss of character. Rest not, then, satis- fied with anything short of the mind of Christ. Know that you have " passed from death unto life." Eealize the Word of God as a living and " present truth." Let assurance of your relation to God become the habit of the life. Rejoice in being of the household of God. Let your soul in the fulness of its faith say, " Christ is mine; his. promises are yea and amen to me." Seek the baptism of the Holy Ghost ; such culture of the affections and passions, such a mastery of self, as shall ultimate, by God's ' lessing, in a perfection of the fruits of righteousness, " that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing." God requires our best services, our complete surrender, our undivided heart. The world needs for its subjugation to the truth the most complete Christian character. " They overcame by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony." Sanctified exertion, unbounded self-consuming devo- tion, can only be the outcome of the " faith that works by love, and purifies the heart." By this alone shall we be ([ualified for the Christian work demanded of u«<. True labor for Christ can only be successfully prosecu- ted when there is a high commanding faith, and a holy sanctified endeavor. We would remind you, dear brethren, of the impor- tance of those means of grace that are peculiar to us m Methodists. While you ha\^e respect for the house of the Lord, and a regard for the preaching of the word, 148 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. let the prayer-meeting have its importance with yon. This cannot be neglected without great spiritual loss. If you would maintain a healthy spiritual life, all the means of grace must be appreciated by you. Suffer us to admonish you, as "those that must give account," that you neglect not those means which bring you into more direct Christian fellowship. In this connection we would press upon you the great importance of Class meeting. Forsake not this assembling of yourselves together, that by mutual prayer, and mutual sympathy, you may be encouraged and comforted. A condition of membership in the Church it has been from the begin- ning. Let us zealously maintain what has proved of such incalculable advantage in the moral and spiritual culture of our members ; " let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same things." We would earnestly commend to you the subject of family religion. Let your personal piety lead you to maintain the worship of God in your families. Amid the hurry and strife of the present time, the absorbing passion for secular business, the weariness, toil and ex- citement attendant upon every avocation, let your homes have the attraction which piety alone can give them. Kemember you are the pastors of the household. Let then your devotions be punctual, fervent, judicious ; your deportment kind, peaceful, conciliating; your con- trol firm, Chiistian, discriminating. See that your children are trained in " the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Let not the facilities of the Sunday-school serve as an excuse for the non-i)erforraance of a duty which God has enjoined on you. Let there be Christian sanctity, joined with paternal love, and your house- hold shall be known as of the tribes of the Lord. Watching over you with a godly jealousy, we deem it incumbent upon us to warn you against the insidious influences which, under the name of popular amuse- 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 149 meiits, would draw you away from the " simplicity that is in Christ." The exhortations of lioly Scripture, at all times suitable, come to us in these days with singular force and appropriateness : " Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him ; for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, ard the pride of life, is not of the Father, hut is of the world." Be on your guard against the tendency of conformity to the world, whose friendship " is enmity to God," whose baneful influence corrupts the lieart, withering its moral bloom, and blasting the fruits of holiness in the soul. Let not the illusions of pleasure, nor the desire for social distinction, beguile you from the holy duty and sublime enjoyment of living con- tinually to the honor and glory of God. See that your households are supplied with pure and Christian literature. We caution you against the irre- ligious and insidious influence which pervades so much of the literature of the day. We are persuaded that the preference so often given to the popular serial, daily journal, and ephemeral issues of the press, to the exclu- sion of more substantial and satisfactory reading, lowers the tone of piety, and creates a distaste for spiritual things. We would urge rather the pursuit of real knowledge, of useful inquiry, which, while it gratified the taste, would nourish the piety, expand the judg- ment, refine the feelings, and serve us an antidote to the teaching of a shallow and sophistical science, which has proved so disastrous to those who have been led away by its influence. Make yourselves well acquainted with the writings of Wesley and other standard writers of our Church, as well as the writings of the great Christian lights of this age. Our excellent Book Eoom will furnish you with a choice variety of the best Christian literature, while the Chiustian Guardian will supply you with informatioa relative to the pro- :lm 160 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [187?. gress of the Church, at home and aljroad. We earnestly commend our own publications to your liberal patronage and preference. And now, dear brethren, we are about to separate, and take our departure to those fields of labor which have been assigned us. May we go, " in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ." Pray for us that this Jubilee year of the Conference may be marked by signal success. As we go forth to " proclaim liberty to the captive, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound," may the Lord go with us; "that as the earth bringoth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth," so may " the Lord God cause righteousness and peace to spring forth before all people." Samuel D. Eice, D.D., President. E. B. Eyckman, M.A., Secretary. London. June 18, 1873. THE ANSWER OF THE BRITISH CONFERENCE OF 1872, TO TUB ADDRESS OF THE WESLEY AN METHODIST CONFERENCE IN CANADA, 1872. Reverend and Dear Brethren, — Your fraternal Address has been received and read in open Conference. The interest with which its statements were listened to was deepened by the oral communication of the beloved brother, whom you had elected to represent 1873.] WESLETA!T METHODIST CONFERENCE. 151 Tou at this Assembly, and whom, you will be pleased to hear, we have elected to preside over our deliberations. The assurance of your " loyal attachment to the Throne and to the Empire" is extremely grateful to us. You shared our grief at the affliction which threatened to re- move from our midst the Heir Apparent to these realms, and our joy at his restoration in answer to a nation's pray- ers. By other dangers, now we may hope happily passed, the mutual friendship of the mother-country and her largest English-speaking dependency has been tested and confirmed. And so long as this fervent patriotism glows in the breasts of Canadians, we trust that we who still occupy the ancient home shall not be found wanting in our duty toward them. Dearer to us, however, even than the integrity of the British Empire, is the unity of the catholic Church, and particularly of that portion of it which owes its exis- tence to the large-hearted charity and world-embraciTig zeal of John Wesley. How much depends upon the main- tenance of this unity is perhaps even more clear to you, looking as distant, though not uninterested spectators, upon the strife that rages every day within this original strong- hold of Protestantism, than to ourselves, engaged in the hottest of the battle. A dispensation of the Gospel, not in- ferior in importance to that of the very chief est of the Apostles, when he stood upon the confines of one continent, and heard the voice which summoned him to attempt the subjugation of another, is committed unto us and unto you. In proportion to the greatness of this Divine vocation should be our solicitude to maintain a perfect unity both in doc- trine and in discipline. It is not a forced and formal unity we covet, but a real and vital spiritual unity, such as con- sists with the utmost liberty of thought and action in non- essentials, — such a unity as is best symbolized by the free and fraternal communings we are wont to interchange at our Annual Assemblies. That you are jealous of its main- tenance is attested to us by the tone of your Address and the report of your Representative.*^ We trust it is only an additional proof of your fidelity to ancient standards that is found in the fact that not only another AflSliated i-1 ! —Vfi m MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. Conference, but also another body of Methodists, should have exprescod a desire for closer ecclesiastical union with you. The existence of such a desire we cannot but regard as hon- orable alike to you and to them, and for its hapny consum- mation, in iiarmony with the original principles of Wesleyan Methodism, you have our heartiest wishes and dovoutest prayers. We are thankful to hear of your efforts to secure a ^:o£e thorough training for your rising Ministry, ^nd of the munificent offer by which they have been recently sti- mulated. The benefits of a similai course we are reaping ev ory day. In reference, indeed, to all our general interests, we have abundant reason to join with you in sincere thanksgiving for multiplied signs of prosperity. Never were the soul- saving truths of the Gospel proclaimed more widely, or lis- tened to more reverently, in England, than at the present day. Never were there so many noble enterprises set on foot for the instruction and elevation of the masses of the people. And we rejoice that you should be associated with us in the humblest, as well as what may be deemed the more honorable, portion of our work It has therefore given us high satisfaction to hear of your generous response to the appeal made to you on behalf of the Children's Home. It has been a matter of serious concern to us, however, that the many visitations of the Divine Spirit which we joyfully acknowledge to have received, have not become so univer- sal as to stay the loss of membership arising from ordinary, and, in some places, from extraordinary causes. Yet there is good ground for hoping that this may shortly be the case. Obstacles to the spiritual life are not less common than in the days when Aix)stles uttered their inspired denunciations of those who " walk according to the course of this world." But the inspired promise reasures us: " riiis is the vic- tory that overcometh the world, even our faith." "We are jealous lest there should be any falling off in the force and fulness of the strean^ of evangelical truth and life, at what we have been accustomed to regard, perhaps with a pardonable pride, as their very fountain-head. We are re- 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CCNFERENCE. 