Show M REIGNS IN I fi FINE fl f PULPITS PULPIT Rectors Hectors of the th Ancient London Churches Draw raw Enormous l Unearned Salaries PREACH TO MANY MAHY EMPTY PEWS Facts That Have Come to 10 Light In Iii Recent Savage Onslaught By 1 U Special Correspondence o wON AUK Aug her hr recent r wane savage onslaught on tho Chulch L of ot clergy Marie Narlo omitted nil tl mention of or what really III th the tho on tha Iho th greatest tI church That Is tho neglect ct f clerical t duties ItIe tb spiritual lethargy and ind the extravagant waste of ot money tho the administration Of ot f what lint bat lire ate known as tho the city ell chUrcheA dt of t Tendon Jn Tn many of ot them the aver u g In I outnumbered by h b the thC eMIr choir And other paW paid Yet they sit ill 11 the paraphernalia of or to bo ho necessary to 10 minister to welt well tilled Their are paid IR big lila Hala riff tes out of ot all ilI to tho work vork 11 of them Many of ot them thrill double ml In n come OW coe 8 treble their Incomes to by b I thIr for tor or business while c teY 1111 reside with their milieu In comfortable suburban homes from their Hocks Hock Of ot In p arIh rl h work ork they hey make ink hardly any allY Not ot a few fo of ot them add to thIr r by filling during durin weekdays or OL undertaking other labor With tho th large majority of ef them to In paraphrase a n Amer Amern A 1111 1 ln n u a onico omo Is III a It ate s at nan MHD Th Tile conditions whIch havo havI matte made thin Kile itte nf of affairs are peculiar Bought Bp that portion of Ion Lon London don dOA do which Is i designated ted ns an tho the city awl h han s Its own municipal lo government occupies u a mile with ih the Hank of ot as an Its ita con conter tir ter Within this thin area are now no Co Its lei than 10 60 O beautiful old V Very try ry they look inch amid the of commerce and trade it In JU thing spiritual among the th hurrying of If money p who till fill tho th which unfortunately IB Is Ir er r IntI ltd by b closer lion Indeed their environment has hai trl til over the thi themselves ind md nd their Incumbents appear to be hI Just Ji Is much muth Infected by y the tue spirit of ot Stain Main Then nan m n an as the tho thousand who dully IllIeR the church doors doore but never leer enter entert them t tm WEALTH HI H CONG In the old when these churches ere cre t of ot them by hy Air Chris Christopher Wren after IIrtH the tho great mer merchant chants chant ami apprentices liv tj tI where hero they worked anti and lillI the churches churcheR sell filled their purpose of ot houses housen of ot worship Hut But with Ith tho the expansion lon of ot Jondon came tIm an Increasing separation l belten the and residential r Districts and while the tho numbers of ot those working In the city cIlY has increased amounting now to 10 more than a 11 million tho dwellings within Its boundaries have hae diminished until they now 1101 number only about Most MORt of oC these nrc r re and people In humbler walks Mike nf ot lifo life whoso natural religious affiliations are arc with tho the t bodies bOOtes In of ot theno theRO changes tho tha A are now far tar In iii excess of ot the religious needs of ot the tho populace null and on Oil for the tha most part they thoy pro pru lre Wit PInt nt ft a a array of ot empty pews At the same time the Increased value Ji or of real leal estate estalo and other bone benc fictions front from fro III which much of ot their In lii romo rome Is derived has hAR largely Increased their ther revenues and correspondingly tho the theof of o their Incumbents At of ot these churches cap Clip able eble w of n OOOO worship irs fn the tho he average attendance at tho the two HUMa services clergy clemy choir JM and officials amounts to wr for r r each In there thero churches a 11 year ear In la expended 1 eh works out M 44 u 11 i for each cactI Including those who ho are 1110 paid to o le oe The Income of or the forty ven incumbents 1 mch eh average for ench of oC them