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thus to elude investigation, and to evade that reproof, admonition, and brotherly control, which a District Committee should deem it right to administer, our people could have no security for the purity of our ministry, either as to doctrine or life.

The decision of the District Committee, suspending the ministerial functions of Dr. Warren, until he should submit to take his trial, is, therefore, approved and confirmed by the Conference.

II. That, in the judgment of the Conference, the following facts have been fully proved :

1. That, by various publications and speeches, Dr. Warren has most unjustly and inexcusably defamed and slandered the character of many preachers and official members of the Connexion individually, and of the District Committee and the Conference collectively.

2. That he has committed numerous flagrant offences against the essential principles of our connexional union, by overt acts directly tending to subvert the constitution, and to destroy the purity, the peace, and eventually-even the existence of our united societies: especially

By having concurred in organizing an association, or combination, opposed to the discipline of our societies, and united for the avowed purpose of effecting great and subversive changes in our general system:

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By joining with others in the same combination, to establish separate assemblies and places of worship and by arranging and publishing a plan for religious services in those separate places of worship; in direct and contemptuous opposition to the lawful authority which had placed him under suspension:

By co-operating with the combination aforesaid, in convening and addressing mixed assemblages, for the purpose of destroying all confidence in the Conference, and disturbing and dividing our Societies:

By uniting and assisting, in particular, at a late meeting of persons calling themselves "Delegates;" at which meeting "Resolutions and Propositions," opposed to the essential principles of the Connexion were adopted, and measures of disturbance and division were concerted: and

By continuing, notwithstanding the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, and of the Lord Chancellor, to resist, and in various ways seeking to overturn, the discipline of the Connexion: 3. That, in numerous instances, his conduct and proceedings are gross and palpable violations of the principles and precepts of the New Testament.

III. On these, and similar other grounds, Dr. Warren, so far from having manifested any contrition for his many offences, or expressed any intention or disposition to abandon the evil courses which he has so injuriously pursued, has, on the contrary, plainly avowed his determination to persist in the views and purposes expressed by him in a certain published letter, and in a note to the fourth edition of his pamphlet ; and has, in various ways, declared to the Conference, that it could not retain his services without consenting to make such alterations in our long-established constitution and discipline, as the Conference deems to be great and essential:-the Conference unanimonsly judges and resolves that it cannot, with Christian propriety and fidelity, allow Dr. Samuel Warren to have any longer a place as a preacher in our Connexion; he is, therefore, hereby accordingly expelled.

The PRESIDENT announced, that in pursuance of the decision of Conference, he had sent a note to Dr. Warren, to inform him of the resolution which had been passed on his case, and to say, that it should be left to his own feelings, either to appear again in the Conference to receive his sentence, or not. His reply was, that he would await the call of the President to attend the Conference, and receive his sentence in form.

The PRESIDENT informed the Conference that he yesterday received a letter, signed George Cookman and Ralph Grindrod, requesting, on the part of certain persons calling themselves Wesleyan Delegates, to know at what hour this day it would be canvenient to Conference to receive their Address. To which he had replied that he would lay their letter before the Conference, and take their opinion thereon.

He also stated, that he had received a second note, signed by the same individuals, requesting that the final answer of the Conference might be given this day.

It was the opinion of the Conference that the parties should be informed of the usual mode in which addresses or memorials are introduced to the Conference. The rest of Saturday was employed in the investigation of characters.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2.

All the religious services appointed for this day were unusually well attended.— The principal chapels were crowded with attentive and devout auditories, and a very gracious influence accompanied the delivery of the gospel message by the servants of the Lord. They were indeed seasons of refreshing from the divine presence, and were hailed by preachers and people as a token for good.

MONDAY, AUGUST 3.

The examination of the characters of preachers was renewed.

The Address from the Delegates of the Grand Central Association was read and a committee appointed to prepare an answer.

