164.

America, Methodism in, 80, 126.

Antinomianism, 76; its nature and

effects, 225-235.

Army, labors in, 51, 127.

provided for preachers, 69, 70, 148.
Brett, Pliny, seceded, 162.

Bunting, Dr. Jabez, 121-123.

140; death of, 147.

Atonement, objects of, 211; univers-
al, 234, 245.

Band meetings, 50.

Baptism, obligations of, 291; nature
of, 292; benefits of, 292; its sub-
jects, 293; its mode, 295; not |
necessary to the Lord's supper,
296.

Baptists, origin of, 189; name of,

214; give no letters, 436.
Bishops, title of, 138; powers op-
posed, 139-142; utility of, 351-
355; Soule and Hedding elected,
156; Andrew, connected with
slavery, 182; how constituted,
312, duties of, 312; Wesley a
bishop, 337-341, 356; duties and
responsibilities of, 321, 371-377;
own no meeting-houses, 321.
Book Concern, started, 139, 152;
history of, 160, 161; burned, 161;
new buildings, 188; agents of,
161, 322.

Calvinism, its influence, 38, 39, 79;

resisted, 77; modified, 144; his-
tory of, 215-230; its foreknowl-
edge, 237; natural ability, 239;
its sentiments, 216–230.
Camp meetings, origin of, 146, 150,

464; objections to, 479.
Canada, troubles with, 150, 166.
Cennick, licensed and left, 38.
Chapels, how settled, 34; building
committee, 107; fund, 106; rules
concerning, 108, 318; first in
America, 128; free, etc., 152.
Christ, his character, 209; mission
of, 211.

Christian Advocate started, 156.
Church, the M. E., organized, 135;
how marshaled, 323; its judica-
tories, 323-328; its jurisprudence,
406-412; doctrinal agreement
with others, 201-213; receiving
members, 432; withdrawing from,
430; receiving in full, 435; from
other sects, 436.

Church Extension Society, organ-
ized, 188.

Episcopacy, Asbury's construction
of, 137; ours scriptural, 330, 336;
Wesleyan, 337-349; necessary to
itinerancy, 350; its powers, 373-

378.

70.

Colored testimony disapproved, 178.
Conferences, the first, 61; second, |
62, 78; first legal, 89; first in
America, 130; of 1784, 135;
General, 138-143; Canada, 151,
166, 167; District, 189; Annual,
413; Quarterly, 327; right of,
177.

Congregationalists, age of, 195; rea-
sons for name, 114; government
of, 393-398, 409.
Conversion, what, 253; instantane-

ous, 259; how known, 260.
Conviction, how wrought, 252; Wes-
ley's, 14, 22, 25; effects of, 252;
an essential element of, 254.
Council, formed and failed, 138.

Deacons, how constituted and duties
of, 310.

Deed of declaration, 80; its objects,
81, 82; opposed, 81-83; its in-
fluence, 85; our deed, 319.
Delegates to General Conference,
142; exchange of, with other
bodies, 155, 166.

Discipline, the first, 62; questions
in relation to, 413-431.
Dress, 502.

Education, 70, 95, 101, 149, 156;
Roard of, 191.

ress, 256; its prevailing act, 258;
its result, 259.

Financial plan, 71; its influence, 98,

99, 105-110; remarks on, 111;
our own, 384.
Fletcher, John, account of religion,
76; checks of, 78; how esteemed,

79.

Free grace and free will, what? 242-
244; results of 245; defence of,
246-260.

Funds, contingent, 104; children's,
105; chapel, 106; auxiliary, 108-
112; Chartered, 146; centenary,
159, 191.

God, perfections of, 209; his good-
ness impeached, 235; blasphemed,
235, 236; foreknowledge, what?
237; passing by men, what? 240;
his goodness defended, 243.
Government, general statement, 299–

302; of civil, 302; ecclesiastical
303; of the several denominations,
stated, 309; of the M. E. Church,
310; its officers, 311; judicato-
ries, 324; well-balanced, 369; safe,
375; contrasted, 391; its legisla-
tion, 404; jurisprudence, 406; pro-
tects individuals, 408-410; change

Harding, F. A., his appeal, 182.
Holy Club, 18; organized, 29.
Huntingdon, Lady, 77.
Hymn book, history of, 152.

Independents, origin of, 188, 303,
307-309; government of, 406, 412.
Ireland, visited, 72; conferences held
in, 93; statistics of, 200.
Itinerancy, popular, 350; arrange-
ments of, 355; lawful, 446; expe-
dient, 447; philosophy of, 350--
368; scriptural, 446; objections
to, 458.

Judgment, how a farce, 234.
Jurisprudence, 406-412; questions
of, settled, 413-431.

Kneeling, defended, 485, 487; effect
of, 488; in church, 487, 488.

Laborers, wanted, 40, 42.
Lay preaching opposed, 36; intro-
duced, 43.

Lay representation, 140, 189.
Love-feasts, origin of, 56; explained
and defended, 466.

Man, fall and depravity of, 210, 225;
in his reduced condition, 245.
Maxfield, Thomas, began to preach,
41; ordained, 74; became a fa-
natic and seceded, 74, 75.

Meetings, watch, 48, 49, 469; four-
days', 157; quarterly, 463, 465;
class, 464; love-feasts, 466; camp,
473; prayer, 489.
Members, how received, 432-437;
protected from oppression, 375-
380; duty to their preacher and
society, 386-388.
Methodism, origin of, 30; its com-

parative success, 192-199; the
cause of it, 197-199; present sta-
tistics of, 200; assailed doctrin-
ally, 215.

Methodist Church in Canada, 166.
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
181-186.

Methodists, name of, 19, 30; suc-
cess of, 35; troubles of, 37; rules
of, adopted, 37; die well, 46; per-
secuted, 52-60; strictness, 66;
must give offence, 67; greatest
obstacles of, 74; in Scotland, 78
-America, 80; increase of, 86,
154; in Europe, 96-stability of,
97; in New York, 126, 130, 131;
in 1784, etc., 139; in New En-
gland, 143-their early conflicts,
145; at the death of Asbury, 148;
in England and America contrast-
ed, 155; in 1839, 160; decrease
of, 174, 187; statistics of, 194;
doctrines of, 201-213; govern-
ment of, Episcopal, 310; Calvin-
istic, 113; doctrinally one, 114;
New Connection, 114; Primitive,
115; Bryanite, 116; Primitive
Wesleyan, 116; Independent, 117;
Warrenite, 118; Episcopal, Cana-
da, 120; African, 163; Reformed,
162; Stilwell, 165; Protestant,