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Taken at the several Annual Conferences of the


Methodist Episcopal Church for the year 1897.


New York, published by N. Bangs and J. Ene-


ry; octave. PIP. 72-Price l83cents.


This work, which has just issued from the Confer
ence office, contains full and complete view of the
present prosperous state of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. 1t embraces the names ofthe Bishops, FL
ders, Deacons, and candidates for orders designa-
ting those who have been received on trial, during
the year; those who remain on trial who are ad-
mted into full connection, who are the deacons
who have been elected and ordained elders who
have located who are the supernnmerary preach
ers who are the superannuated OF worn out peach
ers; who have been expelled who have Withdrawn
romthe connection and who have died, with short
obituary notices. 1t gives the of all the dis
tricts, circuits and stations, together with the num-
Der OF members in each, and the appointments OF the
several preachers with an alphabetical list Of the
preachers names, showing to what circuits, stations
and conferences they scvrrally belong 1t shows
that there seventeen annual conferences, divided


into eighty five districts, embracing eight hundred
and fifty nine circuits and staons-that there are
fifteen hundred and seventy six travelling preachers;
one hundred and eleven OF whom are superannu;,-
! ted and that there three hundred and eighty
one THOUSAND, nine hundred and ninety seven church
Imenbers being nett increase snce the last year
lof twenty thousand, one hundred and ninety
seven 1t also contains the following table, present


ing at one view, the number of members and preach
o,nh