In the afternoon, Dr. WARREN was called in; and addressed by the PRESIDENT in nearly the following words:"I am quite sure that every member of this Conference feels the importance and solemnity of the present occasion. The duty which I have now to perform is of so painful a nature, that I greatly regret, on my own account, that the Doctor insists on having the decision of the Conference in his case pronounced before him from the chair. I was acquainted with the parents of Dr Warren, during

an early period of my public life, and have known him since he was a little boy. And since he has commenced his ministerial career, I have felt a deep interest in his happiness, usefulness, and honour. Little did I ever think it would have fallen to my lot to perform a duty so distressing to myself, and so humiliating to Dr. Warren, as the one in which I am now engaged."....[Here the President alluded, in a very feeling manner, to his recollections of Dr. Warren's former wife, and bore an honorable testimony to the amiable, exemplary, and useful character of that excellent woman. He also stated, that these recollections heightened the sorrowful feelings which he experienced on the present occasion. He then proceeded to remark,]—" Dr. Warren travelled with me two years in Kent, and conducted himself in a very becoming manner, as my helper in the work of the Lord. Since then, I have regretted to observe in Dr. Warren, on some occasions, a spirit and conduct which to me was quite inexplicable; especially in the Committee which was appointed by the Conference to consider the expediency of providing a Theological Institution for the improvement of the junior preachers. From that period up to the present hour, Dr. Warren's course has excited mv surprise and regret as well as my entire disapprobation and condemnation. I am sure, that I only speak the sentiments of all the members of this Conference, when I say, that it would afford us the purest satisfaction to observe a change for the better.— Now, however, I have only, in obedience to the order of this Conference, to pronounce its decision in the hearing of Dr. Warren; and, painful as the duty is, I am bound to perform it. This Conference, after a full consideration of your case, has decided, by a solemn vote, that you, Dr. Samuel Warren, be forthwith expelled from this Connexion, and you are so expelled accordingly."

Dr. WARREN in reply, acknowledged the affectionate' manner of the Presidentprotested against what he called the assumption of unscriptural power on the part of the preachers—and expressed his strong disapprobation of their public conduct. He concluded by observing;-"I will not obtrude further remarks, but will add this brief sentiment, that however erroneous you may think me to be, I do absolutely consider that my sentence is not a just and constitutional one. I think I have proved it in my defence, and I do, therefore, enter my solemn protest against the vote of the Conference. ` I think I have been unjustly deprived of my fraternal inheritance, and shall do my best to recover it.

The case of ROBERT EMMETT, a supernumerary, who has also connected himself, with the Grand Central Association, and has endeavoured to disturb the harmony of our societies in various places, was taken into consideration; and, after a full and careful examination, the Conference unanimously resolved that he should be expelled from the body.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4.

Committees were appointed to prepare the Pastoral Address and the Reply to the Address from the Irish and Canadian Conferences.

ROBERT EMMETT was called in to hear the decision of Conference in his case; and was addressed by the President in the following terms :-"Your case has been attentively, candidly, and largely considered. Though in the gross and commonly understood sense of the term, you are not guilty of immorality, yet it is the opinion of the Conference, that to sow discord among brethren-to promote strife in our societies and to foster and encourage the custom of speaking evil of ministers, is a great violation of all the laws of scriptural morality. The Conference having thus considered your case, have imposed upon me the painful duty of informing you, that by a unanimous vote you are expelled from the body. My advice is, that you retrace your steps, and recover the ground on which you stood when you were cordially united with your brethren, and when you were zealous in the cause of Christ. If any word that I should say, would restore you to this state of mind, I would greatly rejoice."

Mr. AVERILL, who had been regularly suspended by a District Meeting, for promoting the purposes of the Central Association, was called in. The charges against him were of an aggravated description, involving the accomplishment, in a great degree, of the ruin of the Camelford circuit; and no just reasons appearing for granting him the privilege of appeal, the Conference, after reviewing the circumstances, unanimously resolved on his expulsion.

The Conference proceeded with the examination of characters, and various expla nations were given of matters concerning which erroneous statements had gone abroad. In particular, Dr. Bunting and Mr. Newton adverted to what had been reported in reference to their supposed interference with the election for South Devon, with which they had no concern whatever.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5.

