Wesley Corpus

ford, in the said county; Joseph Benson, of Halifax, in the said county ; William Dufton, of the same place; Benjamin Rhodes, of Keighley, in the said county ; John Easton, of Colne, in the county of Lancaster ; Robert Costerdine, of the same place ; Jasper Robinson, ofthe Isle of Man ; George Button, of the same place ; John Pawson, of the city of York ; Edward Jackson, of Hull; Charles Atmore, of the said city of York ; Lancelot Harrison, of Scarborough ; George Shadford, of Hull, aforesaid ; Barnabas Thomas, of the same place ; Thomas Briscoe, of Yarm, in the said county of York ; Christopher Peacock, of the same place ; William Thom, of Whitby, in the said county of York; Robert Hopkins, of the same place ; John Peacock, of Bar- nard-Castle ; William Collins, of Sunderland ; ThomasDixon, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Christopher Hopper, of the same place ; William Boothby, of the same place ; William Hun- ter, of Berwick-upon-Tweed ; Joseph Saunderson, of Dun- dee, Scotland ; William Warrener, of the same place; Dun- can M'Allum, of Aberdeen, Scotland ; Thomas Rutherford, of the city ofDublin, in the kingdom of Ireland; Daniel Jack- son, of the same place ; Henry Moore, of the city of Cork, Ireland; Andrew Blair, of the same place ; Richard Watkin son, of Limerick, Ireland ; Nehemiah Price, of Athlone, Ireland ; Robert Lindsay, of Sligo, Ireland; George Brown, of Clones, Ireland ; Thomas Barber, of Charlemont, Ireland ; Henry Foster, of Belfast, Ireland ; and John Crook, of Lisburne, Ireland, Gentlemen ; being Preachers and Ex- pounders of God's Holy Word, under the care and in con- nexion with the said John Wesley, have been, and now are, and do, on the day of the date hereof, constitute the members of the said Conference, according to the true intent andmean- ing of the said several gifts and conveyances wherein the words, Conference of the people called Methodists, are men- tioned and contained ; and that the said several persons before-named, and their successors for ever, to be chosen as hereafter mentioned, are and shall for ever be construed, taken, and be, the Conference of the people called Methodists. Nevertheless, upon the terms, and subject to the regulations herein-after prescribed; that is to say, First, That the members of the said Conference, and their suc-