American Bible Society,

agents for, may be appointed for more
than three years, 157 § 3.

Amusements,
sinful, 32, 221.

Annual Conferences,

provisions for, 72–83.
number of, 72.

members of, 73.

deportinent at, 128, 129.

times and places of holding, 74, 75.
how place may be changed, 75.
president of, 76.

order of business in, 77.

Elders and Deacons to be elected by, 78.
to examine into the state of Domestic Mis
sions, 79.

to report its Missions to Secretaries, 80.
to compare collections and receipts, 81.
cash collections only to be reported, 82.
to report Sunday-school statistics, 83.
to keep record of proceedings, 84.

Appeal,

right of, guaranteed, 70 § 5.
of Bishops, 201.

of Traveling Preachers, 233-24%.
of Preachers on Trial, 212.

of Local Preachers, 243.
of Members, 244.

Appeals, Triers of,

must be Elders, 234.
number of, 234.

by whom selected, 234.

Appointments of Preachers,

by whom made, 157 § 3.

term of service in the same place, 157,
$ 3.
restriction concerning, 157 § 3; 163 § 3.
Arbitration

in cases of disputes concerning business
transactions, 223-225.

Articles of Religion,

stated and defined, 3-27.

may not be altered by the General Con-
ference, 70 § 1.

Atlanta,

depository for books at, 321.

Baptism,

a sacrament, 18.

article on, 19.

modes of, 37.

no charge made for administering, 38.
a prerequisite of membership in the
Church, 46 § 1.

not to be repeated, 46 § 1, note.
form of Ritual to be invariably used in
administering, 54 § 4.

all children entitled to, 19, 48.
ministration of, to infants, 481.
ministration of, to adults, 482.

Baptized Children,

duty of the parents or guardians of, 48.
their relation to the Church, 49.

register of, to be kept, 50.

to be organized into classes, 51.
may be admitted to membership, 52.
provided for in orphanage, 53.

Baxter's Reformed Pastor
recommended, 135 § 3.

Benediction,

the apostolic, to be invariabiy used in dis-
missing the congregation, 54 §4.

Bible Society,

agents for, term of service of, 157, § 3.

Bishops,

first, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 2.
how constituted, 155.

how consecrated, in case no Bishop be
living, 156.

duties of, 157 §§ 1-9.

may unite two or more circuits in certain
cases, 158.

ceasing to travel without permission, 159.
procedure in case of vacancy in office, 160.
trial of, 197-202.

may peremptorily challenge, 199.
imprudent conduct of, 200.

may appeal, 201.

complaints against administration of, 202.
support of, 343-347.

form of consecration of, 487.

Book Agents,

two at New York and two at Cincin
nati, 310.

duties of, 311-316.

salaries of, how fixed, 334.

may be suspended and removed, 318.
Conference relations of, 310.

Book Committee,

number of, 317.

term of service of, 317.

how appointed, 317.

duties of, 317, 318.

annual meeting of, 319 § 4.

shall divide into two sections, 319, § 1.
duties of the Eastern Section of the 319,
§ 2.

duties of the Western Section of the, 319,
§ 3.

shall estimate the salaries of the Bish-
ops, 344.

Book Concern,

principal publishing houses of the, 309.
appropriation of its produce, 70 § 6; 335,

350.

its organization, 309.
Agents of, 309.

management of, 310-319 § 4.

publications of, by whom selected, 311, 312.
terms to Western Book Concern, 312, 313.
separate account with each department of
business, 314.

annual account of stock to be taken, 315.
reports to the Annual and General Con-
ferences, 314.

debts to the, 322, 323, 350.

depositories of, 329-332.

Publishing Committees of, 324-328.

Books,

Preachers to see Societies supplied with,
175 § 7.

Preachers to be diligent in spreading, 127.
printing and circulating, 309-336.

publication of, by Traveling Preachers, 337.

Books, Canonical,

names of the, 7.

Borrowing,

without a probability of paying, forbid.
den, 32.

Boston,

depository of books at, 329.

Boundaries of Annual Conferences,
mode of determining, 388, 389.
as fixed in 1876, 390-480.

Bribery

at elections forbidden, 143.

Buffalo,

depository of books at, 329.

Building of churches,

recommendations concerning the, 366.
debts to be avoided, 367.

Quarterly Conference to appoint commit-
tee on, 367.

right of Ministers of the M. E. Church to
officiate therein, 369.

Building and Renting

houses for use of preachers, 362–365.

Burial of the Dead,

no charge to be made for the, 38.

form of Ritual to be invariably used at

the, 54 S 4.

form of service for the, 486.

Business,

proceedings in case of disagreement in,
223-225.

Call to preach,

marks of a, 99, 100.

Candidates for the Ministry,

must be recommended by the District or
Quarterly Conference, 88 § 4; 96 § 2;

145.