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 THE 
 
 DOCTRINES AND DISCIPLINE 
 
 OP THE 
 
 CANADIAN WESLEYAN 
 
 METHODIST 
 
 NEW CONNEXION 
 
 CHURCH. 
 
 1 
 
 MONTREAL: 
 
 PRINTED BY CAMPBELL & BECKET 
 
 184U • 
 
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 MAY 1 .9^ 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Introduction <> 
 
 Terms of Union 10 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 Of Candidates and Admission into Society 13 
 
 SECTION II. 
 Concerning Members of Society 4 14 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 Mode of bringing an Accused Member to Trial IH 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 Leaders and their Meetings H' 
 
 SECTION V. 
 
 Society Stewards , 23 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 
 Quarterly Meeting , 25 
 
 SECTION VII. 
 
 Circuit Stewards 2f) 
 
 SECTION VIII. 
 
 Exhorters.... 31 
 
 SECTION IX. 
 
 Local Frenchers and their Meetings ySfi^ 
 
 SECTION X. 
 
 Circuit Preachers S^ 
 
iv. Contents. 
 
 SECTION XI. 
 
 Miscellaneous Rules relating to Circuit Preachers 38 
 
 SECTION XII. 
 
 Superintendant Preachers 40 
 
 SECTION XIII. 
 Preachers' Salaries ; 42 
 
 SECTION XIV. 
 Conference.. *..*«. — 
 
 SECTION XV. 
 Annual ComuLittee 47 
 
 SECTION XVI. 
 
 Religious Ordinances and Meetings for Christian Edificati(/n.. 49 
 
 SECTION XVII. 
 Doctrines *»,. SO 
 
 SECTION XVIII. 
 Forms for Administering the Ordinances 52 
 
 SECTION XIX. 
 
 Chapels atid Funds of the Connexion 65 
 
 SECTION XX. 
 
 Form of a General Deed of Trust ; and Form of Memorial for 
 DetMlirf Trust. ^ «.... 'tft 
 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Tke Annual Committee authorized by the 
 Conference to prepare a Book of Discipline 
 applicable to the present state of the Connexion, 
 before entering upon their work, deem it neces- 
 sary to give some account of the two Bodies that 
 have united — of the manner in which the union 
 was formed — and of the position in which they 
 now stand. 
 
 The Canadian Wesleyan Methodists seceded 
 from the Episcopal Methodist Church in Canada 
 in 1829, in order to secure a more liberal and 
 scriptural form of Church Government, by unit- 
 ing the People with the Ministers in all legisla- 
 tive and judicial acts, still retaining the doctrines 
 and ordinances of that body. 
 
 The Methodist New Connexion seceded from 
 the Wesleyan Methodist body in England ii\ 
 1797, influenced by similar reasons, and desirous 
 of accomplishing the sanae great objects as their 
 Brethren in Canada. During the early years 
 of their existence, they had to endure severe 
 trials from various causes ; but they had espe- 
 cially to endure all nuiuner of obloquy and 
 
n* 
 
 Introduction* 
 
 J 
 
 persecution from certain parties, on account of 
 maintaining and defending those principles of 
 Religious freedom, which are the patrimony of 
 every man, and the chartered boon of every 
 Christian. In a few years, however, they out- 
 lived the unmerited calumnies which were cast 
 upon them ; and, through the Divine blessing, 
 were favoured with peace and spiritual pros- 
 perity. 
 
 For more than twenty years they have sup- 
 ported a Mission in Ireland ; that Mission has 
 gradually enlarged, so that at the present time 
 they have more than twenty Missionaries in the 
 field preaching in English and in Irish, besides 
 a number of Scripture Readers. For the last 
 five years that Mission has progressed with great 
 rapidity, so that by its increased means of use- 
 fulness, it is gradually becomir.g a greater bless- 
 ing to the inhabitants of that morally benighted 
 country. 
 
 For many years past, the Methodists of the 
 New Connexion have been convinced, from a 
 view of the spiritual destitution of many parts of 
 the world, and of the means which God has 
 placed at their disposal, that it was their imper- 
 ative duty to open a foreign Mission. For se- 
 veral successive Conferences the subject was 
 discussed. At length the Canadas were ^xq^ 
 upon as the scene of their benevolent operations. 
 Several reasons brought them to the conclusion, 
 
Introduction. 
 
 • « 
 
 L)unt of 
 pies of 
 nony of 
 P every 
 ay out- 
 }re cast 
 lessing, 
 1 pros- 
 
 e sup- 
 ion has 
 tt time 
 ; in the 
 besides 
 he last 
 1 great 
 >f use- 
 bless- 
 ighted 
 
 of the 
 rom a 
 arts of 
 3d has 
 mper- 
 or se- 
 was 
 fixed 
 ations. 
 lusiooy 
 
 that the Canadas presented the strongest claims 
 to their sympathies. In 1837* at the Confer- 
 ence held in Leeds, they appointed an Agent 
 (Mr. Addyman) to visit the Canadas, and to 
 select a field of labour for himself and other 
 Missionaries that would be sent. The Agent 
 commenced his Missionary work in Lower Cana- 
 da, where the Almighty, by a singular providence, 
 opened his way into many important and desti- 
 tute places, which are now occupied by other 
 agents of the same body. 
 
 In the early part of 1840, the Agent made a 
 tour through a great part of the Upper Province, 
 for the purpose of ascertaining its spiritual state, 
 and its general means of Religious instruction. 
 During that tour, he became acquainted with the 
 Canadian Wesleyan Methodists at Hamilton. 
 A union was then suggested, and from various 
 considerations, and pai'ticularly from a routine 
 of coincident circumstances, it did appear that 
 such a union was favoured by Divine providence. 
 At the ensuing Conference of the Canadian 
 Wesleyan Methodists, held at Cavan in 1840, 
 the representatives of the two bodies met to- 
 gether, and adopted terms of union subject to 
 the approval or disapproval of each body. Gen- 
 erally, the terms of union were approved, and 
 at the last Annual Conference in 1841, held at 
 Hamilton, the union was unanimously consum- 
 mated. In consequence of the change occasioned 
 
VIU. 
 
 Introduction. 
 
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 I 
 
 . 1 
 
 
 '?y the union, it was deemed necessary by the 
 Conference that a new Book of Discipline should 
 be iui.Tiediately prepared. The Annual Com- 
 mittee were therefore requested to direct their 
 attention to that important business. 
 
 Having given the above explanation of the 
 reason which led us to publish this Book of Dis- 
 cipline, we now send it forth amongst you, with 
 our fervent prayers for your happiness and 
 prosperity. 
 
 We hope to see this little work extensively 
 circulated ; for nothing is more important, next 
 to a knowledge of the word of God, than that 
 our own members should be well acquainted 
 with the Doctrines we teach, and the Discipline 
 by which we are governed, and trained to habits 
 of usefulness and fitness for heaven. 
 
 The Rules contained in this Book will be your 
 guide. They provide for the peculiarity of 
 Missionary operations — for maturing the Mis- 
 sionary stations — and for their settlement into re- 
 gular circuits. They provide also for the govern- 
 ment of your various Meetings and Offices, and for 
 the maintainance of that wholesome discipline 
 amongst you, which is essential to your individ- 
 ual comfort, and to your collective welfare. 
 
 Most devoutly do we pray, that Preachers and 
 People may be united as the heart of one man — 
 that whilst walking by these rules, both your 
 piety and usefuhiess may be promoted — and 
 
^ by the 
 iC should 
 al Com- 
 3ct their 
 
 Q of the 
 4 of Dis- 
 ou, with 
 less and 
 
 ensively 
 int, next 
 tian that 
 quainted 
 discipline 
 to habits 
 
 Introduction, 
 
 IX. 
 
 that the great Head of the Church may pour out 
 His Spirit, and abundantly prosper you, through 
 Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and glory for 
 
 ever. 
 
 be your 
 arity of 
 he Mis- 
 i into re- 
 govern - 
 ;, and for 
 iscipline 
 individ- 
 ire. 
 
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 th your 
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 TERMS OF UNION. 
 
 1. That the Local Preachers now in the 
 Canadian Wesleyan Methodist Church be en- 
 titled to stand in the same relation to the united 
 body, and enjoy the same privileges they now 
 do in the Canadian Wesleyan Church. And 
 all Local Preachers hereafter received, shall 
 submit to the Rules, and graduate according to 
 the Regulations of the Methodist New Connex- 
 ion^ and enjoy such privileges as it provides. 
 
 2. That the forms for Sacraments, Marriages, 
 and Ordination of Elders, used among the Cana- 
 dian Wesleyans, be retained. 
 
 3. That the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist 
 Circuit Preachers be received into the united 
 body, according to their various standings in 
 that community. 
 
 4. That for the present, the name of the 
 united body be the Canadian Wesleyan Metho- 
 dist New Connexion. 
 
 5. That twenty pounds per annum (subject 
 to future alteration, as the case may require), be 
 allowed from the English Missionary fund to- 
 wards the support of a marri3d, and twelve 
 
in the 
 I be en- 
 e united 
 ley now 
 1. And 
 )d, shall 
 rding to 
 Connex- 
 ides. 
 irriages, 
 e Cana- 
 
 ethodist 
 united 
 lings in 
 
 of the 
 Metho- 
 
 'subjeot 
 ire), be 
 ind to- 
 twelve 
 
 Terms of Union. 5ci. 
 
 pounds per 'annum towards the support of a 
 single preacher. These sums to form the maxi- 
 mum of allowance, and that it be left to the 
 discretion of the Superintendant of the Mission, 
 with the assistance of the Conference, to appor- 
 tion the grants with a due regard to economy, 
 and the necessities of each particular case. •-. 
 
 6. That a Paternal and Beneficent Fund be 
 established, for the encouragement of which the 
 Missionary Society agree to grant the sum of 
 thirty pounds annually to each fund, until in 
 the judgment of the Conference it shall not be 
 longer necessary. 
 
 7. The Canadian Conference to have the di- 
 rection of the worlv In Canada, assisted by the 
 representative of the Methodist New Coiiiiexion 
 in England, as the Superintendant of the Mis- 
 sion, who shall be a lij ember of the Canadian 
 Conference ex-officio, and Corresponding Mem- 
 ber of the Annual Committee. It will be the 
 duty of said representative, or general superin- 
 tendant, to see that all engagements connected 
 with claims on the Mission fund are faithfully 
 performed, and to assist the Conference to carry 
 out the benevolent plans contemplated by the 
 union. 
 
 8. That to ensure, so far as prudential means 
 can accomplish the object, a supply of suitable 
 Preachers for the wants of the united body, the 
 Wesley ville Institution be established to afford 
 
xu. 
 
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 Terms of Union* 
 
 the means of instruction for a limited period. 
 And that in the fiist instance, suitable young 
 men, connected with the religious community 
 in Canada, be selected, or yoting men recom- 
 mended from England by the Missionary Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 9. That the stations of the Methodist New 
 Connexion in the Eastern part of this province 
 (formerly called Lower Canada) be united with 
 the Canadian Conference. 
 
 10. As Missionary exertions are employed to 
 gather precious souls into the Church of Christ, 
 and extend the Redeemer's Kingdom, so the 
 exertions of the English Methodist New Con- 
 nexion Missionary Society will be directed to 
 the establishment of an active, prosperous, and 
 permanent distinct community in Canada. That 
 as this important end is attained by the formation 
 of circuits, the introduction of the system, and 
 the Missionary stations becoming so many parts 
 of the body ; in that proportion the influence of 
 the English Connexion shall cease in its concerns, 
 and the body in Canada shall become a distinct 
 religious community, united only to the Breth- 
 ren in England in Christian love, and in those 
 kind offices which will always be proper and 
 acceptable. 
 
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;ed period, 
 ible young 
 community 
 en recom- 
 nary Com- 
 
 odist New 
 is province 
 united with 
 
 nployed to 
 [ of Christ, 
 )m, so the 
 New Con- 
 iirected to 
 serous, and 
 ida. That 
 3 formation 
 ystem, and 
 nany parts 
 ifluence of 
 ;s concerns, 
 a distinct 
 he Breth- 
 d in those 
 )roper and 
 
 DOCTRINES AND DISCIPLINE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 S.-^, 
 
 CANADIAN WESLEYAN METHODIST 
 NEW CONNEXION CHURCH. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 or CANDIDATES AND ADMISSION INTO SOCIETY. 
 
 1. Persons desirous of uniting with our Soci- 
 eties are required to evidence an earnest concern 
 for the salvation of their souls, by a diligent at- 
 tendance on our means of grace, and by ceasing 
 to do evil, and learning to do well. 
 
 2. When persons first begin to meet in Class 
 they shall be considered under the watch-care 
 of the Church, till they give satisfactory evidence 
 of their religious experience, then they shall be 
 received into full connexion in the Church. The 
 mode of admission shall be by the Preacher, at 
 a Society Meeting, with exhortation and prayer. 
 If, however, a person wishes to be received 
 more privately, and there is reason for such a 
 wish ; the Leaders* Meeting, and if there be no 
 Leaders' Meeting, the Society Meeting will 
 doubtless endeavour to meet such views. 
 
 3. It is expected that those persons who are 
 admitted into our Society, should procure a copy 
 of our Rules, that they may make themselves 
 well acquainted with our Doctrines and Discipline. 
 
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 l4 Members of Society. 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 ' CONCERNING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. 
 
 1. Persons admitted into church-fellowship 
 with us, shall be required to meet weekly in 
 Class, or as frequently as possible. 
 
 2. For the support of the Ministry amongst 
 lis, and to discharge other pecuniary demands 
 (unless prevented by real inability) all our Mem- 
 bers are expected to contribute at least one 
 quarter of a dollar per quarter ; our more affluent 
 friends shall contribute according to the greater 
 ability with which God hath blest them, that the 
 deficiency of our poor Members may be supplied^ 
 
 3. All our Members shall diligently attend 
 the public and private means of grace with which^ 
 as a religious community, we are favored : and 
 especially that most invaluable ordinance, tlie 
 Supper of the Lord. 
 
 4. It is the duty of our Members to cultivate 
 a spirit of brotherly affection towards one another, 
 and to manifest this spirit by promoting each 
 other's welfare, preferring each other in business, 
 advising each other in difficulty, and defending 
 each other in character ; encouraging to duty ; 
 admonishing in error, and restoring when fallen ; 
 comforting in distress, visiting in affliction, and 
 assisting in need ; thus shall we bear each other's 
 burdens, and the household of faith will be es* 
 tablished. 
 
 5. Should one Member consider himself in- 
 jured by another, he shall conform to our Lord's 
 direction : " If thy brother shall trespass against 
 thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and 
 him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained 
 thy brother ; but if he shall not hear thee, then 
 
Members of Society* 
 
 15 
 
 ellowship 
 weekly in 
 
 amongst 
 demands 
 ur Mem- 
 east one 
 e affluent 
 ? greater 
 I that the 
 supplied* 
 y attend 
 ;h which, 
 ed : and 
 ince, tlie 
 
 cultivate 
 another, 
 ing each 
 business, 
 efending 
 to duty ; 
 1 fallen ; 
 ion, and 
 
 I other's 
 
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 self in- 
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 against 
 bee and 
 gained 
 e, then 
 
 
 take with thee one or two more, that in the 
 mouth of two or three witnesses every word 
 may be established ; and if he shall neglect to 
 hear them, tell it unto the Church : but if he 
 neglect to hear the Church, let him be imto thee 
 as an heathen man and a publican." Mat. xviii. 
 15—17. 
 
 6. Brother ought not to go to law with 
 brother, but should first endeavour to adjust ex- 
 isting differences through the mediation of mutual 
 friends ; and our Members are exhorted to sub- 
 mit their differences to this reasonable and scrip- 
 tural mode of adjustment. 
 
 7. Should a Member become insolvent, and 
 make an assignment, or become bankrupt, or 
 take the benefit of any Legislative Act, whereby 
 he shall not pay his creditors their full demands, 
 it shall be the duty of the Church to enquire 
 into such case, that the character of our upright 
 but unfortunate Members may be satisfactorily 
 sustained, and that those who are guilty of dis^ 
 honesty may be excluded from amongst us. It 
 is also expected from tho 3 Members who have 
 failed in business, or have contracted debts for 
 which they have ceased to be legally responsible, 
 that, if they afterwards become possessed of 
 property, they pay, as soon as possible their 
 former deficiencies, and fulfil their former con- 
 tracts. 
 
 8. If a brother be overtaken in a fault, his 
 Leader shall be informed thereof; when such 
 Leader shall endeavour to restore his offending 
 brother with faithfulness and affection. 
 
