president of, 87.
records of, 88.
business of, 89.

order of business of, 90.

provisions for holding a, to take effect
only by action of the Quarterly Confer-
ences, 92.

may be discontinued, 92.
Conferences, Electoral,
how composed, 65.

time and place of meeting, 64.
Conferences, Judicial,

of whom composed to try a Bishop, 198.
of whom composed to try Appeals, 235.
powers of, 198.

appeal to a, 233.

decision of law questions in, to be reviewed
by General Conference, 240.

officers of, 237.

quorum of, 236.

Secretary to transmit records of, 237.

Conferences, Quarterly,

of whom composed, 93.

president of, 94.

records of, 95.

business of, 96, 97.

Committees to be appointed oy, 98.
.to have supervision of Sunday-schools, 96
§ 4; 249.

to determine whether or not a District
Conference shall be appointed, 92.

powers given to District Conferences,
where such exist, not to be exercised
by Quarterly Conferences, 92.

to appoint a Committee to estimate for Su-
perannuated Preachers, 352,

Consecration
of Bishops, 487.
Conversation,

Christian, enjoined, 119 § 5

Conveyance

of Church property, 369, 378-382.
Corner-stone of a Church,

form for laying the, 490.

Correspondence

of Church papers, money for, how fixod,

334.

Counsel

for accused members, 228.

Course of Study,

to be prescribed by the Bishops, 157 § 9.
Credentials

to be surrendered on expulsion, 245, 246.
restoration of, 245, 246.

Deacons,

traveling, how constituted, 171.
duties of a, 172.

term of probation of, 150, 169.
must be examined, 89 § 4; 96 § 2.
appointed to chaplaincies, etc., 173.
ceasing to travel, 174.

ordination of, 171, 187.

form for ordaining, 489.
Local, 186-188.

Debts

not to be contracted without probability
of paying, 32.

procedure on complaint of non-payment
of, 206, 216, 225.

to the Book Concern, 322, 323, 350.

Dedication of a Church,
form for the, 491.
Deed of Settlement

for houses of worship, 367, 369
Delegates to General Conference,
to be Ministers and Laymen, 62.
qualifications of, 62, 65.

expenses of, how met, 175 § 2; 342.
Deportment of Preachers
at Conference, 128, 129.

Depositories

of books, 329.

Diligence

enjoined, 33, 101, 127, 14.

Disagreement

in business, 223–225.

Disputes,

settlement of, 223-225.

Dissension,

sowing, in Societies, 222.

Districts,

to be formed by the Bishops, 157 § 2.
District Conference,

provision for, 85-92.

of whom composed, 85.

shall meet once or twice a year, 86
president of, 87.

records of, 88.

business of, 89.

order of business of, 90.

provisions for holding a, to take effect
only by action of the Quarterly Confer-
ences, 92.

may be discontinued, 92.

District Stewards,

members of District Conferences, 85
how appointed, 97 § 3; 348.
duties of, 348.

Diversions,

sinful, 32, 221.

Domestic Missionary Society
authorized in each Conference, 257.

Domestic Missions,

state of, to be examined by Annual Con-
ferences, 79.

to be reported to secretaries of the Mis-
sionary Society, 80.

Doctrines,

procedure in case of disseminating false,
207.

Doxology

to be sung at the close of each service,
54 § 4.

for Church books and papers, 320.
salaries of, how determined, 334.
Conference relations of, 320.

must be either Ministers or members of
the Church, 320.

Education,

each Conference to have one Academy,
247 1.

four Conferences to support one Univer-
sity, 247 § 2.

endowment of institutions for, 247 § 3.
collection for the cause of, 247 § 4.
collection on "Children's Day" for, 247 § 5

Elders, Traveling,

how constituted, 166.
duties of, 167.

ceasing to travel, 168.
form of ordination of, 488.

Elections,

treating at, forbidden, 143.

Electoral Conferences,

how composed, 65.

time and place of meeting of, 64.

Employment

of time, 125, 127.

Episcopacy

preferred by Mr. Wesley, 2.

not to be done away by General Confer
ence, 70 § 3.

Estimating Committees

for support of Preachers, 349, 352.

Evil speaking

prohibited, 32, 124, 143.

Examination

of candidates for the ministry, 99, 100.

Exclusion from the Church

to be announced at Quarterly Meetings,
47, 175 § 13.