1. Ministers of other Churches -y desire to unite with us as eachers, may be received by a -y Conference, upon giving satthat they are suitable persons; - shall not exercise the peculiar s of deacons or elders until ders are recognized by the Annference:

ded that the Bishop may, at his on, allow ministers thus received cise their functions as deacons -s until the session of the Anonference.

fter such reception, and a recdation by the Quarterly Con, the Annual Conference, if satf their being in orders, and of greement with us in doctrine and ine, and also of their gifts, grace, sefulness, may recognize them

ingly without the reïmposition

of hands, on condition of their taking upon them our ordination vows. If they cannot attend the Annual Conference, they shall send up a certified subscription to our doctrines and discipline, and to our ordination Vows.ob

3. Ministers of other Churches, duly accredited as deacons or elders, who may desire to unite with us as traveling preachers, may be admitted as deacons or elders into full connection by an Annual Conference: provided the Conference is satisfied with their gifts, grace, and usefulness, and their agreement with us in doctrine and discipline, on condition of their taking upon them our ordination vows, without the reïmposition of hands.

4. When a minister has been received and recognized in orders, he shall be furnished with a certificate,

aveling preacher [or has been ed as a local preacher on t], he having been ordained to Fice of a deacon [or an elder, as ase may be], according to the of the Church, of which

s been a member and minister; e is hereby authorized to exercise nctions pertaining to his office e Methodist Episcopal Church, , so long as his life and converare such as become the gospel

SECTION XIII.

OF EXHORTERS.

Ques. 1. What directions are giv concerning the licensing of persons exhort?

Ans. 1. The Quarterly Conferen shall have authority to license prop persons to exhort, and to renew the licenses annually, when, in its judg ment, their gifts, grace, and usefulnes will warrant it.

2. No person shall be licensed to exhort without the recommendation of the Church of which he is a member, or of the leaders' meeting of the charge to which he belongs; nor shall any license be valid unless signed by the President of the Conference.

Ques. 2. What are the duties of an exhorter?

and exhortation whenever opportunity is afforded, subject to the direction of the preacher in charge.

Ques. 3. What farther directions are given concerning exhorters?

Ans. 1. Let every exhorter diligently exercise the functions of his office, without assuming those of a preacher.

2. Every exhorter, by virtue of his office, shall be a member of the Quarterly Conference of the charge to which he belongs; but in all other respects he shall be dealt with as a private member of the Church.

3. When an exhorter removes from one circuit, station, or mission to another, he shall not be recognized as such unless he obtain a certificate of his official character from the Presiding Elder of the District, or the preacher

bore he belongs at the time