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—3 % Qm& 8 6 o k * 9 Secretary . We sfrsHgive ^ an Account of the " Minutes , '" according to the order of tfm , " Questions" ankl " Answers / 1 — ^ / fk ^ Preachers adroit tod into Full Goniiexion nre , for England arid Scotland 39 ; for Ireland 5 ; these iiave travelled Four Years . There regain on Trial , of those that ftave travelled 3 years , for England and Scotland 6 \ y for Ireland LI : of those that have
travelled 2 years , for England and Scotland 45 , for Ireland 7 ; of those that have travelled 1 year , for England Bhd Scotland 56 , for Ireland , . j 8 * There are admitted on Trial 63 . Th-e plan of adi ^ nittiris candidates on Trial for the to
ministry ^ seettis bef , that they shall b §; recommended by the Quarterly Meeting of the Circuit to Which ; thw be-long , and then
exiaraimd by 3 of the . Preachers , or Superitiiendaiits of Districts ' , who have each travelled 10 years , who are U > testify th ^ ir approbation , in writing , to the Conference . " -Eight Preachers died the last
year , among whom was Piehre Dtf PoNTAVicfc , of whose life an interesting sfcet £ h is given . He * as bom of i | la $ ttious parents , at Fougere in Frarice , 1770 , and migrated , orv the Revolution , lo Jersey , where he became acquainted with the methodist
preachers ; < sortie years after , Ravelling with Dr . Coke , he was wrought under deep anguish of ftund , andnhen saved by faith in Chnsi , at Sheffield , under the traytrs of Messrs . Hen . Tayl or * nd BramwelL" He . commenced
J ^ mister , and preach ^ d ^ cfim , in ersey and the noighbouriag ^ Wds , aifid , aft ^ r lB ^ pii his ^ Hive country . He ^ pejnt his last Jears chiefly with # Pro extent con-
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gregrttiohs hear JBulbec in Fi-ance , but had several invitations to offi * ciate at Bolbec , Havre de Grace ^ Rouen , &c . " and on these occasions , the churches were crowded with both Protestants and Roman Catholics , He boarded at Monsieur Cadoret ' s , one of the Protest tant ministers , who , with his Wife * is cor ? v ?? ted , and truly pious . ' He died Dec . 1 , 1810 . —— Question 5 , and the Answer , are rather
curious , considering that the Can . ftrence is an Assembl y of Preachers , " Q . Are there any ohje c * tions to any of our Preachers ?—• A . They 'mere examined one by one . " Thus , these divines
examine one another s characters , for the satisfaction of their people ! —Two preachers only , in the last year , desisted from travelling , and both from ill health . —From the stations of the preachers ^ 6 gather the following particulars * Dr . Coke is ' * General ^ Superintend ant of the Irish , Welsh , West Indja , Nova Scotia , and New * foundland Missions / ' England
and Scotland are divided into xxvi Districts and 271 Circuits J Ireland into x Districts and 48 Circuits . The number of Regular
Preachers stationed bj Conference is scarcely credible : —they ar ^ for Gibraltar and Sierra Le ^ one 4 ; for British Dominions in America 42 '; for Ireland 125 ; for England and Scotland 743 ! The Local Preachers sins
not here taken into accouftt , nor is their number furnished by tb& Minutes ; but if they bear { hte same proportion to the Regular
Preachers in the Old Conjiexion that they do in the"New , ( a ^ very probable supposition , ) which is about 5 to I , the sum total of Wesleyan Freachfers of the Old
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 693, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/51/
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