Substitutes were to be provided while the named canons were unordained or unavailable. Gailey was ministering as an unordained licentiate. Free Methodists recognize and license unordained persons for particular ministries. Certain abbesses, while unordained women, have also received such a privilege as well. Deaconesses received blessing from the angel but were unordained. It had nine lady agents, five ordained native pastors, and ninety-three unordained native helpers. Shortly Yates left the ministry, and, being unordained, took the style of a layman.