 9. Any Member guilty of causing disturb- 
 ances, of indulging in slandering or tale-bearing ; 
 of refusing to pay his lawful debts, of propagM« 
 
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 Members of Society , 
 
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 ing false doctrines, of refusing to be governed 
 by our rules, or of immoral conduct, shall, for 
 the first oflence be reproved ; for the second be 
 suspended from the enjoyment of church privi- 
 leges for such time as shall be deemed necessary ; 
 and for the third be expelled. But should the 
 crime be flagrant or notorious, then, upon due 
 evidence thereof, he shall be put out immediately. 
 
 10. As forming part of the universal Church 
 of Christ, our people are called upon to entertain 
 liberal feelings, and to cherish a friendly dispo- 
 sition towards professing Christians of other 
 denominations ; and to evidence the same by al- 
 lowing them a place at the Supper of the Lord, 
 and in other social means of grace, by rendering 
 them the kind offices of brethren, by giving them 
 an interest in our prayers, and by rejoicing in 
 their prosperity. 
 
 11. It is incumbent upon our Members, under 
 the various circumstances, and in all the relations 
 in which they are placed by Divine Providence, 
 to exercise themselves to have a conscience void 
 of oftence towards God and man. As to their 
 private duties, they should examine themselves 
 whether they be in the faith, possessing the f ower 
 as well as the form of godliness, and growing in 
 grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ ; they should search the Scriptures daily ; 
 be regular in secret prayer ; frequent in devout 
 meditation ; and in all things, walk humbly with 
 God. As husbands and wives, they are to be 
 patterns of fidelity, helpers to each other in their 
 worldly cares and in the way to heaveu. As 
 parents, it devolves upon them to provide for the 
 temporal and spiritual wants of their children ; 
 attending to their instruction, leading them to 
 
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Members of Society, 
 
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 entertain 
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 lie by al- 
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 endering" 
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 relations 
 •vidence, 
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 to their 
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 le power 
 owing in 
 •d Jesus 
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 devout 
 bly with 
 re to be 
 
 in their 
 cij. As 
 e for the 
 bildren ; 
 them to 
 
 the house of God, confirming their precepts by 
 a holy example, and crowning the whole by 
 their strict attention to the exercises of ftimily 
 devotion. The pious children united with us 
 are, by their good conduct, to be the joy and 
 comfort of their parents ; behaving towards them 
 with affection, and rendering to them due obe- 
 dience : administering to them in necessity, and 
 supporting them in old age. As members of 
 civil society, it is the duty of all our people to 
 submit themselves to the constituted authority of 
 the state, to maintain the laws of the land : to 
 promote peace and good order around them, and 
 to implore the divine blessing on kings, gover- 
 nors, magistrates, and on all classes of our 
 fellow subjects. As masters and servants, they 
 are to be exemplary in performing their respec- 
 tive duties ; as neighbours, to be kind ; as friends, 
 to be confidential ; and to be courteous and be- 
 nevolent in all their social intercourse. In the 
 world, our people are to be diligent in business, 
 punctual, in their engagements, and upright in 
 their dealings ; useful in public offices, and faith- 
 ful in all their trusts ; to be patterns of temper- 
 ance and frugality, avoiding places of dissipation 
 and public amusement ; to flee the ^pearance 
 of evil, and to delight in the company of the 
 righteous. They should never forget the high 
 character which Christians are to sustain as the 
 "salt of the earth," and the "light of the world ;" 
 and that it is expressly enjoined by the great 
 head of the church himself: "Let your light so 
 shine before men, that they may see your good 
 works and glorify your Father which is in 
 heaven." 
 
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 18 Bringing an accusrd Member to Trial. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 modi: of bringing an accused member to trial. 
 
 1. Every accused person, whether Preacher 
 or Layman, shall not be expelled or suspended 
 from the enjoyment of his Church privileges, 
 until he has hu'- a fair trial according to Rule. 
 
 2. Every accused person shall have sent him 
 officially a copy of the charges preferred against 
 him, one week previous to trial ; that he may be 
 prepared to examine witnesses, and make his 
 defence on his trial. 
 
 3. The Quarterly, or a Special Circuit Meeting, 
 shall be competent to inquire into any charge 
 brought against any Circuit Preacher, in regard 
 to imm >rai conduct, preaching false doctrine, 
 or gross neglect of duty : but no such charge 
 shall be entertained, unless the Preacher has had 
 seven days* previous notice of its nature, and of 
 the time of bringing it forward. In conducting 
 this enquiry, the Meeting shall hear the charge 
 and evidence in the presence of the Preacher 
 accuse d, and also his defence against the same ; 
 after which it shall determine, in the fear of 
 Gcd, and, if necessary, '\\ shall suspend the 
 Preacher till the ensuing Conference. When 
 circumstarAes allow, the Superintendant Preach- 
 er, or Circuit Stewards, shall previously consult 
 or obtain the assistance of the Annual Commit- 
 tee, and in all cases shall give an early account 
 of its proceedings to the Corresponding Member 
 of the Annual Committee. 
 
 4. E very Layman shall be tried by the Leaders 
 Meeting, in the presence of the Preacher ; but 
 where there is no Leaders' Meeting, the Society 
 to which the accused belongs, with the Superin- 
 
Trial, 
 
 TO TniAL. 
 
 Preacher 
 Jiispended 
 )rivileges, 
 ;o Rule, 
 i sent him 
 
 d against 
 le may be 
 make his 
 
 Meeting, 
 ly charge 
 in regard 
 doctrine, 
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 ;r has had 
 •e, and of 
 )nducting 
 le charge 
 Preacher 
 le same ; 
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 pend the 
 . When 
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 ly consult 
 Commit- 
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 ' Member 
 
 5 Leaders 
 her ; but 
 e Society 
 Superin- 
 
 Leaders and their Meetings, 
 
 19 
 
 tendant Preacher, or in his absence on a of his 
 Brethren, shall be competent to try the accused 
 person. But should the accueod object to this 
 mode of trial, and be able to make it appear to 
 the Executive Preacher, that he is not likely to 
 obtain justice, then, he may be tried by a Com- 
 mittee of five persons : two to be chosen by the 
 accused, two by the Executive Preacher, and 
 the Preacher to form the fifth, who shall be 
 Chairman, and have the casting vote. 
 
 5. Should any accused Member feel himself 
 aggrieved by the decision of the Meeting ap- 
 pointed to try his case, he shall have the liberty 
 of appealing to the Quarterly Meeting,* upon 
 giving the Superintendant one week's notice of 
 his intention. 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 LEADERS AND THEIR MEETINGS. 
 
 1. It is essential that every person who enters 
 upon the important office of Leader, should pos- 
 sess the following qualifications: 1. Sound 
 Christian experience. 2. Holiness of life. 3. 
 Clear views of the gospel. 4. That degree of 
 aptness to teach, which will render him accepta- 
 ble. 5. Approved stability and attachment to 
 our system. 6. A firm determination to main- 
 tain our discipline. 7. Affection for the souls 
 entrusted to his care. And 8. A full purpose 
 of heart to be useful to his Class, to his Breth- 
 ren, and to the World. 
 
 2. In appointing a Leader, the following 
 method shall be adopted. The Class .hall be 
 
 * The term Quarterly Meeting denotes that Meeting whicl^ is 
 commonly termed in this country, the QoartM'ly Conference. 
 
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 20 Leaders and their Meetings, 
 
 entitled to recommend a person to the consider- 
 ation of the Leaders' Meeting ; but the Leaders* 
 Meeting shall have the right of nominating for 
 the office. The nomination made by the Lead- 
 ers shall be communicated, first, to the Class, 
 and then to the person proposed, for their con- 
 currence. If either dissent, a second nomination 
 shall take place, and so on till a suitable person 
 be found. In new or small societies, where 
 there is no Leaders' Meeting, the appointment 
 of Leader shall rest with the Superintendant 
 Preacher of the Circuit, and the Members 
 of the Class. The brother who has been chosen 
 shall then be furnished with a copy of the follow- 
 ing questions, which he shall be required to 
 answer as in the presence of God, either at the 
 next Leaders' Meeting, or at a meeting appointed 
 for the purpose. 
 
 L Do you believe in the fall and universal 
 depravity of man ? 
 
 2. Do you believe in the divinity of Christ ? 
 
 3. Do you believe that Christ died for all 
 
 men? 
 
 4. Do you believe in the necessity of repen- 
 
 tance, faith, and holiness ? 
 
 5. Do you believe in the immediate influence 
 
 of the Holy Spirit producing these 
 effects. 
 
 6. Do you believe in the necessity of holding 
 
 fast, faith, and persevering in good 
 works ? 
 
 7. Have you a clear experience of God's 
 
 favour ? 
 
 8. Have you power over sin ? 
 
 9. Do you approve our rules, and will you 
 
 enforce them ? • 4^ 
 
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Leaders a7id their 3Ieetings* 
 
 21 
 
 consider- 
 Leaders* 
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 mination 
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 f embers 
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 liversal 
 
 Christ ? 
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 If these 
 
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 10. Will you be faithful in discharging the 
 duties of a Leader ? 
 Having answered these questions, the brother 
 shall Yvtive while the Leaders' Meeting forms 
 its resolution thereon, which shall be done with 
 strict impartiality and faithfulness. If there 
 appear just ground to set aside the nomination, 
 it shall be communicated to the Class, and to the 
 brother concerned in the most tender manner ; 
 but if the nomination be confirmed, then the 
 brother appointed shall be called in again, and 
 be received into office by exhortation and prayer. 
 
 3. A Leader nay have an Assistant when 
 necessary ; who shall be nominated and chosen 
 as the Leader. The Assistant shall lead the 
 Class in the absence of his Leader, and, that he 
 may receive his advice, occasionally in his pre- 
 sence ; he shall assist the Leader in all the duties 
 appertaining to his office : but shall not release 
 '}ie Leader from his proper responsibilities. 
 
 4. Each Leader shall meet his Class weekly, 
 and after singing and prayer, relate his own re- 
 ligious experience ; he shall then inquire into the 
 spiritual state of his Members, administering to 
 them, with all long-suflfering and faithfulness, 
 that encouragement, instruction, and reproof, 
 which their cases require. His manner shall be 
 affectionate and lively ; and at the close of the 
 Meeting he shall call over the names of his 
 Members, enquire after those that are absent and 
 the cause of their absence, which he shall note 
 down in his Class Book, that it may be a faithful 
 index of the state of his Class. He shall espe- 
 cially visit his sick Members ; comfort those who 
 are in distress ; seek after the negligent ; and 
 endeavour to restore those that are fallen. He 
 
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 22 Leaders and their Meetings, 
 
 fihall urge his Members to h punctual attendance 
 on the Lord's Supper, and all other means of 
 grace. 
 
 5. A Meeting, consisting of the Leaders, Socie- 
 ty Stewards, Circuit Preachers, and a Represen- 
 tative for each Female and Circuit Preacher's 
 Classes, shall regulate the affairs of each Society 
 and public place of worship. Such Meeting 
 shall be held at a convenient hour, weekly or 
 once a fortnight as may be found necessary, and 
 shall be opened with singing, and be concluded 
 in seasonable time with prayer. 
 
 6. The Leaders' Meeting shall carefully at- 
 tend to all those affairs which come within its 
 province: viz, the regular payment of Class- 
 money into the hands of the Steward ; directing 
 or sanctioning the disbursements ; an examina- 
 tion of the Class Books, with special enquiry 
 after the sick, that they may be visited ; filling 
 up vacancies or electing new officers ; determin- 
 ing on notices for the pulpit, and the times of 
 such announcements; and superintending all 
 other matters which appertain to the Society. 
 It shall also be the duty of the Leaders to con- 
 sider what plans of usefulness may be devised ; 
 zealously and prayerfully carrying them out into 
 actual and continued operation. 
 
 7. The Leaders' Meeting shall co-operate 
 with the Preachers, in carrying into effect the 
 Rules of the Connexion and the Resolutions of 
 Conference; so that proper discipline may be 
 maintained, and the hands of our Preachers be 
 strengthened in the duties with which they are 
 entrusted. 
 
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 Society Stewards. 23 
 
 SECTION V. 
 
 SOCIETY STEWARDS. 
 
 1. To each Society there shall be two Stew- 
 ards chosen from its members, one of whom 
 shall act as Treasurer, and the other as Secre- 
 tary, agreeably to their appointment : they shall 
 be persons of stability; acquainted with our 
 Rules, and attached to our system ; men of order 
 and diligence ; discreet in the management of 
 their own affairs, and able to manage the tempo- 
 ral concerns of the Society. Providing other 
 suitable brethren can be found to undertake the 
 office, neither Local Preachers nor Leaders 
 shall be chosen for Society Stewards. 
 
 2. The Society Stewards shall be nominated 
 by the Leaders' Meeting, (but where there is no 
 Leaders' Meeting by the Superintendant) and 
 appointed by a Society Meeting, to be held im- 
 mediately after the January Quarterly Meeting. 
 They shall be changed or re-elected annually ; but 
 should they at any time prove unworthy of their 
 office, or become unable to perform its duties, 
 the Leaders' Meeting, after full investigation, 
 shall represent the case to the Society, that they 
 may be removed from their Stewardship, and 
 others be immediately appointed in their place. 
 
 3. The Treasurer Stewai'd shall take charge 
 of lighting and cleaning the chapel, and of all 
 other matters and arrangements connected with 
 the comfortable maintenance of divine worship : 
 he shall prepare the provision for the Lord's 
 Supper and Love Feasts, and see that the col- 
 lections arising therefrom (after defraying ex- 
 penses) are distributed each quarter amongst the 
 poor Members, or are otherwise disposed of, 
 
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 24 
 
 Society Stewards, 
 
 under the direction of the Leaders' Meeting. 
 He shall take charge of and receive all Society 
 and Conference Collections, and pay them over 
 according to the Rules of the Connexion ; he 
 shall also receive the monies at the Leaders' 
 Meeting, and discharge the current demands 
 thereon : he shall pay the proper quarterage for 
 the Society into the liands of the Circuit Stew- 
 ard at or before the Quarterly Meeting, and the 
 Leaders* Meeting shall take care to supply him 
 from time to time with the means of making 
 these payments, that the Society may be kept 
 clear of debt, and its affairs be agreeably con- 
 ducted. 
 
 4. The Secretary Steward shall keep the 
 accounts, but the books shall be accessible to 
 his colleague: he shall also prepare or revise 
 notes for the pulpit : he shall enter the proceed- 
 ings at the Leaders' Meetings; bring before 
 them the order of business to be transacted ; he 
 shall assist at the Collections, and Love Feasts. 
 He shall bring forward the Members on trial, 
 and register those who are admitted into Society : 
 he shall enter correctly, and keep the names of 
 the Members, Class by Class, with the places of 
 abode: and otherwise faithfully perform the 
 duties of his office. 
 
 5. The Secretary Steward shall prepare a 
 statement of the Society's receipts, distinguishing 
 the several Collections, and the amount raised by 
 each Class ; and also a detailed account of the 
 disbursements, to be submitted to the first 
 Leaders' Meeting after each Quarterly Meet- 
 ing, accompanied with the proper vouchers ; 
 and these accounts, after being duly approved; 
 balanced and signed by the Chairman in its 
 
Meeting", 
 all Society 
 them over 
 lexion ; he 
 Leaders' 
 demands 
 rterage for 
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 of making- 
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 keep the 
 cessible to 
 
 or revise 
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 sacted; he 
 ve Feasts. 
 s on trial, 
 Society: 
 names of 
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 prepare a 
 nguishing 
 raised by 
 mt of the 
 the first 
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 '^ouchers ; 
 ipproved; 
 an in its 
 
 Quarterly Meeting, 
 
 25 
 
 behalf, shall be read over at the next Fellowship 
 or Weeknight Meeting of the Society, for its in- 
 formation. 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 
 QUARTERLY MEETING. 
 
 1. In each Circuit, there shall be a Quarterly 
 Meeting for transacting its general business, to 
 be held in January, April, July, and October, 
 at such time and place as shall be agreed upon, 
 which shall be duly published. 
 
 2. The Quarterly Meeting shall be composed 
 of the Circuit Preachers and Circuit Stewards, 
 the Secretary of the Local Preachers, and Re- 
 presentatives of the people chosen from the 
 Local Preachers, Leaders, Trustees being Mem- 
 bers, and other experienced persons from our dif- 
 ferent Societies. Each Society shall send one 
 or more Representatives according to the num- 
 ber of its Members ; and a scale for the regula- 
 tion of each Circuit, shall be fixed upon for the 
 year by the April Quarterly Meeting. Any 
 other Members of Society shall, nevertheless, 
 have free admission to the Quarterly Meetings, 
 with liberty to give their opinions ; subject to 
 the regulation of the Chairman, and of a majority 
 of the Meeting, but they are not to vote. 
 
