Excerpt from A Century of Service, a Story of Calvary Methodist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1865-1965: Historical, Reminiscent and Commentary The famous Christmas Conference was held on December 24, 1784, at Lovely Lane Chapel in Baltimore. There were 60 ministers. Present, representing members of Methodist societies from Virginia to New J ersey.40 Wesley's abridged Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England became the doctrinal statement of the new church. Wesley also altered The Book of Common Prayer which was adopted. Modifications were made in matters of discipline, and an annual salary of $64 was fixed for the unmarried Methodist itinerant. The most significant step concerned the order of the ministry. 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.