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CONTENTS.
PART I.-Doctrines and Rules.
CHAPTER I.
DOCTRINES, ARTICLES OF RELIGION, AND GENERAL
RULES.
Section
Page
I. Standards of Doctrine.
13
II. Articles of Religion
III. Origin, Design, and General Rules of our United Societies 21
IV. Baptism
24
V. The Lord's Supper..
25
VI. On Marriage
VII. On Dress
26
CHAPTER II.
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH.
I. On Receiving Members into the Church ...
II. On the Relation of Baptized Children to the Church..
27
28
CHAPTER III.
MEANS OF GRACE.
I. Public Worship ...
II. The Spirit and Truth of Singing
III. Classes and Class Meeting
IV. Love Feasts
V. Society Meetings.
30
31
32
33
PART II.-The Government of the Church.
THE CONFRENCES.
I. The General Conference..
II. The Annual Conferences..
III. The Committee on Transfers.
IV. The Stationing Committee...
37
43
48
50
THE DISTRICT MEETINGS.
I. The Annual District Meeting
52
II. The Financial District Meeting
64
III. Regulations affecting Graduates and Conference Students 65
CIRCUIT OEFICIAL MEETINGS.
I. The Quarterly Official Meeting.....
II. Local Preachers, and Local Preachers' Meetings.
III. The Leaders' Meeting..
IV. The Stewards' Meeting
70
72
75
76
CHAPTER IV.
THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH AND THEIR DUTIES.
I. The President of the General Conference...
II. The President of the Annual Conference
III. The Chairmen of Districts.....
IV. The Superintendents of Circuits.
77
78
79
81
CHAPTER V.
THE MINISTRY.
85
I. Of the Examination of those who think they are moved
by the Holy Ghost to Preach
II. Rules of Conduct for a Minister or Probationer for the
Ministry...
III. Of the Duty of Ministers and Probationers for the Minis-
try to God, themselves, and one another...
86
88 91
92
93
IV. Of the Necessity of Union among ourselves....
V. Of Employing our Time profitably when not engaged in
public exercises
VI. Of our Deportment at Conference..
VII. Of the Matter and Manner of Preaching
VIII. Rules by wbich we should continue or desist from
Preaching in any place
IX. On Visiting from house to house, and enforcing Practical
Religion
X. Of the Election and Ordination of Ministers, and their
Duties..
XI. The Reception of Ministers from other Churches
94
99
100
PART III.-Administration of Discipline.
I. General Principles
105
II. Of the Trial of Ministers and Probationers for the Ministry 107
III. Of the Trial of Local Preachers
110
IV. Of the Trial of an accused Member
112
PART IV.-Temporal Economy.
THE SUPPORT OF MINISTERS.
I. Ministers and Probationers for the Ministry...
II. Stewards and their Duties
119
120
PARSONAGES, CHURCHES, AND CHURCH PROPERTY.
I. Parsonages.
II. Churches and Church Property
III. Record of Church Property
IV. Of Trustees.....
122
123
124
125
THE BOUNDARIES OF CONFERENCES, DISTRICTS, AND CIRCUITS.
I. Of Annual Conferences
127
II. Of the Formation of Districts and Circuits
128
I. ORDER OF BAPTISM.— Ministration of Baptism to Infants
--Ministration of Baptism to Adults .....
167
II. RECEPTION OF MEMBERS, —Form for Receiving Persons
into the Church after Probation
175
III. LORD'S SUPPER.—Order for Administering the Lord's
Supper ..
178
IV. MATRIMONY.-Form for the Solemnization of Matrimony 184
V. BURIAL OF THE DEAD.–Form for the Burial of the Dead 188
VI. ORDINATION.-Form of Ordaining Ministers
191
VII. RENEWING THE COVENANT.–Form for Renewing the
Covenant
200
VIII. LAYING A CORNER STONE. -Form for Lay the Corner
Stone of a Church.....
216
IX. DEDICATION OF A CHURCH.- Form for the Dedication of
a Church...
221