| Show I RICH mCH CHURCH IS BEGGING PENSIONS Humiliating Condition of Affairs I Is Disclosed by Bishop Of London CARE OF ITS AGED AGEO MINISTERS t Tny rl Often ortell Given loTho 11 0 FItii Do the Liat IA it Work Cant Oft Off tin the lias Special Correspondence r ONDON OIO Nov ov 8 r Ingram hish I I L op of or I London hns briM just t mulu n II nL 1 L strong trong appeal to tho tIo laity kiltY to pro provide Ion Church of oC vide iI Id funds to penn England clergymen II who ho lire ire to too lII to In I HP lip IbI discharge O their duties 10 I told I hIM bin I hearers t In many n n a II Y parishes P ml heil I practically no flO religious work worl was wa done because the aged Incumbents were W for COI which of o doing the work oik toik they the were patti paid The Tho hl ecclesiastical au authorities he lie paid aId had no power to In com corn compel comI of oC such uch men The the pel I I could couk ho bo Induced to 10 va vu vacate u only wa they the cate their livings and WilY woy ny for Cor men was by b providing pen pon pensions sIon for Cor them And All If the laity hilly lall In lii HItch Buch cases catte lid did not hot subscribe the money lidd lidded ed ei et the tM lullY latty would oud have to put pot up UI with what It got HUMILIATING G CONDITION CO humiliating condition of or at af affairs It was wa a II fairs which the tho bishop I of London dis disclosed closed anti and one ono that J a potent for disestablishment for tor which tho the Welsh aro ara already clamoring The rhe Church of o l Is 18 by h long odds the wealthiest religious body ho In the kingdom People who dont belo In It ar art taxed to support It It la 18 i en nt endowed 11 dowed clowell with enormous riches It owns multitudes of nf hurch B which w I built out of or tt public moneys or public latcH t t Involves no nD Item of capital ex e A vast tIt X i the wealthiest we t people In the th land belong to It Its II Income from CroOl all nit sources amounts to a tt Yet nt et with nil alt Its it advantages It Is the nt onte orie church In the country flom whence Is the cry crt of ot tho the Impoverished clergy It IH still the tile only Church so o crippled In finance that It cannot reunion clergy clergymen men who vho have ceased to be effective ter Without the all aid of oC a a penny from the public funds the tho nonconformist 1st churches maintain an un effective min mill ministry I II I try rind nod provide proville retiring allowances to tomen tt men mell who have outgrown their lr useful usefulness ness SHAMEFUL FASHION DOgS DOKS IT Tho vastly richer established esta church has hall to go begging for Cor i a rl pension fund tUIlt because of or the tho shameful In which Its resources nr ore distributed It contains benefices Its income Is 1 amply to supply an nn nora salary Miary of at 2000 a year for Cor or Its lis clergy enough to admit of 01 the creation of oC an art adequate reserve for tor pensions pension Hut But J o e unevenly are aro salaries apportioned that of or these benefices are grimly Known Imon as lH starvation living being of ofIE ICES IE annual value titan than O while lr pay lay 10 less 1088 than OO a it I year and less ies than GOVERNMENT IE l The church Is governed 1 y two melt moh bishops and nn 33 bishops Their salaries aggregate which works out ut nn an average of or only two are arc less than 1000 n a year vear The rite Archbishop A of or gets ets j IL a 1 year ear the tha Archbishop of oe York anti anil tho tim bish bishop op of or London Ion a 1 like Tho rhe con between the tho financial condition ot of the C w tit lit the tho tO top hIlI and anel the many at nt the tho bottom Is almost an Its startling as IJ that found In hI the world Hut housed In palaces antI and compelled to maintain a II lot lilt of or several of oC these spiritual lords that they have I I a I L haul time buth hoth ends meet riet ITI t tull ull with the Ihl upkeep uil ell of or Palace ulace I the thc of ot declares that lie tie lilt can tave ll nothing tilt out of or a salary r that tha t Is Iii I halt half f as It large larsa III III an tin that ot tite IKc t o president of ot till tile Culled Slate tate PLIGHT or OP Tin 1 The Tue plight of o the of London Is still orso Homo month ago ao he hI hi a tt curious s document showing how HU ills three o veins