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Show Minister Renounces Salary To Take Job As Railroad Laborer LANARK, ILL. Renouncing his church salary because of a "steady decline in revenue," the Rev. Harmon Har-mon H. Bro, 27, pastor of the Christian Chris-tian church, has taken a job as a railroad section hand to support his family. The minister, a Harvard graduate and son of a college president, told his congregation he will continue to serve the church without salary, which was $200 a month, Including parsonage rent. He Is married and the father of a baby daughter. His Job as a railroad section hand pays 85 cents an hour for a 48-hour week, a total of $177.66 a month. ' In announcing his decision to take the Job, Mr. Bro told his congregation: congrega-tion: "There are too many people In I modern churches who think that ' the kingdom of God is Just something some-thing you hire a preacher to worry about so the congregation can relax." He explained that "only about 30" of.the church's 100 members attend services regularly. Church Income, he added, has been dropping regu- ; larly, |