CHARGE: HABITUAL NEGLECT OF PUBLIC WORSHIP Specification. The said C. D., unmindful of his duty, and in violation of the Rules of the Discipline, does habitually neglect public worship. [Signed] M. N. NOTE.-It is sufficient to charge the offense by its generic name, and under such charge the complaint may set forth in specifications as many instances of the offense as it may seem proper to insert, provided, always, the specification must sustain the charge. In preparing the charges and specifications care should be taken in setting out the offense so to describe it in each specification as that it shall embody the essential elements of the offense, that the accused may be apprised more certainly of the nature of the charge upon which he is to be arraigned and tried. CHAPTER VIII COURSES OF STUDY I. In General ¶ 567, § 1. The General Conference earnestly recommends to all candidates for the Ministry of our Church that they complete a full collegiate course of study, and, if possible, a course in one of our Theological Schools, before applying for admission to an Annual Conference. § 2. No candidate shall be admitted to an Annual Conference on trial until he shall have completed a course of study equivalent to the University Senate requirements for admission to college, except under special conditions and then only by a two-thirds vote of the Annual Conference. II. Certificates ¶ 568, § 1. Certificates from our regular Theological Seminaries, Universities, and Colleges approved by our University Senate may be accepted by the Conferences: provided, (1) that each certificate shall distinctly show that the student has been a regular attendant on the classroom instruction in the specified book; and (2) that he has passed a thorough examination in the book, gaining a standing equivalent to that fixed in ¶ 569, § 5, it being understood that the Annual Conference shall examine all candidates in regard to their personal attitude toward the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church. § 2. Any Conference also, at its discretion, may accept similar certificates from the institutions above described, indicating like proficiency in any particular study, secured by the use of a different book or by lectures fully equivalent to the corresponding book in our Course of Study. § 3. Similar certificates in studies not biblical or theological may be accepted from other than Methodist Colleges, if of equal grade with those approved by our University Senate, and in American history from academies or seminaries either approved by our University Senate or of equal grade with those thus approved. § 4. A certificate of graduation from one of our regular Theological Seminaries may be accepted in place of an examination in all the biblical and theological studies of the various courses. § 5. A certificate of admission to, or graduation from any high school or academy of good standing may be ac-> cepted in place of an examination in "Elementary English Branches." § 6. All certificates shall state the time when the studies were pursued. § 7. A certificate for the purpose of recording the annual markings in the required studies for the entire course shall be issued to persons licensed to preach or received on trial. III. Method of Conducting Conference Examinations ¶ 569, § 1. In each Annual Conference a Board of Examiners shall be appointed by the presiding Bishop, consisting of not less than eight nor more than twenty members, care being taken to select men with special qualifications for the work, to which shall be referred all Preachers, both traveling and local, pursuing the Course of Study with a view to ordination or Conference membership. This Board shall be continued for a term of four years, subject to reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled by the Bishop at each session of the Annual Conference. § 2. This Board shall organize by electing one of its members Chairman and another Registrar, the latter to keep a permanent record of the standing of the students, and report to the Conference when required. This record shall include the credits allowed students for work done in Theological Seminaries and Colleges described in ¶ 568. 8 3., The Chairman shall assign to each Examiner the books or subjects in which he is to give instruction by correspondence and final examination, for which examination he shall prepare and send to the Chairman printed or written questions, at least ten in number, two weeks before the time of examination. Vacancies occurring in the Board of Examiners during the year may be filled by the Chairman until the ensuing Annual Conference. § 4. One or two examinations may be held during the year in locations convenient to the students. These examinations shall be under the personal supervision of some member of the Board delegated by the Chairman. § 5. The examinations shall be in writing, if practicable, and in the presence of witnesses, and in that case the papers shall be sent for marking to the Examiners by whom the questions were prepared. In special cases the Chairman may appoint supervisors other than members of the Board before whom students may take their examinations, and such supervisors shall sign the papers and send them to the respective Examiners. The examinations shall be graded upon the scale of 100, and no examination graded below 70 per cent shall pass. The Examiners shall report promptly the marking of each paper to the Registrar. 18 6. The provision for mid-year examinations shall not deprive any student of the opportunity of being examined at the seat and time of the Annual Conference. § 7. The Board of Examiners shall convene at the seat and time of the Annual Conference, the day before the session opens, to review and complete the work of the year, to examine any students who have not been examined during the year, and to arrange for the work of the year to come. § 8. Where alternative books or studies are offered, the Board of Conference Examiners shall determine which shall be required. § 9. Examinations held after July 1, 1913, shall be on the books prescribed by the Discipline of 1912, as follows: FOR THE MINISTRY ENGLISH COURSES ¶570. Traveling Preachers 1. English Branches: (1) 2. (2) (3) Elementary English. Principles of Rhetoric.-Hill. The Worker and His Bible.-Eiselen and Barclay. 3. History and Exposition of the Twenty-five Articles of Religion of the Methodist Episcopal Church.-Wheeler. 4. Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 1912. 5. Life of John Wesley.-Winchester. 6. Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School.Hurlbut. 1. The Heart of John Wesley's Journal. 2. The Tongue of Fire.-Arthur. 4. Everyday Evangelism.-Leete; Evangelism.-Hughes. or Letters on 5. Plain Account of Christian Perfection.-Wesley. The Pastor-Preacher.-Quayle. 6. 8 2. FIRST YEAR 1. Jesus and the Gospels.-Denney. 2. Preparation and Delivery of Sermons.-Broadus. 3. American History. James and Sanford. 4. 5. Winning the Fight Against Drink.-Eaton, Digest of Methodist Law.-Merrill and Downey. 6. English Style in Public Discourse.-Phelps. 7. Written Sermon. To be Read: 1. 2. 3. 4. Sermons (Vol. I), I-XXXIII.—Wesley. Christian View of the Old Testament.-Eiselen. Christian Nurture.-Bushnell; or Elements of Re ligious Pedagogy.-Pattee. 5. Extemporaneous Oratory.-Buckley. 6. The Present South.-Murphy. 7. Jesus Christ and the Social Question.-Peabody. The Methodist Review. 8. 1. 2. § 3. SECOND YEAR Biblical Hermeneutics.-Terry. The Bible, Its Origin and Nature.-Dods. 3. How We Think.-Dewey. 4. The Graded Sunday School in Principle and Prac tice.-Meyer. 5. 6. 7. The Light of the World.-Speer. Decisive Hour of Christian Missions.-Mott. To be Read: 1. Sermons (Vol. I), XXXIV-LVIII.-Wesley. 2. History of Methodism, Vol. I.-Stevens. |