in all the forms. In the first question proposed to the candidate, the words "this office and ministration" changed to "the office of the ministry." The following question and answer were also omitted :—

"The Superintendent.

"Do you think that you are truly called, according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the ministry of the church? "Ans. I think so."

In the third question, the words "or expound" inserted after "read."

There have been no changes since 1792.

SECTION II.

The Form and Manner of ordaining Elders.

The form recommended by Mr. Wesley omitted the following portions of the form of the Church of England, namely, the address of the archdeacon to the bishop, and his reply; one of the Gospels; (Matt. ix, 36;) the oath of the king's supremacy; the second form,-"Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God, &c. ;" and the Nicene Creed.

1792. The original address to the congregation began,-"Good people ;" it now began,-"Brethren. The original form for the ordination began,-" Receive the Holy Ghost for the office, &c." It was now changed to,-"The Lord pour upon thee the Holy Ghost for the office, &c.;" though the original form has been retained in ordaining a bishop. The rubric directing the persons ordained to receive the communion was omitted here, although it has been retained in the ordination of deacons.

There have been no changes in this form since 1792.

SECTION III.

The Form of ordaining a Bishop.

The title in the form of the Church of England is, "The Form of ordaining or consecrating of an

Archbishop or Bishop ;" in Mr. Wesley's it is,-"The Form of ordaining of a Superintendent." The latter omits the following portions of the former, namely,the Epistle, (1 Tim. iii, 1-7;) one of the Gospels, (John xx, 19-23;) the Nicene Creed; the oath of the king's supremacy, and the oath of obedience to the archbishop; the form, "Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God, &c."

1792. The rubric respecting the communion service was omitted.

1808. When the elders presented the elected person for ordination, the original form was,-" We present unto you this godly man to be ordained a bishop." In 1808 "godly" was changed to "holy."

PART II.

THE TEMPORAL ECONOMY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.*

SECTION I.

Of the Boundaries of the Annual Conferences.

THE first question of this section originally belonged to Part i, Sec. 3, "Of the General and Yearly Conferences," where the boundaries of the conferences were given in

1796, as follows:-†

"1. The New-England Conference, under the direction of which shall be the affairs of our church in New-England, and in that part of the state of NewYork which lies on the east side of Hudson's River: Provided, that if the bishops see it necessary, a conference may be held in the province of Maine.

"2. The Philadelphia Conference, for the direction of our concerns in the remainder of the state of NewYork, in New-Jersey, in all that part of Pennsylvania which lies on the east side of the Susquehannah River, the state of Delaware, and all the rest of the peninsula. "3. The Baltimore Conference, for the remainder of Pennsylvania, the remainder of Maryland, and the Northern Neck of Virginia.

"4. The Virginia Conference, for all that part of Virginia which lies on the south side of the Rappahannock River, and for all that part of North Carolina which lies on the north side of Cape Fear River, including also the circuits which are situated on the branches of the Yadkin.

*The title of Part i, according to the division ordered in 1804, was, "The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church," but in publishing, this has been applied to the whole book. + For the previous arrangement respecting the conferences, see

p. 118.

"5. The South Carolina Conference, for South Carolina, Georgia, and the remainder of North Carolina.

"6. The Western Conference, for the states of Kentucky and Tennessee: Provided, that the bishops shall have authority to appoint other yearly conferences in the interval of the General Conference, if a sufficiency of new circuits be anywhere formed for that purpose." 1800. The boundaries were fixed as follows:"1. The New-England Conference shall include the district of Maine, and all the circuits eastward and northward from the bounds of the New-York Confer

ence.

"2. The New-York Conference shall include that part of the state of New-York east of the Hudson River, all Connecticut, and those parts of Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, and Vermont, which are included in the New-York and New-London districts.

"3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia, South Carolina, and Western Conferences"-as before.

The proviso added as before.

1804. This subject was transferred to Part ii, Sec. 1, as follows:

"1. The New-England Conference shall include the district of Maine, and the Boston, New-London, and Vermont districts.

"2. The New-York Conference comprehending the New-York, Pittsfield, Albany, and Upper Canada dis

tricts.

"3. The Philadelphia Conference"-as before, only insert, after "Susquehannah River," "except what belongs to the Susquehannah district."

4. The Baltimore Conference"-as before, except the addition of "the Green Briar district."

"5. The Virginia Conference"-as before, except, after "Rappahannock River" insert, "east of the Blue Ridge," after "Cape Fear River" insert, "except Wilmington."

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6. The South Carolina Conference"-as before.

"7. The Western Conference shall include the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio, and that part of Virginia which lies west of the great river Kenhawa, with the Illinois and the Natchez."

The proviso added as before.

1808. The description of the boundaries was the same, with the following exceptions:

In the New-York Conference, "Cayuga" is named as one of the districts.

The Susquehannah district is included in the Philadelphia Conference.

In the Baltimore Conference, "Carlisle district" is named.

The proviso added as before.

1812. The boundaries were altered as follows:"1. The Ohio Conference shall include Ohio, Muskingum, Miami, Kentucky, and Salt River districts. "2. The Tennessee Conference shall include Holston, Nashville, Cumberland, Wabash, Illinois, and Mississippi districts.

"3. The South Carolina Conference shall include Georgia, South Carolina, and that part of North Carolina not included in the Virginia and Tennessee Conferences.

"4. The Virginia Conference shall include the circuits situated on the branches of the Yadkin, and that part of North Carolina on the north side of Cape Fear River, (except Wilmington,) and that part of Virginia on the south side of the Rappahannock, and east of the Blue Ridge.

"5. The Baltimore Conference shall include the remaining part of Virginia not included in the Tennessee and Virginia Conferences, the Western Shore of Maryland, and that part of Pennsylvania east of the Ohio River, and west of the Susquehannah, not included in the Genesee Conference.

"6. The Philadelphia Conference shall include the whole of the peninsula between the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, and all that part of Pennsylvania lying