th flit DUI the he significance of ot Is SI rt only considered In III t with those thoRo that apply to thu II thole ole church ot Of tile the WO In L the he Church Churell of ot l am aro knon as na s starvation livings being of ut Ius value than ThO 50 willie while ry py ie SM tOO t 1 V year M and leu ik ih J KM ml Zi No wonder of ot these thes and antl underpaid ones look r Ith eyes IeA on Oil tho the possessors Siv o anth St th these B tnt fat city cy and nil occasion an City raise their voices ln In Min glaringly unequal divi tio ons of and labor ONE ONI O E TO TWO as of ot tho the Church bayou of Qt Bt It which Is IA situated p II the Ie Lor Lord ord 1 the tile V Le Mayors resilience residence and 1101 d I lank ot of l i li fourteen other thele are theta them Jen receive in salaries s of t rectories for tor business l is an r fi RII ot or ono one of ot mOre nn an ot It th their e t than r ln A nt lit a n rt children Included 02 1 hula the 1110 clergy clenn choir anti and numbered than two Pliers to 10 each rach official In nl all 10 there in A nothing r r alous to 10 ho be found Is III the Iho In tn or of one OliO Church ot of r clergyman The Th ot or nit RIt wan r Tied Mi lii hi Ii r M 1860 With the tue cl of ot unit l f many the thon of tue tho city and 1111 1111 pell S ot of noire of or the n most mOAt no t oil all that flInt tho time It t oud Ouid oUI e might be W where her Irl iii has h as Ly tar nr more aloEs good 1 But the 11 fO d ft n virtual failure In Iii It ho ur that hao elapsed became clime operative only ff i teen tech churches have hl been weeded out mado to reduce I hi tilt the number of ot those have defeated of or the Lime In Incurred 11 In lii procuring time the Ih of or Incumbents and tho the of vestries and Ild patrons and 1111 having Ihl bestowal of at ninny many of tho the livings I A typical example Is IA furnished by st Bt I Mary standing at lt tho the apex of nr Lombard Wall Street nail King William street Tho The chinch hn been compelled to submit to 10 the Inva Invasion Ion don of ot Its IR cellars by bv an In electric railway which has his transformed trl them thel Into a n station It H wan 18 proposed to unite this church with one cue of ot fix sl churches within a I stones throw of ot It I the Ih Incumbents of ot which receive for tor for tho most part to empty pews or hiring curates to do ItIn comes come aggregating annually an till ni I of ot over oer for tor ench each parson The parish i of ot Ht St Mary has hasa n a sleeping population of under SOO the tho church laos has accommodation for tile the tl average attendance at lit the tho Sunday morning service IH Is II mind and Ild at nt atthe tho the evening service which Includes choir and mil all ni Tho Tile sal salmory nry mory Iry of or the tho rector la is but ho he Is 18 a n like Ile most of the Incumbents bents of ot the tho city cl by li h leasing his rectory for tor business t lt Oil s adds adda H OO n it year to 10 his hit Income The Tue he church possesses nono nOlo of ot the tue Ih which Is in supposed to attach to nil all 01 of Sir Christopher Wrens ecclesiastical buildings After Atel the tho great groat lire lr It I was rebuilt by Nicholas one on of at Wrens rons pupils but 1111 possessed of or orno none nono no no of his genius Tho Tue Hito 1000 bon appraisal at ott lt With tills this money lul that obtained lentil from frol tho tue Bale filo of the tho rectory anti and olur attached to tho tile Paris churches might be Jo built In ill time the suburbs and Ind lib liberally 1 erl endowed lint Hut the union was Wil defeated the thc necessary consents COI could coule not lint be obtained there were too many good goott things at nt stake Tin I street nud the tie Church of Ht Mt fur still Ri I moro more 1010 striking examples of ot financial waste asto nail ni Ill Tf spiritual tl Tho t Iwo tuo o churches stand back to hack back Both wore designed by Wren but that bitt can lIU bo be O now urged as ns n a 1 reason for the time of ot