The whole of the day was occupied with Mr. Bromley's case, against whom complaints were preferred in reference to numerous alleged instances of his rash and injurious connexion, by words and acts, with the agitations of the past year.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6.

Mr. BROMLEY entered upon his defence, in the course of which he acknowledged that his conduct, in many instances, had been imprudent, and avowed that a change had taken place in his opinions and feelings, in reference to some of the transactions which had been brought under the consideration of the Conference; and he promised that, in future, his brethren should not have cause to complain of him. After a long discussion, the Conference resolved that, in consideration of the acknowledgments that Mr. Bromley had made, and the pledges that he had given that he would cordially unite with his brethren, and faithfully support the decisions of the Conference and the existing system of Methodism, he should be continued as a fellow-labourer in the gospel. The Address of the Conference to the self-styled "Delegates," inserted in a subsequent column, was read, and unanimously passed the vote of Conference.

A letter from Isaac Crowther, Esq., inclosing a cheque for £500 towards the funds of the Theological Institution, was then read, for which the cordial and unanimous thanks of the Conference were expressed, with a request of their being tendered to that benevolent gentleman.

The cases of Dr. Warren and others, as well as the replies to the "Delegates," having occupied several days, it was found necessary for the Conference to resume its sittings this evening at six o'clock.

Permission was granted by the Conference to the trustees of St. George's chapel in the East, Bolton, Huddersfield, and Bedford, to erect an organ in their respective chapels.

The case of Mr. GORDON, who, as our readers are aware, has been particularly active in the late anti-Methodistical agitation, was introduced; and, after reading various documents on the subject, it was unanimously agreed that his resignation shall be accepted by the Conference.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7.

Some other cases of inquiry, as to the conduct of the preachers during the past year, were disposed of in the course of the morning.

In the afternoon, Dr. BUNTING repeated the substance of what he had said at the meeting of laymen, on the Friday preceding the Conference.

In the evening session, the character and qualifications of the young men who are recommended by their respective Quarterly and District Meetings were laid before the Conference.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8.

Until noon, the Conference was occupied with the examination of young men proposed to travel. There was no evening sitting.

MONDAY, AUGUST 10.

The Conference was occupied in receiving the reports of the District Committees on the examinations of the young men recommended to be now received on trial. The total number of candidates accepted by the Conference, to be employed in the regular work at home or abroad, is 82. Of this number, 31 have offered themselves more especially for the Missionary work. Nine candidates, recommended by the Foreign Districts, have also been approved of by the Conference, and placed on the list as Assistant Missionaries on trial.

It was unanimously resolved-"That the EX-PRESIDENT should be earnestly requested to publish the excellent charge which he addressed to the junior preachers who were ordained on Wednesday evening;-" That the Rev. Messrs. DIXON and LESSEY be requested to publish the sermons which they preached yesterday in the Carver-street chapel; and that Mr. HANNAH also be requested to publish the two sermons delivered by him on the last two Sabbaths.

The question relating to Supernumeraries wishing to be appointed to circuits the ensuing year, having been considered, the Conference proceeded to an investigation of the state of the circuits, with a view to determine what requests for additional preachers should be met. A most interesting account was given respecting the Orkney Islands, and the extreme solicitude of the inhabitants to have Wesleyan preachers stationed among them. The Conference agreed that two should be sent. The entire number of additional preachers to be employed in the home work next year is 31.

In the afternoon, the Stationing Committee retired for the purpose of re-considering and making the necessary alterations in the rough draught for the appointments of the preachers for the ensuing year. In the mean time, the Conference was occupied

with several minor matters of business.

THE ORDINATION.

