Wesley Corpus

As for those who cannot, (1.) Let every Travelling Preacher contribute half-a-guinea yearly at the Conference. (2.) Let every one when first admitted as a Travelling Preacher pay a guinea. (3) Let this be lodged in the hands of the Stewards. (4.) The present Stewards are John Murlin and John Pawson. (5.) Out of this let provision be made, first for the worn out Preachers, and then for the widows and children of those that are dead. (6.) Every worn-out Preacher shall receive, if he wants it, at least ten pounds a-year. (7.) Every widow of a Preacher shall receive yearly, if she wants it, during her widowhood, a sum not usually exceeding ten pounds. (8.) Every child left by a Preacher shall receive, once for all, a sum not usually exceeding ten pounds. (9.) But none is entitled to anything from this fund, till he has subscribed two guineas. (10.) Nor any who neglects paying his subscription for four years together. (11.) Let every Preacher who does not bring or send his sub scription to the Conference, be fined two shillings and sixpence. (12.) Let the fund never be reduced to less than a hun dred pounds. (13.) Let a Committee be named to see these Rules duly executed. The present Committee are,--Christopher Hopper, Thomas Coke, Thomas Hanby, John Allen, Robert Roberts, Henry Moore, Thomas Taylor, William Thompson, Andrew Blair. (14.) Let an exact account of all receipts and disbursements be produced at the Conference. (15.) Let every Assistant bring to the Conference the contribution of every Preacher in his Circuit. Q. 54. Are not many of the Preachers' wives still straitened for the necessaries of life? A. Some certainly have been. To prevent this for the time to come, (1.) Let every Circuit either provide each with a lodg ing, coals, and candles, or allow her fifteen pounds a year. (2.) Let the Assistant take this money at the Quarterly Meeting, before anything else be paid out of it. Fail not to do this. Q. 55. How can we account for the decrease of the work of God in some Circuits, both this year and the last? A.