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We remain your very affectionate brethren and pastors, who labor night and day, both in public and in private, for your good.

THOMAS A. MORRIS,
EDMUND S. JANES,

LEVI SCOTT,

MATTHEW SIMPSON,

OSMON C. BAKER,

EDWARD R. AMES.

CONTENTS.

HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE METHODIST

EPISCOPAL CHURCH...

PART I.

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DOCTRINES, ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, AND

MEANS OF GRACE.

CHAPTER I.

DOCTRINES AND ORDER OF THE CHURCH.

SECTION 1. Articles of Religion......

SECTION 2. The General Rules.....

SECTION 3. Relation of Baptized Children to

the Church.....

SECTION 4. Of Dress.

SECTION 5. Of Marriage.

CHAPTER II.

THE MEANS OF GRACE.

SECTION 1. Public Worship.....

89

SECTION 2. The Spirit and Truth of Singing. 39

SECTION 3. Class-meetings and Love-feasts. 40

48

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53

SECTION 3. The Annual Conferences

SECTION 4. The Quarterly Conferences

CHAPTER II.

THE MINISTRY.

SECTION 1. The Call and Examination of

those who think they are moved by the

Holy Ghost to Preach....

SECTION 2. Rules for a Preacher's Conduct.

SECTION 3. The Duty of Preachers to God,

themselves, and one another......

SECTION 4. The Necessity of Union among

ourselves.....

SECTION 5. How we can Employ our Time

profitably when not Traveling, or engaged

in Public Exercises...

SECTION 6. The Matter and Manner of

Preaching....

SECTION 7. Rules by which we should con-

tinue or desist from Preaching at any

Place.....

SECTION 8. Visiting from House to House,

guarding against those Things that are so

common to Professors, and enforcing Prac-

tical Religion....

SECTION 9. The Method of Receiving Travel-
ing Preachers on Trial...

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SECTION 10. The Manner of Receiving Travel-

ing Preachers into Full Connection.

SECTION 11. The Reception of Preachers

from the Wesleyan Connection, and from

other Denominations......

SECTION 12. The Duties of those who have

the Charge of Circuits or Stations.......

CHAPTER III.

OF BISHOPS.

SECTION 1. The Election and Consecration

of Bishops, and their Duty...

82

84

91

SECTION 2. The Trial of a Bishop... ... 95

SECTION 3. The support of Bishops, and the

Families of Deceased Bishops

CHAPTER IV.

PRESIDING ELDERS.

96

SECTION 1. Presiding Elders and their Duty 98

SECTION 2. The Presiding Elder's Support.. 101

CHAPTER V.

TRAVELING ELDERS.

SECTION 1. The Election and Ordination of

Traveling Elders, and their Duty........ 103

SECTION 2. The Method of Proceeding against

accused Traveling Ministers or Preachers. 104

CHAPTER VI.

TRAVELING DEACONS.

The Election and Ordination of Traveling

Deacons, and their Duty.

112

CHAPTER VII.

SUPERANNUATED OR WORN-OUT PREACHERS.

SECTION 1. The Rights and Privileges of

those who may live without the Bounds cf

their own Conferences

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CHAPTER VIII.

LOCAL PREACHERS.

SECTION 1. General Directions concerning

Local Preachers

115

SECTION 2. Ordained Local Preachers...... 116

SECTION 3. The Trial of Local Preachers... 118

SECTION 4. Local Preachers to have an Al-

lowance in certain Cases......................

SECTION 5. The Rights and Privileges of our

Colored Members.....

CHAPTER IX.

OF STEWARDS.

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121

122

The Qualifications, Appointment, and Duty

of the Stewards of Circuits and Stations.. 124

CHAPTER X.

THE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE CHURCH.

SECTION 1. Receiving Members into the

Church

127

SECTION 2. How an accused Member is to be

brought to trial...

129

CHAPTER I.

THE RITUAL FOR BAPTISM.

SECTION 1. The Ministration of Baptism to

Infants.........................

135