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Show From a long article in the New York Herald cn preachers' salaries, it appears that clergymen, .aa a claaa, are about tho poorest paid professional people in the country. The average compensation of ministers, of all denominations, de-nominations, city and country, is Icsb than $500 a year. Of course, some receive much lees than that amount, or others could not bo paid the enormously enor-mously larce salaries, aa Baeoher'a which is $20,000 a year, with a three-mouths' three-mouths' yacation. The Herald say & that Dr. Halladay does the real work of Beeoher'a pastorate, and gets only $3,000 a year. Among the overpaid preachers are, Dr. Morgan, $15,000; Morgan Dix, $15,000; Dr. Hall, $15,-000; $15,-000; Dr. William Taylor, $14,000; Talmage, $12,000; Dr. Stone, $12,000, Dr. Btorrs, $10,000; Dr. Potter, $10,-000; $10,-000; Dr. Tiffany, $10,000; Dr. Tyng, ?8,000; Dr. Chapin, $S,000 to $10,000; Dr. Hepworth receives $5,000, but says hta salary never paid him. The city clergymen are paid about aa follows: Methodist, from $1,000 to $3,000; Presbyterian, from $1,200 to $10,000; CongregatioDaliats, from $1,500 to $20,000; the Episcopalians average $3,000; the Baptists, $2,000, and the; Unitarians $4,000. For real good done by them, the country clergymen clergy-men are far more beneficial to eociely than the hie,h-priced city ministers, one Hclive, earnest iural preacher on a salary of $-500 being worth as much to the Christian cauie aa a score of fashionable gospel sharps in the city who receive from $10,000 to $20,000 each. j |