e meeting, the ticket may be withheld. No
backslider after gross sin may be readmitted till after three months.
All members are expected to meet in the classes belonging to their
respective circuits, and all persons acting as local preachers,
class-leaders, stewards, conductors of prayer-meetings, or sustaining any
other office in the body, are expected to belong to the circuits in which
they reside. In order to avoid conformity to the world, it is forbidden
to teach children dancing, to dress according to the fashion of the day,
to drink spirits, to smoke tobacco, or take snuff, to indulge in evil
conversation or strife. Music, and such-like diversions, are also
interdicted. In the Conference of 1836 similar injunctions were
repeated, as it observed with sincere regret in some quarters "a
disposition to indulge in and encourage amusements which it cannot regard
as harmless or allowable." The strict observance of the Sabbath is
enforced. On that day members are not to employ a barber, or to trade,
or go to a feast, or engage in any military exercise. In 1848, convinced
of the great and growing importance of a careful observance of the Lord's
day to the Church of Christ and the nation at large, the Conference
appointed a committee to watch over the general interests of the Sabbath,
to observe the course of events in reference to it, to collect such
information as may serve the cause of Sabbath observance, to correspond
with persons engaged in similar designs, and to report from year to year
the result of their inquiries, with such suggestions as they may think
proper to offer. The duty of family worship is strongly recommended.
The power of expulsion is conferred only on preachers, who have ever
appointed leaders, chosen stewards, and admitted members. No one is to
belong to the society who is guilty of smuggling or bribery at elections.

For the support of their ministers most careful provision has been made.
The direct means by which funds are raised is that of weekly and
quarterly collections in the classes, and quarterly collections in all
the chapels. It is expected that every member, in accordance with the
original rule of Mr. Wesley, should contribute at least one penny per
week and one shilling per quarter.

I have spoken of the class meetings. Band Societies are the same, except
that they are divided into smaller companies and are on a stricter plan
as to the faithful interchange of mutual reproof and