since It Is U so 10 hemmed hOlled In I by ty buildings that It I lain ban hUl been bren I dubbed the tho Invisible Hut flut lut tho lie site lo Is IA nil flu extremely valuable one been betl appraised at lt Tho Tue ho Income of or tho the Incumbent Is 82 a IL large share shan of ot which Is IR derived tram train rentals tho tue ret lory being bellI loused leased as ni a n of or both restaurant Tho boll cli combined ti would I ii not fulce H to In fill 1 of oC eIther cither one olle of ot them theta It was Will proposed to 10 untie unite tho the and sell sIll into 1110 1110 of lie Iho I churched Allhallows was nR willing to ab nb absorb absorb St Ht 4 I l ld maim mis maid and St HI S t I Il was equally willing to annex but hit would consent to Hn HI nn Tor lor 10 many jours CIS the tue rectal of All Al il 1 I I 0 8 was IR the He George son soil Rn residential canon cation conol of oC Canterbury Cathedral The rue fil flUng 1111 In ito II controlled by hy the tho Dean end Chapter of or Collier Canter Canterbury bury bil and thoy they conferred It on oil one on of ot Mr their own number employed n a curate who In 11 pi part rt pay ty payment 1 ment lent of his stipend received U O n a year yell I from the lie Haberdashers com coin company pany under nn aiu ni ancient benefaction for N i f HH lectures which ho did not nol deliver delver Mr 11 did Ild no work ork himself Wil 13 3 weeks each year 11 nt at II Canterbury and Ind took an nn additional nix 11 weeks for COI his minimal annual vacation Altogether I he put III In 16 hours houis houll a I year jear Clr nt at lt the tho church for to which ho was IS mus paid nt tit rt the rate of oC ii rO an nn hour B tillS this ho lie received 2500 2 OO a I year lIr fur for 01 his hl hi Political life 10 In iii II America yields many Inny lInt but thc of ot easy enAY blot thoy mire are lre alwayn uncertain tenure and for far til downright soft snaps will wil OUt nut comparo with Ith wimp some Imf In the tho 10 Church of or that last for tor or life III The rector of oC St HI Ethel drew f OO a II year oar hit uk hil church paid a n curate a II year to torun torun run roll It I for him hi 1 mind and for Cor 20 years jears never loer entered Its 11 clears HN The law lav IH is II to Its 11 utmost 1111 to ID protect lie tho tie Church of or I Incumbent I In 11 it his bis hil living I I Ills 1 I i I s church oh may ia be closed ro el or torn tOI down lint but hit the lie parish must still HII continue to tl pay Pl hll lila Ills hil salary as its I long 1011 us in lS ho tIe II lives IveA oven even though he lit doca dOII absolutely nothing to earn It I And Amid mill all the tIme while too ton he lie may ml ma add to his hil Income by 17 b leasing tim the roe rec rectory tory toty 10 which he lie does docs dool not occupy Canon of ot lUpon Cathedral ono one omi of ot tho the shining hilling lights of oC tim the church Is rector of ot Ht St HI Gem go lane lilI which was IS closed In iii 1891 1801 and Int recently was WM torn tor down but hut nil all 11 these tiesa years the tho canon who makes a it I specialty of oC do tie Ill mug Turkish misrule Ic hlll contin continued cant I ii nod IIII to 10 nw a it year train from frol Bt St HI nIO 1 pariah hiI lu receiving another 2000 2 OO a mu your year from hh ln 10 I 1 which N him only three thre months In time the yon year p of ot city Ih ft churches mold mill In iii II the aggregate I 1111 to several mId dollars to their Incomes by liy delivering lectures and for Cor which devotees left liberal bequests Somo HOlo of ot them have hlo very v r queer origins While hiie traveling In 11 Arabia FUr John layer 11 who became Lord Mayor of ot London In lit 1646 narrowly escaped being devoured by n a I lion lon and so no be lie not meet aside a ml I sum cumin ot of money Unit that his hil deliverance might bo lie annually I 1 ni I I commemorated for far farall all 11 time line by b n mu I special sermon This Thil Is IR known as mis ni tho the Lion Uon Sermon amid