supplied with our books and periodicals.

10. To keep a directory, in which the residences of all the members shall be noted, wherever it may be necessary to facilitate pastoral visitation.

II. To leave his successor a particu- · lar account of his charge, including an account of the subscribers for our periodicals.

12. To see that a permanent record be kept of all the baptisms and marriages within the bounds of his charge.

13. To see that a register be kept, in which shall be noted the names, with the time and manner of the reception and disposal, of every person belonging to the Church in his station, circuit, or mission, distinguishing between local elders, deacons, and preachers, white colored persons, and Indians;

the number of each that may be under his charge at the time of its session.

14. To promote all the interests of the Missionary Board and the Tract Society of our Church, in such way as the Discipline or the Annual Conference may designate; and to report to the Conference the amount raised during the year within the bounds of his charge for these several interests.

15. To report at each session of the Quarterly Conference the number and state of the Sunday-schools; and annually to the Quarterly and Annual Conferences, for insertion in their respective journals, the number of Sunday-schools, scholars, teachers, superintendents, and Sunday-school library books, in his circuit, station, or mission.

16. To make a written report of

the condition of all the claimants on

onference Collection within his -al charge, at each Annual Conce, to be submitted to the Joint of Finance.

To furnish every one removing his charge with a certificate, in llowing form:

The bearer hereof, A. B., has an acceptable member of the odist Episcopal Church, South, Station (circuit or mission), D.

erence.'

is certificate shall not be valid welve months-unless the holder good cause why it was not sooner nted-and the holder shall be ded as having withdrawn from Church. A member presenting a icate shall be held responsible to Society receiving said certificate

from the date of the

OF ADMITTING PREACHERS ON TRIAL.

Ques. How is a preacher to be admitted on trial into the traveling connection?

Ans. 1. By the Annual Conference. In the interval of the Conference, he may be received and employed in the work by a Bishop, or the Presiding Elder of the District, until the sitting of the Conference.

2. No one shall be admitted on trial unless he first procure a recommendation from the Quarterly Conference of his circuit, station, or mission; nor shall a vote be taken upon the admission of any candidate who shall not have passed an approved examination upon the Course of Study

ttee appointed by the Confer

or the purpose.

The Annual Conference may then him as a probationer, by a vote majority. Observe!-This reof being on trial embraces the tes of a competent pastorate, ust apply as well to proper adrative qualifications as to acle preaching ability. One on ay be discontinued for want of cy in either of these respects, t doing him any wrong; otherwould be no trial at all.

SECTION VI.

MITTING PREACHERS INTO FULL

CONNECTION.

es. I. Who shall be admitted

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