PRIMITIVE METHODISTS.
; ;The:.an.nual'.pastbral letter, . signed by the-new, president of the '-English .Primitive Methodist"Church! (the : Rev:;S. 'S.. Honsiiaw); emphasises the need for, tlie : church'es';.'tb"!,a.dapt\th'einselTCS,":-'tp'.;:!'-.tKe. changes in belief and; the.conditions, of Christian;,activity; ;which' rlobm;,,-: beforetho . denohiination!-'in : !-the! second!- ..cen-tury-of : its 'existence!! While the. gen-: eral::tone,!bfithe!;letter!;isix;heerfuly;dis-! appointment;!,is! 1 acknpwie'dge.d';.that!:'to centenary- ' -and.;.; abcentviated cyaiigeli'sticactivity- have^^'only .succeeded 3n!;maintaihingj'. wdth ; ; a-'.: nominal;.:;, iri-; crease, tho membership figures of three s'ears ago;!!;; It.'is!; pointed out,' however;! ;that, .nbtwithstanding /.the;decreases ' : of the past two , years, there . has been 'a. gain of 15,283 on the;last!:decadej;even ; afte-r! giving: 6396 members to form : the United--Methodist'.Church- of 'Australian Tho. :rleeado.v also f ! marks / an,:;'a'dyanbe;!of 150P : teaeli'er's v 'and'.2ojoo.o. schplari.! 'V,;:'::;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 9
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108PRIMITIVE METHODISTS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 9
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