WESLEYAN METHODIST SOCIETY QUARTERLY TICKETS

Tickets are from the Earl family of Toronto, singed by prominent ministers of the period 1813 - 1870

Tickets were given quarterly as token of church membership to members who had weekly attendance at church class meetings. They were also proof of members' good standing to participate in holy communion.

"Once a quarter one of the ministers of the circuit visits each class to distribute to the members their tickets
denoting membership, providing their conduct has been orderly." THE DENOMINATIONAL REASON WHY, 1890

"...historical continuity from early days down to the present, as well as its' symbolical significance of church membership, invest it with a little interest."
Procedings of the Weslayal Historical Society. Vol. 21, 1938
Contact: Canadian Methodist Historical Society
c/o Marilyn Whitely, 226 Exhibition Street, Guelph, Ontario N1H 4R5; 1 519 824 9345; mwhitely@gto.net



All tickets, approximately 44 ........................................SOLD