153 solved, — and hero the most diffident candidates for our office and ministry will not fail to say " Amea," — that we will use our utmost endeavors to maintain the lead in the great race of benevolence which we are called to run. Death has been at work in our ranks as in yours, liaving removed from us, among many other burning and shining lights, such men as Dr. Dixon, Dr. Iloole, and Thomaa Vasey. We are admonished by their departure, as well as by the retirement from active labor of some whose names have been towers of strength, to " work while it is day, be- cause the night cometh, when no man can work." "We are thankful that you receive the decision of your President and our beloved brother, Dr. Punshon, to retuni to his native country as an act of obedience to the guid>ng hand of Providence. You will lose a powerful preacher, an able administrator, and many of you a highly -valued friend ; but you will gain on this side of tlie Atlantic an eloquent advocate of the claims, and expounder of the views, of Canadian Methodism. We on our part shall hail the re-appearance among us of one who, in the devotion of his talents and influence to the best of causes, has ever shown himself animated by the purest principles. The nomination of the Kev. Samuel D. Rice, D.D., as your President for next year, and of the Rev. Ephraim B. Harper, M.A., as Co-J^elegate, has received our cordial sanction. And now, beloved brethren, convinced that a great future awaits your Church and nation, and that assisting its devel- opment you, like us, will need a full equipment of the power of the Spirit, we '' commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." Signed on behalf and by order of the Conlerence, GEORGE T. PERKS, Secretary/. I^pdon, August 16th, 18T2, 154 HINUTES OF THIJ CANADA [1873. ADDRESS OF THE CONFERENCE OP TUB WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH IN CANADA, TO t;ib BRITISH CONFERENCE. I i Reverend Fathers and Brethren, — Your paternal answer to our adtlross of last year lias been duly received ; and tlie reading' of it has afforded us grateful satisfaction, and has excited that deep interest which always attaches to your communications. "We rejoice to learn that in the extension of church accommodations, and in the means of supporting all your homo institutions and Missionary operations, you have been blessed with unprecedented prosperity, while your ministrations of the Word have never been more faithful, and the attendance upon them has never been so large. The unity of Methodism to which you give such forcible expression, has a profound res])onse in our hearts. Ever since the English and American Conferences, in 1820, mutually declared that the !BIethodists were one body throughout the world, and were determined so to remain, we have cherished the noble and truthful sentiment ; and we derive no small satisfaction and encouragement from the conviction and feeling that, with diversities of operations, and even gifts and administrations in various countries, on whatever continent of the globe, or island of tlio sea, lethodism has opened its commission, or pro- Gospel of salvation, the same doctrines have id, the same hymns have been sung, the same ba^ve been established, the same conversions WESLEYAN METHODIST CONPBEENCK, 155 and refoTOiations have been produced, the same experience has been realized, the sanio woi*8hip is observed, and the same spirit of unity, of universal progress, and universal extension is cherished and cultivated ; while the leaven and spirit of our scriptural doctrines and institutions have been widely diffused beyond the limits of our own denominational boundaries. Therefore, into whatever arrangements we may enter, or whatever methods we may adopt to advance our providential work in this Dominion, we purpose to keep steadily in view, as you suggest, the fundamental principles and distinguishing land-marks of original Wesleyan Methodism. We gratefully record the undisturbed harmony, the uninterrupted success and expansion of our work during the five years of the presidency of the Rev. William Morley Punshon, LL.D., for whose permission to come to us and spend a term of years among us we are indebtfid to your kindness. During the last five years the work of our Church has been blessed in all its departments — been blessed with an tinusually great inerease and enlargement ; and that success is in no small degree <5wing, under the Divine blessing, to the administration, counsels, and labors of Dr. Punshon, who, on the expiration of his permitted period of service here, carries with him to the parent Church and his native land, the admiration, respect, grati- tude, and affection of the ministers and members of our Church and congregation, and of our country at large, for his truly s'^riptiu'al and eloquent discourses and addresses, his practical counsels, his extensive and unwearied laboura. Wo have sympathized with him in the sorrows through which he has been called to pass ; and on his departure from us, he is accompanied by our }>ost wishes and earnest prayers for his future happiness and welfare. We have requested Dr. Punshon to co-operate with our Represen- tatives to you at your approaching Conference ; and to him, in connection with them, we refer you in regard to tho details of the progress of our work during the five years of liis administration among us, and especially during the past yeap. W© simply add, that^ during our present Qon» 156 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. ference we have received 39 young men on \iial, and received into full connexion and ordained to the work ;f the ministry 37 young men, who have fulfilled inoir four years of trial, and passed all the required examinations in the most satisfactory manner, and give pi*omise of groat efficiency and usefulness. During the past year a large number of new and commodious places of woi-ship have been erected ; we have had an addition to the membership of uj)wards of one thousand, and a largo increase in our Missionary, Circuit, Educational and other Connnexional Funds. Our University," Colleges, and other Educational Institutions and Sabbath Schools, have shared in the general prpsperity. Besides the ordinary business of our Conference, the gravest and most vital questions have been largely and earnestly discussed, but without the slightest tinge of bitter- ness, and in the true spirit of brotherly ]ove. We have con- sidered with great care and decided upon the important question of forming all the Methodists in the several provinces of the Dominten of Canada into one Connexion, under the control" of a Quadrennial General Conference and several Annual Confo'oiicea ; and have also considered and adopted certain arran^jments and regulations for a Union between our own Church and that of the Methodists of the New Connexion. In order that you may ^e fully informed of and give your consent to these proposed measures, we have appointed as our Representatives to your Body, the Be v. Dr. S. S. Nelles, President of our Victoria University, and the Rev. E. H. Dewart, Editor of the Christian Guardian, — brethren holding the highest place in our esteem and affec- tion — who will give you all needful information in regard to our contemplated organizations and arrangements, and whom we commend to your affectionate confidence. From our experience of the great ability of the Rev. Dr. S. D. Rice, D.D., as our President during the proceed- ing of our Conference, we recon^mend him && our President 1873.] WESLEtAN MEtHODIST CONt'ERENCE. 167 for the ensuing year ; wo have also nominated as Co-Dele- gate, our respected and long-tried friend and brother, tho Kev. John S. Williams ; and we respectfully request your sanction to these nominations. Never have the proceedings of our Conference been more harmonious, spiritual, and edifying than during the present Session ; and encouraged by the experience of past success and present prosperity, humbled under a conscious- ness of many short-comings, impressed by a deep sense of personal obligation, and animated by the promises and pros- pects of the future, we consecrate ourselves afresh to the Divine work committed to us by the great Head of the Church. We entreat the co-operation of your prayers for a renewed and copious baptism of the Holy Spirit, that throughout all our congregations, and in all the departments of our Church operations, the Divine blessing, in all its fertilizing influences, may render our ministrations and labours more successful than ever m our sacred mission of spreading Scriptural Holiness over the land. Signed by order and on behalf of the Conference of 'iihe Weoleyan Methodist Church in Canada. EDWARD B. RYCKMAN, Secretary. London, June 18th, 1873. ^t-'^9-> «r •» 166 MINUTES OP THE CANAJJA [un. A D D K E S S to HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY VICTORIA, JBij tlie Grace of Oody of Great Britain and Ii'elandf Queen, Defender of tJie Faith, etc., etc., etc. May it Please Your Majesty,— We,, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, in Conferencoi assembled, beg leave moct respectfully to ap- proach yonr Majesty with renewvod expressions of our ardent attachment to your Majesty's person and throne, and to present to your Majesty our sincere and hearty con- gratulations upon the reco^^ery of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, from his late severe and dangerous illness. We embrace the earliest opportunity afforded us by our assembling in our Annual Conference, to assure your Majesty of the profound sympathy which we and the thousands of the Methodist people of this Dominion, in common with all classes of 3'our Majesty's subjects, felt for our \enei.ated and beloved Sovereign and the Royal family in the di y of their affliction and the nation's peril ; and of our devout gratitude to Him in whose hand are the issues from df'atli, that in answer to the fervent prayers of a sup- pliant nation. He has been graciously pleased to avert a calamity which would have plunged your Majesty and the millions of your Majesty's loyal subjects in deepest sorrow. We earnestly pray that the same merciful Providence which has hitherto shielded the Royf*J household may con- tinue to bo its defence, that your Majesty's life and illus- trious reign may be prolonged, and that when your Majesty is called to exchange an earthly for a heavenly crown, the dignities which your Majesty has so worthily enjoyed may descend to your Majesty's Royal Son and Heir, 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 159 By authority and on behalf of the Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, in the City of Montreal, this thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one tho-Tsand eight hundred and seventy- two, and of Her Majesty's reign the thirty-fifth. KEPLY. Downing Street, 23rd October, 1872. My Lord, — I have the honor to aclriiowledg- the receipt of your Lordship's despatcli, No. 50, of the 1st inst., enclosing an address