imperfectf

From the Presbyterial re - ports, it appears that the whole number of communicants belonging to our church has been much increased; but it cannot now be ascertained to what pre - cise extent, as many of those reports are imperfectf Admitting these additions to have been of such as shall he saved, it is of little importance to us, whether they have been gathered in the Christian community, by the gradual distillation of the Holy Spirit, or by that increase of his influences, which constitutes a re - vival of religion.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America 1789