ized as aforesaid; which said annual conference shall dispose of the said money, according to the best of their judgment, for the use of the said society. And the said doth by these presents warrant, and for ever defend, all and singular the before-mentioned and described lot or piece of land, with the appurtenances thereto belonging unto them the said and their successors, chosen

and appointed as aforesaid, from the claim or claims of him the said his heirs and assigns, and from the claim or claims of all persons whatever. In testimony whereof, the said (if married. insert the name of his wife) have hereto set their hands and seals, the day and Sealed and delivered in

the presence of us (Two witnesses.)

year aforesaid.

Received the day of the date` of the above-written indenture, the consideration therein mentioned in full. Witness.]

County, ss.

Grantor's (L. S.)

day of

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the

in the year of our Lord one thousand personally appeared before me, one of the justices of the peace, in and for the county of state of

the within-named

and

the

grantor (if married, insert the name of his wife) acknowledged the within deed of trust to be their act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and declared; and she the said

wife of the said being separate and apart from her said husband, by me examined, declared that she had made the same acknowledgment, freely and with her own consent, without being induced thereto through fear or threats of her said husband. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal, the day and year first above written. Here the justice's name. (L. S.)

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Allowance to Bishops, 178; to preachers, 179.
American Bible Society, collections for, to be
reported at Conference, 36; agents may be
appointed for more than two years, 41.
Amusements, sinful, forbidden by the General
Rules, 28.

Annual Conference. [See Conference.]

Annual Conferences, boundaries of the, 158.
Appeal, right of, guaranteed to ministers and peo-
ple, 34; from arbitration, 100; of travelling
preachers to General Conference, 94; of local
preachers to Annual Conference, 96; of members
to Quarterly Conference, 100.
Arbitration, to settle disputes, 100.

Arkansas Conference, boundaries of, 167.
Articles of religion, 15; not to be altered by Gen-
eral Conference, 33.

Asbury, F., ordained Bishop, 14.

Baltimore Conference, boundaries of, 167.
Band Societies, rules, &c., of, 81-83.

Baptism, (article of religion,) 21; prerequisite of
Church membership, 30; form in Discipline to
be used invariably, 104; general directions for,
103; order in ministration to infants, 103; to
those of riper years, 107.

Baxter's Gildas Salvianus recommended, 66.
Bible classes, preachers' duty to form, 86.
Bible Society. [See American Bible Society.]
Bishops, [see Episcopacy,] how constituted, 40;
ordination in case no Bishop survive, 40; duties
of, 40, 41; ceasing to travel, 42; procedure in

case of a vacancy in the office, 43; trial of, 90;
form of ordination, 122; support of, 178.
Black River Conference, boundaries of, 159.
Books, preachers to see societies supplied with, 60;
preachers to be diligent in spreading, 72; print-
ing and circulating of, 197; publication of by
travelling preachers, 208; by Editors, Agents, or
clerks, 208.

Book Agents. [See Book Concern.]

Book Committee, 199.

Book Concern, appropriation of its produce, 34,
187, 208; to pay expenses of Bishops, 178; its
organization, &c., 197; Agents of, 198, 200; at
Cincinnati, 200, 202; publications of, by whom
selected, 199, 201; annual exhibit of, 199.

Books Canonical, names of the, 16.

Borrowing, without a probability of paying, for-
bidden, 28.

Boston, depository at, 206.

Boundaries of the Annual Conferences, 158.

Bribery at elections, 71.

Building of churches, 169.

Burial of the dead, form in Discipline to be used
invariably, 77; form of service for, 155.

California Conference, boundaries of, 168.
Call to preach, signs of, 49.

Candidates for the ministry must be recommended
by Quarterly Conferences, 39; must pursue four
years' course of study, 42; may be admitted, or
rejected without wrong, 45, 51; for Deacon's
orders, two years' probation, 46; for Elder's, 46;
examination of, 49.

Catechisms, to be used as extensively as possible, 86.
Celibacy of the clergy rejected, 23.

Certificate to removing members, 62; to local
preachers, 76.