to the Queen from the ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, in C onference assembled, on the recoTcry of His Koyal Highness the Prince of Wales. I am commanded to instruct you to convey to the Presi- dent of the Conference and the ministers, the Queen's thanks for their kind expressions of sympathy and of con- gratulation ; and to assure them that Her Majesty warmly appreciates the spirit of loyalty to the British Crown, and of attachment to the Person and Family of the Sovereign Avhich is displayed in their i.,Jdress„ I have, iko.f (Signed) KiMBERIJSY. The Kight Hon. the Earl of Dufferin, K.P., K.O.B* ^ 160 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. h ADDRESS TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONORABLE EARL DUFFERIN, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA. m s ^^^HH 1 M \ 1 ! May it please Your Excellency : We, the Ministers of the Wesley an Methodist Church of Canada, now in Conference assembled in the Citv of Montreal, desire to greet your Excellency upon your arrival in the Dominion of Canada, with hearty and very sincere expressions of congratulation. It is a matter of sincere satisfaction to us that it has pleased Her Majesty to appoint, as her Vice-Regal Repre- sentative in our Dominion, one who has aU'eady distin- guished himself by eminent zeal and wisdom, and devoted loyalty in the service of tha Home Government of Great Britain. We rejoice to be able to state that the Church of which we have th- honor to be the pastors, occupies the distinguished position of being one of the largest Protes- tant Ecclesiastical Organizations in the Dominion. Its operations extend literally across the Continen!; from the Atlantic to the Pacific seaboards. Its missionaries are laboring zealously i^i the more lemote and destitute set- tlements, and among the various Indian tribes of our country. Its Collegiate Institutions are endeavoring to afll>rd facilities to all classes of our youth for acquiring all the branches of a liberal education. The Conference of our Church consists of a body of upward of six hundred ministens, who are maintaining the regular preaching of the Gospel of our Lord Josus Christ in one thousand eight hundred distinct churches and other 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. lei preachinr*; places, and the number of those attending our ministry is estimated at a quarter of a million of persona. We assure your Excellency of the deep-seated and uniform loyalty of both ourselves and the numerous con- gregations committed to our care, to the Throne of Great Britain, which your Excellency has the honor to represent among us, and to the , illustrious person of our rightful Sovereign Queen Victoria, by whose griefs our hearts have been deeply moved, and for whose joys we have heartily united in giving thanks to God. We alse assure your Excellency of the ardent attach- ment of ourselves and people to the Constitution of the Canadian Dominion. And we further assure your Excellency, that our most fervent prayers shall continuously be offered that your occupancy of the Vice-regal Throne of Canada may be characterized by pre-eminent wisdom and great domestic happiness. Signed by authority and in aehalf of the Conference o* the Weslevan Methodist Church in Canada, in the City of Montreal, this thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord 1872. HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY. TO THE MINISTERS OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST CilUjRCH IN CANADA: Gentlemen, The address which you have done me the honor bf presenting to me is not only most welcome, as con- taining your kind expressions of regard towards myself, but as bringing under my notice the noble work which your Church is performing, in encouraging religion and in waging war against vice and heathenism. 8 162 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. There is nothing in this country that I iv.gard with deeper satisfaction than the s{)ectacle of various religions denominations laboring side by side, in generous rivalry to secure the great aims of all truly good men ; employing their energies, not in intestine warfare, but in the dire struggle which demands the most earnest efforts oi all Christians, under whatever banner they may fight. I can well feel how great must be the labor and how trying the work of those whose duty it is to minister the Gospel, especially when, in a country of which the popula- tion is so scattered, they miss the visible co-operation and the kindly society of their fellow-laborers ; I can therefore appreciate the benefit which each and all, individually and collectively, derive from a Conference *where six hundred ministers bring their united expeiience to bear on the great and difficult questions which must so often present them- selves *or solution to the struggling preacher, deprived for the time of all human advice and aid. I can assure you that Her Most Gracious Majesty, for whom in such feeling language you express your sentiments of attachment and loyalty, views with no common interest the progress of the work you are engaged in, and that I feel certain that I shall fail in my duties as her representative in this country if I do not further, by example and by deed, the cause which you have at heart, and for the suc- cess of which you are putting forth your most vigorous energy. I thank you heartily for your wishes for the happiness of myself and my family, and I trust as we become further known to each other, the esteem which we mutually feel may ripen into a lasting friendship. Toronto, Sept. 29, 1872. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 163 APPENDIX I. ilBM all E E r E T OFTHB Joint Committee on the Division of the Conference^ and the Federal Union of the Wealeyan Methodist Church in British America, held in the Dorchester Street Church, Montreal, during the Ttionth of October, 1872, as amended by the Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, held in London, in the month of June, 1873 .• — GENEKAL PRINCIPLES. 1. The Wesleyan Methodist Conferences in P>ritish America shall be so altered in the form of their general government as to be composed of one General Conference, and several Annual Conferences. 2. The Name of the Church hereby organized shall be The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canada, or if it should hereafter be fpund expedient, the United Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canada. THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 3. Whereas, under existing circumstances, it is deemed expedient to make such arrangements as will admit of the incorporation of Lay Representation in the General Conference, if it be found that the requisite majority of the Quarterly Meetings of the two existing Conferences desire such incorporation ; The General Conference shall be composed of either one Minister for every four members of each Annual I ^y^. 164 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873 «..«■ >i* i Conference, or of one Minister and one Layman for every eight members of each Annual Conference. Provided, nevertheless, that a fraction of three-fourths shall entitle a Conference to an additional representa- tive. Provided alwavs that the P':'esident of each Conference shall be one of those so elected ; and also provided always that the whole number of delegates elected to the First General Conference shall not exceed two hundred and twenty. 4. Tlie Ministerial members of the General Confer- ence sh^l be elected by ballot. 5. The appointment of Laymen to the General Con- ference shall be made as follows : — (1) The Laymen in each Annual District Meeting ; next preceding the meeting of the General Conference shall elect from among the members of our Churcli, > within the bounds of the District, a representative or ^ representatives to the General Conference ; the number ' ' so elected to be determined by the number of Church . members in the District, a^ compared with the entire membership within the bounds of the Annual Confer- ence ; the whole number not to exceed the number of Ministers appointed by such Annual Conference. (2) The Lay members of the District Meeting making such appointments to the General Conference shall be elected by ballot by the Quarterly Ufiicial Meeting next preceding. 6. The Secretary of each Annual Conference shall compute the number of Laymen to be appointed by each District, in accordance with the principles laid down in section 5, and publish the same in the minutes of the Annual Conference next preceding such District appointment. Each delegate must be not less than •twenty-five years of age, and must have been a mem- 1873.J WESLETAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 165 for ber of the Church contirmously during the five years next preceding the time of his election. 7. A majority of those chosen to constitute the General Conference shall form a qu. rum for the trans- action of business. 8. The first General Conference shall meet on the first Wednesday after the fifteenth day of September, in the year 1874, provided that the Conferences con- cerned shall have approved of the plan of Union ; and thenceforward, once in four years, on the first Wednes- day after the fifteenth day of September, in such place, as may be decided by the General Conference. t 9. Each General Conference, from its Ministerial members, shall, on its assembling, elect by ballot, with- out debate, a President, who shall preside over its proceedings, and all its Committees, duiing the four years of his Presidency. * 10. Each General Conference shall, immediately after the election of the General Superintendents, elect by ballot, without debate, a Secretary or Secretaries, whose duty it shall be to keep a correct record of its proceed- ings, and publish the minutes under the direction of the General Conference. 11. The General Conference only, shall have power to make rules and regulations for the Church under the following limitations and restrictions, viz. : (1) They shall not revoke, alter, or change any article of religion, nor establish any new standards or rules of doctrine, contrary to our existing and established standards. (2) They shall not destroy the plan of our Itinerant system. 