12. SABBATH OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE.

Revs. John Scanlon, Hugh Cairns, and the ministers stationed in Ottawa, with Messrs. Thomas Kenney, William Bow, and David McElroy, of the Montreal Conference, and the following from each Conference, as corresponding members :

Toronto

London

Conference.

Guelph

Niagara

Bay of Quinte..

..H. S. Matthews...J. T. Moore.
Wm. McDonagh Wm. Bowman,
.J. E. Howell, M.A.Jas. Mills, M.A.
.T. W. Jackson .S. F. Lazier, Q.C.
.. Wm. Jolliffe.. .E. D. O'Flynn.

Manitoba and North-West.. A. Stewart, B.D...Geo. W. Beynon.

British Columbia.

Coverdale Watson. Daniel Spencer.

New Brunswick and P. E. I. .J. A. Clark, A.M.. Wm. Heard.
.T. Watson Smith.. D. Allison, LL.D.
Hon. J. J. Rogerson.

Nova Scotia

Newfoundland

.T. H. James ...

APPENDIX III.

THE BASIS OF UNION

BETWEEN

THE METHODIST CHURCH OF CANADA, THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CANADA, THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH IN CANADA, AND THE BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CANADA, AS ADOPTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE CONFERENCES.

I. DOCTRINES, GENERAL RULES, ORDINANCES, ETC. The Doctrinal Basis of the United Church shall be the Standards of Doctrine and Articles of Religion contained in the Book of Discipline of the Methodist Church of Canada, edition of 1879, from p. 13 to p. 21. That portion of the Book of Discipline of the said Methodist Church of Canada, edition of 1879, from p. 21 to p. 33, referring to General Rules, Ordinances, Reception of Members, and Means of Grace, is also adopted as part of the Basis.

II. CHURCH GOVERNMENT.

1. The General Conference,

1. There shall be a Quadrennial General Conference, composed of an equal number of Ministerial and Lay Delegates, elected as hereinafter provided, with power tg

make rules and regulations for the entire Church. (See "Annual Conferences," par. 9.)

2. No change shall be made in the Basis of Union, affecting constitutional questions, or the rights and privileges of Ministry or Laity, excepting by a three-fourths majority of the General Conference, and, if required by either order of Ministry or Laity, a two-thirds majority of each order, voting separately.

3. There shall be one or more Itinerant General Superintendents elected by the General Conference, to hold office for the term of eight years. But if it be decided at the meeting of the General Conference after Union to elect two General Superintendents, one of them shall be elected for four years only, so that there may be a recurring election or re-election every four years.

4. A General Superintendent shall preside over all Sessions of the General Conference, and over all Standing Committees of the same.

2. Annual Conferences.

1. The territory occupied by the Church shall be divided into Conferences as the General Conference may from time to time direct.

2. Each Annual Conference shall be composed of all Ministers in full connection within its bounds, and an equal number of Laymen, elected as elsewhere provided. (See "District Meetings," par. 6.)

3. Laymen elected shall have the right to be present at all ordinary Sessions of the Annual Conference, and to speak and vote on all questions, except the examination of Minis