The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-22

reepna Conference at b. time Of the sitting Of ssi&
q Y shah be the duty every presiding elder where
no BOOK steward appointed % that his disris: be
wanted and to give direc 10 whose care the sso
are TO BE- sent and he Is 10 take the oversight Of all
boz ks sent into his district ACCOUNT With the SUI
periDtendsnt for the same lie have the books dis
tributed among the several circuits his district ana
In keep account with each preacher who
sells the books and il to receive the money ana 70
forwsrdi 1t to the superintendent When presiding
elder Is removed he Is TO make full settlement al
the book sold remaining his district; il asoto
make transfer to his Of all the books
counts l with the preachers in the district amount
Of which shall to his credit and to the dstt c
his successor.
IS II shall be the duty of yery preacher Who hss the
charge Of circuit to that his circuit be- duly sup
piled with books aud 10 tax. charge Of all the books
which sent to him from time to time, which may
be in his circuits and no IL to account with the presld.
ing elder for the When preacher leaves his eir-
cult he must settle with the presiding elder for all tn
yentory all that remaining unsoad which shslot
collected at place; the mount Of which shall eo,e
bis credit and be Transferred 90 his successor who ssN
take charge Of the II the preacher who has Ii
charge Of the circuit BE- negligent in disrensiEg u
teoks the presiding elder SHAH init the charge 1u
~ The sup, rntendent II the book business ma
from time to time supply The preachers with boom in
those circuits which adjacent convenient Phi
ladelphia, and settle with Them for the ssme in sach
cases The regulations respecting the presiding
sc. Every annual cent, renee shall arpoin. a COM
mittee or committees to examine the accounts of .h0
prsdng elders preachers and book stewards ia .ner
ective districts circuits Every presiding elder
minister, and preacher. sedl do everything in THAR
power TO all debts due the concern also
all the books belonging TO the concern, which nisy
main in the hands Of any within their districts
circuits Ii any p, seI er member be indebted TO
he Book Concern and refuse TO make payment, c. To
ONE TO just settlement, At him be dealt with for
breach Of trust such iectgal be adopted
the recovery of such deh shall be agreeable 10
the direction Of ii Annua respectively
~ There shall be no d r. made upon the Dock
Concern til It's debts are dcharged aud sGfhcisnt
tsptal provided for carst,g the business s<teE
which the profits arising from he books shall be regu-
la n he hnr 1rsal finn M he
the annual income Of the funded stock to the suFDr
q the distressed travelling preachers and their families
the widows and orphans Of preachers &c. Naar ri
1904 al The profits arising fcon the Book CoIssrn,
after sufficient capital 10 cary the business is re-
tanned shall b. REGULARLY apfl I'd to the support Of tho
distressed travelling preachers and their families, tho
widows and orphans Of preachers, &c. The general
Annual Conference account Of the dividend which
the several Annual Coni,rrcss nayldraw that year
and each conference draw for their prcpestonsts
part, any person who has book money in land, and
the drafts with the receipt Of the conference thereon
shall be sent 10 the general book steward ami be
to the credit Of the person who paid the But
each Annual Conference il authorized at all events TO
draw ON the general book steward for one hundred d
Mr. LoRp continued say that the labors the
preachers that made this book fund the that IL
s The presiding elder TO supply the books through
the preachers 1t was labor their part, calling f
pecuniary accountability aud ne asked if ever there
furd under the aspect Of charity had much.
the appearance Of a partnership. When the Court
looked at the administration of thir fund 70 ho~ It 10
TO be dealt with they will n lose sight Of toe character
q the persons by whom the fund collected After its
first great object Of enlghtenpg the Methodist
nifty the second was that the preachers Themselves
should have stimulus for actvtysome hope Of
ward MOI for ideness but for their activity in providing
for the fund not only for themselves bu. for hci dis
tressed fellows and the widows and orphans Of
preachers Counsel referred pages 10 and 20 aeady
noticed and then to 70 and 30. to thcaowancs mi
nsters and preachers their wives widows and ehdrsn
81. The annual allowance VI the married travelling,
supernumsrary, and superannuatcd preacher and the
bihops shall be two hundred dollars and their travel
20 he annual allowance Of the unmarried sunr
cha.g audi h.
