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Show A natural result of diminishing the emoluments of the church of England has been that the clever young men seek more lucrative careers. ca-reers. Iu the church of Rome celibacy celi-bacy makes priests comparatively in-difierent in-difierent to pecuniary considerations, but in the church of England a man, even though inclined to the ministry, hesitates at entering a profession m which he might barely be able to maintain his wile and children. Thus livings in tho gift of the colleges, to which (fellows of the colleges have the presumptive claim, in order of seniority, seni-ority, have ofteu of late gone a begging. beg-ging. The fellows don't take orders nowadays. |