Excerpt from The Constitution and Polity of the Wesleyan Methodist Church on the Plan of the WorkThe edition of the Minutes of the Conference referred to is that which is usually termed the new octave edition, vols. I. To xxi., and the volumes which have been issued annually since the year 1879. The term District Synod has been sub stituted for that of District Committee, except in the Historic Documents contained in the Appendices. The word Minutes is not printed before each reference, but is inserted when it forms part of a Resolution, or is required for the sake of clearness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.