166 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. (3) They shall not make any changes in the General Eules of our Society. (4) They shall not do away with die privilege of our Ministers and Preachers of trial by a Committee of ^Ministers, and of an appeal ; neither shall they do away with the privileges of our members, of trial by a Committee and of an appeal. (5) They shall not appropriate the profits of the Book Koom to any purpose other tlian for the benefit of the Preachers, Travelling and Superannuated, of the Canada Conference, and the Travelling Preachers and Supernumeraries of the Conference of Eastern British America, their wives, widows and children. (6) All new Regulations, and alterations of any Ruie or Regulation now in force, respecting our temporal economy, — such as the building of Churches, the order to be observed therein ; the allowance to the Ministers or Preachers, their widows and children ; the raising of annual supplies for the propagation of the Gospel, (Missions excepted) ; for the making up of the allowances of the Ministers, Preachers, &c., shall not be considered of any force or authority, until such rule, regulation, or alteration, shall have been laid before the Quarterly Meetings throughout the several Annual Conferences, and shall have received the concurrence of a majority of the members, who may be present at the time of laying said rule or regulation before them, of two-thirds of said Quarterly Meetings. (7) Nor shall any new rule, regulation or alteration, respecting the rights and privileges of our members ; such as receiving persons on trial ; the conditions on which they shall retain their membership ; the manner of bringing to trial, finding guilty, reproving, suspend- ing or Excluding disorderly persons from Society and Church privileges, have any force or authority till laid m ■ 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 167 before the Quarterly Meetings and approved as afore- said : Provided^ however, that on the concurrent recom- mendation of three-fourths of all the members of the several Annual Conferences who shall be ])resent and vote thereon, then a niajoiity of two-thirds of the General Conference succeeding shall suffice to alter any of the alxive restrictions, except the first and third, which they shall not alter; Provided, further, when such alteration or alterations shall have been passed by two- thirds of the General Conference, so soon as three- fourths of the members of the several Annual Confer- ences shall have concurred as aforesaid, such alteration or alterations shall hare effect ; Provided, also, that in case there shall be a Lay delegation in tlie General Conference, the appeal to the Quarterly Meetings, allowed in the above restrictions, shall not be continued in force, but shall be null and void. 12. Any act of the General Conference involving con- stitutional changes, shall Ijecome law, only when it secures a majority of three-fourths of the members of 5 e General Conference, who may be present and vote thereon. 13. Any act of the General Conference affecting the rights and privileges of the Annual Conferences, shall become law only when it secures a majority of two- thirds of the members of the General Conference who may be present and vote thereon, and also a majority vote of the members of the several next ensuing Annual Conferences, who may be present and vote thereon. 14. The General Conference, by a vote of two-thirds of its members, shall have power to increase or diminish the number, or alter the boundaries of the several Annual Conferences. 15. Each General Conference shall appoint a special committee of not less than twelve persons, containing T— 5- 16B MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. .M:± an equal number of Ministers and Laymen, \vhos<' duty it shall be, from one session of the General Conterence to another, to watch over and ^'uard the rights and pri- vileges of our Church throughout the Dominion ; to promote, as far as possible, tlie recommendations of the Greneral Conference, and to consider and decide upon all questions affectingthe general interest}-* of the Church, and to adopt such measures as it may judge expedient to secure their accomplishment : — Provided, neverthe- less, that this Committee shall not exercise any legisla- tive power whatever, nor do anything that shall interfere with the i ; S < ' ^% Each Annual Conference shall ^fitTdlbt a Local Missionary Committee, constituted as the General Conference may determine. I ^ii fit . .;Kit» HU4 i>U.jv t'- V'ihi\i-m. OtHEB CONNEXIOKAL FUNDS. .-rf- ■ir.~v. ^ 43. It is deemed desirable, as soon as legal and other difl&cidties can be removed, to amalgamate the different funds of the Urn* ted Church, and to plpoe them under the management of a Central Board. 44. For the present, the Superannuated Ministers' Fund of the Canada Conference, and the Supernu- merary Ministers' Fund of the Conference of Eastern British America shall be kept distinct, each department being managed by its own laws. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 173 45, The Toronto, London, and Montreal Conferences shall, for the present, have one General Contingent Fund, and one General Children's Fund. * 46. The Contingent Fund (embracing the annual income from the Commutation Fund) shall be divided annually among the several Conferences, according to the number of Church members, including those on trial. 'H' ■ --'•s.'^fr \ri~ .--■■«\.f>- -.,^/.>-:»-; - ■-•^r /T^:ilr 47. For the Children's Fund a uniform rate shall be levied on the membership, including those on trial, in the above named Conferences, and the amount so raised divided annually among said Conferences, gtccording to the number of their respective claimants. HjI;- - , 48. The Church lielief Fiind sliall riot 1)6 made a General Conference Fund, and its discontinuance is recommended. i,S»<;3i 49. Whenever Connexional Fi uds ar€i organized or amalgamated, their management shiill be e itrusted to a Board or Boards constituted by the General Conference, similarly to the Missionary Board. ■Ji ., '9P It ..yw .:;: ii -<."..iTl.--../JV- EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLISHING INTERESTS. 50. The publishing interests of the United Church shall be under the direction of the General Conference. 51. The Geneial Conference shall appoint the Editor 01 Editors, and the Book Steward or Book Stewards. 52. The General Conference shall determine the number and character of our Educational Institutions, and shall prescribe the manner of forming the Govern- ing Boards of all Universities and Theological Schools, The General Conference shall also prescribe a Course of Study for all Candidates for the Ministry, ? - 174 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. ■I -v 53. This Conference having considered the reports of the joint Committee appointed by this Conference, and the Conference of Eastern British America, to prepare a basis of Union of these Conferences into one Connexion or Church, having nearly brought its labors to a close, thereby initiating a movement which may somewhat alter tho relations we have hitherto sustained to the British Conference, cannot allow the inauguration of the measures proposed, without expressing our deep and grateful sense of indebtedness for the liberal support and paternal care shown toward us by the Parent body during the many years of our p'kst history. We devoutly pray that upon our fathers and brethren of the British Connexion, and npou ourselves, may continue to rest the peculiar favor of the Great Head of the Chuich, and that the ^ Wrongest ties which should exist between the different branches of the same great Christian family, may continue to unite us in uninter- rupted harmony, until the whole design of the Mediatorial reign of Christ shall have been accom- plished to tlie gi^^ry of His Holy Name. ^ .jni^^fi *?^ii;t;, London, Ont., June 18th, 1873. V, ' • ^^ ;v '" ' •■> ■<^'*A Si ■>:■'; :^-;,'i'i .?■ v-.^'\,^^\ t- ' ' \ ■' ''■ ' S»- ' ''•" 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 175 APPENDIX II. The Action op the Conference on the Report of the Union Committefs appointed by the Wesleyan ^ Methodist Church, and THE New Connexion Meth- f ODisT Church. The Conference took into consideration the Report of the Union Committees appointed respectively by this Con- ference, and the Conference of the New Connexion Meth- odist Church in Canada, agreed upon at the several meet- ings of said committees, held in the Metropolitan Church, Toronto, on the 1st and 2nd days of October, 1872 ; on the 30bh and 31dc days of January, 1873 ; and on the 9th and 10th days of April, 1873; and after mature consid- eration of the comprehensive and admirably prepared report of said Union Committees, cordially adopts the same, with certain modifications, each of which, we believe, will render the proposed, and truly Christian Union, increas- ingly acceptable to our brethren of the New Connexion, as well as to the members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. I. The ten preliminary declarations of agreement of the Union Committees are as follows : j r;/ ■t-i -\% g„, ,. Preliminary Agreements. ; ; , , ^.U , 1. This meeting deems a Union between the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, and the Methodist New Con- nexion Church, on such principles as may be mutually agreed upon, highly desirable. 2. A General Conference should be formed, to meet once in four years, having power to make rules and regulations •v^ 176 MINUTES OP THE CANADA ri873. for the whole Church, subject ty such restrictions as may be mutually agreed upon. 3. Lay representation should be included in the Gen- eral Conference, in such form as may be agreed upon. 4. The General Conference should be composed of min- isters and laymen in equal numbers. . 5. The General Conference only should have power to make rules and regulations for the entire Church, subject to such restrictions as may be hereafter defined and accepted. 6. The Annual Conferences should be composed of min- istet^ only, who have travelled four years, and have been received into full connexion. They shall transact all busi- ness appertaining to the Circuits, Stations or Missions within their respective bounds, and their decision shall be final on all questions of ministerial character. 7. One or more General Supe ■% .ndents should be elect- ed by the General Conference, to hold office for a term of years correspording to the term of the said Conference ; such Superinter dent or (Superintendents to be set apart for the work by sucl. form of service as may be agreed upon, and to be amenable to the General Conference for all theit official acts, . 8. There should be District Meetings, and they should consist of all ministers and preachers on trial within the District, with an equal number of laymen (to be appointed as may be determined), such liaymen to have the right ^ taking part in all proceedings, except iii the examination of ministerial character. 9. That the United Church should provide by legislation for the continuation of Class Meetings, Lovefeasts, Leaders* Meetings, Quarterly Meetings, and Local Preachers' M.eet- ings, on the Circuits and Districts. < -- • -> f 10. That the lay delegates to each General Conference should be elected by the lay memberp of a^j?