tendents and Ministers to use their influence to carry the above rules, respecting building and renting houses for the accommodations of Ministers and their families, into effect. In order to this each Quarterly Conference shall appoint a Committee, unless other measures have been adopted, which, with the advice and aid of the Ministers and District Superintendents, shall devise such means as may seem fit to raise moneys for that purpose. And it is recommended to the Annual Conferences to make a special inquiry of their Members respecting this part of their duty. CHAPTER III LADIES' AID SOCIETIES 343, § 1. For the promotion of the social and financial interests of the Churches, Ladies' Aid Societies, or Societies of similar designation and purpose, may be organized in the local Charge, which Societies shall be under the control of the Quarterly Conference. § 2. The President of a Ladies' Aid Society shall be elected by the Society and confirmed by the Quarterly Conference. If a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, she shall then become a Member of the Quarterly Conference if approved by it for membership therein. It shall be her duty to present to the fourth Quarterly Conference a report of her Society, together with such other information as the Conference may require and she may be able to give. § 3. It shall be the duty of District Superintendents when holding District or Quarterly Confer ences to inquire into the condition of the Ladies' Aid Societies, and to ascertain whether they are conducting their affairs in harmony with the purpose and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. § 4. It shall be the duty of Pastors to organize and maintain, if practicable, Ladies' Aid Societies. I. BOOK CONCERN II. BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS III. WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY IV. BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION V. WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY VI. CITY EVANGELIZATION VII. BOARD OF EDUCATION VIII. BOARD OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS IX. BOARD OF CONFERENCE CLAIMANTS X. FREEDMEN'S AID SOCIETY XI. DENOMINATIONAL FUNDS XII. CHURCH TEMPERANCE SOCIETY XIII. EPWORTH LEAGUE XIV. METHODIST BROTHERHOOD |