One of the most interesting public services of the Annual Conference is the Ordi nation, or admission into full connexion of those junior preachers who have completed the usual term of probation. On the present occasion, sixteen individuals were thus solemnly set apart to the public ministry of the gospel at home; namely Messrs. Coulson, Rogerson, jun., Maxwell, Clarke, Cooper, Peterson, Joll, Rossell, Hughes, jun., Monkhouse, Simon, Bedford, Walker, Brownell, Hall, and Kipling. Five others, who have been several years employed on Foreign Mission stations, being at present in this country, attended the Conference, and received a public recognition. The evening of Monday, the 3rd instant, and the following (Tuesday) evening, were occupied with the usual preparatory examination; and several of the candidates gave an interesting account of their conversion from sin and call to the ministry. We have only room to notice particularly some of the statements which were made :

JAMES COX stated that he was born in the island of Bermuda, and educated in strict attendance on the services of the Established Church. From his childhood he had been a subject of serious impressions. The fear of God restrained him from gross immoralities, and urged him to the performance of religious duties. Abstinence from outward acts of immorality, and a diligent observance of religious exercises, generated a spirit of pharisaism, which became deeply rooted within him, and he remained utterly ignorant of the nature of true religion and the simple way of obtaining it by faith in Christ. It was by the blessing of God on the perusal of the Scriptures, that he was at length fully convinced of his utter destitution of experimental godliness. A variety of passages, descriptive of that filial confidence in God which his people enjoy, were mainly instrumental in producing this conviction, and subverting his self-righteous hopes. He became fully convinced of sin, and trembled before God; but how to obtain the divine favour he did not know; his views of salvation by faith were very indistinct. At this interesting crisis, he became acquainted with the Rev. James Dunbar, Wesleyan Missionary in Bermuda To the kind and judicious counsels, and pulpit ministrations of Mr. Dunbar he was greatly indebted. He became more earnest in prayer for the promised salvation of the Gospel, till one evening, while walking with a young friend now in heaven, he was enabled to exercise faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ, and had the pardoning love of God shed abroad in his heart. While "seeking the Lord," he was deeply impressed with the idea that he should eventually become a preacher of the gospel, but strove to repress the thought, lest it should proceed from vanity. After some time, he was employed by Mr. Dunbar as a local preacher, and while thus engaged, the impression on his mind strengthened into a conviction that he was called to devote himself unto the work of the ministry. Having been examined and recommended by the Antigua District Meeting, he received an appointment by the Conference to a Mission station in the Antigua District. The difficulties and temptations which he experienced in the commencement of his public career, were succeeded by a calm and settled conviction that the Lord had directed his course. He had laboured 12 years in those interesting fields of missionary toil, which the West Indies present; and while contemplating the future, he felt something of the spirit of the great Apostle of the Gentiles, when he said "Woe unto me if I preach not the gospel."

SAMUEL HARDEY said" By the grace of God, I am what I am." If I differ from the vilest and the worst, it is the grace of God which has made that difference; and this circumstance proves that God "hath no pleasure in the death of a sinner." My conversion to God was as follows. Being born of religious parents, and having had a strictly religious education, I was, at a very early period of life, a subject of gracious impressions, and of the convincing, correcting, and reproving influences of the Holy Spirit. It was not, however, till I had reached the fourteenth year of my age that I was deeply convinced of my sinful condition, and of my need of personal salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. By a serious affliction, which brought me to the margin of the grave, I was led to cry for mercy, and earnestly to seek the pardon of my sins. With my recovery to health, my convictions deepened, and my distress of mind became almost insufferable. For four months I wept and was in bitterness, and had no hope, peace, or joy. In the distress of this moment, I "entered into my closet, shut the door, and prayed unto my Father who seeth in secret," and pleaded the "exceeding great and precious promises" of his holy word; one especially was presented as the object of my faith, namely-"The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart; that is, the word of faith which we preach. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and' believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Here I saw the blessing I wanted, and found the Saviour I sought. I had power to believe in Christ as having died in my room and stead, and, believing, could "rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." Then I ob