/ rif,^ ii eetings, in such manner as may bo hereafter dec^c ; )t ii"-i«' ;h tsuch members of district meetings — w!i>.n such tlfatur'j »re to take place—be alected by the qr^r^.terly ticsetu ga PI 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 177 This Conference concurs in and adopts the above declara- tion of principles and objects of the Union of the two Churches, except the 7th — in relation to General Superin- tendents — instead of which, this Conference thinks it prefer- able for the General Conference to elect a President, to hold office for the term of years corresponding to the term of said Conference ; to preside over the proceedings of the General Conference, to calUand preside over all Standing Committees of said Conference, to perform any duties which the General Conference may prescribe, but, who should nob exercise a General Superintendency, nor any powers con- ferred by discipline upon other officers of the Church. >vj II. Under the head of "Accepted Details of GovemmentJ' ' the Union Committees recommend in their 11th and I2th' resolutions as follows : .. , 11. The United Methodist Conference in British America, in the form of their Gen* ral Government, shall be com- posed of one General Conference, and several Annual Con- ferences. ' , 12. The name of the Church shall be called The United Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canada. In case of a more general Organic Union of the Methodist Churches, it shall be called The Methodist Church of Canada. , This Conference fully concurs in the above expression of views and recommendations. , . . .,; i ||j^^^ The recommendations of the Union Committees " Respecting the General Conference," are contained from the 13th to the 26th resolution of their Report, as follows ; 13. The General Conference shall be composed of one MinisV-or and one Layman for every eight members of each Annual Conference. Provided nevertheless, that a fractioa of th ret; fourths shall entitle a Conference to an additional '■V 178 MINUTES OF THE CAN A [187\^ repreBentativo. Provided alwayH that the Presidont of each Confereuce shall be one of those so elected : and also provided always that the whole number of delegates elected shall not exceed two hundred and twenty. 1 4. The Ministerial members of the General Conference shall be elected by ballot. 15. The appointment of Laymen to the General Con- ference shall bo made as follows : — (I). The Laymen in each Annual District meeting next preceding the meeting of the General Conference shall elect from among the mer.ibers of our Church within the bounds of the District, representatives to :he General Conference ; the number so elected to l>e determined by the number of Church members \n the District, as compared with the entire membership within the bounds of the Annual Con- ference : the whole number not to exceed the number of Ministers appointed by such Annual Conference. (2). The Lay Members of the District Meeting making such appointments to the General Conference shall be elected by the Quarterly Official Meeting next preceding, 16. The Secretary of each Annual Conference shall com- pute the number oi' Laymen to be appointed by each Dis- trict in accordance with the principles laid down in section 15, and publish the same in the minutes of the Annual Conference next preceding such District appointment. Each delegate must be not less than twenty- five years of age, and must have been a member of the church contin- uously during the five years next preceding the time of his election. ,. 17. A majority of those chosen to constitute tlie General Conference shall form a quorum for the transaction of busi- C ness. 18. The first General dmference shall meet on the first Wednesday after the fifteenth day of September, in the year 1874, ])rovided that the Conferences concerned shall have approved of the Mian of Union ; and thenceforward, 1873.] WES LEY AN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 179 once in four years, on the first Wednesday after the fifteenth day of September, in such place as may be decided by the General Conference. 19. Each General Conference after the first, shall, on its assembling, elect by ballot without debate, one or more General Snj)erintendents from among those nominated for that office by the Annual Conferences as hereinafter pro- vided. 20. Each General Conference shall, immediately after the election of the General Superintendents, elect by ballot without debate, a Secretary, whose duty it shall be to keep a correct record of its proceedings, and puldish the minutes under the direction of the General Conference. 21. The General Conference only, shall have power to make rules and regulations for the Church, under the fol- lowing limitations and restrictions, viz : (1), Tliey shaF not revoke, alter or change, any aiticlo of religion, nor estabiisii any new standards or rules of doctrine, contrary to our ei^isting'and established standards. (2). They shall not destroy the plan of our itineraiifc system. (3). They shall not make any change in the general rules of our society. 22. Any .act of the General Conference involving consti- tutional changes, shall become law, only when it secures a majority of three-fourths of the nieml>er8 of the General Conference, who may be present and vote thereon. 23. Any act of the General Conference affecting the righta ' and privileges of the Annual Conferences, shall l)eoome law, only, when it secures a majority of two-thirds of the mem- bers of the General Conference, who may be present and "Vote thereon, and also a majority of the members of the several next ensuing Annual Oonfeience«, wJto may lye present and vote thereon, __ 24. The General Conference, by a vote of two-thirds of its members, shall have power to incrtjase or diminish the 180 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. nwmher ■ or alter the boiin^arlies (3f the sbveraT Annual Conferences. 25. The General Conference shall appoint a Special Com- mittee, which shall deal with questions of General Confer- ence interests, in the interval between one General Conier- ence and another. 26. Toward meeting the expenses of the First General Conference, a collection shall be made throughout our whole work, and the Annual Conferences shall fix the time when such collection shall be made within their respective bounds. This Conference concurs in and adopts the foregoing recommendations of the Union Committeeu, except the 19th, 20th and 25th, which, we think, should be modified. We think the ^9th recommendation of the Union Committees should be modified as follows : * ** 19. Each General Conference sl^all, on its assemBlfng, elect by ballot without debate, from its ministerial mem- bers, a President, who shall preside over its proceedings." We think that, as a lay as well as clerical Secretary of the General Conference may be desinible, the 20th re- commendation of the Union Committees r ^J% ^ W %J^ %, c Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 1458Q (716' 872-4503 1 6^ 184 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. lit hi smaller Conferences, We think, therefore, that the most equitable, intelligent, convenient, and eificient mode of transferring minisrers and preachers from one Conference to another, in order to meet, as far as possible, the demands of the whole work, is the following : — ! The President of the General Conference, the President of each Annual Conference, and one Minister elected annu- ally by each Annual Conference, shall be a committee for the transfer of ministers and preachers from one Annual Conference to another, and the decisions of such committee shall be final. To the chairman of such committee shall all communications by all parties concerned be addressed, but not later than the first day of May in any one year : Pro- vided, nevertheless, that any minister who deems himself aggrieved shall have the privilege of appearing before the Transfer Committee and stating his case : and provided, likewise, that such transfer shall not prejudice the ultimate financial claims of any minister or preacher so transferred ; each minister ti-ansf erred shall be subject to the action of the stationing committee of the Conference to which he may be transferred. YL The ten recommendations of the Union Committees "Respecting th3 Annual Conferences" are as follows: 37. The work in the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec shall be divided into three Annual Conferences, to be known as the Ontario, Huron, and St. Lawrence Conferences. 38. Each Annual Conference shall be composed of all Ministers received into full connexion and ordained, who are stationed and appointed by it. 39. Each Annual Conference shall, on its assembling, elect by ballot without debate, a President, who, in the ab- 1873.] WESLLYAN METHODIST CONFEBENCE. 185 seiice of a General Superintendent, shall discharge all the duties of a President within the bounds of the Conference electing hini. ' '• ^ ' • t ■ 40. Each Annual Conference, immediately after the election of a President, shall appoint a Secretary by baliot without debate; and also elect the chairmen of districts, according tv) the Discipline. 41. Each Annual Conference next preceding the meeting of the General Conference, shall nominate for general super- intendent a member of one of the Annual Conferences, and from amongst those so nominated, the General Conference shall elect one or more general superintendents. 42- In the event of the death, disability of, or occupation of the office of general superintendent by a President of an Annual Conference, the ex-President shall immediately enter upon the duties of presideny the superintendent, and appointed by the meeting, i 06. When a recording steward of a Circuit becomes in capacitated for the duties of his office, the superintendent 873. the ;tees, ngs,'' three. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 189 of the Circuit shall have authority to appoint another of the stewards to that oliice until the next Quarterly Meeting, when his place shall be supplied according to discipline. 67. Society Meetings shall be held in all our Circuits, wherever it is practicable, once a quarter, and the principal object of these meetings shall be the spiritual edification of the Church. We concur, without exception or alteration, in the fore- going recommendations '< Bc^specting Circuit Stewards " and ^'* Society Meetings.";, ,, ■ ., . _ . ;, , .v IX. The recommendations of the Union Committees under the head ** Financial Economv," including " the General Missionary Society," are as follows : 68. All the moneys raised for Missioiuiry purposes in the several Conferences of the United Churches shall form one General Mission Fund. . ...^:. . '■-' 69. There shall be a Central Missionary Board for the management of the Missionary Fund, which shall meet annually. , •/^^r;;.^;r ■,'];? ?' ..".j ,:;^l^,; • !■■ i--:^:;--^^ li^.iU' 11? .:, 70r This Board shall be composed, for the present, of the General Superintendents ; the President of each Annual Conference ; one Minister annually elected from each Annual Conference ; the chief Oflicers of the Missionary Society, a.xd an equal number of Laymen, of whom one shall be appointed by the laymen of each Annual Conference Missionary Committee, and the others by the laymen of the General Conference. 71. The duties of this Committee shall be to re\^ew the Missionary work and apportion the funds committed to them, to the respective Conferences according to their neces- sities. . ^> -,:-r'-':A:.. " ■':rr'''^n-" -.-';•-:.-:■ ^- ^-.!.