To inform the minister of any that are sick, or of any that walk disorderly and will not be reproved.
To pay the stewards what they have received of their several classes in the week preceding provided, the leaders collect from each member 5c per week, class dues.
[4] This part refers to towns and cities where the poor are generally numerous and Church expenses considerable.
CHAPTER XVI.
STEWARDS AND STEWARDESSES
Ques. 1. How are Stewards and Junior Stewards to be appointed?
Ans. The preacher in charge shall have the right of nomination, subject to the confirmation or rejection of the Quarterly Conference.
Ques. 2. What are the regulations concerning Stewards and Junior Stewards?
Ans. 1. Let them be men of solid piety, who both know and love the Methodist doctrine and discipline, and of good natural and acquired ability to transact temporal business of the Church.
2. It shall be the duty of the Stewards to make estimates of expenses and provision for the support of the gospel; to take an exact account of all moneys collected or other provisions made for the support of the ministry; expenditure of money, whether for the support of the ministry or the relief of the sick, or the poor; to seek the needy and distressed in order to relieve and comfort them; to inform the preachers of any sick or disorderly persons; to tell the preachers what they think wrong in them; to attend the official meetings and the quarterly meetings; to give advice, if asked, in planning the circuit; to attend committees for the application of money to churches; to give counsel in matters of arbitration; to provide elements for the Lord's Supper; to appoint some one, whenever necessary, to receive contributions for the support of the ministry and other purposes, and to obtain from each collector thus appointed the money received by him, that it may be reported to the Quarterly Conference; to take up collections quarterly in every congregation, if it be necessary, and to write circular letters to the societies to be more liberal, if need be; and to let them know, when occasion requires, the financial state of the Church, as reported at the Quarterly Conference. They shall elect their own chairman, secretary and treasurer.
3. The Stewards of each circuit and station shall be a standing committee (where there is no parsonage) to provide houses for the families of married preachers, or to assist the preachers to obtain houses for themselves when they are appointed to labor among them.