The ministers are the Rev. J. Judson, who is the superintendent, and the Rev. W. Graham.  They are paid on a systematic and considerate plan.  Money is given to them to accordance with the number of their family.  They get so much per head—­the more numerous the family and the larger the pay becomes.  But it is not very extraordinary at the best of times; and if even a preacher happened to have a complete houseful of children, if his quiver were absolutely full of them, he would not be pecuniarly rich.  The bulk of Primitive Methodist preachers are taken from the working classes, and the pay they receive is not more than they could earn if they kept out of the ministry altogether.  They become parsons for the love of “the cause,” and not for loaves and fishes.  Reverting to Mr. Judson, it may be said that he is a quiet, earnest, elderly, close-shaven, clerical looking gentleman—­has a well-defined, keen solemnity on his countenance, looks rather like a Catholic priest in facial and habilimental cut, is one of the old school of Primitive preachers, is devout but not luminous, good but not erudite, is slow and long-drawn in his utterances, but he can effervesce on a high key at intervals, and can occasionally “draw out” the brethren to a hot pitch of exuberance.  His general style is sincere; he means well; but his words, like cold-drawn castor oil, don’t go down with overmuch gusto.

The junior preacher—­Mr. Graham—­is more modernised in manner and matter.  He is an earnest, thoughtful, plodding man, can preach a fair sermon tears a little sometimes, and can “bring down the house” in tolerably good style.  Both of them are hard workers, both are doing good, and neither must be despised on account of humility of position.  Primitive, like Wesleyan, preachers are changed periodically; superintendents can, under certain conditions, stay at one place for three years, but no longer; junior men have to cut their straps every two years.  Since this description was first published both the ministers named have gone; the Rev. Thomas Doody having succeeded as superintendent, and the Rev. John Hall as junior.  Mr. Doody is a middle-aged gentleman, is a pretty good preacher, has considerable zeal in him, and fires up more energetically than his predecessor.  Mr. Hall is a young man with a rather elderly look.  His style is discursive, his lucid intervals not as electrical as those of some Primitive parsons, but he is a good fellow, and if he had more physical force and more mental condensation be would “go down” better.

There are numerous collections, some fixed, and some incidental, at Saul-street, and on special occasions they can raise sums of money which would put to the blush the bulk of loftier and more “respectable” congregations.  Not much time is lost by the Saul-street Primitives:  every Monday evening they have preaching at the place; on Tuesday evening three or four class meetings, in which singing, praying, and talking are