ops shal be hundred dollars and their travelling
pepses
80 Each child ofa travelling preacher bishop shall
b. allowed sixteen dollars annually to the e.
years and twenty four dollars nusy from hs age Of
seven to fourteen years and those preachers whose
wives dead, shall be allowed for each child snnnly
sum sufficient to pay the board Of such child es ehie-
during the above term q years Nevertheless this
rule tha not apply TO the children Of preachers who
famie. provided for BY other in their erc
"a. The annual allowance Of the widows o. travenip
supeIannnsted worn-out and tnpenumerary p7,sekst
and the bishops, Ahall be one hundred dollars.
40 The orphans Of travelling, supcrnumerary, srps-1
ANIMATED and WORKOUT preachers and the bshcps s[
respectively which are allowed 70 the children q is,n
preachers. And on the death Of preacher lssv.n g
hould be necessary to his her. their support the An
naal Conference OF which he wass member shall sae in
ueh manner as may be deemed best, yearly sum sor
The subsistence and education o. such orphan child or
children until be- she, they shall have arrived at
fourteen years age The If which yearly
sha be fixed by committee Of the conference at each
This the entire amount which theec gentlemen
were travelling through the wilderness disseminating
lgon lie then referred to the Discipline page 80 aud
said with reference to the fund that IL profit fom
the travelling preacherson armed profit Of IA
bor It profit from bookselng- supplied by
the fund and disposed Of by the preachers At the tAs
eei,ipsi Two hundred dollars year 70 support then
selves and their wives Was there in tina; any thing for
themo pend uron Mt Lord here vent on 70 argue that
The miserable pittsnce allowed the preachers would not
enable thsm to lock any provision for old age and hat
he ftuA shr h.l nlaA kan
retiring pension Ths fund began 10 be esabshed In
$780, probable that great many Of thoes who could
sacred trust-a charity II to be called
charity and TO the forfeiture charged by the othex
phans to b. visited by the consequences q the q
the annual conference lie should be glad 10 bear any
by the act Of agent In the aspect Of the case,
claimed forfeiture, Il Is, In fact Indian varlt
doe. not spare the man the wife the widow the old nao,
or the oIphan-it scaps every But II In
tended by the founders that II should be ssapng
fare. The grounds on which the dsfendsnts rey the
claim has been forfeited are frs that the General Con-
ference had power to sanction separation 10 the
second place they say that the grant Of the was
ground they take H. that the plaintiffs vols:ed the
der principle II not set up that they he pin.Ir)
were bcterodox that they had changed their dr,s
their doctrine, their discipline Thcylay the oonsc
had power TO divide the church Into Two boes
gave The consent better OF than the body vheh not
What night had that body 10 tho fund which properly
ss asr 20 ae srSs % , and
cut In two, and dead II they deny there Il general
ference lie submitted that this not Of ho-
tile separation; they adopted the principle that they
could not agree together they might sgree scpA-.e
They parted In good will They shook bar A. when they
separated, aud spoke In terms Of affection. ne cub
mittcd that the conference had the power to eor.ent
from Its original construction In 1874 IN. hry time
they agreed 10 meet four years Az the preachers
met II viii not he denied that in l7g2 1900, or se<
this body had right to divide themselvc. IT. isee
system acting by dclrys.ious e. W
committees rather than Nv delegations Ins,.aa .
having fourteen delegates coming TO eons.rynce
II fourteen selected. aud he (e.un.el) cub
mitted that that conference had all the prcviicnary
powers 81 the conference, except far thsy
restricted by the restrictive articles II that con
ference had chosen 20 become socinian a. pss.isc
they had right 70 do 20; the 81 doctrine
discipline was ~ tho general body ~ the church ccun
gel then referred 10 Emcrys History u he p,'c,stnri