 3. The Quarterly Meeting shall begin and 
 conclude with singing and prayer. Christian 
 temper should govern both the language and 
 deliberations of the Meeting. The Chairman 
 should act with impartiality, and his authority 
 therefore must be maintained. 
 
 4. The Quarterly Meeting shall pay th0 
 Preachers' salaries, and other incidental expenses, 
 
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 Quarterly Meeting, 
 
 agreeably to the Rules of the Connexion ; they 
 shall also pay the expenses of the Representatives 
 (if required) to and from Conference ; they shall 
 likewise pay for the Minutes ordered on behalf 
 of the Circuits, and all other just demands 
 chargeable on that Meeting. 
 
 5. The Quarterly Meeting shall fix what each 
 Society shall contribute, according to its num- 
 bers and privileges, keeping in mind the average 
 payment for Members (as required by rule), the 
 ability of each Society, and also its local expen- 
 ses : and it shall be the duty of each Quarterly 
 Meeting to adapt its expenditure to its income, 
 so that every demand may be punctually dis- 
 charged. 
 
 6. The Quarterly Meeting shall determine 
 oji any alteration in the quantity of Preachers, 
 governing itself as far as possible by the wishes 
 of the Societies interested: it shall also admit 
 new places for preaching, or set others aside, 
 which have been tried to no purpose : — it shall 
 have power to apply to the Annual Committee 
 for temporal supplies of preaching during the 
 sickness of a Preacher, or for any additional 
 labour that may be wanted ; it shall also deter- 
 mine upon matters of appeal with impartiality 
 and wisdom, or refer them to Conference as it 
 shall see proper. 
 
 7. The Quarterly Meeting shall admit per- 
 sons on the Plan as Exhorters, and Local, 
 Preachers on trial, pass them through the several 
 stages of their probation, and afterwards receive 
 tiiem into office as full Local Preachers. It 
 shall also recommend Local Preachers to be 
 tak^n out to travel ; determine upon and prepare 
 the Preachers* testimonials at the April Quar- 
 
 
 an 
 
Quarterly Meeting, 
 
 % 
 
 terly Meeting; and appoint or confirm the ap- 
 pointment of Renresentatives to Conference ; 
 and, lastly, prepare the Preachers* Certificates ; 
 the whole according to the Rules laid down on 
 these several heads. 
 
 8. Whenever a Quarterly Meeting shall 
 judge it needful to divide a Circuit, or to employ 
 an additional Preacher, a copy of the Resolution 
 passed to that effect shall be sent to Conference, 
 where the matter shall be considered and de- 
 cided upon. 
 
 9. The number of Minutes wanted for tlie 
 following year shall be ascertained at the April 
 Quarterly Meeting, and the Representative be 
 instructed to order them at the charge of the 
 Circuit. 
 
 10. The January Quarterly Meeting shall 
 nominate persons from whori the Lay Repre- 
 sentative shall be chosen, each Circuit adopting 
 its own mode of election ; and the April Quar- 
 terly Meeting shall either appoint or confirm the 
 appointment of such Representative, requiring 
 from him a pledge that he ./ill attend all the 
 sittings of Conference, and furnishing both him 
 and the Preacher whom it sends, with the ne- 
 cessary credentials and instructions. 
 
 11. A Special Circuit Meeting to be consti- 
 tuted as the Quarterly Meeting, may be called 
 by the Superintendant and Circuit Steward, or 
 either of them, whenever circumstances may in 
 their judgment render it necessary. A Circular, 
 stating the object for which the Meeting is called, 
 the time, and place for holding it, shall be ad- 
 dressed to the Stewards of each Society, and to 
 all the official persons specified in the Rules for 
 constituting a Quarterly Meeting, at least three 
 
 B 2 
 
28 
 
 Quarterly Meeting. 
 
 days before it takes place, that sufficient oppor- 
 tunity may be afforded for deliberation and 
 electing according to Rule. Representatives to 
 attend tlie Meeting. The said Meeting shall be 
 fully competent to determine on the matters for 
 which it was called, but on no other, and its re- 
 solutions in regard to such matters shall be bind- 
 ing ; but unless the Meeting be so called and 
 constituted, it shall be considered irregular, and 
 its proceedings of no effect. 
 
 12. The following questions shall be proposed 
 at each April Quarterly Meeting ; the answer 
 to which shall be entered in the Circuit Book, 
 and a certified copy thereof be forwarded along 
 with the Credentials to Conference. 
 
 1. Respecting a single Preacher: — Has 
 
 he been comfortably accommodated 
 through the year with board, lodging, 
 and with suitable opportunities for pur- 
 suing his studies ? 
 
 2. Respecting a married Preacher : — Have 
 
 his demands on the Circuit been regu- 
 larly paid ? Has he been provided 
 with a suitable house ? 
 
 3. Respecting the Superintendant : — Has 
 
 he been properly supported in main- 
 taining discipline, and in enforcing the 
 Laws of the Connexion ? 
 
 13. The Quarterly and Special Circuit 
 Meetings shall support the Preachers in carrying 
 into effect the Laws of the Connexion and the 
 Resolutions of Conference, that proper discipline 
 may be maintained in our Circuits ; and it shall 
 also be the endeavour of those Meetings, on all 
 occasions, to go hand in hand with the Trustees 
 of our Chapels, and to consult them in those 
 
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Circuit Stewards, 
 
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 ent oppor- 
 *ation and 
 ntatives to 
 ^^ shall be 
 latters for 
 and its re- 
 11 be bind- 
 ;alled and 
 pillar, and 
 
 J proposed 
 he answer 
 ;uit Book, 
 ded along 
 
 er : — Has 
 mmodated 
 , lodging, 
 !S for pur- 
 
 : — Have 
 
 een regu- 
 provided 
 
 it : — Has 
 
 in main- 
 rcing the 
 
 Circuit 
 carrying 
 and the 
 iiscipline 
 d it shall 
 s, on all 
 Trustees 
 in those 
 
 matters where their rights and interests are con- 
 cerned. 
 
 SECTION VII. 
 
 CIRCUIT STEWARDS. 
 
 1. Each Circuit shall have two rewards for 
 the management of its temporal affairs. They 
 shall be Members of our Society, attached to our 
 system, conversant with our Rules, of approvofl 
 stability, accustomed to business, and if possible 
 having the means as well as the disposition to 
 serve the Circuit. They shall be appointed or 
 re-appointed at the January Quarterly Meeting, 
 and shall continue two years in office, the Senior 
 retiring each year, to make room for his suc- 
 cessor : but the Quarterly Meeting shall have 
 power to change either or both of them, should 
 they deem it proper, and also to rembve them 
 from office, at any time, when, after due inves- 
 tigation, that step shall be judged necessary. 
 
 2. It shall be their province to attend tlie 
 Quarterly Meeting, and to see that suitable 
 provision is made for its accommodation: they 
 shall receive the payments of the different Soci- 
 eties, and disburse them according to the order 
 of the Meeting : they shall enter the receipts 
 and payments, and duly balance them : they 
 shall record the Resolutions of the Meeting, and 
 read both them find the accounts over at its 
 close: they shall assist the Superintendant 
 Preacher in preparing a Minute of the busijiess 
 to be transacted, and also aid him in carrying 
 the Resolutions into effect. They shall be con- 
 sidered Members of the Quarterly Meeting, 
 
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30 
 
 Quarterly Meeting, 
 
 from the Meeting next following their appoint- 
 ment. 
 
 3. It shall likewise be their duty to provide 
 houses and the necessary furniture for the 
 Preachers, under the direction of the Quarterly, 
 or a Special Circuit Meeting ; also to any urgent 
 repairs being done, and any pressing wants sup- 
 plied in the interval betwixt the Quarterly 
 Meetings, but limited to such amount as the rule 
 of the Circuit shall determine. They shall take 
 an annual inventory of the furniture in each 
 house, examine into its condition, and lay a true 
 statement thereof before the Quarterly Meeting 
 previous to Conference. 
 
 4. They shall annually register in the Circuit 
 Books the names of all the Members in each 
 Society, Class by Class, receive the yearly, and 
 other Collections belonging to their department ; 
 enter the particulars into the Circuit Book, and 
 pay the amount to the Lay Representative, for 
 the disposal of Conference. They shall bring 
 forward the choice of Representatives in due 
 course, and prepare, according to Rule, their 
 credentials, and all other Circuit documents to 
 be sent to Conference. 
 
 5. So far as may be practicable, the two 
 Stewards shall divide the duties of their office, 
 after the manner of the Society Stewards, as 
 may best suit their convenience, rendering each 
 other all needful assistance ; but should they 
 reside in different parts of the Circuit, each shall 
 take charge of his separate District, under the 
 regulations of the Quarterly Meeting. 
 
sir appoint- 
 to provide 
 3 for the 
 Quarterly, 
 any urgent 
 wants sup- 
 Quarterly 
 as the rule 
 ' shall take 
 i*e in each 
 lay a true 
 y Meeting 
 
 he Circuit 
 rs in each 
 early, and 
 partment ; 
 Book, and 
 ptive, for 
 lall bring 
 JS in due 
 ule, their 
 iments to 
 
 the two 
 eir office, 
 (vards, as 
 ing each 
 mid they 
 sach shall 
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 Exhorters — Local Preachers^ Sfc. 31 
 SECTION VIII. 
 
 EXHORTEBS. 
 
 1. When any of our Members feel desirous 
 of acting as Exhorters, their wishes shall be sig- 
 nified to the Leaders* Meeting, and where there 
 is no Leaders' Meeting, to the Superintendant 
 Preacher, who shall judge of their fitness for the 
 work. 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the Superintendant 
 Preacher to give ♦^hem suitable appointments, 
 till he has had an opportunity of deciding whether 
 they are competent to be placed upon the plan 
 as regular Exhorters. 
 
 3. When Exhorters are acknowledged by the 
 Quarterly Meeting, and receive appointments 
 on the Plan, they shall be subject to the authority 
 of that Meeting : which shall take them under 
 its charge, regulate their duties, encourage the 
 meritorious, and set aside those who are negli- 
 gent or unacceptable. 
 
 4. The Exhorters shall address the people on 
 the most necessary spiritual subjects ; they shall 
 be lively and affectionate in their manner ; and 
 their exhortations shall be short, pointed, and 
 practical. 
 
 SECTION IX. 
 
 LOCAL PBEACHERS AND THEIR MEETINGS. 
 
 1. It is essential that all our Local Preachers 
 be experimental y accquainted with the things of 
 God, and adorn that Gospel which they preach ; 
 they should have correct views of the funda- 
 mental doctrines of the gospel, and be able to 
 express their views profitably to the people; 
 
32 Local Preachers and their Meetings. 
 
 they should also feel persuaded of their call to 
 the work, and be determined plainly and faith- 
 fully to proclaim the truth as it is in Jesus. 
 
 2. When any person in exhorting, or other 
 religious exercises, has given evidence of such 
 qualifications as render it desirable to bring him 
 forward as a Local Preacher, he shall first be 
 proposed to the Leaders' Meeting belonging to 
 the Society of which he is a Member ; secondly, 
 to the Local Preachers* Meeting, and lastly to 
 the Quarterly Meeting ; and, on being approved 
 by all these Meetings in succession, his name 
 shall be entered on the Plan as a Local Preacher 
 on trial. 
 
 3. In those places where there is no Leaders* 
 or Local Preachers' Meeting, a Meeting of the 
 Society of which he is a Member, called for the 
 purpo.se (at which the Superintendant or a 
 Preacher under his direction is present), shall 
 recommend, and the Quarterly Meeting sanction 
 his admission as a Local Preacher on trial. 
 
 4. Local Preachers shall continue four quar- 
 ters on their probation, or so much longer as the 
 Quarterly Meeting shall deem expedient. Dur- 
 ing this term, an appointment shall be given 
 them, where it is practicable, in each of the prin- 
 cipal places in the Circuit, that the people may 
 judge of their talents and proficiency. 
 
 5. When a Local Preacher has been on pro- 
 bation four quarters, the Local Preachers' Meet- 
 ing shall consider his case, and fully express its 
 opinion, whether he be qualified for admission 
 on full Plan or not : this opinion shall be entered 
 into the Local Preachers' Book of proceedings, 
 and be laid before the ensuing Quarterly Meeting. 
 
 6. After a Local Preacher on trial has beeit 
 
 a) 
 
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 at 
 ei 
 
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 b( 
 
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 ?ir call to 
 and faith - 
 esus. 
 or other 
 J of such 
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 nging to 
 secondly, 
 lastly to 
 pproved 
 is name 
 Veacher 
 
 readers* 
 r of the 
 for the 
 t or a 
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 anction 
 1. 
 
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 • as the 
 
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 3ting. 
 
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 Local Preachers and their Meetings, 33 
 
 approved by the Local Preachers' Meeting, he 
 shall be proposed, during his absence, to the 
 Quarterly Meeting ; and, unless it resolve to 
 continue his probation, he shall be introduced to 
 the Meeting, and be questioned by the Superin- 
 tendant Preacher ; first, as to his religious ex- 
 perience ; second, as to our doctrines, article by 
 article ; thirdly, as to our mode of Church gov- 
 ernment ; fourthly, as to his call to and views of 
 preaching the Gospel ; and fifthly, p.s to con- 
 forming to the regulations of the Circuit, and 
 being zealous in the great work before him. 
 After answering these questions, the Candidate 
 shall retire while the Meeting considers his re- 
 plies. If his statement be satisfactory to the 
 Meeting, he shall be received as a Local Preacher 
 on full Plan, with an appropriate address from 
 the Superintendant, and with prayer. Should 
 the i^ :'rterly Meeting judge it necessary to 
 prolong his trial, a deputation shall be ap- 
 pointed to communicate the determination of the 
 Meeting, which shall be done with suitable 
 advice. 
 
 7. Should any Local Preacher on trial feel 
 himself aggrieved at the Local Preachers' Meet- 
 ing neglecting to consider his case, or at report- 
 ing unfavourably thereon to the Quarterly 
 Meeting, or at their recommendation to lengthen 
 his probation, he shall be entitled to appeal to 
 the following Quarterly Meeting, oil giving 
 seven days notice thereof to the Superintendant 
 Preacher, or Circuit Steward, in writing ; and 
 the Quarterly Meeting shall investigate the case, 
 and either reverse or confirm what the Local 
 Preachers' Meeting has done. 
 
 8. Every Local Preacher, whether on Ml 
 
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 34 Local Preachers and their Meetings* 
 
 Plan or on trial, shall conform to the discipline 
 of the Circuit, especially in being punctual to 
 his appointments, and in attending the Local 
 Preachers* Meetings. And it shall be his duty 
 whenever unable to attend his appointments, to 
 use his utmost endeavours to get them supplied 
 by one or more of his brethren whose names are 
 on the Plan. 
 
 9. The Circuit and Local Preachers shall 
 meet once in each quarter, previously to the 
 Quarterly Meeting of the Circuit, at such time 
 and place as shall be agreed upon. 
 
 10. In the absence of the Superintendant 
 Preacher, the next Preacher shall act as Chair- 
 man ; or in the absence of the Circuit Preacher 
 a Local Preacher shall be appointed by the 
 Meeting : a Secretary also shall be chosen, who 
 shall record the proceedings and take charge of 
 the Mhmtes thereof, in order to present them to 
 the Quarterly Meeting for its decision, in which 
 he shall have a seat. 
 
 n. It shall be the duty of the Local Preachers' 
 Meeting to notice such alterations as they think 
 Ave advisable, in the hours or places of preach- 
 ing, and to enquire into any neglect of appoint- 
 ments. For the information of the Quarterly 
 Meeting it shall also receive the recommendations 
 of the Leaders' or Society Meeting as to Ex- 
 horters or Local Preachers, examine into the 
 conduct and improvement of the brethren on 
 trial, and. if required, shall give its opinion on 
 each case to the Quarterly Meeting. 
 
 12. The Local Preachers in their Meeting 
 shall endeavour to spend some time in promoting^ 
 their mental and spiritual improvement, an(i 
 that their Meeting may be proiitable to otheri^ 
 
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 as well as to themselves : the Meeting shall bo 
 80 arranged, if possible, that a watch-night may 
 be held for public edification. The Meeting 
 shall begin and end with prayer. 
 
 SECTION X. 
 
 CIRCUIT PREACHERS. 
 
