The Sword and the trowel . the rescue, and of theirown loving wills last year caused the amount to pass the usual God be praise. At the present our balance is much less than appears in the accounts,for four months have passed since then : months of expenditure ratherthan of income. I am looking up for some large sums to be given. Ifthey do not come at the supper, the Lord will send them in other ways :but send them He will, so long as He wishes the work to go on. Many young men are applying. The churches will soon be needingpreachers of the old faith. The Down-Grade craze will run its
The Sword and the trowel . the rescue, and of theirown loving wills last year caused the amount to pass the usual God be praise. At the present our balance is much less than appears in the accounts,for four months have passed since then : months of expenditure ratherthan of income. I am looking up for some large sums to be given. Ifthey do not come at the supper, the Lord will send them in other ways :but send them He will, so long as He wishes the work to go on. Many young men are applying. The churches will soon be needingpreachers of the old faith. The Down-Grade craze will run itself out,and thoughtful people will become weary of it. There are signs ofrevolt from the rule of unbelief, and then will doors be open to firmbelievers. I trust friends will help me to keep guns on the battery, andsupply me with ammunition. Whether or no, as I am the Lordsservant, I will abide by His truth, and labour for its advancement asGod shall help me; and if I stand alone, I will abide on the rampart,come what ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PASTORS COLLEGE. 347 j?mrotra*rjr of §UsttIk DURING the thirty-three years of our existence as a school of theprophets, seven hundred and ninety-nine men, exclusive of thoseat present studying with us, have been received into the College, ofwhom the greater part remain unto this day; but some (sixty-three) havefallen asleep. Making all deductions, there are now in the work ofthe Lord, in some department or other of useful service, about sixhundred and forty brethren. Of these, six hundred and one are in ourown denomination as Pastors, Missionaries, and Evangelists. Theymay be thus summarized :— Number of brethren who have been educated in the ... 799 ,, now in our ranks as Pastors, Missionaries, and Evangelists 601„ without Pastorates, but regularly engaged in the work of the Lord ... ... 21 „ not now engaged in the work, but useful in secular callings 23 „ Educated for other Denominations ... ... ... ... 2 „ Dead—
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