of the work, such as Annual Conference Leagues, State Leagues, City Leagues, etc. The Chapter shall be under the control of the Quarterly Conference and Pastor. Any Young People's Society may become an affiliated Chapter of the Epworth League; provided, it adopt the aims of the League, that its President and Officers and general plans of work be approved by the Pastor and Official Board or Quarterly Conference, and that it be enrolled at the Central Office.*

ARTICLE 4. Government.-The management of the Epworth League shall be vested in the Board of Control, which shall be appointed by the Board of Bishops, and shall consist of a Bishop, who shall be President of the Epworth League and of the Board of Control, and one from each General Conference District. If the number of the General Conference Districts be odd, the Bishops shall appoint one member at large, in order that there may be an equal number of Laymen and of Ministers. The Editor of the Epworth Herald, the General Secretary of the League, the German Assistant Secretary, and the Assistant Secretary for Colored Conferences shall be advisory members of the Board of Control. The Board of Control shall meet four times in each quadrennium.

ARTICLE 5. Officers.-The officers of the League shall be a President, a Vice President, a General Secretary, and a Treasurer. The President shall be chosen as herein before provided. The Vice President shall be chosen by the Board of Control from its own body. The General Secretary shall be elected by the

*It is not hereby intended to disturb the present status of other Young People's Societies now organized in the Methodist Episcopal Church which are under the control of the Pastor and Quarterly Conference.

General Conference, and shall be the executive officer of the League. He shall have charge of the correspondence, and shall keep the records of the League, and perform such other duties as the Board of Control may direct. The Editor of the Epworth Herald shall be elected by the General Conference, and shall perform such duties as relate to the editorial departments of Epworth League periodicals. The Treasurer shall be elected by the Board of Control.

All these officers shall be elected quadrennially, and shall hold office until their successors are chosen. Vacancies in any of the above-named positions, except the Presidency and the Editorship of the Epworth Herald, shall be filled by the Board of Control.

ARTICLE 6. German Assistant Secretary. The editor of the Haus und Herd is constituted the German Assistant Secretary of the Epworth League.

ARTICLE 7. Assistant Secretary for Colored Conferences.-There shall be an Assistant Secretary of the Epworth League for work within colored Conferences to be elected quadrennially by the Board of Control, who shall perform such duties as the Board of Control may direct.

ARTICLE 8. Finances.-The salaries of the General Secretary, the Editor of the Epworth Herald, and the Assistant Secretary of work within colored Conferences shall be fixed by the Book Committee, and paid by the Book Concern, together with such administration expenses as may be authorized by the Board of Control.

ARTICLE 9. Central Office.-The Central Office of the Epworth League shall be in Chicago, Ill.

ARTICLE 10. Local Constitution.-The Constitution for Local Chapters shall be in charge of the Board of

Control; provided, however, that no enactment shall be made which shall in any manner conflict with this General Constitution.

ARTICLE 11. By-Laws.-The Board of Control shall have power to enact such By-Laws for its own gov ernment as will not conflict with this Constitution.

ARTICLE 12. Amendments.-This Constitution shall be altered or amended only by the General Conference.

II. Duties of Presiding Elders and Pastors.

¶ 340. It shall be the duty of the Presiding Elders when holding District or Quarterly Conferences to inquire into the condition of Epworth League Chapters and such other Young People's Societies as may be under the control of the Quarterly and District Conferences, and to ascertain whether they are conducting their affairs in harmony with the purpose and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

¶ 341. It shall be the duty of Pastors to organize, if possible, and to maintain, if practicable, Chapters of the Epworth League.

III. Duties of the President of a Chapter.

342. The President of an Epworth League Chapter must be a Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and shall be elected by the Chapter and confirmed by the Quarterly Conference, of which body he shall then become a member if approved by it for membership therein. It shall be his duty to present to the Quarterly Conference a report of his Chapter, together with such other information as the Conference may require and he may be able to give.

CHAPTER III.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

I. The Sunday School Union,

¶ 343, § 1. For the moral and religious instruction of our children, and for the promotion of Bible knowledge among all our people, there shall be a Sunday School Union, duly incorporated according to law, and having its office in the city of New York, the said Union to include all the Sunday Schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and to be subject to such rules and regulations as the General Conference may from time to time prescribe.

§ 2. The work of the Sunday School Union shall be to found Sunday Schools in needy neighborhoods; to contribute to the support of Sunday Schools which without assistance cannot continue; to educate the Church in all phases of Sunday School work, contantly endeavoring to raise ideals and to improve methods; and to give impulse and direction in general to the study of the Bible by the Church. All the work of the Sunday School Union shall be done under the supervision of a Board of Managers, to be appointed by the General Conference.

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the Board of Managers to revise annually the list of Managers, and in case of inattention by any Manager to the duties of the office, it shall declare his seat vacant.

II. The Corresponding Secretary.

¶ 344, § 1. The Corresponding Secretary shall be elected by the General Conference, and shall be the chief executive officer of the Sunday School Union. He shall also be the Corresponding Secretary and chief executive officer of the Tract Society. Under the provisions of the Discipline and the authority, direction, and control of the Boards he shall conduct the correspondence and business thereof. His time shall be employed in conducting their affairs and under their direction in promoting their general interests by traveling or otherwise. The Board of Managers of the Sunday School Union having each year made an estimate of the sum of money needed for the benevolent work of the Union, the Corresponding Secretary shall notify Presiding Elders and Pastors of the proportion needed from their respective Charges.

§ 2. The Board of Managers of the Sunday School Union shall have power to suspend the Corresponding Secretary or Treasurer for a cause to them sufficient, and a time shall be fixed by the Board at as early a date as practicable for the investigation of the official conduct of said Secretary or Treasurer, due notice of which shall be given by them to the Bishops, who shall select one of their number to be present and preside at the investigation.

§ 3. Any vacancy in this office caused by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board until the Bishops, or a majority of them, shall fill the vacancy.

345. The Corresponding Secretary of the Sunday School Union and the Tract Society shall be Edi