The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-15

amount will not build.-I5.
Fulton, KY The meeting at Fulton, in
which Rev. j. w. Graybill was assisted by Rev
j. M. Evans and Elder Hopper, continues.
Nineteen members have been added to the
church lot has been secured for church,
and twelve hundred and fifty dollars raised to-
ward erecting building-B
Uvalde. Texas.-Some weeks ago Rev.
IL. Leps, Evangelist in the Presbytery of West
ern Texas assisted by Rey. H. R. Laird, of Con-
zaies' held meeting at Uvalde to the great en-
couragement of the church. Two persons were
received on examination and one by lette and
the addition of several others is looked for. This
church Is very anxious to secure minister to
labor at Uvalde in connection with one or two
other points, and will give good support. Rev.
). W. Neil, D. D., San Antonio, Texas, will fur
nish information 2sras Presbyterian.
Hampstead. Texas.-Dr. E. D. Junkin, of
Houston, had been preaching FIVE days at Hemp
stead, and wrote The church there has had no
regular preaching since brother o. B. CALDWELL
left 1T In 1879, and it had gotten into yerv life
less condition. The meeting of Presbytery
there last spring, and the labors of our Evange-
list, Rev. L. j. Daniel, have done a great deal
OF good Since then they have secured occasion
al supplies, and better state of things has re-
suited. l found the people anxious to have
preaching and during my visit had large and
very attentive congregations. Brother McFeat-
tiers, OF Navasota, had given them some service
before L went, and FIVE members were received
into the the church During my stay, five
more were brought in. The members were
much encouraged, and the indications were such
as to promise the beginning of better times for
this church Rev. ]. H. Fitzgerald of Va. is
expected to begin work there in Oct The peo-
pie are looking forward to his coming, and it is
most earnestly hoped that he will be very sue
cessful In building up the church.-Ib
Northern Presbyterian.
The new Mccormick Hall of the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Northwest will be for
mally presented to the Board of Directors next
tuesday, at which time the dedication services
Will take place. The keys will be presented in
behalf of the late Hon. Cyrus H. Mccormick by
his son. Mr.. Cyrus H. Mccormick, Jr., and the
dedlcatory address will be delivered by Rev,
John Hall, D. D., of New York. An address,
IN behalf of the Faculty will be made by DR.
Halsey
In an Eastern Presbytery, last week
members of certain church asked the removal
OF the pastor. One of the reasons given for thi
request was that he did not pay his debts. TIL,
Singing answer of the pastor was that he wa.
unable to pay his debts because his church owet
MIN $l'2oo. That explains why ministers are
sometimes slow In paying debts, and it is no
credltable to any congregation PreS6yteria,
Banner.
Our Supply of Ministers The Minutes
OF our General Assembly show steady increas,
In the number of ministers received from othe,
denominations ifty-tour in 1882 sixty four il
1888, and eighty-fve in 1884. When these ar,
compared with the ordinations, which show 8
decline, l58 IN 1882, 157 in 1883, $50 in 1884
the unhealthy state of our Church in its supply
OF ministers is transparent. In 1882, twenty.
hve per cent. of our supply of ministers to sup.
ply the place OF the deceased, and to occupy new
helds OF labor, came from other denominations
This was increased to twenty-nine per cent. in
1883, and again increased to thirty six per cent
IN 1854 In other words, the supply of student.
! from the seminaries has been growing more anc
more inadequate to the demands of the Church
Our Presbyterian Church ought to be able Il
train Its own ministers without drawing upor
the supplies of other denominations. If we oair
from other denominations, we ought to return
an equal number. This is not a question q
change OF opinion on the part of ministers. i
Is passing over from kindred denominations to
our own. 1t Is interesting to observe that this
supply from other denominations is in propor
ton to the lack of ordinations in our OWL
Church. We needed 225 new ministers in 1883
and received in all sixty-four from other demon.
nations and l57 ordained or 221 in all. In
1884 we needed 237 we received eghty-6v,
from other denominations and ordained $50
1t Is very plain that our theological seminarie
; ought to supply us with upwards of 200 mer
annually, to supply the ranks of the deceased
and the new churches in the mission fields. Las
year the total nun Der Of graduates was but l 30
We rejoice at the intelligence from the theolopi
cal seminaries, that there seems to be an increas
OF students at them all. But this increase is il
the Junior year, which means that the ChurcI
must wait three years for the increased supply
: We are convinced that if the seminaries con
tanned at present all the students actually needed
by the Church to supply its annual demands
there would not be room enough to hold them
, Enlarged accommodations would certainly b.
required. The Church is growing with mucl
greater raPidity than its supply Of ministers
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