 1. The qualifications necessary for a Circuit 
 Preacher are, sound experience in divine things, 
 exemplary piety, acceptable ministerial talents, 
 the fruits of ministerial labours, a willingness to 
 bear the hardships of an itinerant life, a firm 
 purpose to conform to, as well as enforce, the 
 discipline of the Connexion, a holy resolution to 
 be faithful and perseverir^g in all ministerial 
 duties, and in unreserved dedication of time and 
 talents to God, for the promotion of his glory 
 and the salvation of precious souls. 
 
 2. No persons shall be called out as Circuit 
 Preachers but such as have been approved by 
 the Society where they live, by a majority of 
 the Local Preachers, Stewards, and Leaders, 
 forming one Meeting ; and, lastly, by a majority 
 of the Quarterly Meeting of the Circuit. 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the Quarterly 
 Meeting faithfully to weigh, and impartially to 
 determine, on the merits of every candidate : it 
 shall consider how far he possesses the requisite 
 qualifications for the work, and also if he has 
 strength of body equal to the labours thereof. 
 If its determination be favourable, then the 
 Candidate shall be called before the Meeting, 
 and the Superintendant Preacher shall propose 
 to him the following questions, which he shall 
 answer in the fear of God. 
 
36 
 
 Circuit Preachers. 
 
 1. Have you a lively faith in Christ? and 
 
 as an evidence of it, do you enjoy a 
 sense of the divine favour ? 
 
 2. Have you power over sin ? and are you 
 
 prestiiing after holiness ? 
 
 3. Do you believe yourself divinely called 
 
 to the work of the Ministry ? 
 
 4. Do you know and believe our doctrines ? 
 
 5. Do you understand and approve of our 
 
 discipline? 
 
 6. Will you preach the one and enforce 
 
 the other to the utmost of your power ? 
 
 7. If appointed to a Circuit, are you re* 
 
 solved to devote yourself to the impor- 
 tant duties of your office ? 
 
 8. Are you able to relinquish your present 
 
 situation in an honourable manner ? 
 
 9. Are you free from debt ? or will you 
 
 engage to discharge every demand 
 upon you to the satisfaction of the 
 Meeting ? 
 
 10. Have you formed any engagement 
 relative to marriage, and will you con* 
 form to the regulation of Conference 
 on this head ? 
 
 After these questions have been answered, 
 the Candidate shall retire while the Meeting 
 resumes its deliberations. If a majority approve 
 of his being recommended to the Conference as 
 a Circuit Preacher, he shall be called into the 
 Meeting again, and be addressed by the Chair- 
 man with due solemnity. If the Meeting deter- 
 mine otherwise, then a deputation shall be ap* 
 pointed to communicate the same with becoming 
 tenderness. 
 
 4. Every Preacher taken out to travel amongst 
 
Circuit Preachers. 
 
 37 
 
 irist? and 
 Li enjoy a 
 
 d are you 
 
 ely called 
 
 loctrines ? 
 ve of our 
 
 1 enforce 
 
 r power ? 
 
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 le impor- 
 
 r present 
 nner ? 
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 demand 
 Q of the 
 
 agement 
 pu con* 
 iference 
 
 iswered, 
 VIeeting 
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 ence as 
 nto the 
 Chair- 
 deter* 
 I be ap* 
 looming 
 
 mongst 
 
 T 
 
 US, shall bo considered as a probationer for not 
 less than four years of active service, and so 
 much longer a.^ the Conference shall judge ne- 
 cessary. I)iinng this period, they shall receive 
 a yearly testimonial from the April Quarterly 
 Meeting, answering to the following particulars : 
 
 1. [las he uniformly evidenced true holi- 
 
 ness of heart and life ? 
 
 2. Has he laboured faithfully in the vine- 
 
 yard ? 
 
 3. Have his labours been blessed of God ? 
 
 4. Has his preaching been acceptable to 
 
 the people ? 
 
 5. Has he made improvement during the 
 
 year ? 
 
 6. Has he visited, fed, and watched over 
 
 the flock ? 
 
 7. Does his health appear equal to the 
 
 duties of the itinerant life? 
 
 8. Has he practised and enforced discipline ? 
 
 9. Is he at this time free from debt ? 
 
 To which the Quarterly Meeting shall add 
 whether it will receive him, when appointed to 
 labour in that Circuit after his probation. The 
 testimonials replying to these questions shall be 
 read in the Conference, and registered in the 
 journal ; and the Conference shall approve, ad- 
 monish, or set aside the said Candidate, as the 
 nature of these testimonials shall require. 
 
 5. A probationer having continued to the end 
 of four years, and received testimonials from the 
 Circuits during that period, according to Rule, 
 he shall be personally examined under the direc- 
 tion of Conference, especially concerning his 
 doctrinal views ; and if the Conference itself be 
 satisfied as to his suitableness for the Ministry, 
 
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 38 Miscellaneous Rules relating to 
 
 his probation shall then be concluded, and his 
 name appear in the next published Minutes as 
 a Circuit Preacher in full Connexion. He shall 
 be required to attend the Conference at which 
 his probation terminates, that he may publicly 
 give an account of his religious experience, the 
 motives which led him to engage in the Ministry, 
 the reasons why he prefers our system of Church 
 Government, and a statement of the doctrines 
 he believes and teaches; after which he shall 
 receive a charge from one of the Senior Preach- 
 ers, appointed for the purpose by the previous 
 Conference, and the divine blessing be implored 
 upon him and his labours. Should the Confer- 
 <jnce on the other hand, see good to extend the 
 period of his probation, it shall communicate the 
 reason for so doing ; and the Candidate shall be 
 mindful to conform to its counsel, in order to be 
 approved on the next occasion ; or should Con- 
 ference judge it necessary to set him aside 
 altogether, it shall faithfully perform its duty 
 with Christian affection. 
 
 6. In consequence of their peculiar situation, our 
 single Preachers are recommended not to marry 
 during their probation. No Preacher shall 
 bring any expense upon the Conference, or upon 
 any Circuit, by reason of a wife or family, until 
 he be admitted into full Connexion, and after- 
 ward only with such limitation in respect of 
 children as though he were married at that time. 
 
 SECTION XI. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS RULES BELATING TO CIBCUIT 
 
 PREACHEBS. 
 
 1. Our Junior Preachers, especially during 
 their probation, are charged diligently to pursue 
 
Circuit Preachers. 
 
 39 
 
 their duties, to seek and attend to the advice of 
 their Superintendants, whose duty it is to watch 
 over and counsel them, as fathers in the Lord : 
 they are to be prudent in all their connexions, 
 to avoid a hasty spirit, to be circumspect both in 
 their private and public walk, and by an agree- 
 able and spiritual intercourse to render them- 
 selves useful to the families that receive them. 
 
 2. The Circuit Preachers in full Connexion, 
 shall be men of faith and holiness, uniting* them- 
 selves in Class with their brethren, and dis- 
 charging their ministerial duties with all fidelity 
 and perseverance. They shall maintain the truth of 
 our doctrines, always keeping in view the end of 
 their preaching, the awakening and conversion 
 of sinners, the restoration of backsliders, the 
 comforting of penitent enquirers, and the edifi- 
 cation of those that believe. They shall, when 
 practicable, meet one or more Classes, and, when 
 they have opportunity, attend the Meetings for 
 religious improvement, enjoined in our Rules. 
 They shall visit each family, the heads whereof 
 are Members of Society, at least once in each 
 quarter ; more diligently attending to the sick. 
 As fellow-labourers they are to be of one spirit, 
 holding affectionate intercourse together, second- 
 ing each other's exertions, and engaging in 
 mutual prayer for their personal happiness, and 
 the divine blessing on their labours. It is also 
 required that the Superintendant be assisted by 
 his colleagues in all his plans and important 
 duties. 
 
 3. Our Preachers and their families are called 
 upon to be examples of frugality in their ex- 
 penses, and neatness in their apparel, of cleanli- 
 ness in their houses, and of domestic order and 
 
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40 
 
 Superintendant Preachers, 
 
 management. By attention to these things, the 
 Preachers' wives will exalt the character of their 
 husbands, and, in like manner, both they and 
 their children will do honour to their station. 
 
 4. No Circuit Preacher shall engage in any 
 worldly business, unless it be selling the books 
 of the Connex,ion. 
 
 5. No Preacher shall leave his Circuit dnring 
 the time of Conference (save him who is ap- 
 pointed to attend it), without tlie consent of those 
 places which his absence may affect. 
 
 6. Should any Preacher be desirous of ad- 
 dressing a Circular or Pamphlet to the Connex- 
 ion, or any part thereof, or of issuing any pub- 
 lication controverting our acknowledged princi- 
 ples and existing Rules, he shall previous to pub- 
 lishing, subject the work to the inspection and 
 judgment of the Annual Committee. 
 
 7. Our Circuit Preachers in full Connexion, 
 hr ' received the sanction of the people and 
 i'f th^ Conference, shall not be afterwards dis- 
 coiiitinued for want of ability, except in extraor- 
 dinary cases of non-improvement or negligence, 
 which shall be so clearly proved, that two-thirds 
 of the Conference shall concur in the necessity 
 of such discontinuance. 
 
 SECTION XII. 
 
 SUPERINTENDANT PREACHEBS. 
 
 1. Our Superintendant Preachers shall be 
 men living near to God, and under the influence 
 of his Holy Spirit ; who can bear and forbear ; 
 pursue an impartial course amongst the people ; 
 who can meet difficulties with firmness, and 
 overcome them with Christian temper; who 
 
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Superintendant Preachers* 
 
 41 
 
 igs, the 
 of their 
 ey and 
 ion. 
 in any 
 books 
 
 during 
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 )f those 
 
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 onnex- 
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 princi- 
 opub- 
 ^n and 
 
 lexion, 
 le and 
 Is dis- 
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 gence, 
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 ;essity 
 
 II be 
 jence 
 bear; 
 ople; 
 and 
 whoi 
 
 count not their lives dear unto them, so that they 
 may be useful to the Church of God, to their 
 brethren in the Ministry, and to precious souls 
 in general. 
 
 2. The Preacher, whose name stands first in 
 the Minutes of Conference, shall be the Superin- 
 tendant of the Circuit ; to him shall be entrusted 
 the responsibility of carrying the resolutions of 
 Conference into effect, and also of enforcing the 
 Rules of the Connexion ; he shall be accountable 
 to the Quarterly Meeting and to the Conference 
 for thes3 duties ; and his brethren, both Circuit 
 and Local, together with the Leaders' and Quar- 
 terly Meetings, are required to support him in 
 their execution. 
 
 3. It shall be his duty to attend the Local 
 Preachers' Meetings, in order to assist in con- 
 ducting their business. He shall also attend as 
 frequently as possible the different Leaders 
 Meetings in his Circuit : he shall examine the 
 Class Papers, and see that the Leaders do their 
 duty: he shall enquire into the mode adopted 
 by each Leader for Meeting his Class, and give 
 all needful advice on the occasion. In the whole 
 of these duties, his colleagues shall cheerfully 
 take their part. 
 
 4. He shall be authorized to instruct and ad- 
 vise his fellow-labourers in the Ministry, with 
 all affection and faithfulness, as circumstances 
 may require, or their conduct demand ; espe- 
 cially he shall enquire into the personal religion, 
 direct the studies, and promote the usefulness of 
 his brethren on probation. 
 
 5. In conjunction with the Circuit Steward, 
 he shall annually prepare, for the use of the 
 Conference, an abstract of the number of Cha« 
 
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 ft 
 
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 4*2 Preachers^ Salaries-^Conference, 
 
 pels, Societies, Local Preachers, Members in his^ 
 Circuit, and the deaths wliich have taken place 
 during the year. 
 
 6. He shall have the Books of the Connexion 
 under his care, and promote their sale to the 
 utmost of his power. And as the welfare of the 
 Chapels and Trust Estates belonging to the 
 Connexion is intimately connected with its pros- 
 perity, the Superintendants of the various Cir- 
 cuits are recommended to interest themselves 
 therein, by promoting the regular holding of 
 Trust Meetings, and the annual adjustment of 
 Accounts ; so as to prevent misunderstandings, 
 and to increase among our worthy friends a 
 spirit of co-operation. 
 
 SECTION XIII. 
 
 PREACHERS SALARIES. 
 
 1. That married Preachers shall receive for 
 themselves and wives £50 per annum, besides 
 horse-shoeing and travelling expenses ; they 
 shall also be provided with suitable houses, and 
 heavy articles of furniture, whatever may be 
 furnished in kind shall be reckoned off the £50. 
 
 2. The single Preachers shall receive £25 
 and travelling expenses. 
 
 3. No additional expense to be brought upon 
 a Circuit by a Preacher marrying, unless he wa& 
 stationed as such by the Conference. 
 
 SECTION XIV. 
 
 CONFERENCE. 
 
 I. There shall be an Annual Meeting or 
 Conference of Preachers and Lay Representa- 
 
 tives! 
 
 nexi 
 
 previ 
 2. 
 
 ofiti 
 
 the 
 
 sanci 
 
 ma] 
 
 altej 
 
 of sj 
 
 una1| 
 
 tee. 
 
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 >ers in his^ 
 ken place 
 
 Connexion 
 e to the 
 are of the 
 g to the 
 I its pros- 
 lous Cir- 
 emselves 
 Ading of 
 tment of 
 tandings, 
 Priends a 
 
 Conference, 
 
 43 
 
 3eive for 
 I, besides 
 s ; they 
 ises, and 
 may be 
 the £50. 
 ive £25 
 
 jht upon 
 
 IS he wa& 
 
 3ting or 
 resenta- 
 
 tives, for transacting the business of the Con- 
 nexion, to be held at such time and place as the 
 previous Conference shall determine. 
 
 2. Each Circuit shall be entitled to send one 
 of its Preacheii and one of its Lay Members lo 
 the Conference ; or, in cases of necessity, to be 
 sanctioned by the Annual Committee, a Circuit 
 may send one Representative, provided there be 
 alternately a Preacher and Layman each time 
 of single representation. Should any Circuit be 
 unable, in the judgment of the Annual Commit- 
 tee, to' send a Representative, a letter accom- 
 panied by the required documents, details, and 
 collections, shall be sufficient. The Circuits 
 sending single Representatives, or written com- 
 munications to Conference, shall nevertheless 
 have the right to a full representation at any 
 period afterwards. 
 
 3. The Treasurer of the Connexion, and the 
 Corresponding Member of the Annual Commit- 
 tee, shall be Members in virtue of their official 
 situations. 
 
 4. Trustees of Chapels, when their legal 
 rights are concerned, shall be allowed a Repre- 
 sentative in Conference during the time their 
 business is transacted, but no longer. 
 
 5. The Conference shall make bye-laws for 
 the regulation of its business : it shall also have 
 the power to make laws, from time to time, for 
 the government of the Connexion : but before any 
 fundamental law aifecting the whole body is 
 repealed or altered, it shall take the sense of the 
 Quarterly Meetings, and also consult the English 
 Conference ; and afterwards form its oetermina- 
 tions. 
 
 6. The Conference, should it see proper, shall 
 
44 
 
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 ■ Mil 
 
 Conference, 
 
 be at liberty to exercise a friendly interference 
 in the affairs of all our Societies and Circuits, 
 for the adjustment of existing differences, and 
 otherwise to promote the harmonious and effi- 
 cient working of the different parts of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 7. The Conference, together with its Com- 
 mittees, shall discharge their various duties un- - 
 influenced by partiality, and unmoved by intimi- 
 dation. The glory of God, and the prosperity 
 of his cause, shall be the grand end of all their 
 deliberations and procedures. The Conference 
 will maintain the system for the benefit of the 
 people ; and the people in supporting the Reso- 
 lutions of Conference will support their dearest 
 rights and privileges. 
 
 8. The Preacher and Lay-brother who are 
 appointed as Colleagues, shall unite as much as 
 possible in discharging the trust confided in 
 them by the Circuit, agreeably . to their instruc- 
 tions ; in other matters they shall be at liberty 
 to follow their own judgment. 
 
 9. The instructions brought by the Repre- 
 sentatives from their Circuits, shall be delivered 
 to the President, unless their nature requires them 
 to be placed m the hands of others appointed to 
 nmnage the description of business to which they 
 relate, and these instructions shall be attended 
 to in the best manner possible. 
 
 10. No Member of Conference shall withdraw 
 himself from its sittings until the business be 
 transacted, without permission : — any Preacher 
 who violates this Rule, shall be disqualified 
 from attending the next Conference; and any 
 Lay-man who does the same shall be subject to 
 a vote of censure, and be called to account at the 
 
terference 
 Circuits, 
 |nces, and 
 and effi. 
 the corn- 
 its Com- 
 uties un- ■ 
 y intimi- 
 rosperity 
 ail their 
 inference 
 it of the 
 le Reso- 
 ld' dearest 
 
 who are 
 much as 
 
 ifided in 
 instruc- 
 
 t liberty 
 
 Repre- 
 elivered 
 es them 
 inted to 
 ich they 
 ttended 
 
 thdraw 
 less be 
 •eacher 
 ^alified 
 id any 
 ject to 
 at the 
 
 Conference. 
 
