WE regret to notice this month the death of the well-known Pastor Jacob Primmer, which sad event took place at Dunfermline on Friday, 16th August. Mr. Primmer had been suffering from the effects of paralysis for some time previous to his decease.
The name of Jacob Primmer has been known for a number of years throughout the kingdom as that of a zealous witness for Protestant truth. A minister of the Church of Scotland, he witnessed with grief and alarm the advances of Ritualism in belief and practice within the pale of that body, and he did not hesitate to denounce and oppose these lamentable advances in every lawful way in his power.
Mr. Primmer was a man of invincible courage, and in face of overwhelming odds at Presbyteries, Synods, and Assemblies, he stood his ground, and in recent times especially, scored some decided victories. A little rough and unrefined, perhaps, in some of his methods, we believe at the same time he was a truly-converted man who loved the truth for its own sake, and who ardently desired that evangelical doctrine and New Testament worship should be maintained in the Church for the glory of God and the lasting good of men’s souls. His conscientious and unceasing efforts have done more than may be realised to put a check upon the Rome-ward tendencies of many ecclesiastics in Scotland.
We join with all sincere Protestants in mourning the removal of honest Mr. Primmer. He was 72 years of age. May the Lord raise up other witnesses to take his place!
J. S. S.
I BLESS God I know several precious souls of whom this world is not worthy, that have found more of God in afflictions than in any other gracious dispensation. Manasseh got more by his iron chain than ever he got by his golden crown.—Brooks.