tained peace with God-could joy in God-had access to God-and, above all, received the witness of the Spirit of God to bear a direct and explicit testimony with my spirit that I was a child of God. Then my heart was regenerated;-the great work of sanctification commenced; and up to this moment has been progressively advancing, and I am now going on to perfection. As holiness, happiness, and usefulness are inseparately connected, I have ever kept in view, as the object of my calling, "holiness to the Lord." My call to become a minister of the gospel originated in an impression that I was inwardly moved by the Holy Spirit to take upon me that sacred office, and the way being clearly opened I commenced in the character of a local preacher. After labouring in that capacity for four years, I was called by the church to enter more fully into the work of the ministry, and being recommended from the circuit in which I resided to the Hull District Meeting, I was there examined and received in the usual way. But my call was not only to preach the gospel to my fellow creatures in general, but to the heathen world in particular. This impression was clear and distinct; and, believing that it came from God, I acted upon it, and offered myself to the Mission cause. In the year 1828, I embarked for Madras; and after a long, painful, and trying voyage of seven months, in which I was graciously preserved, I safely arrived in India in January, 1829. During this period, I had many opportunities of testing the genuineness of my zeal, and the fervency of my love; and thankful I am to say, that I never had a misgiving as to the reality of my call; and during the six years I lived and laboured in India-in sufferings and in trials, in perils by sea and by land—I always felt the truth and reality of that gracious promise," Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." I have the prospect of soon going again to that distant part of the world, nothing doubting but God hath sent me; and whether sickness or health, adversity or prosperity, honour or dishonour, life or death, all will be well; for "I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.”"Brethren pray for me."

ELLIS HALL-Ever since I can recollect, I have had those good desires and intentions which the children of pious parents generally experience. My father punished every moral delinquency of which he knew me to be guilty with a severity which, when compared with the indulgence he always shewed to lesser faults, marked upon my mind the exceeding sinfulness of sin. He sought at these times especially to substitute the fear of offending God for that of the punishment he himself inflicted, as a restraint more rational, more powerful, and more pleasing to Him with whom I had to do. But I am principally indebted to my dear mother, whose spirit has since passed into the skies, for the care that was taken to bring me to an early acquaintance with the Saviour of sinners. I well remember the pains she took to render her society more agreeable than that of some forbidden companion, and the means by which she endeavoured to elicit the state of my heart when the Holy Ghost began to draw me into friendship with himself; and I do believe, had I not been blessed with such a mother, I should not now have been what I am and where I am. When about fifteen years of age, I began seriously and anxiously to inquire, what shall I do to be saved? Mr. Pilter was at that time stationed in my native town, and I have much reason to bless God that I heard sermons from him which I then wondered any could hear without trembling; but I was not soon fully delivered from the spirit of procrastination. I felt no unwillingness to entertain a painful apprehension of my danger, for I had long dreaded being forsaken of the Spirit of God, and regarded these strivings of conscience as a pleasing indication that he had not given me up to the hardness of my heart. The hinderances to my salvation were all within myself. I had no costly or painful sacrifice to makeno wicked companion to abandon, my associates were all serious-no persecution to dread. I knew my conversion would be a subject of great joy to all from whom I had any thing to hope or fear-my external circumstances were favourable to that internal change which I longed to experience. I saw the necessity of submitting to, and the advantage of believing in, the Lord Jesus Christ. But I knew not the freeness of gospel mercy; I thought myself at a great distance when in reality I was not far from the kingdom of heaven. I had often listened, and always with intense interest, to a description of those terrors which compel the awakened to seek immediate refuge in the outstretched arms of the Redeemer, and I waited to realize in my own mind this deep and distressing sense of instant danger. Believing it indispensable to a sound and scriptural conversion, I looked with suspicion upon those who professed the enjoyment of a peace that had not been preceded by this great distress as being but slightly healed.— It was my determination never to rest until I had first felt all the anguish of a wounded spirit. I did not venture to think of pardon as of possible attainment to one whose strongest feeling was not terror of the punishment denounced against sin, but an anxious desire to be made partaker of God's favour; and though I was brought at last to own the folly of building my hopes upon such a foundation as this, it was long be

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