sas Territory, that part of Missouri Territory lying south of the Cherokee line; also so much of the state of Louisiana as is now included in the Louisiana district."

"17, 18. Kentucky and Tennessee Conferences"-as before.

"19. Holston Conference"-as before, except for "lying north of the Blue Ridge," read, "now embraced in the Newtown district." North Carolina" is struck out.

"20. Mississippi Conference shall include all the state of Mississippi, except what is embraced in the range of counties on the east boundary of the state, namely, Jackson, Greene, Wayne, Clarke, Lauderdale, Kemper, Noxaber, Lownds, and Munroe, and that part of the state of Louisiana not included in the Arkansas Conference."

"21, 22. Alabama and Georgia Conferences"-as before.

"23. South Carolina Conference"-as before, except for last clause read, "that part of North Carolina now included in the Wilmington and Lincolnton districts."

"24. North Carolina Conference shall be bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by Albemarle Sound, Roanoke and Staunton Rivers, on the west by the top of the Blue Ridge, including the counties of Wilks and Iredell, on the south by the south lines of Iredell, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph, and Chatham, thence by Cape Fear River, except those appointments now included in the Wilmington and Lincolnton districts.

'25. Virginia Conference shall be bounded on the east by Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Albemarle Sound, Roanoke and Staunton Rivers, on the west by the Blue Ridge, on the north by the Rappahannock River, except Fredericksburg and Port Royal.

"26. Baltimore Conference"-as before.

"27. Philadelphia Conference"--as before, except

that all after "conferences" is struck out, and "NewJersey" inserted before it.

"28. New-Jersey Conference shall include the whole state of New-Jersey, Staten Island, and so much of the states of New-York and Pennsylvania as is now included in the Asbury district.

"29. There shall be an annual conference on the western coast of Africa, to be denominated The Liberia Mission Annual Conference, possessing all the rights, powers, and privileges of other annual confer ences, except that of sending delegates to the General Conference, and of drawing its annual dividend from the avails of the Book Concern and of the Chartered Fund."

1840. The boundaries were fixed as follows:"1. The New-York Conference"-as before, except "Hartford" district inserted.

"2. Providence Conference shall include that part of the state of Connecticut lying east of the Connecticut River, all the state of Rhode Island, and that part of the state of Massachusetts lying south-east of a line drawn from the north-east corner of the state of Rhode Island to the mouth of the Neponset River, which line shall so run as to leave the Walpole station within the bounds of the Providence Conference.

"3. New-England Conference shall include all the state of Massachusetts lying east of the Green Mountains not embraced in the New-York, New-Hampshire, and Providence Conferences."

4, 5. Maine and New-Hampshire Conferences-as before.

"6. Troy Conference shall include the Albany, Troy, Poultney, Burlington, and Plattsburg districts. "7. Black River Conference"-as before, except the addition, at the end, of the words, "and Canistota." "8. Oneida Conference"-as before.

"9. Genesee Conference shall include that part of the state of New-York lying west of a line running south from Lake Ontario, by way of Cayuga Lake, to

Pennsylvania, not embraced in the Erie Conference, and so much of the north part of the state of Pennsylvania as is included in Seneca Lake, Dansville, and Cattaraugus districts.

"10. Erie Conference"-as before, except "Ohio city" changed to " Cleveland city."

"11. Pittsburg Conference shall be bounded on the north by the Erie Conference, on the east by the Alleghany Mountains, on the south by a line stretching from the head of Tygert's Valley to the Ohio River, so as to embrace Middleburn circuit and Kenhawa mission, thence to the mouth of the Muskingum River, and up said river, exclusive of the towns of Marietta and Zanesville, to the Tuscarawas River, and thence up-said river to the line of the Erie Conference.