h iq now how preached at lit lt St Ht Catherine Creo Cree Church hurch Chum a 11 bequest left Ifft by Iy ii one Peter Sy Hy Symonds mantis monds In 11 tile the sixteenth century the tho rec N 4 tor tar of ot street paid for delivering a 11 nermon every Good Friday to 60 youngsters of ot the Blue BlueCoat Coat ont School As AR an all Inducement for till all receive nt at the tho thrill them thel to they tl termination of ot tho Iho service nervier a n now penny ponny and amud ald n a package lo of ot almonds raisins Fifteen l t el churches which would Include those best beRt worth would more moore than Ilp for the religious meds I of the thc cl ity If I the rest were sold the thc money thin obtained and mind tho mr attached to them thom would woul yield It has bus been beel estimated an 11 of ot a IL 1 year or with wih which scores of or churches might be he built buit arid and Ind endowed In itu where h ro they the mire are lre needed SOFTEST HT OF OP Hut hilt Iut the efforts made by hy the bishop of 1 to ti diminish the number of ot those costly CISt mid 1011 city churches have teen been Nm repeatedly defeated Recent Recently ly h hn lie proposed to unite unie St HI Mary tho time Virgin irgin with tile the nearby church of St At Lawrence Jewry Hum Burn Burned lurn ed Id down dOln In ill II tho grout great lire Oro of or KM and Wren U it rebuilt by uy Sir r 1 years later inter as moo 11 an ito 11 Antique Ht St Maryn MarynIs Is its li undoubtedly precious Hut But Jut ax a IL ahouse 1 house of ot worship It I Is in II a II costly and 1111 ah Ab failure of ot Its Il worshipers an 1 annual expenditure for ills his spiritual welfare of oC H f On 01 nn an ni there nr are only 1 1 12 of ot them at lit atthe atthe the tho Sunday Hundl morning service and anil 1111 11 ii 1 at nl atthe the tue evenIng Yet Vet l t It maintains a n rector curate choir lr beadle t sexton and Ild vestry clerk the tho being that out Of ot Its Is revenue of ut a mu year there hero remains only 70 to It t distribute the tho poor 1101 of or the tha parish The rector lives Iel In II Middlesex from Ms hIs flock He lie le Is IA an nn aged man IH I hIving hiI I 11 billet for tor occupied his hil particularly easy lIS biet half a n tail hut he lie displayed sir sur surI sirI I rising energy In drumming up votes enough to defeat time the bishops bl scheme heme of o union hilton Illon H It iiA Is in extremely doubtful wild Arch Archdeacon Ih reh deacon SInclair to your roul whether public ia opinion will iii permit t lie Ilia t demolition of any RUS A more 1010 of lIt there thele old oll churches A i little litter later mutter after advert adverting lug ing to the Inability I I of ot the HIP authorities to provide churches enough to satisfy flip bc needs of rut fast growing population lut amounting uS to tn nil An Increase of ot i some oine n a year he ad added ld added ded with wih a n sigh I l regret Iel to wiy SY that the Church of l IB Is not ll popular When heui a n man Inn of ot character and wide know ledge of ot affaIrs such HII an al opinion It I cannot allot be lie disputed Until the Chunh of Bog nl bind 1111 lt III itself If of mich h a It HS tutu the us city lt Ill present It II will wi con continue on I I flue to IC IM he r Willie lie public I lubi I hl iL I opinion tsi fu 01 tIme the th nf of most of tf these old nit chinches it would hall hal with lilly any effort to rid them thel of ot their ly over overpaid paid und 11 incumbents the tue costly co IY paraphernalia of or maintained irn I a In itt 11 then them In I a striking st riki mug con tn trust to tl th the standard of ot economy flint tho the of oC the Another scandal which the tile Church of ot J will 1 hae hasu to mo put mit Pi n It top stop to bo ho booton fore ton It I becomes hlll popular Is in II the In 11 1111 In n a I rc nt t year U 14 i hands for tor gold Mr Ir of ot com puny piny ny promoting notoriety one which ho subsequently soul Bold to tho thoman man 11 who ho It is I now twins him |