-'^ . ./. ^-1 72. Yacaucies occurring in the Central Missionary Board shall be filled, by the General Conference Special Cpm- mittee. - • ^ ' -•■^>^^■:- • '..:-•-■ :;i---il'"-r 73. Tiie General Conierenco shall appoint the officers of * 11;- if" 190 MINUTES OP THE CANADA [1873. t'le Missionary Society, who shall be ex officio members of the Central Missionary BoarJ. 74. All Foreign Missions now existirg or that may here- after be established, shall be under the direction of the General Conference. But all Missionaries must be con- nected with some Annual Conference, and bo amenable to F-Uch Conference for their conduct in all respects. 75. There shall be within the bounds of each Annual Conference a Local Missionary Committee, constituted as the GenenJ Conference may determine. We conc'ir in tke foregoing recommendations respecting the " General Missionary Society," with the following ex- ceptions. In the 70th clause, omit the words " General Superintendents," and insert instead, "President of the General Conference ;" also omit the words " chief officers,' and substitute ** General Secretaries and Treasurers." For the 72nd clause, the following we think should be substituted : — *' When a vacancy occurs in the Board by death, resignation, or any other disability, the Board shall fill such vacancy or vacancies. If the vacancy or vacancies arise from the members elected by the Annual Conference, such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled from among the ministers or members of such Conference as the delegates belonged to, and for the interval till the next Annual Confer- ence ; and if from those elected by the General Conference, to fill the vacancy or vacancies so occurring till the next Generj'J Conference ; but no person or persons shall be elected to, or remain a member of, the Board, who is not a member of the Church, in good standing." , In the 73rd clause, for *' Officers " substitute " General Secretaries and Treasurers." i Of the 74th recommendation, the first sentence, and the first word of the second, should be expunged. 873. 1873.1 WESLEY AN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 191 l)ere- tlie con- •le to In the 75th, omit thf3 worils "Tliere sliall be within the bounds of," and insert the words " shall appoint " after "Annual Conference." X. ** Respecting other Connexional Funds," the Union Committees recommend us follows : 76. It is deemed desirable, as soon as legal and other difficulties can be removed, to amalgamate the different funds of the United Church, and to place them under the management of a central board or boards. 77. The Superannuated Preachers' Annuitant Society of the New Connexion Conference, and the Superannuated Ministers' Fund of the Weslevan Conference be amalj^a- mated, and all claimants on the New Connexion Fund be placed on the same fuoting as Wesleyan Ministers, and re- ceive from the Superannuation Fund of the United Church according to the scale laid down in the constitution of the Superanniiated Ministers' Fund of the Wesleyan Confer- ence. 78> The members of this Committee connected with the Wesleyan Methodist Church recommend to the Board of Management of their Superannuated Ministers' Fund, to take into their most favordble consideration the cases of those ministers of the New Connexion Church who are not members of their Annuitant Society, in order to constitute them claimants on the suj^erannuation fund of the United Church. 79. Ilespecting the Missionary Fund, the Contingent Fund, the Church Relief Fund, and the Children's Fund, the Committee is of opinion that no difficulty exists to pre- vent an immediate and perfect amalgamation of the same. 80. Whenever Connexional Funds are organised or amalgamated, their management shall be entrusted to a board or boards constituted by the General Conference, similarly to the missionary board. We concur in the foregoing recommendations of the Union Committees. "Z'--\P *.- -,- -- - _^- ■, j ^;_, ^_0:- ■- i 192 11 •V MINUTES OP THE CANADA \i rv 11873. XI. " Ilespecting Educational and Publishing Institu- tions," the Union Committees recommeud as follows : 81. The publishing interests of the United Church shall be under the direction of. the General Conference. 82. The General Conference shall appoint the Editor or Editors and the Book Steward or Book Stewards. 83. The Gener;d Conference shall determine the number and character of our Educational Institutions, and shall prescribe the manner of forming the governing boards of all universities, and theological schools. The General Conference shall also prescribe a course of study for all- candidates for the ministrv. " ■' ' ■■■■> i. We concur in the recommendations of the Union Com- mittees *^ Eespeeting Educational and Publishing Institu- tions." . ( , ■ ., ^'- ' ;U Ul; ■' -i^' I ■^\i - iiit~> ■• i . '.'iiiiil- Hti^^fihliiiJ mil UiU, jMii/i ,>:r)ii ii'XUilV Jl ')■:)} .}j:iy% it mi 1873.] WESLEYAN ME HODIST CONFERENCE. 193 APPENDIX III. V. .'' > ALPHABETICAL LIST .A*'} ■■HZ ! tf OF TIIH MINISTERS AND PREACHERS ON TRIAL. In co7inecUon with the Confereaa of the Wealeyan Methodist Church in Canada. — 1 *»m « Th« flgurea at ti.e beginning of the lines sliow tlie year in which each Minister commenced nis ministry ; and those at the end of the lines denote his first, second, or third annual appointment to his present Circuit or Station, • < • > • n . 1859 1858 1859 1869 1863 1842 1858 1855 1842 1871 1855 1845 1848 1845 1848 1855 1855 1859 1871 1869 1843 Adams, Richard N ..... Adams, William Addison, Peter Allen, James AUum, Charles Ames, Vfilliam Anderson, James Andrews, Alfred, Fin. Sec. Andrews, William Annis, J.William Armstrong, Andrew ^ Armstrong, James, Sup'd . . Armstrong, John, 2nd Armstrong, John, Siip'd...... Armstrong, John B., Supd, Ash, John C Atkinson, Thomas Austin, Nathan Austin, William Awde, James Aylesworth, I. B., M.D Thurso 3 Dudswell 2 Lloydtown 3 London 1 liankin ^ Park Hill 1 Meaford 2 St. George 3 Alderville 2 Whitby 1 Mount Albert 2 Thorold ^ Montreal seventh 1 Listowel ••• ^ Matilda • 2 Kingston. {Agent Vic. College) 1 Maitland * ;S'«i«(/e?i«, Victoria College 2 Alvinston \ Montreal Fifth 1 Newcastle •'■ 1857 Baker, Isaac......... ..-.. 1862 Barker, William R 1850 Barrass, Edward 1855 Bawtenhimer, H., Sup d . . 1859 Bawtenhimer, Peter, bupy. 1831 Baxter, John, Sup'd 10 Sarawak ^ Keene - ^ Aurora f Paris Woodstock Point Abino ^^ 194 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. I 1842 BuxUt, MicLaol, SiipM 1871 Jiic'lby, William M 1870 liell, Join. W 18f)4 I^^l, Ko\K;it 1858 Hell, Thomas 1803 Benson, Alanly 1852 B«uTy, Francis, Chairmaii ... 1871 Berry, Henry 1855 Betts, Jonathan E 1873 Bettschan, David 1810 Beynon, George, Sup'd 1837 Biggar, Hamilton, Sup'd ... 1871 Bishop, George J ]84f) Blaekstock, William S 1872 Blades, John T 1858 Bland, Henry F., Chairman. 1858 Blanshard, Shorn 1859 Bond, Stcidien 1835 Borland, John, CJuiirman ... 1871 Bowerman, Allan, B.A 1870 Boyd, John H., Sup'y 1842 Brediu, John 1860 Brethour, David L., Fin. Sec. 18''2 Brick, Join. G lbi>4 Bri den, William 1850 Briggs, Joel, Fin. Secretary. 1859 Briggs, William, Fin. Sec ... 1859 Bnstol, Coleman, M.A 1830 Brock, James, Chairman ... 1858 Brock, Thomas 1857 Broley, James 1839 Brooking, Robert 1857 Brown, George 1862 Brown, George M 1846 Brown, Nelson, Sup'd 1856 Brown, Wdliam D 1873 Brown, Thomas C 1860 Brownell, Daniel E 1856 Browning, Arthur 1871 Bryant, Cornelius 1853 Bryers, William 1871 Buchanan, William 1871 Burns, Robert 1862 Bums, Nelgon, M.A., Sup'y. 1852 Bums, William 1863 Burwash, John, M.A 1860 Burwash, Nathaniel, M.A... 1860 Burwash, Nathaniel S 1839 Byers, Henry, Sup'y 1824 Byrne, Claudius, Sup'y Font mil 2 Wiarton 1 Undergrjuluatc, Victoria(^olU'gp 1 Lowvillc 3 Fntligli.slittrg 3 Hamilton First 2 Sarnia 2 Drayton 1 Markham 2 Garat'raxa 1 Yorkville 1 l^rantford First 22 Lloydtowu 2 ('linton 1 Windsor Mills 1 Belleville 3 Oxford Centre 3 Kemptville 1 St. John's, P.Q 4 Winnipeg ^ 1 Toronto 4 Bowmanville 2 Windsor 1 Inverness 2 Cataraqui 1 Elora 2 Cobourg 3 FuUerton, &c 1 Lindsay, 2 Perth 3 Dungannon 1 Hiawatha 5 Castleton 1 Vespra .. 1 HighBlutF, R.R 2 Auitsville 1 Compton 1 Tilson])urg 3 Canton 1 Sumas and Chilliwiiack 2 Port Dover 2 Chandos 1 Howick 1 Milton 6 Brampi,on 1 L'Orignal 1 Professor, Victoria College 7 Paisley 3 Kingston 26 Falrfteid 18 1873] WESLEY AN METHODIST CONFER liNCF. 195 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 22 2 1 1 S 3 i 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 . 2 . 3 1 . 5 , 1 ^'l '^"■^ . 1 . 1 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 2 . 1 . 1 . 6 . 1 . 1 . 7 . 3 . 26 . 18 1870 CairmlulV, vVilliam H St. George 18*52 Cairns. iluc;h Kiiowlton 1869 Calvert, fJ«H^rgo W Stadent, Victoria Colloge 1859 Cainplx'll, AUixaiuler Cornwall 1854 Campln'U, Alexander K ... Hnllsvillo 1857 (Campbell, Peter Victoria 1865 Cam' 'bell, Thomas' Roseraount 18G6 Campbell, Thomas M lUdgeway y 18/1 Campbell, Thomas W Student, Vic. CoW..... lSf{8 Cardua. Thomas Yonge Street Centre 1868 Cardua, Thomas Yonge 1842 Carr, George, Sup'd Colborne 1828 Carroll, John, Sup'd Lesslie villa 18G7 Carson, Wellington W Hamilton 3rd .. 1846 Case, George, Sup't Colborne 18GI Casaon; Wesley Newmarket 1867 Cattanach, David Bradford .. 1860 Chalmers, David Bith 1868 Chambers, Alexander C ... Morrison 1864 C'hambera, Andrew B Montreal Sixth .... 1864 Chant, Joseph H Moira 1867 Chapman, AnlersonJ., B.A Frankford 1846 Chapman, William Mount Biydges .... 1856 Car.. onell, Thomas Sherbrooke 1869 Charlton, Edward, B.A. ... Artemesia 1868 Charlton, James Plamvllle 1868 Chown, Edwin, B.A Beavtrton 1857 Christcpherson, Hall Weihngton Sjuare. 1841 Clappison, David C Westminster 1866 Clark, Ge >rge Forest 1854 Clarke, John S, Fin. bee, ^*^"-"^' 1851 Clark. Richard, Fin*. Sec Thorold . Miilbrook. 1869 Clarkdon, Geo. C Student, Victoria College Gait 1857 Clarkson, John B., B.A ,,.„,, 1862 Clement, Benjamin tairfaeld 1846 Clement, Edwin, Fin. Sec. Picton 1856 Cleworth, Thomas Sault Ste. Mane... 1872 Clipsham, John W Hatley & CassviUe 1855 Coi.b, Thomas Mount Forest 1853 Cochran, George Yokohama, Japan 1840 Coleman, Francis Bondhead 1837 Coleman, William, Sup'd... Scarboro 1862 Colling, Tliomas, B.A Lachine 1862 Colling, Joseph Nanticoko 1857 Connolly, Daniel Sherbrooke 1841 Constable, Thomas W Spencervdle 1870 Cook, William Masmora 1865 Cookman, Christopher Berlin 1863 Corbett, John Grenville 1858 Cornish, George H. Fin. Sec Pickenng 1862 Corson, Robert, Sop'd Camsville 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 , 1 196 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 1S39 1851 1870 [i % 1855 '■' 'jnmil 1836 ;^^^^^^^^^nD 1850 1851 t^^^^^^^^R 1872 !'' "J^HHH 1856 1872 'Itl^^^^^H 1868 i' ^^^HHIH 1873 1850 ;l ' ',1 1861 il«H| 1868 ^I'^^H 1873 1.. ■ 1861 i k- -( 1871 !f ■ 1840 < - 1868 1 1841 1854 ' 1869 1872 f 1863 1851 1851 1851 .; • 1872 1858 t 1858 1848 1834 . 1851 f 1855 1858 ;; / 1855 1868 1854 1855 Oosford, Thoiras. ....'. ;!..'