 45 
 
 next Quarterly Meeting of his Circuit. N" 
 Member shall be allowed to act for another 
 except in case of sickness or leave of absence. 
 
 1 1 . All letters addressed to the President of 
 Conference shall be post paid, except from the 
 officers of the last year, and any letters affecting 
 the characters of individuals, or the interests of 
 Circuits, or of the Connexion, shall be submitted 
 to the Representatives of such Circuits, and to 
 the Corresponding Member of the Connexion, 
 who, with the President, shall judge whether and 
 how they shall be submitted to the Conference. 
 
 12. Each Conference shall attend to the fol- 
 lowing Rules, and as far as practicable to the 
 following routine in the appointment of Officers 
 and Committees, and in the transaction of its 
 business : — 
 
 I. The President of the last Conference, or in his ab- 
 sence the last President who is present, bhall take the 
 Chair, and after the opening prayer, he shall call upon 
 some of the brethren to assist him in reading over the cre- 
 dentials, Circuit by Circuit, and in entering the names of 
 the Representatives on a roll for the use of Conference. 
 
 TI. After thus ascertaining who comp€»se the Confer- 
 ence, the Members shall ballot for a President, qualified 
 by his activity, judgment, and experience, for that impor- 
 tant station ; and should the numbers be equal> the Presi- 
 dent, pro tempore^ shall have -the casting vote. 
 
 III. The next business shall be to ballot in like manner, 
 for a Secretary, whose duty it shall be to record the Reso- 
 lutions of Conference, and to enter in the Journal, or pro- 
 per books, the reports of the various Committees, as well 
 as to take charge of all other matters belonging to his office. 
 
 IV. After these preliminaries, the Conference shall 
 ..again unite in prayer for divine assistance, especially on 
 
 behalf of the President elect, who shall afterwards take the 
 chair, and address the Conference in a suitable manner. 
 
 V. The next business of Conference shall be to receive 
 applications for the division and increase of Circuits, and 
 
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 46 
 
 Conference. 
 
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 to determine thereon, that the Representatives way be 
 admitted to its deliberations. 
 
 VI. The question concerning the examination of the 
 Preachers' characters shall then be proposed j and all Cir- 
 cuit documents relating thereto, including the required 
 certificate for probationers, shall be separately examined ; 
 and the Conference shall determine on the different cases, 
 as circumstances may require, according to the Rules of 
 the Connexion. The Preacher appointed to attend the 
 Conference, shall not be deprived of his place at its sittings 
 by any defect with which he may be charged, except in 
 cases of alleged immorality. 
 
 VII. The President shall take the earliest opportunity 
 of apprizing the Members, at which time the respective 
 officers will be in readiness to receive the state of the Con- 
 nexion as to numbers, &c., the diiferent Conference Col- 
 lections, announcing the names of these officers, and where 
 they will sit for this purpose. 
 
 VIII. The Conference, in this stage, shall receive the 
 report of the Annual Committee ; and either take the 
 matters contained therein into consideration, or call upon 
 the Secretary to note them down for that purpose. 
 
 IX. lD:mediately afterwards, the President shall enquire 
 what business the different Members have to bring for- 
 ward in Conference : he shall then take down the heads 
 thereof, and shall make the best arrangement in his power 
 (or obtain the aid of a Committee to do it) for introducing 
 them successively to the consideration of Conference : and 
 this arrangement, or order of business, shall be read over 
 from time to time in the Conference for its information. 
 
 X. The Conference shall appoint a Committee for 
 stationing the Preachers, of whom there shall be three 
 Preachers and two Laymen one year, and vice versa the 
 next; this Committee shall be appointed by ballot, and 
 only one Member shall be chosen from the Representatives 
 of any Circuit. 
 
 The Committee shall call in the Lay Representatives one by one, 
 and take down their instructions; they shall also call in the 
 Preachers, and take down their requests : they shall then draw up 
 a plan to the best of their judgment, and as far as possible in con- 
 formity with the views given them : they shall then read their plan 
 for the first time in Conference, after which the Preachers and 
 Representatives shall be again called in, and such modifications 
 made as may be practicable ; the plan shall then be read a second 
 time in Conference ; and the Conference shall refer it a third time 
 to the Committee, in order to deter^iine any matter or matters of 
 difficulty ; and the third shall be final. 
 
 as IS 
 
Annual Committee, 
 
 47 
 
 itives may be 
 
 kination of the 
 I ; and all Cir- 
 ? the required 
 ily examined ; 
 different cases, 
 > the Rules of 
 to attend the 
 e at its sittings 
 ged, except in 
 
 St opportunity 
 the respective 
 te of the Con- 
 nference Col- 
 Ts, and where 
 
 11 receive the 
 
 ther take the 
 
 , or call upon 
 
 'pose. 
 
 ; bhall enquire 
 
 to bring for- 
 
 wn the heads 
 
 in his power 
 I introducing 
 'erence : and 
 be read over 
 formation, 
 mmittee for 
 all be three 
 ice versa the 
 
 ballot, and 
 presentatives 
 
 -^es one by one, 
 io call in the 
 
 then draw up 
 )88ible in con- 
 read their plan 
 *reacher8 and 
 
 modifications 
 read a second 
 it a third time 
 
 or matter* of 
 
 XI. The Conference shall fix upon the persons who 
 shall prepare the yearly address, and draw up any addresses 
 or notices that may be required. 
 
 XII. The names of the brethren recommended by the 
 Quarterly Conferences to be employed as Circuit Preachers, 
 shall be noted dow/i, and examined case by case, and if 
 needful, entered in the Conference Journal, to be taken 
 out as occasion requires. 
 
 XIII. Tnc state of the Connexion shall next be taken 
 into consideration, Circuit by Circuit, as to number of 
 Members, deaths, &c., the state of the funds, &c. So far 
 as is required, the Superintendant Preachers shall then 
 give an account to Conference of the manner in, which 
 they have discharged their duties through the year, espe- 
 cially in regard to the plans they have pursued, and the 
 discipline they have maintained in their respective Circuits. 
 
 XIY. The Conference shall appoint the Annual Com- 
 mittee and the Treasurer of the Connexion, and any 
 other Connexional ofiicers that may be required. 
 
 XY. The Resolutions of Conference shall all be read 
 over before it closes its sittings ; and the Conference shall 
 determine what part of its minutes shall be published. 
 
 XYI. The Conference shall then be closed with a part- 
 ing address from the chair, or by some Minister at its 
 request, and by commending each other and the Connexion 
 to God in prayer. 
 
 IS. It shall be the bounden duty of each Lay 
 Representative to assist the Superintendant 
 Preacher of his Circuit to the utmcit of his 
 power, in parrying into effect the Resolutions 
 and Collections ordered by thie Conference dur- 
 ing the following year. 
 
 SECTION XV. 
 
 ANNUAL COMMITTEE. 
 
 1. The Conference shall annually appoint a 
 Committee of five persons for transacting the 
 business of the Connexion, betwixt Conference 
 and Conference* Three of the Members shall 
 
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 48 
 
 Annual Commitiee* 
 
 '^ 
 
 '4 
 
 i I 
 
 be Preachers, and two Laymen one year, and 
 vice versa the following year. The President 
 of the Conference, and the General Superinten- 
 dant of the Mission, shall be two of the number. 
 The General Super intendant to be the Corres- 
 ponding Member, the remainder to be chosen 
 by ballot, from Circuits as* near to each other as 
 may be found advisable. 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the Annual Com- 
 mittee to attend to the Resolutions of Confer- 
 ence, and to see that they are carried into effect. 
 It shall make provision for such Circuits as shall 
 in its judgment want supplies betwixt Confer- 
 ence and Conference, but without interfering 
 with existing appointments (unless by consent 
 of all concerned), or pledging the Conference 
 beyond what is unavoidable. It shall also re- 
 ceive applications from persons and places de- 
 sirous of uniting with us, and determine thereon, 
 or refer them to Conference as it shall see proper. 
 
 3. The Annual Committee shall expound the 
 Resolutions of Conference in case of doubt (sub- 
 ject to the opinion of the following Conference): 
 it shall order pecuniary payments where Confe- 
 rence shall have overlooked them, or where it is 
 clear they belong to Conference, and are ur- 
 gently wanted. It shall give advice in all mat- 
 ters of dispute or difficulty which shall be referred 
 to its consideration ; and when needful, its Mem- 
 bers shall consult together, or conjointly address 
 the Connexion ; the charges w hereof shall be 
 paid by the Conference. 
 
 4. The Corresponding Member shall receive 
 and answer letters, and communicate the decision 
 to the Committee ; for which purpose he shall 
 consult his brethren in office, and be guided by 
 
 ' ■vfl* pi 
 
ear, and 
 'resident 
 perinten- 
 number. 
 Corres- 
 e chosen 
 other as 
 
 lal Com- 
 Confer- 
 to effect. 
 :s as shall 
 Confer- 
 terfering 
 ' consent 
 )iiference 
 also re- 
 laces de- 
 5 thereon, 
 le proper. 
 »ound the 
 ubt (sub- 
 ference) : 
 e Confe- 
 bere it is 
 are ur- 
 all mat- 
 referred 
 ts Mem- 
 ' address 
 shall be 
 
 I receive 
 decision 
 he shall 
 ided by 
 
 Religious Ordinances, 
 
 49 
 
 the opinion of the majority. In cases of extreme 
 urgency, he and his collfjiguos residing in the 
 same Circuit shjill be aiithoi izi'd to act upon their 
 own responsibility, taking care to comniunicato 
 their proceedings as early as possible to their 
 brethren. A Member shall be entitled to enter 
 his protest against any measure which he disap- 
 proves ; or he may resign, and the remaining 
 Members shall fill up his place ; but no Member 
 shall interrupt tlie business of the Committee on 
 any occasion whatever. The Corresponding 
 Member shall record the transactions of the 
 Committee, and prepare a report for Conference : 
 which report shall receive the sanction of his 
 brethren, and be entered in the Book provided 
 for that purpose. 
 
 SECTION XVI. 
 
 BELIGIOUS ORDINANCES AND MEETINGS FOR 
 CHRISTIAN EDIFICATION. 
 
 1. Public Worship^ and the Ministration of 
 the Word. — The hours and order of Sabbath 
 preachirg shall be fixed by the proper authori- 
 ties. I'hese services shall commence with sing- 
 ing and prayer, in the morriing iind evening a 
 portion cf the Holy Scj^hptuies may be read, 
 after which a second hymn s lall be srng: a 
 sermon shall then be preached, seasonable in its 
 nature, and suitable in its length to the occr.sron. 
 A third hymn, if convenient, shall then follow, 
 and the whole close with solemn prayer. 
 
 2. Baptism, — This ClWistian ordiiu^ilce shall 
 be administered on the Sabbafh, mojithty, in all 
 our Chapels, and by our Circuit Pfeaciiers where 
 practicable; and also privately, when it is parti- 
 
50 
 
 Doctrines, 
 
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 cularly requested, and the Minister is satisfied 
 that the application is proper. In the country 
 districts, it will be proper for our friends to 
 avail themselves of opportunities as the Preach- 
 ers may visit them. This ordinance shall be 
 administered to the children of our Members, of 
 persons vrorshiping with us, and of others at the 
 discretion of the Preachers. 
 
 3. The Lord's Supper,— T\\\'A divinely appointed 
 ordinance shall be administered on the Sabbath, 
 monthly, in our principal Chapels, and by the 
 Circuit Preachers, where both are practicable, 
 and our people shall be exhorted regularly to 
 attend upon this ordinance, both as a pledge of 
 their attachment to their Redeemer, and as a 
 condition of their communion with his people. 
 
 4. Class Meetings. — Love Feasts, Band 
 Meetings, and Prayer Meetings, shall be punc- 
 tually attended to, under the direction of the 
 Leaders' Meetings, or Superintendant Preachers. 
 
 SECTION XVII. 
 
 DOCTRINES. 
 
 1. We believe that there is one God, who is 
 infinitely perfect, the, Creator, Preserver, and 
 Governor of all thing«. 
 
 2. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old 
 and New Testament are given by Divine Inspi- 
 ration, and form a complete rule of faith and 
 practice. 
 
 3. We believe that three persons exist in the 
 Godheftd, the Father,' the Son, and the Holy 
 Ghost, >i]njivided in essence, and co-equal in 
 power and glcicy. 
 
 4. We believ vhat in the person of Jesus 
 
Doctrines, 
 
 «1 
 
 satisfied 
 country 
 friends to 
 B Preach- 
 » shall be 
 ?mbers, of 
 ers at the 
 
 appointed 
 Sabbath, 
 d by the 
 acticable, 
 ularly to 
 )ledge of 
 and as a 
 people. 
 s, Band 
 be punc- 
 •n of the 
 'reachers. 
 
 I, who is 
 ver, and 
 
 the Old 
 le Inspi- 
 aith and 
 
 3t in the 
 e Holy 
 qual in 
 
 f Jesus 
 
 Christ the Divine and human natures arc united, 
 so that he is truly and properly God, and truly 
 and properly man. 
 
 5. We believe that man was created in right- 
 eousness and true holiness, but that by his diso- 
 bedience, Adam lost the purity and happiness of 
 his nature ; and, in consequence, all his posterity 
 are involved in depravity and guilt. 
 
 6. We believe that Jesus Christ has become 
 the propitiation for the sins of the whole world, 
 that he rose from the dead, and that he ever 
 liveth to make intercession for us. 
 
 7. We believe that repentance towards God, 
 £tnd faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, are necessary 
 to salvation. 
 
 8. We believe that justification is by grace, 
 through faith, and that he that believeth hath the 
 witness in himself: and that it is our privilege 
 to be fully sanctified in the name of the Lord 
 Jesus Christ, and by the spirit of our God. 
 
 9. We believe that man's salvation is of God, 
 and that his damnation is of himself. We believe, 
 also, that in the Gospel plan of redemption, men 
 are treated as rational, accountable creatures ; 
 that " it is God that worketh in us to will and to 
 do of his own good pleasure ;" and that we are 
 to " work out our own salvation, with fear and 
 trembling." 
 
 10. We believe that it is possible for man to 
 fall finally from grace. 
 
 IL We believe the soul to be immortal, and 
 that after death it immediately enters upon a 
 state of happiness or misery. 
 
 12. We believe in the resurrection of the body 
 — in the general judgment at the last day — in 
 
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 The Lord*s Supper. 
 
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 the eternal happiness of the righteous — and in 
 the endless punishment of the wicked. 
 
 For the illustration of these doctrines, we refer 
 to the first four volumes of Mr. Wesley's Ser- 
 mons, and his Notes upon the New Testament. 
 
 " If there come any unto you, and bring not 
 this doctrine, receive him not." 2 John, 10. 
 
 SECTION XVIII. 
 
 FORMS FOR ADMINISTERING THE ORDINANCES. 
 
 lord's suppef. 
 The Elder shall say. 
 
 Ye that do truly and earnestly repent of your 
 sins, and are in love and charity with your neigh- 
 bours, and intend to lead a new life, following 
 the commandments of God, and walking from 
 henceforth in his holy ways ; draw near with 
 faith, and take this holy sacrament to your com- 
 fort ; and make your humble confession to Al- 
 mighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees. 
 
 Then shall the Elder say, 
 
 We do not presume to come to this thy Table, 
 O merciful God, trusting in our own righteous- 
 ness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. 
 We are not worthy so much as to gather up the 
 crumbs under tli^y table. But thou art the same 
 Lord, whose property is always to have mercy ; 
 Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the 
 flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink 
 his blood, that our sinful souls and bodies may 
 be made clean by his death, and washed throngn 
 his most precious blood, and that we may ever-^ 
 more dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. 
 
 ho 
 
The Lord^s Siippeti 
 
 53 
 
 ! — and 
 
 m 
 
 , we refer 
 ev's Ser- 
 
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 estament. 
 )ring not 
 ohn, 10. 
 
 STANCES. 
 
 t of your 
 iv neigh- 
 bllowing 
 ng from 
 &ar with 
 )ur com- 
 i to Al- 
 ir knees. 
 
 Y Table, 
 jhteous- 
 mercies. 
 r up the 
 he same 
 mercy ; 
 » eat the 
 to drink 
 ies may 
 through 
 
 Y ever- 
 1. 
 
