MORGAN'S HISTORY OF THE NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE Page 190
Resolved, That whenever the missionary shall organize and properly put in operation such a religious society, he shall at the earliest practicable time turn the same over to the presiding elder or preacher having nearest charge to such point;
Resolved, That should the missionary be guilty of any violation of the laws of the book of discipline, he shall be liable to be arraigned and tried before the presiding elder, within whose boundary or the one nearest where the crime or violation of law or misdemeanor shall have occurred;
Resolved, That the missionary is forbidden to engage in picnics, cake walks or other such entertainments with his people, but his duty shall be to educate them up to the highest standard of christianity;
Resolved, That the several pastors of the New Jersey Conference shall at once collect the sum of one cent, and send the same immediately to the secretary of the Conference Missionary Society, to be by him paid out to the missionary;
Resolved, That in case any pastor refuses to or neglects to collect his assessments, the secretary shall at once direct his attention to such omission and if he still neglects or refuses, he, the secretary, shall prefer a charge against him, at the following session of the annual conference, to be dealt with as shall be judged best;
Resolved, That each pastor be held responsible personally for the amount of his assessment.
On motion of R. Faucet and J. W. Stevenson, the following additional resolutions were added:
Resolved, That inasmuch as it has been said that Methodism is christianity in earnest, being missionary in its character, and therefore if it would do its duty to the coming generation it must send the gospel to the heathen, that it is the duty of every pastor to impress upon his membership and congregation their obligation to God and humanity to do what they can to further the cause of missions;
Resolved, That it is the duty of every christian community to aid by its money, its influence, as well as its prayers in this glorious work.
By resolution of conference in 1878, an office of missionary-at-large was made and Rev. S. B. Williams appointed to fill the
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