_Q._ 15. How may the leaders of classes be made more useful? _A._ 1. Let each of them be diligently examined concerning his method of meeting a class. 2. Let us recommend to all the following directions; 1. Let each leader carefully inquire, how every soul in his class prospers? Not only, how each person observes the outward rules, but how he grows in the knowledge and love of God. 2. Let the leaders converse with all the preachers, as frequently and as freely as possible. 3. Let every leader come into the room on _Tuesday_, as soon as the service is ended, and then sit down, and commune with God in his heart till the preacher comes in. 4. Let no leaders go out till the preacher goes. 5. Let every leader bring a note of every sick person in his class. _Q._ 16. Can any thing farther be done, in order to make the meeting of the classes lively and profitable? _A._ 1. Let the leaders frequently meet each other’s classes. 2. Let us observe, which leaders are most useful to those under their care. And let these meet the other classes as often as possible. 3. Frequently making new leaders. _Q._ 17. How can we farther assist those under our care? _A._ 1. By closely examining them at each visitation: 2. By meeting the married men and women together, on the first _Sunday_, after the visitation; the single men and women apart, on the two following. 3. By instructing them at their own houses. What unspeakable need is there of this? The world say, “The Methodists are no better than other people.” This is not true. Yet it is nearer the truth, than we are willing to imagine. For, 1. Personal-religion, either toward God or man, is amazingly superficial among us. I can but just touch on a few generals. How little faith is there among us? How little communion with God? How little living in heaven, walking in eternity, deadness to every creature? How much love of the word, desire of pleasure, of ease, of praise, of getting money? How little brotherly love? What continual judging one another? What gossipping, evil-speaking, tale-bearing? What want of moral honesty? To instance only in a few particulars: What servants, journeymen, labourers, carpenters, bricklayers, do as they would be done by? Which of them does as much work as he can? Set him down for a knave that does not. Who does as he would be done by, in buying and selling, particularly in selling horses? Write him knave that does not. And the methodist-knave is the worst of all knaves. 2. Family religion is shamefully wanting, and almost in every branch. And the Methodists in general will be little better, till we take quite another course with them. For what avails public _preaching alone_, though we could preach like angels?