 Then the Elder shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as 
 
 followeth :; 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who, of 
 thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus 
 Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our re- 
 demption ; who made there (by his oblation of 
 himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient 
 sacrifice, oblation and satisfaction for the sins of 
 the whole worlds and did institute, and in his 
 holy gospel command us to continue, a perpetual 
 memory of that, his precious death, until his com- 
 ing again : hear us, O merciful Father, we most 
 humbly beseech thee, and grant that we, receiving 
 these thy creatures of bread and wine, according 
 to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy in- 
 stitution in remembrance of his death and passion, 
 may be partakers of his blessed Body and Blood ; 
 who, in the same night that he was betrayed took 
 bread: and when he had given thanks he broke 
 it and gave it to his disciples, saying. Take eat ; 
 this is my body which is given for you ; Do this 
 in remembrance of me. Likewise, after supper 
 he took the cup ; and when he had given thanks 
 he gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of this ; 
 for this is my blood of the New Testament, 
 which is shed for you, and for many, for the re- 
 mission of sins ; Do this, as oft as ye shall drink, 
 in remembrance of me. Amen. 
 
 Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in 
 hoth kinds himself, and thon proceed to deliver the same 
 to the other Ministers in lik(> mnimer (if any he present), 
 and after that to the people also, in order, into their 
 hands. And when he delivereth the bread, he shall say : 
 
 The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which 
 was given tor thee) preserve thi/ soul and body 
 
 D 3 
 
54 
 
 The Lord^s Supper, 
 
 \\ 
 
 unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in re- 
 membrance that Christ died for thee, and feed 
 on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving. 
 
 And the Minister that delivereth the Cup, shall say^ 
 
 The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which 
 was shed for thee, preserve thy soul and body 
 unto everlasting life. Drink this in remembrance 
 that Christ's Blood was shed for thee, and b» 
 thankful. 
 
 Then shall the Elder say the Lord's Prayer : the peopU 
 repeating after him every petition : 
 
 Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be 
 thy name : Thy Kingdom come : Thy will be 
 done on earth as it is in heaven : give u this day 
 our daily bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, 
 as we forgive them that trespass against us ; and 
 lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from 
 evil, for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, 
 and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 Then the Elder, if he see it expedient, may put up an 
 extempore Prayer : and afterwards shall let the people 
 depart with this blessing : 
 
 May the peace of God, which passeth all un- 
 derstanding, keep your aearts and minds in the 
 knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus 
 Christ our Lord ; and the blessing of God Al- 
 mighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, 
 be amongst you, and remain with you always. 
 Amen. 
 
 N. B. If the Elder be straitened for time, 
 be may omit any part of the servic6| except the 
 prayer of consecration. 
 
baptism to Infants. 
 
 56 
 
 s m re- 
 nd feed 
 sgiving. 
 
 ill say^ 
 
 which 
 nd bodi/; 
 nbrance 
 and h& 
 
 be peopl» 
 
 wed be 
 will be 
 this day 
 spasses, 
 IS ; and 
 IS from 
 Power, 
 en. 
 
 ut up an 
 le people 
 
 all un- 
 in the 
 n Jesus 
 od Al- 
 ' Ghost, 
 always. 
 
 T time, 
 ept the 
 
 BAPTISM TO INFANTS. 
 
 The Miniater shall use the following, or some other exhor- 
 tation, suitable to this sacred office : 
 
 Dearly beloved, forasmuch as all men are con- 
 ceived and born in sin, and that our Saviour 
 Christ saith, None can enter into the kingdom 
 of God, except he be regenerate and born anew 
 of water and of the Holy Ghost ; I beseech you 
 to call upon God the Father, through our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous mercy he will 
 grant to this Child that thing which by nature 
 he cannot have ; that he may be baptized with 
 water and the Holy Ghost, and received into 
 Christ's holy church, and be made a liveli/ mem- 
 ber of the same. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say : 
 
 Let us Pray. 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy 
 great mercy didst save Noah and his family 
 in the Ark from perishing by water ; and also, 
 didst safely lead the children of Israel, thy peo- 
 ple, through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy 
 holy baptism : and by the baptism of thy well 
 beloved Son Jesus Christ in the River Jordon, 
 didst sanctify water for this holy sacrament, 
 We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that 
 thou wilt look upon this child: wash him and 
 sanctify him with the Holy Ghost ; that he, being 
 delivered from thy wrath, may be received into 
 the ark of Christ's church, and being steadfast 
 in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in love, 
 may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, 
 that finally he may come to the land of everlast- 
 ing life : there to reign with thee, world without 
 end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen'. 
 
56 
 
 Baptism to Infants, 
 
 O me ciful God, grant that the old Adam in 
 this child may be so buried, that the new man 
 may be raised up in him. Amen. 
 
 Grant that all carnal affections may die in hinty 
 and that all things l^elonging to the Spirit may 
 live and grow in hiru. Amen. 
 
 Grant that he may have power and strength 
 to have victory, and to triumph against the devil, 
 the world and the flesh. Amen. 
 
 Grant that whosoever is dedicated to thee by 
 our Office and Ministry, may also be endued 
 with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly reward- 
 ed through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, 
 who dost live and govern all things, world with- 
 out end. Amen. 
 
 Almighty, everliving God, whose most dearly 
 beloved Son Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of 
 our sins, did shed out of his most precious side 
 both water and blood, and gave commandment 
 to his disciples that they should go teach all 
 nations, and baptize them in the name of the 
 Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; 
 regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of thy 
 congregation ; sanctify this wafer for this holy 
 Sacrament ; and grant that this child, now to be 
 baptized, may receive the fulness of thy grace, 
 and ever remain in the number of thy faithful 
 and elect children, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 Then shall the people stand up : and the Minister shall say. 
 
 Hear the words of the gospel written by St. 
 Mark, in the tenth chapter, at the thirteenth 
 Verge: 
 
 They brought young children to Christ, that 
 he shoiud touch them* And his disciples rebuked 
 
Baptism. 
 
 57 
 
 dam in 
 w man 
 
 in kinif 
 rit may 
 
 trength 
 e devil, 
 
 lee by 
 endued 
 eward- 
 i God, 
 d with- 
 
 dearly 
 ness of 
 us side 
 ndment 
 ach all 
 of the 
 Ghost ; 
 J of thy 
 is holy 
 vto be 
 grace, 
 'aithful 
 St our 
 
 lall say, 
 
 by St. 
 teenth 
 
 t, that 
 buked 
 
 those that brought them, but when Jesus saw it, 
 he was much displeased, and said unto them, 
 Suffer the little children to come unto me, and 
 forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of 
 God. — Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall 
 not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, 
 he shall not enter therein. And he took them 
 up in his arms, pat his hands upon them, and 
 blessed them. 
 
 Then the Minister shall lake the Child into his Hand, ^ 
 «::d say to the Friends of the Child, 
 
 Name this Child. 
 
 And then naming it after thorn, he shall sprinkle or pour 
 water upon it, or if desired, immerse it in water, saying, 
 
 N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father, 
 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
 
 Then shall he said, all kneeling, 
 
 Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be 
 thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be 
 done on earth, as it is in heaven : Give us this 
 day our daily bread ; and forgive us our tres- 
 passes, as we forgive them that trespass against 
 us ; And lead us not into temptation ; But de- 
 liver us from evil. Arien. 
 
 Then shall the Minister conclude with extemporary Prayer. 
 
 BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS. 
 
 The Minister shall use the following, or some other 
 exhortation, suitable to this Holy Office. 
 
 Dearly beloved, forasmuch as all men are 
 conceived and born in sin (and that which is 
 born of the flesh is flesh, and they that are in the 
 flesh, cannot please God, but live in sin, com- 
 mitting many actual transgressions): and that 
 
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 58 
 
 Baptism to such 
 
 our Saviour Christ saith, None can enter into 
 the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate 
 and born anew of water and of the Holy Ghost : 
 I beseech you to call upon God the Father, 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ that of his boun- 
 teous goodness he will jrant to these persons 
 that which by nature they cannot have: that 
 they may be baptized with water and the Holy 
 frhost, aujd received into Christ's holy church, 
 iptid be mdde lively members of the same. 
 
 •'»*';*-^ 
 
 T^i^il. sWl the Minister demand of each of the persons ta 
 ' . ' ' be baptized, severally : 
 
 \ Quest, Wilt thou renounce the devil and all 
 his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world , 
 with all covetous desires of the same, and the 
 carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not 
 follow or be led by them? 
 
 Answ, I will. * 
 
 Quest, Dost thou believe in God the Father 
 Almigl^iy, Maker of heaven and earth ? and in 
 Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord ? 
 And that Ke was conceived by the Holy Ghost, 
 born of the Virgin Mary ? that he suffered un- 
 der Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and bu- 
 ried ; that he iNifig again the third '§ay : that he 
 ascended into heav^, and sittoth at the right hand 
 of God the Father Alnajghty, and from thence 
 shall come again, at the end of the world, to judge 
 the quick and the dead ? 
 
 And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost, the 
 Holy Catholic Church ; the Communion of 
 Saints ; the Remission of Sins ; the Resurrection 
 of the Body, and everlasting life after death ? 
 
 Answ, All this I steadfastly believe. 
 
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 As are of Riper Years. 
 
 69 
 
 jr into 
 nerate 
 jrhost : 
 father, 
 
 boiin- 
 )ersons 
 that 
 
 Holy 
 ;hurch. 
 
 'sons to 
 
 nd all 
 world , 
 nd the 
 ilt not 
 
 Father 
 and in 
 Lord ? 
 Ghosty 
 ed un- 
 id bu- 
 hat he 
 it hand 
 thence 
 judge 
 
 St, the 
 on of 
 'ection 
 ith? 
 
 Quest. Wilt thou be baptized in this faith? 
 
 Answ. This is my desire. 
 
 Quest. Wilt thou then obediently keep God's 
 holy will and commandments, and walk in the 
 same all the days of thy life ? 
 
 Answ. I will endeavour so to do, God being 
 my helper. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 O Merciful God, grant that the old Adam in 
 these persons may be so buried, that the new man 
 may be raised up in them. Amen. 
 
 Grant that all carnal affections may die in 
 thenif and that all things belonging to the Spirit, 
 may live and grow in them. Amen. 
 
 Grant that thei/ may have power and strength 
 to have victory, and triumph against the devil, 
 the world, and the flesh. Amen. 
 
 Grant that thei/ being here dedicated to thee 
 by our Office and Ministry, may also be endued 
 with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly reward- 
 ed, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, 
 who dost live and go\ ern all things, world with- 
 out end. Amen. . 
 
 Almighty, everliving God, whose most dearl^^ 
 beloved Son Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of" 
 our sins, did shed out of his most precious side, 
 both water and blood ; and gave commandment 
 to his disciples, that they should go teach all 
 nations, and baptize them in the name of the 
 Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Gho^ti 
 Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of 
 this congregation : and grant that the persons 
 now to be baptized, may receive the fulness of 
 thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy 
 faithful and elect children, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lprd. Amen. 
 
 
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 60 
 
 Matrimony. 
 
 Then shall the Minister take enrh person to be baptized bf 
 the Right Hand ; and placing him conveniently by the 
 Font, according to his di:>(:reiii>n, shall ask the name; 
 and then shall sprinkle or pour water upon him (or if 
 he shall desire it, shall immerse him in water), saying, 
 
 N. I baptize thee i:i the name of the Father, 
 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Annen. 
 
 Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, all kneeling. 
 
 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be 
 thy name : Thy kingdom come : Thy will be 
 done on earth, as it is in heaven : Give us this 
 day our daily bread ; and forgive us our tres- 
 passes, as we forgive them that trespass against 
 us : And lead us not into temptation ; But de- 
 liver us from evil. Amen. 
 
 MATRIMONY. 
 
 First, the Banns of all that are to be married together 
 must be published in the ( on<i;rej^ation, three several 
 Sundays, in the time of Divine Service (unless they be 
 otherwise qualitied ac.cordiiii; to lu\> ), the Minister saying 
 after the accustomed manner: 
 
 I publish the Banns of Marriage between M 
 
 of , and iVof . If any of you know 
 
 cause or just impediment, why these two persons 
 sbould not be joined together in holy matrimony, 
 ye are to declare it : This is the first [seco7id or 
 third^ time of asking. 
 
 At the day and time appointed for Solemnization of Matri- 
 mvny, the persons to be uianicd, Manding togetntP, the 
 Man on the right hand, and the Woman on the lefi^ 
 the Minister shall say, 
 
 Dearly beloved, we are gathered together 
 here in the sight of God, and in the presence of 
 these witnesses, to join together this man and 
 
Matrimony, 
 
 61 
 
 »tized by 
 
 |y by the 
 
 name ; 
 
 [m (or if 
 
 saying, 
 
 ^ather, 
 I Amen. 
 
 jelirig. 
 
 ed be 
 ill be 
 us this 
 r tres- 
 against 
 But de- 
 
 together 
 B several 
 J they be 
 er saying 
 
 een M 
 1 know 
 lersons 
 iniony, 
 07id or 
 
 FMatrl- 
 ner, the 
 the left, 
 
 Blether 
 nee of 
 n and 
 
 this woman in holy matrimony; which is an 
 honourable estate, instituted of God in the time 
 of man's innocency, signifying unto us the mys- 
 tical union that is betwixt Christ and his Church ; 
 which holy estate Christ adorned and beautified 
 with his presence, and first miracle that he 
 wrought in Cana of Galilee, and is commended 
 of St. Paul to be honourable among all men ; 
 and therefore is not by any to be enterprised, or 
 taken in hand unadvisedly, but reverently, dis- 
 creetly, advisedly, and in the fear of God. 
 
 Into which holy estate these two persons pre- 
 sent come now to be joined. Therefore if any 
 can shew any just cause why they may not law- 
 fully be joined together, let him now speak, or 
 else hereafter for ever hold his peace. 
 
 And also speaking unto the persons that are to be married, 
 
 he shall say, 
 
 I require and charge you both (as you will 
 answer at the dreadful day of judgment, when 
 the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed), that 
 if either of you know any impediment why you 
 may not be lawfully joined together in matrimo- 
 ny, you do now confess it. For be ye well 
 assured, that so many as are coupled together 
 otherwise than God's word doth allow, are not 
 joined together by God, neither is their matri- 
 mony lawful. 
 
 If no impediment be alleged, then shall the Minister say 
 
 unto the Man, 
 
 M, Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded 
 wife, to live together after God's ordinance, in 
 the holy estate jf matrimony ? Wilt thou love 
 her, comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness 
 
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 62 
 
 Matrimony, 
 
 and in health ; and forsaking all other, keep thee 
 only unto her, so long as ye both shall live ? 
 
 The Man shall answer, 
 
 I will. 
 Then shall the Minister say unto the Woman, 
 
 N, Wilt thou have this man t ) thy wedded 
 husband, to live together after God's ordinance, 
 in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou 
 obey him, serve him, love, honour, and keep him, 
 in sickness and in health ; and forsaking all other, 
 keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall 
 live ? 
 
 The Woman shall answer, 
 
 I will. 
 
 Then the Minister shall cause the Man with his Right 
 Hand to take the Woman by her Right Hand, and to 
 ^ 8ay after him as followeth : 
 
 I M* take thee N, to be my wedded wife, 
 to have and to hold, from this day forward, for 
 better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness 
 and in health, to love and to cherish, till death 
 us do part, according to God's holy ordinance ; 
 and thereto I plight thee my faith. 
 
 Then shall they loose their hands, and the Woman with 
 her Right Hand taking the Man by his Right Hand, 
 shall likewise say after the Minister : 
 
 I N, take thee M, to be my wedded husband, 
 to have and to hold from this day forward, for 
 better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness 
 and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till 
 death us do part, according to God's holy ordi- 
 nance ; and thereunto I give thee my faith. < 
 
 'f^- ■ 
 
 \ 
 
Burial of the Dead, 
 
 G3 
 
 jp thee 
 
 edded 
 mance, 
 t thou 
 p him, 
 I other, 
 h shall 
 
 is Right 
 , and to 
 
 ' wife, 
 rd, for 
 ickness 
 death 
 nance ; 
 
 n with 
 Hand, 
 
 sband, 
 'd, for 
 jkness 
 ^y, till 
 ordi- 
 
 Then shall the Minister join their Right Iland^ together 
 
 and say, 
 
 Those whom God hath joined together, let no 
 man put asunder. 
 
 Forasmuch Jis M. and N. have consented 
 together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed 
 the same before God and this company, and 
 thereto have pledged their faith either to other, 
 and have declared the same by joining of liands ; 
 I pronounce that they are Man and Wife toge- 
 ther, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
 and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
 
 And the Minister shall add this blessing : 
 
 God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy 
 Ghost, bless, preserve, and keep you ; the Lord 
 mercifully with his favour look upon you, and so 
 fill you with all spiritual benediction, and grace, 
 that ye may so live together in this life, that in 
 the world to come ye may have life everlasting. 
 Amen. 
 