tenancy ot of the ne se hud had ha 1 lurt iett him 2500 ei III In pocket than I hi tt he ItO oil entered bred upon lion u I t rough th no nil fault an I t of lit tf ills hili Ii Is own Ills t I is of or 0 f IV lal I Fulliam ill palace ha con 1011 ti Ins no Itu le IE lei s I tItan than 41 H 4 1 bedrooms and he Ito has hait another huge In Iii Ht tt Ta tn es him no 0 ad u lit i I only otil y lo to n a man ma Ii 0 of or f fortune Tho 1110 hOIl Is IH u a hu unit and a it Still Minn II of frugal I tastes I CS w lie III I iii would ii greatly I prefer living lt In itt a IL Il Hat tIn t anti and allt wha ha k kliK liK 11 up with it It Ii the t ii e I punier clem Hut I Itt t tin Ih i iru rules ruh ru his und u nd hilts ot oC ii f the It e chunh iii h will 1 II not penult It 1 Willy VilI hilly h ii 1 maintain I laiti two to bin hll ta i ri I I ts l I i Ial al alho 1 lie hO di dues es not lint ml It U t III the tb ul of Mich Ii Iii haH C to 10 toI file ft ii that t ml t a LI man Implore I the 11 t he Iii i t to tn e to 10 a 1 i p rt pcP P it fund fi t the Ih t hll h m ft O iM 1101 t I U It I I tl Ir I f of nf iu w u awl and The fht bishop hl hi holl of nf Norv l h ha tit ti I ii t V 11 i I t tint h i t he tic I li IK li h I n 11 I aill 1 Iii In III Li Uv HI within bin lii hl Inn hit Ir f i 1 ii I ind itil 1 line lini a I li h i i tOlls that I titI t would ho to 11 aim i hi I i to It m I it n I 1 r Ih I h ti Ol h mil I ilU h tI 1101 I j t I t I rm In L h I I cre 01 no W tu 1 It 1 d 1 I l While Vh hilt ile su so h tu 11 i i 1 I ss II t ii it till iii s mid co II 1 e t IM t I 1 m lii will iii full I on Ut II i f C t t Well their u iIa lIll i I II HI I t I It V IN 1 LI IT T V The Church h of or n i It f n b I irk ilo Oi ilone nul i t J ft ii m in belt who il ii do 11 I i the t Ii I 1 work ork TC rt ri tin th t Itt the SliP IH notably That Is III t paid hold holdI who lio with vI Lit tho linky lal om t mill Ill I ii oC If I tn the 10 I ng within IV that a y known klio U HB Li C CI IH is I lii and Itil l Is rut over b h Ity tilt the I iti City It i t of I 1 II limited this thit Within the t ile lord mayor solely III to buI bu l urea ursa which IM I pic lile are all IH S old aLl chu J 7 e Ut tc un lilt of or It On Ott them each of ot for of nf 01 II tho ito most IlO t purla purl I t ta YH they I I lr present I resell t fur fill ft it t fino ot of f emi t PP 8 a II attend tho tit paid of o them in I II t I th titi n lip U ntH fl iS oil live Ive P r vomit Mont Mist ol t of or tho tim In lii comfortable suburban their rectories fw lot their and timid rent remit r lIt homes Th Timi thrifty thrift Incumbent Incumbent purposes rectors rector W hl bent of oC All 11 Hallow Is IshU restaurant and In this Us way as liS a Hie fhe over vel W flO a year ear to II Income hU hl that ouch Mch Are ale so congregations the tIto annual ex cx worshipper 1 spiritual welfare of oe for COL hi his W SO years arll old oili IB is over rector The rhe that he hl Intend to announced and amid Ima hOd his draw and hang on tu salary us ns long as its he Use lives livesA A LI r CLAIM IM I the In Incumbent Once Olie II to 10 it a 11 living lIt has hM u IL life lIe claim lalni alm upon It As of oe na rant here hele heresy heresy long lolI a as hi It steels steel vIcar deal or 01 gross Kross Immorality he lie hI cannot be he ousted sy for Cor y or shelved without his consent when hi ht h gets too have no ito old oil ot to lu ti work HI Ills control oer oter him lull anti and the th bishops Jur mr Jurisdiction I 1 over CI him huh Is confined to In narrow limits I I titi ts If IC I I ho lie dislikes ikes I ng and pul h york work Irl he Ito con hire n II curate to todo do tb the th work for Cr him hint The rector of nC tho city ell of ft St 1 drew elrOI r 5 a tt 1 11 Crom torn his PattI paid It ft cu cn curate rate ritte JO a ti to run the tile church for Cor him anti and for 20 o years never neer oven enter entered ed CLI Its And nil liw ILI his Itis bishop no power to I him hint Until the tho gnus ros 1018 anomalies that dishonor tho the Church of ot o England I are swept the united 1 voices ole of ot the whole bench of oC bishop will viii 11 never succeed In ex ox extracting from rota the pockets of nt the tho laity money enough lo to start a decent docent pension Eu undo fund ad |