.... Cragg, Edward Crai;4, William Crane, Isaac Oreighton, Kennedy Chreighton, William, Sup'd Crews, Thomas CrooksiiK,nk, Senior Cross, William , Crothers, Wm. J., B.A. ... Crosby, Thomas Cro/ier, Jas. Gr Culbert, Thomas Cullen, Thomas Cunningham, Andrew Cunningham, Robert Curry Erastus S Daniel, Greorge Darlington, tlobert, Sup'y Davy, Robert Davis, Geoige H Davits, John Deacon, Joseph DeGruchy, Edward Derrick, Thomas Dewart, Edward H.y Editor Dingman, Garret J Dickson, G. N. A. F. T. ,.. Dochstader, John M Doel, John, Sup'y ... Dorion, Joseph, A Douglas, George- LL.D.,(7/i. Douse, John, Sup'y Dowler, John A Down, Samuel Doxsee, Archelaus Drennan, Alexander Dundas, Brabazon, B Dyer, James E Dyer, W. R vStrathroy ....„ ....'. '$ Smithtieid 1 Hall's Bridge, &c 1 Londesboro' 2 Orillia 1 Almonte 1 Salford 3 Island Brook 1 Oneida , 3 Huntingdon 2 Indian Tribes, B.C 6 Newburgh ..,.., 1 Homing's Mills 3 Sidney 2 Crooksville 1 Oakwood 1 Garden River, &c 2 Wyoming... 2 Whitby 17 Brussels 1 BrJintford, Ist 2 St. Armand 1 Weiiesley 1 Bolton (French) 2 Nanaimo 3 Toronto 5 Wellington 1 St. Thoeias 2 Grimsby 2 Toronto 2 Shetford 1 Montreal 3 Toronto 1 Glentay 2 Long Island Locks 3 Tweed 1 Metis , 1 Screetsville 1 Hamilton , 2 Iroquois 1 1872 Eason, Richard Kingoton 1 1866 Eby, Charles B., B.A Hamilton 1 1868 Edmison, Thomas J Grafton 1 1 87 1 Edmonds, Jabez > Student , Victoria College 1 1869 Edwards, Abel East Zorra 1 isr)2 Edwards, Andrew Belmont 1 1 i>7 Edwards, William, W. ...... Wallacebtirgh, Sic. ........ ..rt .. 2 1873 Edwards, George Winnipeg, Manitoba,... 1 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 197 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 3 2 (> 1 3 2 1 1 2 17 1 2 1 1 2 3 5 1 2 2 « 1 3 I 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1841 Elliott, James, C/ta Howard, Vincent B., Sup'd 1844 Hov/es, John 18r>4 Howell, Jacob E., M.A. ... 1871 Howson,. Wm. G 1839 Hughes, James, Sup'd 1871 Hu.,he3, Silas J 1872 Hunt, Ambrose 1854 Hunt, David 1856 Hunt, Francis 1844 Hunt, John 1861 Hunter, Samuel J 1856 Hunter, William J 1850 Huntingdon, Silas 1826 Hurli>nrfc, Asahel, Sup'd ... 1844 Hurlburt, Erastus 183G Hurj.burfc, Silvester, SupU 1851 Hutchinson, John, Sup'd ... 1873 Huxtable, George G 1825 Ingalls, Edmund ^., Sup'y. 1859 Ireland, Francis C, Sup'y. 1863 Irvine, Henry 1857 Irwin, William, Fin. Sec ... 1868 Isaac John H .1854: Iviaon^ Jamea A., Sup'd ... 1858 Jacl 2 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 Oakwood Devonport and Seaton Penetanguishine .... Almonte St. Lq,mbert, etc 1 Nissouri 1 Picton 22 Yorkville .*. . . 5 Garafraxa 1 Brockville 1 Cobourg 1 Yarmouth 1 Adelaide 3 Yorkville 1 Ottawa West 1 Chambly 3 Albion 2 Artemesia 1 Wcstmeath 1 Park Hill 1 Napanee 3 Simcoe 11 St. Catherines 1 Battersea 1 BellevillH „.., 1 202 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 1829 Miller, Gilbert, Sup'y .... 1856 Miller, William W 1856 Milliken, Andrew 1851 Mills, John 1869 Mills, William • 1870 Millyard, Keuben . . 1865 Mitchell, George, B.A 1873 Mouroe, John, A 1871 Mooney, James 1872 Morrow, Charles, R 1871 Morden, Thos, E., B.A ... 1862 Morrow, Edward, M.A.... 1873 Morrison, W. R 1842 Morton, William 1871 Meyer, Henry 1859 Neelands, John 1847 Nelles, Samuel S., D.D.... 1827 Norris, James, Sup'd 1855 Norton, William 1870 Odsry, Joseph 1869 Oliver, Robert F 1846 Osborne, John C 1871 Padgham, Richard W 1857 Parent, Amand 1856 Parker, William R., M.A... 1871 Patchell, Thomas H 1871 Patterson, Allan 1846 Pattyson, Wm. M 1858 Peake, William H 1866 Pearen, James, B.A 1862 Pearson, Marmaduke L .. . . 1852 Pearson, Thomas D ...... 1873 Pearson, William 187 1 Perley, W^illiam F 1862 Perry, Charles E 1872 Perry, David 1S12 Pepper, John, B. A 1856 Peterson, A.L 1827 ^helpg, Richard, Sup'd.... 1870 Phillips, Alfred M 1868 Phillips, Robert 1863 PhilHps, Samuel B., Sup'd 1853 Phillips, Samuel G 1860 PhUp, John, B.A 1828 Philp, Samuel C. Sup'd 1556 Philp, Samuel, C, jun 1840 Philp, William, Sup'd 1873 Pickering, Joh^, , Pioton 2 Moulinette Beivie Grimsby Elmira Student Montreal Kincardine Sombra, etc Thornbury Cayuga Rankin St. Thomas Cooksville Waterdown 3 Hamilton (German) Moore Principal^ Victoria College . . 24 Omemee ^8 Alice 2 Chatham Renfrew Onslow 1 1 Waterdown ^ 1 Lacolle 2 St. Catherines 2 Innisfil 1 Coalicooke 2 Thornbury 2 Rama 3 Sawyerville 1 Lyn, Fin. Sec 3 Oakville 2 Farmersville 1 Cataraqui 1 Hanover 1 Port Elgin 2 Rugby 1 Edwardsburg , 1 Grimsby 2 Student, Vic. CoU 1 Arthur, 1 Lyn 3 Lachue 2 Paris 1 Omemee 1 Prince Albert 1 Waterv^own 6 Markham I 873. 1873.] WESLHYAN METHOPIST CONFERENCE. 203 . 27 I 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 I 3 1 1 24 8 1 1 1 .40 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 m m m. m 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 6 I 1854 Pinch, Richard, Sup'y Toronto Fifth 1 1842 Pollard, William, (Jhm'n ... Victoria, V. I 3 186iJ Poole, Jacob, Snp'y Cookstown 9 1 840 Poole, William H Toronto Firth 1870 Potter, Austin Bond Head 1857 Potter, Richard Carapbellf«>rd 1857 Potts, John Toronto First 1851 Preston, James Dundaa 1840 Price, William, Sup'd Toronto First 1873 Pyke, William Farnham 1865 1847 1869 1871 1862 1868 1840 1869 1840 1837 1867 1854 1859 1851 1867 1868 1868 1872 1871 1867 1871 1865 18J2 1845 1856 1863 1860 1831 1873 1873 1857 1867 1854 1859 1855 1866 1861 1870 1^69 Raney, William Carleton Place Reid, Henry Kirkton Reid, Thomas R Alton Reid, Thomas J Student, Victoria. College ... 2 Reynar, Alfred fl., M.A ... Professor, Victoria College ... 9 Reynolds, FraacisC Harrison '2 Reynolds, Joseph, Sup'd ... Waterford 5 Reynolds, Robert Kippin 1 Rice, Luther, O Bayfield 1 Rice, Samuel D., D.D., Principal,W . F. College, Hamilton 16 Richardson, Ezekiel Bryaon 1 Richardson, George T Brock 3 Richardson, James E Granby 1 Richardson, William Newboro' 3 Ridley, John Font Hill 2 Rigsby, Walter Caistorville 2 Rilance, William Centre. ille 1 Roadhouse, Job Bearbrook 2 Bobbins, John Oakville 1 Rouison, Matthew Student, Victoria College .... 1 Robinson, Isaac N Darlington 1 Robinson, John H Merritton 1 Robinson, Richard Sutton 2 Robinson, Robert Hastings 1 Robson, Ebenezer Morrisburg 1 Rogers, George Huntington 3 R jse. Brock Fitzroy Harbor 1 Rose, Samuel Book Steward, Toronto 9 Rose, Samuel P Peterboro' 1 Ross, Andrew W Pickering 1 Ross, William W., Fin. Sec. Montreal Fourth 1 Ross, James S Puiiit Edward 1 Bioy, J nmeaiM. A., Principal of Collegiate Inst., Cobourg.. 7 Rupert, E. S. , B. A Percy 1 Russ, Amos E New Westminster, &c 3 Russell, Alfred L,, B. A. . . Osprey 2 Russell, John Arkona , ; . 2 Rutledge, Wm. L Student, Montreal 1 fiuttan, John H Norway House 1 204 MINUTES OP THE CANADA V [1873. 1858 Ryan, David Blenheim 1 ' 1868 Ryan, William Milford 2 1856 Ryckman, E. B., M. A Dundas Wea. Inst 1 1825 Ryer8on,Egertor.,D.I),LL.D, ChUf Supt. Ed., Toronto 29 1820 RyerBoii, John, Sup'd Brantford Second 14 1841 Sallows, Edward, Sup'd . . 1853 Salt, Allan 1871 Salton, Samuel 1837 Sanderson, Geo. R., Chm'n 1836 Sanderson, John, 1st., Sup'd. 1858 Sanderson, John, 2nd .... 1852 Sanderson, Joseph E., M.A 1855 Sanderson, William i8()6 Saunders, John, B. A 1868 Saunders, Jabez B 1854 Savage, John W 1851 Savage, William 1854 Scales, William 1865 Scanlon, John 1869 Schram, George A 1834 Scott, Jonathan, Sup'd .... 1857 Sc. .t, John, Sup'y 1866 S'-.ott, John, B. A 1870 Scott, John Gardiner 1873 Seott, Moses 1836 Scott, Win., Chairman.,.* 1855 Scott» William L 1871 Sellery, Samuel 1836 Selley, John B. , M. D. , Sup'd. 1871 Semmens, John 1860 Sex smith, George 1871 Sexsmith, Wm. V 1828 Shaler, Henry, Sup'd 1854 Shannon, William 1851 Shaw, John, Chairman. . . . 1864 Shaw, W. I., B.A., LL.B. . 1862 Sheppard, William W . . . . 1841 Sheply, Joseph, SuD'd .... 1858 Sheridan, William t 1858 Sherlock, Benjamin 187'J Shipley, Samuel 1870 Shier, Richard 1858 Shorey, Edmund S 1855 Short, William 1872 Shortt, Wm. K., M.A .... 1832 Sickles, Abraham 1846 Sylvester, Charles t870 Simpson, James 1867 Sing, Samuel Collingwood 5 Muncey 2 L'Amable 1 Kingston 3 Peteiboro' 11 Cayuga 2 Whitby 3 Playfair 2 Durham, P. Q 2 South Mountain 2 Omemee 2 Smithville 2 Stirling 1 Hemmingford 2 Student, Montreal I Brampton 4 Montreal Fourth 4 Listowel 3 Brampton 2 PortNeuf 1 Oshawa 3 Lakefield *. ,. 1 W^ingham 1 Montreal First 6 Headingly, &e 1 Orangev ille and Caledon .... 2 Salt Spring, &c 1 Kemptville ................ H Lynedock 2 Toronto Fourth I Odelltown ................ 2 Cainsville 1 Ingersoll 1 Merriokville 1 Chinguacousy .............. 2 Richmond 1 Mansonville ................ 1 Newbury 3 Harrowsmiih, &c. • 2 Ormstown ................ 2 Lake of Two Mountains .... 3 Niagara 1 March I Madoc f .«.*«*., , 1 1873.] WESLEY AN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 205 1 2 1 29 14 5 2' 1 3 11 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 I 4 4 3 2 1 3 1 1 6 1 2 1 11 ;;» I 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1846 Slater, James C, Chairman 18G5 Smiley, John, M. A 1849 Smith, Andrew A 1870 Smith, Charles 1870 Smith, John 1872 Smitu, John Tatler 1866 Smith, Nathaniel 1857 Smith, Robert K 1871 Smith, Wm. E 1872 Snowden, Thomas 1867 Sparling, J. W., B.A., B 1865 Squire, George H,, B.A. .. 1871 Stafford, Charles E 1860 Stafford, Ezra A., Fin. Sec. 1851 Starr, J. Herbert 1831 Steer, William, Sup'd 1851 Steinhaur, Henry 1858 S penning, Gec^rge 1850 Stephenson, William 1870 Stevenson, John C 1862 Stewart, John 1864 Stewart, John H 1858 Stinson, Joseph H 1850 Stobbs, Thomas 1871 Stonehouse, James H 1855 Stringfellow, Charles 1832 Sunday, John, Sup'd 1855 Sutherland, Alex 1861 Sutherland, D. G., M.A .. 1855 Sutton, William 1850 Swann, Matthew 1855 Sweet, Edmund E., Sup'd. 1871 Syvretj John 1843 Taggarfe, Charles 1869 Taylor. Edward H 1873 Taylor, Ernest M 1839 Taylor, Lachlin, D. D 1862 Taylor, William 1858 Teeson, Samuel 1863 Tennant, Eliaha 1861 Teskey, Ebenezer 1870 Thibadeau, Alexander .... 1870 Thompson, Cliristopher L. 1869 Thompson, David W 1871 Timberlake, William J853 Tomblin, William J827 Tomkins, John, Sup'd .... 1873 Torrance, William 1865 Totten, Johii "W-, i^^in- Sec Smith's Falls 2 Mono 2 Newburi4h 1 Tilsonburgh I Drummondville 1 Moore 1 Mdlbank 2 Innislil 1 Scarboro' 1 Huntsville I Aylmer, Que I Clarendevillo 1 Holmesville 1 Petrolia 2 Streetsville 2 Baltimore 17 Woodville 1 Clarendon 2 HamiltoD Second 1 Aurora 1 Leeds 3 Stein 1 Christian Islands, &c ^'1 Drummondville 1 Sombra, &c 1 Lo:idon North 1 Alderville 16 Montreal First 1 Gananoque, Fin. Sec 2 Manitouliu Islands, &c 1 Georgetown 2 Hamilton Second ' 1 Roxton 1 Ameliasburg 1 Winchester 1 Miss. Sec, Toronto 9 Avonmore . .'nv^^^trnrtiv,-. 1 Csgoode 2 New Credit 2 Wyoming 3 XT dlolcSV •••••••• «:-» '« f ' i •••••• X Saanich ; 1 Harmony 1 Shefford 3 Bridgewater 2 Stanstead 4 Sutton, Ont 1 Angus yi:'HrfV'S:Trv'*'r^y'!f^''^ 206 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. 1868 Tovell, Isaac ........ 1873 Toy, lieu ben I8()8 Tozeland, John 1856 Tucker, liichard L 1855 Tucker, Samuel 18(}1 Tucker, William 1839 Tupper, K. E., Sup'd.. 1869 lurner, William T. . . . 1870 Turner, James 1871 Turner, John 1841 Turver, Charles, Sup'd Toronto Third. McKellar 1 1 Fliuton, &c 2 Port Rowan 1 Washington 1 Walter's Falls 2 London 3 Tilbury 1 New Westminster 1 Artemesia i .; J Davenport & Seaton 4 1829 Vandusen, Conrad, Sup'd . . Whitby 2 1863 WaddeU, Robert H 1873 Waite, Joseph 1852 Wakelield, John 1821 Waldron, Solomon, Sup'd.. 1859 Walker, Thomas H., Sup'd. 1860 Walton, John 1870 Walton, John, 2nd 1854 Ward, Edward A 1873 Ward, Joseph 18 U Warner, Lewis, Sup'd .... 