 Then the Minister shall say, 
 
 Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be 
 thy name: Thy kingdom come; Thy>WilI be 
 done on earth, as it is in heaven ; Giv6 ^ this 
 day our daily bread ; And forgive us our tres- 
 passes, as we forgive them that trespass against 
 us : And lead us not into temptation ; But de- 
 liver us from evil. Amen. 
 
 BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 
 
 N. B. The following or some other solemn 
 service shall be used. 
 
 The Minister meeting the Corpse, and going before it, 
 
 shall say, 
 
 I am the resurrection and the life, saith the 
 
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64 
 
 Burial of the Dead, 
 
 Lord ; lie tliat believeth in me, though he were 
 (lead, yet sliall ho live ; and whosoever liveth 
 and believeth in me, shall never die. John xi. 
 25, 26. 
 
 I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that 
 he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. 
 And though, after my skin, worms destroy this 
 body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : whom I 
 shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, 
 and not another. Job xix. 25, 26, 27. 
 
 We brought nothing into this world, and it is 
 certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord 
 gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed 
 be the name of the Lord. 1 Tim. vi. 7. Job i. 2L 
 
 At the Grave when the Corpse is laid in the earth, the 
 
 Minister shall say, 
 
 Man that is born of a woman hath but a short 
 time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh 
 up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as 
 it were a shadow, and never continueth in one 
 stay. 
 
 In the midst of life we are in death : of whom 
 may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, 
 who for our sins art justly displeased ? 
 
 Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most 
 mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, de- 
 liver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. 
 
 Thou knowest. Lord, the secrets of our hearts : 
 shut, not thy merciful ears to our prayers, but 
 spare us. Lord most holy, O God most mighty, 
 O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy 
 Judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for 
 any pains of death to fall from thee. 
 
 Then shall be said : 
 
 I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me,' 
 
were 
 livetli 
 )hn xi. 
 
 (1 that 
 earth. 
 y this 
 hom I 
 »ehold, 
 
 id it is 
 ) Lord 
 )lessed 
 bi.2L 
 
 'th, the 
 
 a short 
 3ometh 
 ^eth as 
 in one 
 
 whom 
 Lord, 
 
 i most 
 ir, de- 
 death, 
 earts : 
 's, but 
 lighty, 
 worthy 
 ur for 
 
 me. 
 
 Chcipels, <!J'c. 
 
 65 
 
 write ; From henceforth blessed are the dead 
 who die in the Lord ; even so saith the Spirit ; 
 ior they rest from their labours. 
 
 Then shall the Minister say, 
 
 Lord have mercy upon us. 
 Christ have incrcy upon us. 
 Lord have mercy upon us. 
 
 Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed lie 
 thyuanie: Thy Kinj^dom come: Thy will be 
 done on earth, as it is in heaven : give ns this 
 <lay our daily bread ; and forgive us our tres- 
 passes, as we forgive them that trespass against 
 us : and lead us not into temptation, but deliver 
 us from evil. Amen. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy 
 Ghost be with us all evermore. Amen. 
 
 SECTION XIX. 
 
 CHAPELS AND FUNDS OF THE CONNEXION. 
 
 Chapels. 
 
 1. To promote the peace and stability of the 
 Community, it is earnestly recommended that 
 all our Chapels be settled on trust for the use 
 of the Connexion, according to the Deed pre- 
 pared and inserted in this Book. See page 68. 
 
 2. Our Trustees are exhorted to ensure their 
 Trust Property to at least two-thirds of the es- 
 timated value. 
 
 Yearly Collection, 
 
 \, A Collection shall be made through our 
 Classes immediately after the January Quarterly 
 Conference, and also in all our Chapels in or 
 
 E 3 
 
 ii 
 
66 
 
 Paternal Fund. 
 
 about the montli of February, which shall be paid 
 in at tlie Quarterly Conference following, and 
 be applied in enabling the Conference to meet 
 the various incidental and extraordinfiry demands 
 upon it, for which no other provision is made. 
 2. The amount contributed by each Society 
 shall be sent to Conference by the Lay Repre- 
 sentatives, and tlie same shall be published in 
 a detailed form in the Minutes, together with 
 an account of all disbursements. 
 
 Paternal Fund. 
 
 • 
 
 1. A public Collection shall annually be made 
 in all our Chapels, and also a private one among 
 our able friends, for the purpose of forming a 
 Fund with which to maintain the children of our 
 Preachers, so that they may be stationed without 
 inconvenience in any Circuit of the Connexion ; 
 and as all our Circuits are equally interested in 
 the benefits of this Fund, they shall all be required 
 to promote it to the utmost of their power. 
 
 2. The Preachers shall note the Birth of their 
 children to the Treasiu*er of the Fund, who shall 
 enrol them, and the claim for payment shall com- 
 mence from that time. For children under eight 
 years, £3 per annum ; and from eight to twelve 
 years, £5 per annum ; when they shall go oiF 
 the Fund. 
 
 3* The public Collections and private Sub- 
 scriptions for this Fund, shall be made between 
 the months of October and January ; amounts 
 remitted to the Treasurer of the Connexion by 
 the first of February in each year. A detailed 
 L "count of the Contributions and Disbursements 
 shall be submitted to Conference, and published 
 in the Minutes. 
 
Beneficent Society. 
 
 67 
 
 )e paid 
 
 fg, and 
 
 meet 
 
 inlands 
 
 made, 
 
 society 
 
 lepre- 
 
 khed in 
 
 with 
 
 eraade 
 among- 
 ming a 
 1 of our 
 without 
 lexion ; 
 3sted in 
 equired 
 er. 
 
 of their 
 ho shall 
 ill com- 
 ir eight 
 twelve 
 go off 
 
 e Sub- 
 etween 
 mounts 
 aon by 
 letailed 
 ements 
 blished 
 
 This excellent Institution is intended for the 
 support of our aged Ministers, their Widows and 
 Orphans, and its design does honour to the Con- 
 nexion. The English Conference seeing the 
 importance and desirableness of such an Institu- 
 tion, have proposed granting £30 per annum 
 towards its support, should the Institution be 
 properly supported. Our Preachers can look 
 to it as a support for their widows, an inheri- 
 tance for their orphan children, and a mainte- 
 nance for their declining years, and will be en- 
 couraged to labour without anxiety or appre- 
 hension. Our friends will remember that as this 
 Institution is partly supported by the annual 
 subscriptions of the Preachers, so it has to be 
 supported by the annual donations of the friends, 
 who are exhorted to contribute liberally to this 
 work of benevolence. 
 
 The Rules of this Institution will be published 
 in a . separate form ; but we give the following 
 sketch relating to Contributions and Allowances. 
 
 1. That every Circuit Preacher, whether 
 married or unmarried, shall become a Member 
 of this Society, and shall pay to the Trea- 
 surer thereof, in advance annually, at the Meet- 
 ing of Conference, if married, one pound five 
 shillings currency, if unmarried, one pound cur- 
 rency for his annual subscription. 
 
 2. That any Preacher who is a free Member 
 of this Society, and is declared by two thirds of 
 Conference superannuated, shall receive the fol- 
 lowing allowances: — viz, if he have travelled 
 thirty years and be married, then he shall re- 
 ceive, during the lives of himself and wife, £24 
 per annum : if unmarried, or a widower, £16 
 per annum. If ho have travelled twenty years> 
 

 /. 
 
 68 
 
 General Deed of Trust. 
 
 and be married, £18 per annum : if unmarried, 
 or a widower, £12 per annum. If he have 
 travelled fifteen years, and shall bcmarried, £14 
 per annum : if unmarried, or a widower, £10 
 per annum. If he have travelled five years, and 
 be married, £12 per annum : if unmarried, or a 
 widower, £8. If he have travelled long enough 
 to be a Free Member, and yet not entitled to 
 any of the above allowances, and shall be mar- 
 ried, £10 : if unmarried, or a widower, £6 10s. 
 per annum. 
 
 3. That the widow of a Preacher who has 
 travelled twenty years shall receive, during the 
 time she shall continue the widow of such 
 Preacher, £14 per annum : if fifteen years, £10 
 per annum ; and if less than fifteen years, yet 
 so long as to be a Free Member, £7 per annum. 
 
 4. That every widower, who is a Free Mem- 
 ber, and the widow of a Free Member shall re- 
 ceive £3 per annum for every child he or she 
 may be left with, till such child attains the age 
 of ten years. 
 
 5. That Preachers' orphan children under one 
 year old, shall be allowed after the rate of £3 
 per annum, and an advance of five shillings cur- 
 rency per annum shall be made, till they attain 
 the age of twelve years. 
 
 SECTION XX. 
 
 FORM OF A GENERAL DEED OF TRUST. 
 
 Whereas in and by an Act of the Parliament 
 of that part of this Province, formerly known 
 as Upper Canada, passed in the ninth year of 
 the Reign of King George the Fourth, entitled 
 
General Deed of Trust 
 
 69 
 
 irried, 
 
 have 
 
 ^1, £14 
 
 £10 
 
 *s, and 
 I, or a 
 
 JDOUgh 
 
 lied to 
 
 mar- 
 
 10s. 
 
 o has 
 g the 
 such 
 h £10 
 ■s, yet 
 muni. 
 IVIem- 
 ill re- 
 ►r she 
 le age 
 
 ?r one 
 )f £3 
 i cur- 
 ittain 
 
 " An Act for the relief of the Religious Socie- 
 ties therein named," it is enacted that whenever 
 any Religious Congregation or Society of 
 Presbyterians, Lutherans, Calvinists, Methodists, 
 Congregational ists, Independants, Anabaptists, 
 Quakers, Menonists, Tunkers, and Moravians, 
 shall have occasion to take a Conveyance of Land, 
 for the site of a Church, Meeting House, or 
 Chapel, or Burying-Ground, it shall and may be 
 lawful for them to appoint Trustees, to whom, 
 and their Successors, to be appointed in such 
 manner as shall be specified in the Deed, the 
 requisite Land for all or any of the purposes afore- 
 said (not exceeding five acres for any one con- 
 gregation) may be conveyed, and such Trustees 
 and their Successors in perpetual succession, by 
 the name expressed in such Deed, shall be capable 
 of taking, holding, and possessing such Land, and 
 of commencing and maintaining any action in law 
 or equity, for the protection thereof, and of their 
 right thereto. And whereas a Religious Soci- 
 ety of Methodists, have occasion to take such a 
 Deed of Conveyance of a Parcel or Tract of 
 Land, situate in the Township of 
 in the County of and District of 
 
 in the Province of Canada, for the site of a Meet- 
 ing-H^t \ or Chapel and Burying-Ground, 
 have ap yOKi :d Trustees by the name and style 
 of the Trustees of the Chapel of the Canadian 
 Wesleyan* Methodist Ne^ Connexion, in the 
 
 ment 
 own 
 r of 
 itled 
 
 »amv 
 
 • The seventh Resolution of the Conference held at ^ 
 milton on the 8th day of June, &c. 1841, will probably 
 make an alteration of the name in which the Deed is made 
 necessary. That Resolution reads : 
 
 A ^ communication having been made to this Conference by Mr. 
 Addyman, the Superintendant of the Methodist New Connexion 
 
70 
 
 General Deed of Trust, 
 
 Township of Now this Indenture, 
 
 made the day of in the year 
 
 of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 
 between of the Town- 
 
 ship of in the County of 
 
 and District of and Province afore- 
 
 said, (here insert grantors, addition, and if mar- 
 ried the name of his wife) of the first part, and 
 (here add names, residences, and additions of 
 the Trustees) the Trustees aforesaid, of the 
 second part ; witnesseth that the said party of 
 the first part, for and in consideration of the 
 sum of lawful money of the said Pro- 
 
 vince, to him in hand^ paid by the said party of 
 the second part, before the sealing and delivery 
 hereof, the receipt whereof is hereby acknow- 
 ledged, hath given, granted, bargained, sold, re- 
 leased, confirmed and cmveyed, and by these 
 presents doth give, grant, bargain, sell, release, 
 confirm and convey unto them, the said party of 
 the second part, by the aforesaid name and style 
 of the Trustees of the Chapel of the Cana- 
 dian Wesleyan Methodist New Connexion, in 
 the Township of and their successors 
 
 Misjion to Canada, that the Committee of tlie said Mission had as- 
 certained that it would give more general satisfaction to the mem- 
 bers of the Methodist New Connexion in England, and in their 
 estimation be considered a more complete iden'ity of the two re- 
 ligious communities, and lead them more cordially to support the 
 Missions, if the term " Wesleyan" were discontinued, and for the 
 designation of the united religious community to be the Canadian 
 Methodist Neiv Connexion, the Conference resolves : — 
 
 That, for the present, the name of the united body remain as 
 stated in the Minutes of Conference for 1840 ; but, that the Preach- 
 ers and Representatives submit the proposed alteration to the 
 vafious quarterly meetings, and endeavour to obtain their concur- 
 rence in the same, and that a report be sent to the next Confer- 
 ence for its guidance in this matter. 
 
 Should the proposed alteration take place, then the Deed 
 
 must be made in the name of the Canadian Methodist 
 
 New Connexion. 
 
 ♦iZyir' 
 
 ■^S^^K% 
 
General Deed of Trust 
 
 71 
 
 denture, 
 the year 
 red and 
 5 Town- 
 ee afore - 
 i if mar' 
 )art, and 
 Itions of 
 
 of the 
 party of 
 
 of the 
 aid Pro- 
 party of 
 delivery 
 acknow- 
 sold, re- 
 3y these 
 release, 
 party of 
 md style 
 3 Cana- 
 xion, in 
 ccessors 
 
 on had as- 
 ^ the mem - 
 lid in their 
 lie two re- 
 upport the 
 md for the 
 ! Canadian 
 
 remain as 
 le Preach - 
 on to the 
 ir concur- 
 tt Confer- 
 
 the Deed 
 fisthodist 
 
 to be appointed in manner hereinafter specified, 
 all the estate, right, title, interest, property, 
 claim and demand whatsoever, either in law or 
 equity, which he (if the party he named, they) 
 hath (have) in, to or upon, all and singular, that 
 certain Lot, Parcel, or Tract of Land, situate, 
 lying and being in the Township of 
 in the County, District and Province aforesaid, 
 and which may be otherwise more particularly 
 known and described as follows : That is to say, 
 commencing (here set out the abuttals, courses, 
 and distances) to the place of beginning, con- 
 taining acres, be the same more or 
 less, together with all and sinQ:ular the Houses, 
 Out- Houses, Woods, Ways, Waters, Pri\ ileges, 
 and Appurtenances, belonging therunto, or in 
 any wise appertaining : To Have, and to Hold, 
 all and singular the above-mentioned and de- 
 scribed Piece or Tract of Land and Premises 
 so situate, lying and being as aforesaid, together 
 with all and singular the Houses, Out-Houses, 
 Woods, Ways, Waters, Privileges, and Appur- 
 tenances, belonging thereunto, or in any wise ap- 
 pertaining unto them the said party of the second 
 part, and their Successors in the said Trust for- 
 ever, for the site of a Chapel or Meeting House, 
 and Burying Ground, for the use of the Members 
 of the said Canadian Wesleyan Methodist New 
 Connexion, according to the Rules and Discipline 
 of the said New Connexion, in Trust and Con- 
 fidence that they shall and will at all times here- 
 after forever, permit all and every the Ministe|^ 
 of the said New Connexion of Methodists, who 
 are or may hereafter be duly licensed or other- 
 wise authorized by the Conference of the said 
 Connexion, to Preach and Perform Divine 
 
 h 
 
 ■aV-irfV JV-^-,-^^-. 
 
