conference, for what he receives as his

allowance.

SECTION VI.

Of the Election and Ordination of travelling Elders, and of their Duty.

Quest. 1. How is an elder constituted? Answ. By the election of a majority of the yearly conference and by the laying on of the hands of a bishop, and some of the elders that are present.

Quest. 2. What is the duty of a travelling elder ?

Answ. 1. To administer baptism and the Lord's Supper, and to perform the office of matrimony, and all parts of divine worship.

2. To do all the duties of a travelling preacher.

No elder that ceases to travel, without the consent of the yearly conference, certified under the hand of the president of the conference, except in case of sickness, debility, or other unavoidable circumstance, shall, on any account, exercise the peculiar functions of his office, or even be allowed to preach among us: nevertheless the final determination in all such cases is with the yearly conference.

SECTION VII.

Of the Election and Ordination of Travelling Deacons, and of their Duty, Quest, 1. How is a travelling deacon! constituted?

Answ. By the election of the majority of the yearly conference, and the laying on of the hands of a bishop.

Quest. 2. What is the duty of a travelling deacon?

Answ. 1. To baptize, and perform the office of matrimony, in the absence of the elder.

2 To assist the elder in administering the Lord's Supper.

3. To do all the duties of a travelling preacher.

Quest. 3. What shall be the time of probation of a travelling deacon for the office of an elder ?

Answ. Every travelling deacon shall exercise that office for two years, before he be eligible to the office of elder; except in the case of missions, when the annual conferences shall have authority to elect for the elder's office sooner, if they judge it expedient.

No deacon who ceases to travel without the consent of the annual conference

certified under the hand of the president of the conference, except in case of sickness, debility, or other unavoidable circumstances, shall, on any account, exercise the peculiar functions of his office, or even be allowed to preach among us : nevertheless, the final determination in all such cases is with the annual conference.

SECTION VIII.

Of the Method of receiving travelling Preachers, and of their Duty.

Quest. 1. How is a preacher to be received?

Answ. 1. By the annual conference. 2. In the interval of the conference, by a bishop, or the presiding elder of the district, until the sitting of the conference.

3. It shall be the duty of the bishops, or of a committee which they may appoint, at each annual conference, to point out a course of reading and study proper to be pursued by candidates for the ministry and the presiding elder, whenever such are presented to him, shall direct them to those studies which have been thus recommended-And before any such candidate is received into

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save souls-Therefore spend and be spent in this work-And go always not only to those that want you, but to those that want you most.

Observe! it is not your business only. to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many as you can; to bring as many sinners as you can to repentance, and with all your power to build them up in that holiness, without which they cannot see the Lord. And remember-A Methodist preacher is to mind every point, great and small, in the Methodist discipline! Therefore you will need to exercise all the sense and grace you have.

12. Act in all things not according to your own will, but as a son in the gospel. As such it is your duty to employ your time in the manner which we direct: in preaching and visiting from house to house: in reading, meditation and prayer. Above all, if you labour with us in the Lord's vineyard, it is needful you should do that part of the work which we advise, at those times and places which we judge most for his glory.

Quest. 4. What method do we use in receiving a preacher at the conference?

Answ. After solemn fasting and prayer, every person proposed shall then be asked, before the conference, the following questions (with any others which may be thought necessary) viz. Have you faith in Christ? Are you going on to perfection? Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life? Are you groaning after it? Are you resolved to devote yourself wholly to God and his work? Do you know the rules of society? Of the bands? Do you keep them? Do you constantly attend the sacrament? Have you read the form of discipline? Are you willing to conform to it? Have you considered the rules of a preacher ; especially the first, tenth, and twelfth? Will you keep them for conscience-sake? Are you determined to employ all your time in the work of God? Will you endeavour not to speak too long or too loud? Will you diligently instruct the children in every place? Will you visit from house to house? Will you recommend fasting or abstinence, both by precept and example? Are you in debt?

We may then, if he give us satisfaction, receive him as a probationer, by giving him the form of discipline, inscribed thus: To A. B. "You think it