of a Bishop, who shall be President, and fifteen persons residing in the territory in, near or convenient of access to Chicago, who shall be nominated by the Bishops and elected by the General Conference.

The Board of Managers shall meet annually, and at such annual meetings may fill vacancies in the Board, caused by death, resignation or other reason.

§ 4. ARTICLE III. The Officers of the Board shall be, a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The President shall be chosen out of its own number by the Board of Bishops. The other Officers shall be elected by the Board of Managers at the first meeting thereof, which shall be held within two months after the adjournment of the General Conference, at which said Board shall have power to fill any vacancies in these offices other than that of President. The central office of the Society shall be located at Chicago, Illinois. The Board of Managers shall have power to enact such By-laws as it may deem necessary for its own government, and to employ such representatives of its work as it may deem neces

sary.

§ 5. ARTICLE IV. It shall be the duty of the Board of Managers to officially represent the Church in every wise movement for the promotion of voluntary personal total abstinence, and to secure legal prohibition of the liquor traffic; to publish, approve, and distribute literature on the liquor traffic, the use of narcotics and manufactured articles containing a large percentage of alcoholic spirits; to devise such plans and make such advices as shall enable the Church to most successfully oppose and overthrow this great foe of society, the legalized liquor traffic; to make such use of the money received into its

treasury as the work demands; to publish annually a report of its work, and make a quadrennial report to the General Conference.

§ 6. ARTICLE V. Each Annual Conference shall form within its bounds a Conference Temperance Society, which shall elect its own officers and otherwise regulate its own administration. It shall elect a Temperance Committee in each District Superintendent's District, consisting of the District Superintendent and two others nominated by the District Superintendents and elected by the Conference.

It shall be the duty of the District Committee to coöperate with other reliable temperance movements, and to give all possible aid to No-License campaigns. At each session of the Annual Conference a Conference anniversary or mass meeting shall be held in the interest of temperance and prohibition.

§ 7. ARTICLE VI. It is recommended that Pastors, with the aid of the Committee on Temperance, present once in the year to each Congregation the cause. of temperance, and ask a public collection and contribution for the support of the same; which collections and contributions shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the Temperance Society and reported to the Annual Conference in the same manner that other collections are reported. It shall be the duty of the Pastor to see that each Sunday School is organized into a Temperance Society, that temperance instruction is imparted, and that as far as possible the members of the School are pledged to total abstinence. It shall be the duty of the District Superintendent at the Fourth Quarterly Conference to inquire whether the needs and requirements of this Article have been observed.

CHAPTER XIII

EPWORTH LEAGUE

I. Constitution

¶ 445, § 1. For the purposes of promoting intelligent and vital piety among the young people of our Churches and Congregations, and of training them in works of mercy and help, there shall be an organization under the authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and governed by the following Constitution:

CONSTITUTION

§ 2. ARTICLE I. Name. The title of this organization shall be "The Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church."

§ 3. ARTICLE II. Object. The object of the League is to promote intelligent and vital piety in the young members and friends of the Church, to aid them in the attainment of purity of heart and constant growth in grace, and to train them in works of mercy and help.

§ 4. ARTICLE III. Organization. With a view of carrying out the objects of the League, the Chapters and such other Young People's Epworth Societies as

may be approved by the Quarterly Conferences shall be organized into District Superintendents' District Leagues, and may also be formed into General Conference District Leagues. Other groupings may be arranged for the advantage of the work, such as Annual Conference Leagues, State Leagues, City Leagues, etc. The Chapter shall be under the control of the Quarterly Conference and Pastor. Any Young People's Society may become an affiliated Chapter of the Epworth League; provided, it adopt the aims of the League, that its President and Officers and general plans of work are approved by the Pastor and Official Board or Quarterly Conference, and that it is enrolled at the Central Office.

§ 5. ARTICLE IV. Government. The management of the Epworth League shall be vested in the Board of Control, which shall be appointed by the Board of Bishops, and shall consist of a Bishop, who shall be President of the Epworth League and of the Board of Control, and one member from each General Conference District. If the number of the General Conference Districts be odd, the Bishops shall appoint one member at large, in order that there may be an equal number of Laymen and Ministers. The Editor of the Epworth Herald, the General Secretary of the Epworth League, the German Assistant Secretary, and the Assistant Secretary for Colored Conferences shall be advisory members of the Board of Control. The Board of Control shall meet four times in each quadrennium.

§ 6. ARTICLE V. Officers. The Officers of the League shall be a President, a Vice-President, a General Secretary, and a Treasurer. The President shall be chosen as herein before provided. The Vice-President

shall be chosen by the Board of Control from its own body. The General Secretary shall be elected by the General Conference, and shall be the executive officer of the League. He shall have charge of the correspondence, and shall keep the records of the League, and perform such other duties as the Board of Control may direct. The Editor of the Epworth Herald shall be elected by the General Conference, and shall perform such duties as relate to the editorial departments of Epworth League publications. The Treasurer shall be elected by the Board of Control.

All these Officers shall be elected quadrennially, and shall hold office until their successors are chosen. Vacancies in any of the above-named positions, except the Presidency and the Editorship of the Epworth Herald, shall be filled by the Board of Control. § 7. ARTICLE VI. German Assistant Secretary. The Editor of Haus und Herd is constituted the German Assistant Secretary of the Epworth League.

§ 8. ARTICLE VII. Assistant Secretary for Colored Conferences. There shall be an Assistant Secretary of the Epworth League for work within colored Conferences, to be elected quadrennially by the Board of Control, who shall perform such duties as the Board of Control may direct.

§ 9. ARTICLE VIII. Finances. The salary of the Editor of the Epworth Herald shall be fixed by the Book Committee and paid by the Book Concern. The salaries of the General Secretary and Assistant Secretary for work within colored Conferences shall be fixed by the Board of Control; and shall be paid, together with such administrative expenses as may be authorized by the Board of Control, and in such amount as the Board of Control may designate, from