aries, when the Annual Conference shall ha thority to elect to the elder's office sooner, Conference judge it expedient: provided,

that when a preacher has passed his exami and has been elected to deacon's orders, bu of his ordination through the absence of a his eligibility to the office of elder shall ru the time of his election to the office of deaco Ques. 3. What are the duties of a tr elder?

¶ 162. Ans. 1. To administer baptism Lord's Supper, and to solemnize the rite of mony, and to perform all parts of divine wo ¶ 163. Ans. 2. To do all the duties of a ing preacher.

Ques. 4. What shall be done in the case sionaries and native preachers in foreig where there is no Annual Conference?

¶ 164. Ans. The Bishop in charge of t sion shall have authority to ordain to the deacon and elder on the recommendation superintendent and resident missionaries there be none, at his discretion.

SECTION IX.

OF SUPERNUMERARY PREACHERS.

Question. What is a supernumerary prea

preach constantly, but who is willing to do any rk in the ministry which the Bishop may direct, d he may be able to perform.

¶ 166. Ans. 2. A supernumerary relation shall ot be granted by an Annual Conference, except on e recommendation of a Committee on Conferce Relations, consisting of not less than seven embers, to be appointed by the Conference, to hom such application shall have been referred. Nor shall said committee, in making up their deciion, take into consideration anything else than he personal disability of the applicant: provided, however, that in case said committee report adversely, the Conference, by a vote of not less than three-fourths of the members present, may grant said application. The Conference shall have authority to refer the case to the committee for said relation, with or without the consent of the person concerned.

¶ 167. Ans. 3. A supernumerary preacher who refuses to attend to the work assigned him, unless in case of sickness or other unavoidable cause or causes, shall not be allowed to exercise the functions of his office, nor even to preach among us; nevertheless, the final determination of the case shall be with the Annual Conference of which he is a member, which shall have power to acquit, suspend, loor evnel him es the code mor ho• nrowided

SECTION X.

OF SUPERANNUATED PREACHERS.

Question. What is a superannuated preach ¶ 168. Ans. 1. A superannuated preacher who is worn out in the itinerant service.

¶ 169. Ans. 2. A superannuated relation not be granted by an Annual Conference, exc the recommendation of a Committee on C ence Relations, consisting of not less than members, to be appointed by the Confere whom such applications shall have been re Nor shall said committee, in making up th cision, take into consideration anything els this question, viz.: Is the applicant really out in the itinerant service? Provided, h that in case said committee report adverse Conference, by a vote of not less than threeof the members present, may grant said a tion. The Conference may refer a case committee with or without the consent of t son concerned.

¶ 170. Ans. 3. A superannuated preache out of the bounds of the Conference of whic a member shall be held responsible to the Conference within. whose bounds he may

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SECTION XI.

OF LOCAL PREACHERS.

Question 1. What directions are given concernng the licensing of persons to preach?

¶ 171. Ans. 1. The District Conference shall have authority to license proper persons to preach, and to renew their license annually, when, in its judgment, their gifts, grace, and usefulness will warrant it.

172. Ans. 2. No person shall be licensed to preach without the recommendation of the Quarterly Conference of the charge to which he belongs. Nor shall any one be licensed to preach without first passing, before a committee of three, to be appointed by the Presiding Elder, an approved exam-. ination on the subject of doctrines and discipline, and giving satisfactory evidence of his knowledge of the ordinary branches of an English education; nor shall any license be valid unless signed by the President and the Secretary of the Conference.

The following form of license shall be used:

and having been examined, as the Discipline directs, by a committee of the District Conference of District of the

Annual Conference of the Meth

odist Episcopal Church, South, is hereby authorized

Signed, in behalf of said District Conferen

Date,

Secretary.

19-.

Presid

Ques. 2. What shall be the time of probat a local preacher for the office of a deacon?

¶ 173. Ans. A local preacher shall be elig the office of a deacon after he has preached years from the time he received a regular li and has obtained a recommendation from th trict Conference, after a proper examination Course of Study prescribed by the Bishops preparation for deacon's orders, signed b President and the Secretary, and after his c ter has passed in examination before, and · obtained the approbation of, the Annual C ence: provided, that if he has been a local pr three years successively, and on trial in the ing ministry for one year next following, h be eligible to the office of a deacon on obtaini approbation of the Annual Conference.

Ques. 3. What shall be the time of probat a local deacon for the office of an elder?

¶ 174. Ans. A local deacon shall be elig the office of an elder after he has preache years from the time he was ordained a deaco has obtained a recommendation from the I Conference, after a proper examination