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trustees, who shall cause the same to be recorded in the books of the said corporation -- provided, always, that the monies arising from such licensed sale shall be vested, by the said trustees (as soon as conveniently may be) in such other securities and property, as, in the judgment of a majority of them, will be most productive and safe. And provided further, that the annual interest and income, arising from the money so vested, shall be exclusively applied in the manner and for the uses and purposes in this instrument mentioned and declared. ARTICLE VI. It is provided and declared, that the annual rents, interest, and income of the estate real and personal, which now does, or at any time hereafter may belong to the said corporation and their successors, shall by them be held subject to the exclusive order and control of the itinerant ministers and preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in their general conference (from time to time) assembled: And the said ministers and preachers, thus assembled, are hereby vested with full powers to appropriate and point out the mode of applying the same, to the objects, under the limitations, and for the uses and purposes herein mentioned and expressly declared. ARTICLE VII. It is provided and declared, that the object and design of the fund hereby intended to be established, is expressly for the purposes of relieving the distresses, and supplying the deficiencies of the itinerant and superannuated, or worn-out ministers and preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America, who remain in connection with, and continue subject to the order and control of, the general conference; as also for the relief of the wives and children, widows and orphans, of such ministers and preachers, and for no other use, intent, or purpose whatever. ARTICLE VIII. It is provided and declared, that no sum exceeding sixty-four dollars shall in any one year be appropriated and applied to the use of an itinerant, superannuated, or worn-out single minister or preacher; also that no sum exceeding one hundred and twenty-eight dollars, in any one year, shall be applied to the use of an itinerant, superannuated, or worn-out married minister or preacher; and that no sum exceeding sixty-four dollars, in any one year, shall be applied to the use of each widow of such ministers and preachers as are herein before mentioned and described; and also that no sum exceeding sixteen dollars shall be applied, in any one year, to the use of each child or orphan, of such ministers and preachers as are herein before particularly mentioned and described. ARTICLE IX. It is provided and declared, that no sum or sums of money, under any pretence whatever, shall be drawn from the fund hereby intended to be established, other than for the uses and purposes, and under the limitations and restrictions, herein before expressly mentioned and declared -- provided, nevertheless, that the trustees of the said corporation and their successors, shall have power to draw and apply, from time to time, as much money, belonging to the said fund, as in the judgment of a
majority of them, may be wanting to defray all the necessary expenses of conducting the business of the said corporation. ARTICLE X. It is provided and declared, that it shall be the duty of the trustees, to cause regular and fair accounts to be kept (in books to be provided for that purpose) of the funds of the said corporation, as well as it respects the kind and amount of the capital stock, and of the annual interest and income thereof, as of all and every sum or sums of money, which shall from time to time be drawn therefrom, for the objects, under the limitations, and for the uses and purposes herein before particularly mentioned and declared -- And further, it shall be the duty of the said trustees and their successors, at every general conference of the ministers and preachers as aforesaid, to prepare and lay before them a statement of the affairs of the said fund, for their inspection and examination: which said statement shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of the said corporation, certifying that the same is fair and correct. Some of the first trustees have resigned or died: the present trustees are Jacob Baker, president, Thomas Haskins, treasurer, Joseph L. Inglis, secretary, William Lowber, Caleb North, Samuel Harvey, Hugh Smith, Lemuel Green, Henry Foxall, If any person has a wish to make a donation by Will to this fund, it will be proper to express it in the following manner: "I give and bequeath to the President and Trustees of the Charter of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, the sum of dollars, and the annual interest and income thereof to be by them applied in the manner, and to the objects, mentioned, and prescribed in the articles under which they are associated." Many of our friends willingly subscribed to this valuable institution, and several thousand dollars were collected in a short time. Some valuable legacies were also left by will to the trustees of this fund. <strong>The</strong> value of the chartered fund has been increasing from year to year. At present (1809) it affords relief to many of our preachers who are in straitened circumstances. We now formed several rules respecting local preachers: 1. "No local preacher shall receive a license to preach till he has been examined and approved at the Quarterly Meeting of his circuit; which license shall be drawn up in the following words, viz.
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WESLEYAN HERITAGE Library A SHORT H
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District of Maryland, to wit: BE IT
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CHAPTER 9 From the beginning of the
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I have consulted every author that
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE METHODISTS B
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They also formed themselves into li
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under Mr. Wesley's direction, at Lo
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For whether I am born to "blush abo
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But lo! the snare is broke, the cap
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thousands of people gathered togeth
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First -- By doing no harm, by avoid
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It will be necessary to insert here
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II. Zealously to maintain good work
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In April there was laid a plan for
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society, that they might assist and
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A. Yes. 2. Ought not the doctrine a
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first quarterly meeting that was ev
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The Christians too were sometimes s
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The work of God thus increased on e
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and Amelia, in Virginia. Both of th
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Some of our preachers were brought
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young preacher on trial for two yea
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of conscience, and pure religion. T
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It was also advised, that the preac
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There were twenty-two questions ask
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At that time it was but seldom know
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Q. What preachers have died this ye
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As soon as Dr. Coke landed in Ameri
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A. "Let them be admitted with the u
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10. "Be punctual. Do every thing ex
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the making up of the deficiencies o
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The annual subscriptions of the tra
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XII. Of Sin after Justification. No
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intermediate space: but wherever it
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incorporated, which was done, and d
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In 1786, we had three conferences.
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command. The preachers at last agre
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together, and uniting with other Ch
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The twenty-fourth in Georgia, on th
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on the east side of the North River
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Several of these conferences were w
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We had also this N. B. "From this t
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house and jumped out on the ground.
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Page 103 and 104: In the close of the annual minutes
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Page 109 and 110: This motion brought on a long debat
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Page 127 and 128: Massachusetts; and Vermont, in the
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Page 133 and 134: elonged to circuits in other states
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Page 157 and 158: Massachusetts 1577 -- 168 New Hamps
Page 159 and 160: Nevertheless, this rule shall not a
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Page 191 and 192: Browning, Geo. -- Admitted 1790 --
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Moss, Wm. -- Admitted 1788 -- Locat
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Van Nostrand, Albert -- Admitted 17
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Chandler, Wm. P. -- Admitted 1797 C
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Hunt, Lewis -- Admitted 1799 -- Die
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R Risher, Samuel -- Admitted 1793 -
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The reader will observe, that for t
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Cook, Phenehas -- Admitted 1803 Cov
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J Jean, William -- Admitted 1805 Je
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Porter, John -- Admitted 1805 Prend
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Williams, Joseph -- Admitted 1805 W
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Combs, David -- Admitted 1787 Cook,
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Johnson, James -- Admitted 1793 --
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Saunders, John -- Admitted 1798 Sco
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a. He came to America in 1771 b. He
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On the 19th of April this year we f
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In the month of May we had our fift
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The General Conference elected anot
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years. He was very serious and very
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1794 65,508 2,135 150 298 1795 59,2
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upon which, the people in all their
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The latter part of that year he wen
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was so much crying, that it was som
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At the Conference of 1791 he was ap
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He made note of the many changes th
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