PRIMITIVE METHODISTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 29 June 1912, Page 11

PRIMITIVE METHODISTS.

. v :mcm^i«Hip;vr^n)'Usc'ofs,{iie v Pi ; iiuitHo d ist ctiii ii-cx i o ii' ag'ai ri ;",sj ib\v ; ■ a dcitlio;;''WcEmihstcinUaMt Ws; the ,'fourfli ■;■ timpM'ifes»ct«ssion? 't hat fit? dec'iino has. Wn recorded,. btit forliuu'eiy it is : 'smaller^ ; t]iap^]i6^,figiirys' of. each of..tiio :ycarsZ,jfA6':='present'% also;'" Hie j;sbitist,ic3.'fv9m Zealand iaufli when-'thevo* a'v-n-iyriiisiiniiicmiscii pit'jthe'CfntaKlis Vexiiectcil. Taking tho-Ihimo district?, fho meuicontracted;;' with* i205,C55 ;lastyj-eaV:s=Tliesiif annua!"''-returns iMho'Ci'Trimitivo Meihodistf..Leader,'.'' from whoso columns prepared; :iTakingJMieHTCnty-six" districts into- which ■,Pr!niitiT^ ,: -Jleihpdisiir ; is..ilivi(k(l, eleven, re- ■ s".' 1 ■ ■ • • ' ' Jl'mb'rs. ; - JTi:l! -!l,2:5:1 ISI • . ■ ;S unScrl ald;and N' wc'j-tlc '17, Mfl :/■■3''/' ■■■ Brhikworthand Swindon 5,11i0 .CvjMl • .■L(sndon : .;Fifst?;.; ; ; 4, ;' GrimsßysiitbEincolri; :Dirfingtons ; o.nd^Stockton ,, lfl,7Wi ~VSS7-l'f Carlisle and.'Whilchaven-,' 3,"67. . • :.S .. SShriwsbiiry-!vv."W" 3,373^?:'i'';:2B'A} .. York av.d Sfarborortgh . 3,002 ' •si)\ ■ f/f' ■ ?Ejec^ser; ,this : doc'r«aso' -in-; • creases ■■ from', fifteen I '-. districts,*- ■ including Liverpool:, (170); fMissions,-' Leeds ,(59),- London Second;.(47>f;;liradford : ■ and .Halifax. (16), Manchester (3!*), Salisbury ?and ; :SouthaDipton';K39)>'aiid Norwich;. (3-1)? . Turning -from the district io tho 'individual tho statist-ies;,"reveal only; small shrinkages. ';Iri,evcry^cas« : th«y" ',»«&• beldw>.llOO.Sr.That" attJarrowion-Tyne . seems'to bo the. heavies!, with 63 ileciino 'in membership.' •. Still tho fact";:remains i'that; : a:largn nimiljer,,6f : churches report decwapi'.s. . Out of-a.tot.il of (i!' 3 churches or. inis-uwi?, 1-iO have. ranfributed to the de-il>aj:ticiilnijpart-'pf'lt!ic: v :cpimti'y^;:ln ; ; the' '.bigger'"" citiesv a nd-^towns,.;: represented 'by : treat' mHnufn'ctuinng'industrios,;. Primitive ;-lilethpdisiri-.iha'saor? tho;niost: part-remain-: ■eel steady. Apparently- tho- "Primitives" ifloufis]ii'lJs?t, i ; coni^ nwaitics. i;V,SVW;' ?"'.j ' ?:S----'■'•;^;ca.roful i: '9t.udv;of,.the figares.as a- vrholo '■suggosts^that'. tWTPrin)itiyo;.:'-Mctho(Hst connexion- through its• ciinisitrs and or-, ion,via?«x«rtingK considerable in-. '■flu6hco' ;: upon; : the: : ;iridush'ial'.l : nnd'agricultiir'ul workers of. tho country.. Of their. : 'povorfc ; these" members:support the ministry -and tho CliutcU: organisation'.iiv the most - liberal way'- ' .Through !. the lay agencies- of' wliich «■ n^:iportio]i?ofS.tl)o|Suii(!ay.services - de-;.-as ljv -pivaehiH'!-. aiid workers-am!" many of 'tiia' ? in, Parliament.... toilav owo their position U. the training ill ■:miUi'o--l)f«Avluc-fcwas,firist:_iwM^l : ,mit : ho Friliiilivo- Me! hmii.-it