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Show Ministerial Salaries. : I According to a now govornment . 11 bulletin thq ministerial profession Is WA not in so bad a caso in this day and " gonoratlon as we aro somotlmefl led ' H to suppose. In 190C thoro were 164,- , Wjl S30 Christian ministers In tho United ' States; they wore Increasing at the - j5 rate of about 4,000 a year, and they v Jt ft wore paid an average salary of $663. i fk It is estimated that this year a nun- H dred million dollars will be paid In K jte?i this country for ministers' snlarlea, ' ST: and twlco aa much more for main- -j h lenanco of churches, missions, exten- Sr Blons and cougrogatlonal expenaos. MRl Three hundred millions Is a fair sum fift of money twice tho cost of the pen- JHttf slon list; moro than our annual pay jKi"j mont for new automobiles. Harper's '9i Weekly. $ sit |