Excerpt from Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Held in Omaha, Nebraska, May 2-26, 1892 There is reason to fear that we have lost the art of utilizing our local ministry. A good service will be done by this Confer ence, if it can devise a plan which will send them out, as of old, to school-houses and remote places in regular circuits, where, for the love of it, without pay, they will preach the gospel to people who will hear them. Much work is needed, both in town and country, where no pay is possible. There are men who support themselves in secular callings, who have ability, who can preach, and who love to preach, and whose ministries would be a power, who are mere ciphers for the want of Opportunity. Can not many waste places be redeemed by utilizing this neglected talent; and will not wise regulations on this subject, authoritatively made, prevent the growing evil arising from the voluntary preaching of irresponsible and unauthorized persons? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.