72 
 
 General Deed of Trust, 
 
 Service in said House, and Burial Service in said 
 Burying Ground, according to the Rules, Disci- 
 pline and Customs of said Connexion. And in 
 further Trust and Confidence, that the said 
 Trustees for the time being shall, if they think 
 fit, permit the regular Ministers of any other 
 Protestant Denomination of Christians, to preach 
 and perform Divine Service in the said House, 
 when it shall not be required for the use of the 
 Ministers of the said Canadian Wesleyan Metho- 
 dist New Connexion. And also in further Trust 
 and Confidence, that the said Trustees for the 
 time being, or a majority of them, shall and may 
 at any time or times, or at such times as they 
 or a majority of them shall deem expedient, set 
 apart and appropriate so much of the above 
 granted and described Premises, as may be ne- 
 cessary for the use and purposes of a Parsonage 
 or place of residence for the Ministers of the said 
 Connexion, and to build, or cause to allow to be 
 built thereon, a fit and proper Building for said 
 purpose. Provided always, and it is hereby de- 
 clared to be the true intent and meaning of this 
 Indenture, and of the parties hereto, that if any 
 of them the said Trustees, or any future Trus- 
 tees to be appointed under this present provision, 
 shall die, or if any of them shall go to reside 
 beyond the distance of miles from 
 
 and continue to reside beyond 
 such distance from for the space of 
 
 years, or shall be convicted of felony or any 
 other crime, or shall refuse or decline, or other- 
 wise become incapable of acting as Trustees, and 
 the said original number of Trustees for the time 
 shall thereby be reduced to one half of the origi- 
 nal number ; then, and in any or either of the 
 
in said 
 i, Disci- 
 lAnd in 
 lie said 
 y think 
 y other 
 preach 
 House, 
 of the 
 Metho- 
 1' Trust 
 for the 
 nd may 
 
 as they 
 ent, set 
 
 I above 
 be ne- 
 
 rsonage 
 
 the said 
 
 w to be 
 
 for said 
 
 eby de- 
 of this 
 
 < if any 
 Trus- 
 
 ) vision, 
 reside 
 
 > from 
 
 )eyond 
 
 )ace of 
 
 )r any 
 
 other- 
 
 is, and 
 
 e time 
 
 origi- 
 
 [)f the 
 
 General Deed of T^n^i. 
 
 73 
 
 said cases, and when and so often as the same 
 
 shall happen, it shall and may be lawful to and 
 
 for the surviving or continuing Trustees for the 
 
 time being, or the majority of them, with all 
 
 convenient speed, by writing under their hands, 
 
 to nominate and appoint so many other orderly 
 
 and devout persons, being Members of the Canan 
 
 dian Wesleyan Methodist New Connexion, or 
 
 frequenters of Divine Worship at the said Chapel, 
 
 and who are known to be attached to the said 
 
 Connexion, to be Trustees in the place or stead 
 
 of the persons who shall so die, go to reside at 
 
 a distance as aforesaid, or be convicted or become 
 
 incapable to act as aforesaid, or at his or their 
 
 own request shall by the other Trustees be per-. 
 
 mitted to relinquish or be discharged, as shall 
 
 together with the then surviving or continuing 
 
 Trustees make up the original number of Trus« 
 
 tees, and should the said surviving or continuing 
 
 Trustees, when so reduced to one half of the 
 
 said original number as aforesaid, at any time 
 
 hereafter refuse or neglect to elect, nominate and 
 
 appoint new Trustees as aforesaid, for the space 
 
 of twelve months ; then, and in every suck case, 
 
 and when and so often as the same shall happen, 
 
 it shall and may be lawful for any seven mem^ 
 
 bers of the said New Connexion of Methodists, 
 
 who have been i*^ the habit of attending Divine 
 
 "Worship at said Chapel for the space of twelve 
 
 months then last past, and who still continue to 
 
 attend the same, by writing under their hands, 
 
 to require the said surviving or continuing Trus-? 
 
 tees for the time being to nominate proper per-? 
 
 sons as aforesaid to fill up the vacancies in the 
 
 number of the said Trustees ; and if the said 
 
 surviving or continuing Trustees shall neg;le<s$ 
 
74 
 
 General Deed of Trust, 
 
 or refuse so to do, for the space of six calendar 
 months after such notice or request in writing 
 shall be given as aforesaid, then and in such case, 
 and when and so often as the same shall happen, 
 it shall and may be lawful for the same, or any- 
 other seven Members as aforesaid, to call a Meet- 
 ing of the other Members of the said Connexion 
 who attend said Chapel for the purpose of Divine 
 Worship, together with the officiating Minister 
 or Ministers for the time being ; and it shall and 
 may be lawful for the persons so attending such 
 Meeting, or a majority thereof, to nominate, elect 
 and appoint such and so many fit and proper 
 persons as aforesaid, to be such new Trustees 
 as will make up the original number as aforesaid ; 
 and the Trustees so nominated and appointed in 
 either of the above cases or modes, shall be held 
 and deemed to be the lawful Successor or Suc- 
 cessors of the said above named Trustees of the 
 second part, and shall have in perpetual succes- 
 sion the same capacities, rights, powers and duties 
 as are given to the said above named Trustees, 
 in and by this Indenture, and by the Statute 
 above referred to. 
 
 And to the intent and end Jiat evidence of the 
 due nomination and appointment of succeeding 
 Trustees, in the said Trust, may be preserved, 
 the Trustees for the time being are hereby re- 
 quired to keep a Book of Record, in which the 
 name or names of any person or persons nomi- 
 nated and appointed as aforesaid, and also the 
 manner of the nomination and appointment, and 
 all the proceedings relating thereto, shall be, en- 
 tered, and such entry shall be subscribed by f »e 
 Trustees making the appointment, or if mad hj 
 a meeting of Members as above provided for, to 
 
 
 / 
 
Memorial for Deed of Trust. 
 
 iO 
 
 alendar 
 writing 
 h case, 
 lappen, 
 or any 
 I Moet- 
 mexion 
 Divine 
 finister 
 lall and 
 Jg such 
 e, elect 
 proper 
 rustees 
 resaid ; 
 nted in 
 )e held 
 r Suc- 
 \ of the 
 succes- 
 1 duties 
 ustees, 
 Statute 
 
 ; of the 
 eeding 
 jerved, 
 (by re- 
 ch the 
 nomi- 
 so the 
 It, and 
 be.e-.- 
 
 id 
 for^ to 
 
 I. V- 
 
 / 
 
 be subscribod by at least seven of the said jNleni- 
 bers so making such nomination and appointment 
 — (here insert tlu fo' hiving clause if the party 
 he married). K^Mi t..'s Indenture fiu'tlier Wit- 
 nesseth that the said wife gf the 
 
 above-named for and in consid- 
 
 eration of the ^nm of five shillings of lawful mo- 
 ney aforesaid, .o her in hand paid by them the 
 said party of the second part, hath remitted, 
 released, and forever relinquished, and by these 
 Presents doth remit, release, and forever relin- 
 quish unto them the said party of the second 
 part, and their successors duly appointed as afore- 
 said, all and all manner oF l)ower and Right or 
 Title of Dower whatsoever, which she the said 
 
 in the event of surviving her 
 said husband, might or of right ought to have or 
 claim in, to and out of the said certain Parcel or 
 Tract of Land and Premises above-mentioned, 
 and every Part and Parcel thereof, and all man- 
 ner of Action or Actions and Writ or Writs of 
 Dower whatsoever. 
 
 In Witness Whereof we tlie said parties 
 to this Indenture, have hereunto set our hands 
 and seals, on the day and year above written. 
 
 Signed, Sealed and DeliYerejd.iu presence of 
 
 4 - 
 
 f 
 
 (The parties sign in the same order in which 
 their names are mentioned in the Deed.) 
 
 FORM OF MEMORIAL FOR DEED OF TRtr.-/i'. 
 
 A Memorial to be Registered purs^ai^t to the 
 Statute in such case made and pivviJed, of an 
 Indenture of Bargain and Sale made under and 
 by virtue of an Act of the Parliament of that part 
 
 p 2 
 
 f 
 
' 'if \ 
 
 W 
 
 Jt) Memorial for Deed of Trust. 
 
 oF ilie Province of Canada, formerly known aii 
 Upper Canada, passed in the ninth year of the 
 Reign of King George the Fourth, entitled " An 
 Act for the relief of the Religious Societies there- 
 in named," made the day of 
 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and between of the Town 
 of in the County of 
 and District of and Province afore- 
 said (here insert the grantors^ addition, and if 
 married, wife\ ^ame) of the first part, and (here 
 add names, residences and additions of the Trus- 
 tees as in the Deed) Trustees of the Chapel of 
 the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist New Con- 
 nexion, in the Township of of the 
 second part, whereby it is witnessed that the said 
 party of the first part, for and in consideration of 
 the sum of lawful money of the said 
 Province, to him in hand paid by the said party 
 of the second part, the receipt whereof is thereby 
 acknowledged, hath given, granted, bargained, 
 sold, released, confirmed, and conveyed unto the 
 said party of the second part, by the name and 
 style aforesaid, and their Successors to be appoint- 
 ed in manner therein after specified, all the Es- 
 tate, Ri^i, Title, Interest, Property, Claim 
 and Demand whatsoever, of him the said party 
 of the first part in, to, or upon all and singular 
 a certain Parcel or Tract of Land and Premises, 
 situate, lying and being in the Township of 
 
 in the County, District, and Province 
 afore«aid, and which may be more particularly 
 known t'ud described as^foUows : That is to say. 
 commenei -ig at fhere set out the abuttals, courses 
 and distances as in the Deed) to the place of 
 beginning, containing acres, be the same 
 
own a!i 
 of the 
 id " An 
 s there- 
 
 ht hun- 
 Town 
 
 B afore- 
 and if 
 d (here 
 e Trus- 
 lapel of 
 kv Con- 
 of the 
 ^he said 
 ation of 
 the said 
 i party 
 thereby 
 gained, 
 [nto the 
 me and 
 ippoint- 
 ;he Es- 
 Claim 
 1 party 
 ingular 
 emises, 
 of 
 
 rovince 
 cularly 
 to say, 
 courses 
 lace of 
 e same 
 
 Memorial for Deed of Trust, 77 
 
 more or less, together with all and singular the 
 Houses, Out- Houses, Woods, Ways, Waters, 
 Privileges, and Appurtenances thereunto belong- 
 ing, or in any wise appertaining : To Have and 
 to Hold, all and singular the above-mentioned 
 and described Parcel or Tract of Land and 
 Premises, with all and singular the Houses, 
 Out-Houses, Woods, Ways, Waters, Privi- 
 leges, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, 
 or in any wise appertaining unto them the said 
 party of the second part, and their successors iu 
 the said Trust forever, for the site of a Chapel 
 or Meeting- House and Burying Ground, for and 
 upon certain Uses and Trusts in the said Inden- 
 ture mentioned ; (if grantor he marriedy insert 
 as follows :) and whereby it is also further wit- 
 nessed for the further consideration therein men^ 
 tioned, that the said * wife of the 
 
 said hath remitted, released, and 
 
 forever relinquished unto the said party of the 
 second part, and their Successors, all and all 
 manner of Dower, which she might or would be 
 entitled to in the event of her surviving her said 
 husband, in the said Parcel or Tract of Land 
 and Premises thereby conveyed, and which said 
 Indenture is witnessed by of &c. 
 
 and this Memorial is hereby required to be regis- 
 tered by the said party )f the 
 part therein named. 
 
 Witness Hand and Seal this 
 
 day of in the year of our 
 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 Signed and Sealed in Presence ()f 
 
 PRINTED Br CAHFBELL AND BUCKET. 
 
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 mon, or 
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 trary, 
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 meet fo 
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APPENDIX. 
 
 THE FOBM AND MANMEB OF OBDAININO ELDSBS. 
 
 [When the day appointed is come, there shall he a ser- 
 mon, or exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of such 
 as come to be admitted Elders : how necessary that order 
 is in the church of Christ, and also how the people ought 
 to esteem them in their oihce.] 
 
 After which, one ^ the Elders shall present all them that 
 are to be ordained, and say, 
 
 I present unto you these persons present, to 
 be ordained Elders. 
 
 Then their names being read aloud, the Elder shall say 
 
 unto the people. 
 
 Brethren, these are they whom we purpose, 
 God willing, this day to ordain Elders. For 
 after due examination, we find, not to the con- 
 trary, but that they are lawfully called to this 
 function and ministry, and that they are persons 
 meet for the same. But if there be any of you 
 who knoweth any impediment or crime in any 
 of them, for which he ought not to be received 
 into this holy ministry, let him come forth in 
 the name of God, and shew what the crime or 
 impediment is. 
 
 [If any crime or impediment be objected, r 3 Elder shall 
 surcease from ordaining- that person until such time as 
 the party accused shall be found clear of the crime.] 
 
 After this shall be read for the Gospel, part of the tenth 
 
 chapter of St. John. 
 
 St. John X. 1 — 16. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that entereth 
 not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth 
 up some other way, the same is a thief and a 
 robber. But he that entereth in by the door, 
 is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter 
 openeth, and the sheep hear his voice, and he 
 calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them 
 o t. And when he putteth forth hi^ own sheep^ 
 he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, 
 
 I 
 
( 
 
 i. 
 
 I 
 
 80 
 
 they not follow, but flee from him, for they know 
 not the voice of strangers. This parable spake 
 Jesus unto them, but they understood not what 
 things they were which he spake unto them. Then 
 said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say 
 unto you, I am the door of the s|;^eep. AH that 
 ever came before me are thieves and robbers, 
 but the sheep did not hear them. I am the 
 door, by me if any man inter in, he shall be savedy 
 and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The 
 thief Cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to 
 destroy ; I am come that they might have life, 
 and that they might have it more abundantly. 
 I am the good shepherd : the good shepherd 
 
 fiveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an 
 ireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the 
 sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth 
 the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf catcheth them, 
 and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth 
 because he is^ an hireling, and careth not for the 
 sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my 
 sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father 
 knoweth me, even so know I the Father : and I 
 lay down my life for the sheep. And other 
 sheep I have which are not of this fold : them 
 also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice^ 
 and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. 
 
 And that done, the EKler shall say unto them as hereafter 
 
 foUoweth ; 
 
 You have heard, brethren, as well in your 
 private examination, as in the exhortation which 
 was now made to you, and in the holy lessons 
 taken out of the gospel, and the writings of the 
 apostles, of what dignity, and of how great im- 
 portance this office is whereunto you are called. 
 And now again we exhort you in the name of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, that you have in remem- 
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 sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his 
 children who are in the midst of this evil world, 
 that they may be saved through Christ for ever. 
 
 And now that this present congregation of 
 Christ, here assembled, mav also understand 
 your minds and wills in these things, and that 
 this your promise may the more move you to do 
 your duty ; ye shall answer plainly to these 
 things which we,, in the name of God and his 
 Church, shall demand of you touching the same. 
 
 Do you think in your heart, that you are 
 truly called, according to the will of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, to the order of Elders ? 
 
 Answer. 
 
 Are you persuaded that the Holy Scriptures 
 contain sufficiently all doctrine required of ne- 
 cessity for eternal salvation through faith in^ 
 Jesus Christ ? And are vou determined, out of 
 the said Scriptures to instruct the people com- 
 mitted to your charge, and to teach nothing as 
 required of necessity to eternal salvation, but 
 that which you shall be persuaded, may be con- 
 cluded and proved by the Scripture ? 
 
 Answer. 
 
 Will you then give your faithful diligence, 
 always so to minister the doctrine and sacra- 
 ments, and dicipline of Christ, as the Lord hath 
 commanded ? 
 
 Answer. 
 
 Will you be ready with all faithful diligence, 
 to banish and drive away all erroneous ?nd 
 strange doctrines contrary to God's word ; and 
 to use both pobii;c and private monitions and 
 exhortations, as well to the sick as to the whole 
 within your charge, as need shall require and 
 
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 Will you be diligent in prayers, and in reading 
 of the holy Scriptures, and in such studies as 
 help to the knowledge of the same, laying aside 
 
 the study of the world and the flesh ? 
 
 Answer. 
 
 Will you be diligent to frame and 'fashion 
 yourselves, and your families, according to the 
 doctrine of Christ ; and to make both yourselves, 
 and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome 
 examples and patterns to the flock of Christ ? 
 
 Answer. 
 
 Will you maintain and set forward, as much 
 as lieth in you, quietness, peace, and love among 
 all Christian People, and especially among them 
 that are or shall be committed to your charge ? 
 
 Answer. 
 
 Then shall the Elder, standing up, say, 
 
 Almighiy God, who hath given you this will 
 to do all these things, grant also unto you strength 
 and power to perform the same ; that he may 
 accomplish his work which he hath begun in 
 you, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen* 
 
 When this prayer is done, the Elders present shall lay 
 their hands severally upon the head of every one that re- 
 ceiveth the order of Elders : the .Receivers humbly kneeling 
 upon their knees, and the Elder saying, 
 
 The Lord pour upon thee the Holy Ghost for 
 the Office and Work of an Elder in the Church 
 of God, which office is now committed unto thee 
 by the imposition of our hands. And be thou 
 a faithful Dispenser of the word of God, and of 
 his Holy Sacraments ; In the name of the Father, 
 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Then the Elder shall deliver to every one of them 
 kneeling, the Bible into his hands, saying, 
 
 Take thou authority to administer the holy 
 sacrament in the congregation. 
 Then the Erder shall conclude by prayer. 
 
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