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Show BRITISH YOUTHS SHY ATPULPIT Theological Schools Report Re-port Dearth of Students I.ONDON. . It (Ry A, P Ae-rordlna Ae-rordlna to tha lon(1oa n.w.iMp.ra. lhara (a a grava .hfrtaa ff rl.ray tn Iba Church X Knaland. UlflcuT fl-urra fl-urra dlvrloaa thai th.ra ara f.w.r than lS.OvO Incumbanta thla yaar. which la 1 006 lui th.n tha Burner rrqulrad to carry on tha work o( tha church. Tha thaolof tral roM.a, tha arw.pap.ra aar, ara nearly .inpty. "tur full ataff ahould number II. Oaa," aald Canon Vartrtdaa, aacratary or tha church of Knalana' cantral board of flnanca. "Takl nf a a-anara-tlon aa thirty yaara. It followa that TOO nien ahould ba ordaltiad avrry y.ar. Ca hava not raachad that fla;-ura fla;-ura for al.v.n y-ara. In 1911 thara wrra only lit ordlnatlona. "ttna af tha cau.a of thla ahortaaw la tha financial iioaltlon of tha pro faa.lonal claaa.a from who.a ranka tha prir.thood la uaually raorutt.d. Th.y cannot now afford to alva th.lr aona tha long and aspvnatva training raqulrrtt. Another hum t. th. un-attractlvanaaa un-attractlvanaaa of tha clerical prof-alon prof-alon aa a rareer. stlnanda ara rarely mora than lleOO a year." |