The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1892-05-25
For the Central Presbyterian.
EreSbYtery of POtoSi

/ WI y VI L OOOO1
Held a special meeting in Farm
ington, Mo-, May 9Th. Six minis.
ters and three elders were present.
Rev. j. T. Leonard was granted q
letter of dismission and recommen.
datiOn to the Presbyterv of Chicago
Home MiS8ions.- Assembly :
Committee of Home Missions dur.
ing the past year have granted ap-
preparations from the Sustentation
fund, amounting to $152.5O, to aid
in the support of four ministers.
In looking over the contributions of
the churches during the year just
closed, 1t is very gratifying to notice
that they are much larger than
those of last year, viz: Sustenta
ton an excess of 1881; Church
Erection. $l283; Invalid fund,
$40 25; Evangelistic, 500 Sc; Syn
DDS Evangehstic, $1245O. For the
Evangelistic work alone, the church
es have contributed as follows: AS.
sembly's Evangelistic fund, $9S.37 :;
Synod's Evangelistic fund, $5O2.1O;
Worsham Debt, $69.10, making in
all $669.57.
We next present a summary of
the labors of Rev. John w. Prim-
l25e, d. D., Synodical evangelist,
CFrlng the year ending April LIST,
4o,- -u ths e bulated report
Of DR.. Primrose we derive the fol-
lowing items: He has in this time,
bid evangelistic services in twelve
churches, and four stations, namely :
Bismarck, New Madrid, Oak Ridge,
Doe Run, Piedmont, CIark's Creek,
Bellevue 1st., Apple Creek, Potosi,
Maiden, Irondale, Syenite, Bra
zeau, Jackson, Point Pleasant and
Westminster; all in the Presbytery
of Potosi except the last, Westmin-
ster church, which is in Missouri
Presbytery. DR.. Primrose was en-
gagged in these meetings $50 days,
preached 274 sermons, 129 persons
made confession of faith in Christ,
six additions to the church by let
ter. Total number of additions,
116. Baptisms, "a adults and Is
infants Amount of contributions
for Synod's Evangelistic work,
$391.05. A church was organized
at Bismarck consisting of Is mem
bers, 2 elders and 2 deacons were
ordained.
During the year embraced in this
report, DR.. Primrose had a vacation
of two months in the summer, and
was confined at home by illness six
weeks in the winter. When we
consider the inclemency of the
weather during the past winter, and
the sickness which prevailed so
extensively throughout the country,
in addition to the difficulty of find
ing openings for the labors of our
evangelist, we feel constrained to
commend him on the results of his
labors which In all respects have
been satisfactory. Notwithstanding
all these obstacles, he has toiled on
faithfully and done well. We thank
God for His grace bestowed on His
servant, and upon all his future
labOrs in this important work, we
invoke the divine blessing.
NG regret W I6pOIb JudJ nine or
our churches failed to contribute to
the Invalid fund, and five to Church
The contributions of
some of our churches to the impor-
tant causeso of Sustentation andE7an-
gelistic fund were very small. One
of the largest churches in The Pres
far as we are informed
only to Synod's Evan
gelistic fund.
Had all the churches come up to
the measure of their duty in this
matter, we would have raised the
full amount expected of us. Hence,
/ We urge the officers of these
delinquent churches to seriously
consider this subject, and deter
mine in the future, to give an op-
portunity to the people under their
care to assist in the work of the
Lord, by contributing to each of
these benevolent causes at its ap-
time, so as to secure the
full sums apportioned by Presby-
terry. 2. We exhort the officers of I