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invest the Council with authority to act decisively in 

 all matters concerning the Cokesbury College, and the 

 printing of books; second, to withhold the power to 

 make new canons, or to alter old ones, without the 

 consent of the Conference; so that whatever was done 

 on this head should come in the shape of advice only. 

 It was furthermore resolved to establish Sunday- 

 schools for poor children, white and black. And the 

 following minute was adopted, viz.: 



What can be clone in order to instruct poor children (white and 

 black) to read? 



Let us labor as the heart and soul of one man to establish Sun- 

 day-schools in or near the place of public worship. Let persons be 

 appointed by the bishops, elders, deacons, and preachers, to teach 

 (gratis) all that will attend, and have a capacity to learn, from six 

 o'clock in the morning till ten, and from two o'clock in the after- 

 noon till six ; where it does not interfere with public worship. The 

 Council shall compile a proper school-book to teach them learning 

 and piety. 



The congregations for public worship were favored 

 with quickening seasons and lively meetings; several 

 young persons came under awakenings. The reports 

 from the several appointments showed an aggregate 

 increase of six hundred and thirty members. Mr. 

 "Whatcoat preached every night, and Bishop Asbury 

 twice on Sunday, and on the last day of the Confer- 

 ence from Jeremiah xv. 19: "If thou take forth the 

 precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth." 

 Says the Bishop, in his journal: 



It was a searching season ; several spoke and prayed, and we bad 

 noise enough. The evening before an extract of sundry letters from 

 New York and Baltimore was read in the congregation, at which 

 saints and sinners were affected. But we have not a sufficient breast- 

 work. Our friends are too mute and fearful, and many of the out- 

 doors people are violent and wicked. I have had a busy, trviiw 