Chaplains to state prisons, military posts, and
naval stations, 41.

Chartered Fund, appropriation of its produce, 34,
186, 195; its organization, &c., 195.

Children, instruction of, 60, 85; catechization, 60.
Christian Advocate and Journal, 204.

Christ, person of, 15; resurrection of, 15; pres-
ence of, in the supper,

22.

Church, visible, 20; rites and ceremonies of, varia-
ble, 23.

Churches, building of, 169.

Cincinnati, Book Concern at, 200.

Cincinnati Conference, boundaries of, 163.
Circuits, may be united by Bishops, 42; supply for,
during Conference, 63.

Class, origin and objects of, 26; collections, 26, 59;
weekly, 181.

Class-leaders, duty of, 26, 27, 80; appointed by the
preacher, 59; to be examined by him quar-
terly, 80.

Class-meetings, rules for, 80; neglect of, 80;
missionary collections in, 192, 193.
Cleanliness recommended, 62.

Coke, Dr. ordained by Mr. Wesley, 14.

Collections, [see Class,] quarterly, 60, 184; Sunday
school, 60, 61; tract, 60, 61; missionary, 61, 192,
193; for church building, 61; fifth collection,
184; at Annual and General Conference, 187, 188;
for delegates, 188.

Colleges, agents may be appointed for, 41;
preachers stationed at, 41.

Community of goods, not Scriptural, 24.
Conferences, 31, 32; deportment at, 31.

Conference, General, 32; ratio of delegation, 32, 33;
time of meeting, 32; Bishops have power to
summon, with advice of Conferences, 32; quorum
at, 32; President of, 33; powers of, 33; restric-
tion of, 33; expenses of delegates to, 188.
Conference, Annual, 34, 35; members of, 34; times
and places of, how fixed, 35; order of business
at, 35, 36; number of, 37; records of, 37; presi-
dent of, 35; to appoint mission committee, 191;
conference missionary society recommended, 191.
Conference, Quarterly, members of, 37, 38; presi-
dent of, 38; business of, 38; secretary of, 38;
to appoint house committee, 189; to appoint
committee on missions, 191.

Course of study, 227-232.

Credentials to be given up on expulsion, &c., 95, 97.

Deacon, travelling, how constituted, 47; duties
of, 47; term of probation of, 46, 52; ceasing to
travel, 47; form of ordination, 144; local Dea-
con, 74.

Debts, not to be contracted without probability of
paying, 63; procedure on complaint for nonpay-
ment, 101; of travelling preachers, 93; of local
preachers, 97; to Book Concern, 203.

Deed of settlement, 171.

Delegates to General Conference, expenses of,
188.

Depositories. [See Chicago, Boston, Buffalo, Pitts-
burgh, &c., 206, 207.

Disputes, settlement of, 100.

Dissensions, 99.

Districts, formed by Bishops, 40.

Domestic missionary society authorized in each
Conference, 191.

Doctrines, false, procedure in case of preacher dis-
seminating, 93; preacher to drive away, 139.
Dress, 88.

Drunkenness, forbidden, 27.

Duty, neglect of, 99; paramount to feeling, 29.

East Genesee Conference, boundaries of, 160.
East Maine Conference, 159.

Editor, general, term of service, 40, 197; of Na-
tional Magazine and Tracts, 198; of Christian
Advocate and Journal, 41, 197; of Sunday-school
books, &c., 41, 197; of Ladies' Repository, 202; of
Western Christian Advocate, 41, 203; at Auburn,
41, 204; at Pittsburgh, 41, 204: of Christian
Apologist, 41, 203; Chicago, Ill., St. Louis, Mo.,
&c., 204.

Education. [See Seminaries and Colleges.
Elders, Presiding. [See Presiding Elders.]
Elders, travelling, how constituted, 45, 47; duties
of, 45, 47; ceasing to travel, 46; form of ordi-
nation of, 132.

Elections, treating at, 71.

Episcopacy, form of government preferred by Mr.
Wesley, 14; not to be done away by General
Conference, 33.