1857 Washington, George, Sup'y. 1862 Washington, (^eorge, M.A.. 1861 Washington, Wm. C, M.A 1869 Watson, Coverdale 1860 Watson, Wm. C, M.A ... 1869 Wass, John B., B.A 1846 Webster, John 1872 Webster, John, 2nd 1861 Weldon, Isaac 1872 Well wood, Robt. G 1872 Werden, James E 1872 WJiiteside, Arthur 1859 Whiting, James 1845 Whiting, Richard, Chmn... 1863 Wicher, John W 1870 Wilkinson, Isaac 1858 Wiii, Pnineas D 1867 Williams, David 1846 Williams, John A., Chmn.. 1869 Williams, Richard W 1840 Williams, Thomas 1861 Williams, Thomas G 1832 Williston, JohnK., Sup'd.. 1836 W illoughby, William 1856 Wilioughby, N. R., M.A... 1860 Wiilmott, John C, M.A... Beamsville 3 Albion 1 St. Mary's 1 Sarnia 4 Woodstock 2 Pakenham ,.. 2 High Bluff 1 Winchester 2 Mirrickville .. 1 Hamilton First 1 Oakville 14 Danville Fin. Sec 3 Fenelon Falls 3 Hamilton, 2nd 1 Dawn Mills 1 Denbigh, etc 1 Chatsworth X"-^ Lyn 1 Trenton 3 Klineburg , 1 Kenuebec 1 Student, Montreal 1 Dunnville 1 Pembroke 2 Warsaw il ! Beebe Plain 2 Walkerton ... 2 Markdale 2 Simcoe 1 Ailsa Craig , 2 Cape Croker 2 Franklin Centre 3 Strathroy 9 Mount Pleasant 3 Yorkville 2 Parry Sound, etc , I 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 207 1800 Wilson, Albert Charles ... 1800 Wilson, John J 807 Wilson, John, B.A 1802 Wibon, John Carroll 1854 Wilson, JohnV 1850 Wilson, Richard, Sup'd ... 1860 Wilaon, Samuel 1808 Winter, David 1800 Withrow, William H., M.A 1820 Wood, Enoch, D.D 1804 Woodsworth, James, Sup'd 1807 Woodsworth, Richard W... 1852 Woolsey, Thomas 1873 Workman, George C 1803 Wright, W.P., M.A., B.D Coboconk 1 Montreal 2nd 1 Arnprior 3 Manvers .. 2 Avening 2 Kingston 1 Mitchell 2 New Glasgow 1 IVes. Female Coll., Hamilton 1 Miss. Sec, Toronto 26 Cooksville 1 Wardsville 3 Bruce Mines 2 Under Graduate Vic. Coll 1 Prof. Female ColL^ Hamilton 10 1863 Young, Egerton Ryerson... Berens and Pigeon River 1 1842 Young, George, Chairman Winnipeg 6 1831 Young, William, Sup'd Trenton 15 1868 Young, William John Morven and Gosport 2 :- ■? ... 208 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. » t . ■''■A-''U>'^'^ ■^''PH\\f. ■:^i APPENDIX IV. ';';M' f:f>" AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CIRCUITS. (I ..ii:./;>iK- Tlie figures in the List denote the order in which the Circuits are arranged in the Stations. Acton 138 Adelaide 124 Ailsa Craig 85 Albion 20 Alderville 265 Alice 363 Aliston 229 Ailenford 189 Almonte 347 Alton 19 Alvinston 129 Ameliasburg 287 Amherstburg . 109 Amherst Island 318 Angus 213 Arkona 125 Arnprior 350 Artemesia 185 Arthur 153 Aultsville 341 Aurora 224 Avening) . . . , 196 Avonmore 344: Aylmer, Ont 92 Aylmer, Que 370 Alywin 383 Baltimore 255 Barri© 207 Bath 317 Battersea 320 Bayfield 166 Beamsville 49 Bearbrook 377 Beaverton 251 :; 'v, , .^; 'U;ujvv// r^A Beebe Plain 425 Belleville 284 Bell's Corners 371 Belmont 87 Berens and Pigeon River. . 459 Berlin 149 Bervie ] 69 Blairton 281 Blenheim 106 Bloomfield & Cherry Valley 289 Bloomfield and Wesley . . 103 Bobcaygeon 276 Bolton, P. Q 430 Bolton, P. Q. (French) 450 Bond Head 225 Bowmanville 238 Bracebridge 214 Bradford 222 Brampton 14 Brantford, First 54 Brantford, Second 55 Bridgewater 301 Brighton 260 Brock 249 Brockville .... 328 Bruce Mines 201 Brudenell & Carlow 307 Brussels 171 Bryson 365 Bury 416 Cainsville 35 Caistorville 53 Campbellford 262 Cannington 250 1873.] WESL£YAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 200 35 53 262 250 Cftiiton 254 Cape IVoker 192 Cariboo 474 Carloton I^Jace 248 Cartwright 247 Ca sville 414 Caatleton 259 Cataraqui 319 Cayuga 51 Ceiitreville 323 Chambly 393 Chaiubly (French) 4r)3 Chandos 283 C .atham 102 Clintsworth ]87 Chelsea 382 Chinguaeousy 17 Christian Islands 1 98 Ciarenceville 441 Clarendon 360 Clinton 157 Coaticooke' 428 Coboconk 279 Cobourg 252 Colborne 258 Cold Water 218 CoUfield 349 CollingM'ood 193 Cotnpton 426 Consecon 285 Cookshire 414 Cookstow n 227 Cooksville 16 Coruw all 342 Danville 409 Darlngton 240 Davenf)ort & Seaton 7 Dawn Mills 118 Demorestville 297 Denbigh « Abinger 305 Dorchester Station 88 Drayton 146 Drummondville 45 Dudsvvell 415 Duudas 25 Dungannou 167 Dunnville 47 Durham, Ont , 179 Durham, Que 4l9 Dunham 436 East Zorra 63 ESecond 385 " Third 386 «« Fourth 387 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERINCE. 211 8 268 150 225 71 72 74 73 75 158 375 378 31 84 175 * 330 97 219 , 431 , 303 . 332 . 248' . 200 . 372 . 242 . 186 . 293 . 338 . 3(56 . 30G . 177 . 408 , 351 . 43 . 422 . 152 . 207 . 90 ,. 290 ,. 30 ,. 277 .. 161 .. 299 .. 163 .. 232 .. 384 .. 385 .. 386 .. 387 Monteal, Fifth 388 Sixth 38ii '« Seventh 390 '* (French) 443 Moore * • l*^^ Moraviantowii 117 Morley * Bow lliver .... 467 Morrisburg • • • 339 Morrison 217 Morven & Gosport 312 Moulinette 34,> Mount Albert 230 Mount Hrydges 81 Mount Forest 154 Mount Pleasant 56 Muncey 1^0 Mystic (French) 449 Nanaimo ' • • • 471 Nanticoke 34 Napanee 311 Napier « 134 Nelson River 462 Newboro' 3o3 New^burgh ^ 314 Nowbury 1 ^^ Newcastle - • 239 New Credit 37 New Glasgow 402 Newmarket ' • 223 New Wesmiiister 472 Niagara 44 Nissouri oo North Augusta 333 North (lore 401 North Gower 374 North Wakefield 381 Norway House ... - 469 Norwich ^'> Norwood 272 Oakvilie • 32 Oakwood 269 Odelltown 394 Odessa 316 Oil Springs 132 Omcmee 270 Oneida, 101 Onslow 364 Orangeviile • • • • 18 OriUia.. 209 O 'mstowu .... 398 Oshawa 237 Osgoode 376 O&prey 195 Ottawa Centre 367 " East 368 ♦« West 369 Otterville 66 Owen Sound 176 Oxford Centre 62 Oxford House 461 Paisley 182 Pakenham 349 Palestine 458 Para 58 Park Hill 127 Parry Sound and French River 199 Peel 145 Pembroke 357 Percy 264 Perth 345 Peterboro* 266 Petrolia .,... 131 Pickering 241 Picton 288 Pike River 391 Pittsburg 322 Plainville 256 Playfair 355 Point Edward 122 Point Levis 406 Portage du Fort 361 Port Dover 69 Port Elgin 181 PortH)pe 253 Port Neuf 420 Port Rowan = 96 Port Stanley 95 Prescott 329 Preston & Paris Ger. Mis. 39 Prirlce Albert 245 Prince Arthur's Landing. . 295 Princeton 60 Quebec 4^* Quebec (French) 444 212 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. i Rankin German Mission... 358 Kama 211 Eawdan 404 Renfrew 362 Richmoad 373 Richwood 59 Ridgetown 113 Ridgeway 52 Roblin -. 323 Rockwood 141 Romney 110 Rosemount 231 Rosseau 221 Roxton (French) 446 Rugby 210 St. Armand 440 St. Catbariues 40 St. Clair 121 St. George 64 St. Johns 422 St. Lambert, &c 391 St. Mary's 78 St. Thomas 89 St. Williams 70 Saanich 469 Salford 77 Salt Spring & Maple Bay.. 470 Sandwich 105 Sarawak 188 Sarnia 120 Saugeen 190 Sault 8te. Marie 203 Sawyerville 412 Scarboro' 9 Scugog 246 Seaforth 160 Selby 313 Sen.ca 29 Shannonville 298 Shawbridge 403 Shefford 433 Sheflford (French) 447 Sher brooke .j . . . ,411 S h erbrooke ( French) 445 Sidney 291 Silver Islet 264 Simcoe 67 Smith's Falls 346 Smithfield 261 Smithville 50 Snake Island, &c 235 Sorabra & Walpole Island. 135 Sorel (French) 452 South Mountain 336 Spence 220 Spencerville 3.i4 Stanstead 424 Stayner 197 Stirling? 294 Stouffville 243 Stra ford 164 Strathioy 123 Streetsville 15 Sutton, Ont 234 Sutton, P. Q 439 Sumas & Chilliwack... 473 Tamworth 326 Teeswater 170 Thompson & Nichola Val's 476 Thornbury 194 Thorold 41 Three Rivers 407 Three Rivers (French) 451 Thurlow 292 Thurso 380 Tilbury Ill Tilsonburg 98 Toronto, First 1 " Second 2 Third 3 " Fourth 4 Fifth 5 Trenton 296 Trowbridge 172 Tweed 300 Tyrcounell 94 Uxbridge 244 Uttei'son 215 Val Cartier 421 Vespr. 208 Victoria (Saskatchewan).., 465 Victoria, B.C 468 Vienna 99 Walloceburg 119 Walter's Falls 178 ■I 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. 21 r 50 235 135 452 336 . 220 334 . 424 . 197 . 294 . 243 . 164 . 123 . 15 . 234 . 439 . 473 .. 326 .. 170 's 476 .. 194 .. 41 .. 407 .. 451 .. 292 ., 380 .. ni .. 9S .. 1 .. 2 .. 3 ,.. 4 Walkerton 184 Wardsville 115 Warsaw 275 "Washington 148 Waterdowp. 26 Waterford 68 '^Vatford 1-^8 Wellmd 46 Wellesley 155 Wellington 286 Wellington Square 27 Westmeath 359 Westminster 80 Weston 13 Whitby 236 White Fish Lai. 6 466 Wiarton 191 Wilton ... 315 Windsor 104 Windsor Mills 410 Winchester 3 Wiiigbnm 174 Winnipeg 455 Woodstock 61 Woodsiee 108 Woodville 280 Woodville, Saskatchewan. 464 Wyoming 133 Yarmouth 91 Yonge Street South 10 «' '« Centre 11 " " North 12 Yorkville 6 Yokohama (Japan) 477 244 215 421 208 465 468 99 119 178 214 MINUTES OF THE CANADA [1873. POSTSCRIPT. In the Publication of the "Minutes of Conferemce," the Stations aro among the first matter printed, and therefore some of the requests of the brethren respecting P. 0. Addresses, &c., could not be attended to. The name of "Ernest M. Taylor" should appear among the Theo- logical Students at Montreal; that of *'D. A. Johnston," as Superannuated, at Belleville; and those of "John Tomkins" and " Malcolm Macdonald " at Stanstead. On page 135, the name of " W, A. Robinson, Esq.," .vas inadvert- ently omitted from the Board of Directors of the Wesleyan Female College. Also, read "C. McQuesten, M.D., President," "Dennis Moore, Esq., Vice-President" On page 136, add the name of "James Terrier, jun., Esq.," (acci- dentally omitted), to the list composing the Board of the Theological School, ^RTontreal. 1873.] WESLEYAN METHODIST CCNPERENCE. 215 INDEX Address, Pastoral, 13d. Address of the Canada Conference to the British Conference, 154. Address to Her Majesty the Queen, 158-Reply, 159. Address to the Governor-General, 160— Reply, 161. ' •'' Addresses, P. O., of President, Co-Delegate, and Secretary, 138. ' ' ' Answer of the British Conference to the Canada Conference, 150. ... > Allowances to Superannuo.ted Ministers, Increased, 111. ^ ' ,1 Allowances to Widows, 112. ' " - Alphabetical List of Ministers and Preachers, 193. Alphabetical List of Circuits, 193. ■ . .' ; ., , -:• ^ ' ■ Appropriations, Contingent Fund, 98. •• ci v*, 1. . >• ■ Jubilee, 7-Contingent Fund, (1873,) 7-Church Relief Fund, (1873,) 7- Sunday School. (1873,) 8 -Educational, 8-Pastoral Address, 8-Address to British Conference, 8-Address to E. B. A. Conference, 8-Memonal, 8- Missionary, 8-Conference, Special, 9-Contingent Fund, (1874,) 9-Church Relief Fund, (1874,^ 9— Contingent Fund Investment, 10 -Board of Super- annuated Ministeis* Fund, 10-Compensation to Superannuated Ministers' Fund lO-Widows' Relief, 10-German Work, 10-French Work, 10-Book, 10-Tract, lO-Library, 10-Temperance, 10-Insurance, 11-Ohurch and Parsonage Architecture, 11. Compensation to th' Superannuated Ministers' Fund, 111. ' Conference of 1874, Place and Number to Attend, 138. , .^ w i „a« Confederation of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada and the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Eastern British America. Church Members and Sabbath Schools, Statistics of, 55-66. Connexional Funds, Statistics of, 68-79. Course of Study, 126-128. Course of Study, (German,) 132. Division of Conference, 163. Educational Institutions, 138-137. Examining Boards, 128, 129. Examination, Mode of, 129. v . , ^ .«►». a * Laymen to be elected on the Contingent Fund r