66 12. Ohio Conference shall commence at the mouth of the Great Miami River, running north with the state line to the line of Dark county, excluding Elizabethtown, thence eastwardly along the line of the North Ohio Conference, so as to exclude the circuits of Greenville, Sidney, (except Westville and M'Farlands,) Belfontaine, Allen mission, Richwood, Marion, Delaware, and Roscow, to the Muskingum River, thence down said river so as to include the towns of Zanesville and Marietta, and Kenhawa district, in Virginia, thence down the Ohio River to the place of beginning. 13. North Ohio Conference shall embrace all that part of the state of Ohio not included in the Ohio, Pittsburg, and Erie Conferences.

"14. Michigan Conference shall include the state of Michigan.

"15. Indiana Conference shall include all the state of Indiana, and Elizabethtown in Ohio.

"16. Rock River Conference shall include that part of the state of Illinois not embraced in the Illinois Conference, and the Wisconsin and Iowa Territories.

“17. Illinois Conference shall include the state of Illinois, except that part north of the following line, namely Beginning at the mouth of Rock River,

thence up said river to the mouth of Green River, thence up said river to the Winnebago Swamp, thence down the south branch of the Bureau River to the Illinois River, thence up said river to the mouth of the Kankakee, thence up the Kankakee River to the east line of the state of Illinois."

18, 19. Missouri and Kentucky Conferences-as before.

"20. Holston Conference shall include East Tennessee and that part of the states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, now embraced in the Newtown, Ashville, Wytheville, Abingdon, and Greenville districts.

"21. Tennessee Conference shall include Middle Tennessee and North Alabama.

"22. Memphis Conference shall be bounded on the east by the Tombigbee River, Alabama state line, and Tennessee River, on the north by the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, west by the Mississippi River, and south by a line running due east from the Mississippi River to the south-west corner of Tallahatchie county, thence due east to the south-eastern corner of Yallabusha county, thence in a straight line to the northwestern corner of Oktibaha county, thence due east to the Tombigbee River.

"23. Arkansas Conference shall include the state of Arkansas, that part of Missouri Territory south of the Cherokee line, and so much of Texas as is now embraced in the Red River district.

"24. Texas Conference shall include the republic of Texas, except what is embraced in the Red River district, Arkansas Conference.

"25. Mississippi Conference shall include all that part of the state of Mississippi not embraced in the Alabama and Memphis Conferences, and all the state of Louisiana.

66 26. Alabama Conference shall include South Alabama, West Florida, and the counties of Jackson, Greene, Wayne, Clarke, Lauderdale, Kemper, Noxu

bee, Lowndes, and that part of Monroe east of the Tombigbee River, in the state of Mississippi."

27, 28. Georgia and South Carolina Conferencesas before, the phraseology only being slightly altered. 29, 30, 31, and 32. North Carolina, Virginia, Baltimore, and Philadelphia Conferences-as before.

33. New-Jersey Conference-as before, except "Asbury district" changed to "Paterson district." 34. Liberia Mission Annual Conference-as before. Quest. 2. How are the districts to be formed?

The original answer to this question may be found on p. 118. It was transferred to its present position in 1804. The words, "or otherwise," were inserted after "death" in 1800; and "district conferences" changed to "yearly conference," in 1796.

The concluding note to this section about the allowance of the bishops may be found on p. 119. It was transferred to its present position in 1804, and the following words were added in 1836: "their widows and orphans."

SECTION II.

Of building Churches, and the Order to be observed therein.*

Quest. 1. Is any thing advisable in regard to building?

1784. "Quest. 74.) Ans. Let all our chapels be built plain and decent; but not more expensive than is absolutely unavoidable: otherwise the necessity of raising money will make rich men necessary to us. But if so, we must be dependant upon them, yea, and governed by them. And then farewell to the Methodist discipline, if not doctrine too."

1789. The following clauses added:

"(5.) That no person shall be eligible as a trustee to any of our churches or colleges, nor act as a steward or leader, that is not in constant church communion, 'a regular leader or member of a class.

> provisions on this subject prior to 1784 see pp. 11, 13.