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THE SUN, SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1912.
MINISTERS FEEL THE HIGHER COST OF LIVING
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No General Advance in Their Salaries in
Twenty Years Though Their
Expenses Have' Increased
AMONG the latent questions In enough salary when they are able to work
connection r.ith the higher cost to ho able to save up something for a
of II Imjarr thw 'rainy day. t,nglruy they are perfectly
Have not clergymen suffered right, and lr every member of every
more from thli csm-c than any other , Methodist church felt like that salaries
das? i would soon go up."
Speaking Krnrr.illy. have not their mil- T,,. Hev. Dr. Percy Stloknev (Imnt In
nrh-s lemuln.-d ,ili..tu stationary In the
Ian twenty .vf.irt. nhll
the
cost of II v-
inc has stcmlllv Ho.it ell?
Are Ion fial.il lis kilng r.ipnlile niing
rnn out of the mlnlstiy ami crippling the
tlS'fllltli'f'.l of i htlll'lv B?
Tl. ..r l.... it......
m. r .......... f..,..l i i..
tho poml lhnUh..1f-i,..-l courage and
-plrluwl po-.ver.lo not depend upon tho
ascend'
.!.t of lie. media-. al church hut
upon nn iideqit.it' supply of t'
varies of life. As a result of tho hIh-1
... . .
Mission It wan voted to appoint a commis
sion to present tho need of larger salaries I
for ministers before the church members' 1
belonging to the conference.
Whether Ihn :imo steps will ho taken
at. tho I5fi or mi other conference repre
senting the Methodist churches in this
count i y l not certain. Ono result oMhe
notion taken at th" Troy conference Is
that 111" public la liking a pood dual of
interest in a comparison of th salaries
paid to clergymen of all tho Protestant
denominations now and twenty years ago
.and In finding out what It the nvcr.ice
Hilary paid to elergvmeti to-day In New ,
ork city und in suburban and ntral ,
districts.
"To pet accurate data in these points is
not cany, for th" reason that tryinc to
triko nventfvs in th" imuul way leads '
nowhere; at. l"a-t these average would
b? wido of lh" mai l.-," Kiid n layman,
"There ! a llshini; club tip Canada way i
Tith a stn.ill and exclusive membership, I
inclutllnK two or three men worth u jood
many iniMions each, and tin story once
jot around that th" average of the wealth
represented was on million dollars a
man, in other words, that each member '
as worth a million, wheress several of
'ho ni2rnb"rs thought thr'mselvo lucky
if they had a balance of i,nn to the good
at any time.
"Similarly." tin layman continued,
"f imagine the only way to get a fair
average on ministers' salaries would be
to count out entirely the four or five
big men in each denomination who get a I
ery big salary-"
Low Pay for Methodists.
The Rev. Dr. Charles Eckman. one of the
most prominent of the Methodist ministers
In New York, who has h-ld his pulpit
in St. Paul's Church fifteen years, when
asked to speak for his denomination
agreed that this might be a good plan to 1
iuiiu". 4iuiij.ii in ijh i',iee oi one or
two of tho other denominations.
"About the highest salary paid to a
MethodNt clergyman is $5.(X), the mini
mum about $"iOo, ulthough I sea by this
report that there are ministers in rurul
districts who get only $100. In those cases,
however, they are probably supplies
rather than regularly settled ministers.
"About a year or two ago at a meeting
of the western New York conference
a rule went into elTect that tho lowest
salary paid tu a minister should bo tiym,
There are perhaps four ministers in th
denomination who get the maximum
ftalary mentioned and one or two more
who get $l.(KXi a year
"With few exceptions." sajd Dr. Kok
trmn in inure- to a qu-Lflotl, "the best
salarie are paid in New York, where the.
average i about il.fi'm. In this city i,sno
is considered pretty good You can sav
'hat there aro Methodi-t ministers in Man
hattan who get Sl.oon n year
"I see." again referring to his list,"thnt
hero is one church which pays its min
ister II.I'jo and two moro which pay
:i,:tnj and tl.ino respectively. Hero and
there in tho latl twenty years there has
been a church which has put up its min
ister . salaiy, but I believe that it is prettv
nearly true that there has been no general
mcrc-ib" in Methodist ministers' salaries
in that tune
"No. it is not easy to suggest n plan
to remedy ihK It rests largely with
congregations. For instance, in the Meth
odist Church the process is something
like this: At tho annual conferences there
pa committee which estimates the salary
e minister placed over a certain chirce
can live comfortably on and ascertains
if that congregation can pay this sum.
The umotmt is named to the candidate
and he busked if it isadoquatoforhis needs.
or course, he is at liberty to reruno the
i-luirge. but equally of course h seldom
dtea refuse it.
"Now, if any minister placed anywhere 1 "IaniKorry. Ohl I am so sorry, tell her,
happens to be. a whooping success his boaeechher. I am perfectly willing to r
congregatiou may decide to pay him spect the independence of such a woman,
more. If he isn't u big success his salary I will henceforth recognize the rights of
iay drop a little Often a New York her lovable intellect. Let her only como
congregation not to blame for sending back into my life. I only ask her to for-
ord to the conference through its dele- give mo, to come home. Tell her that I
nmo umi 11 can 1 auora to pay so much
this year a 4 last Tho simple fact is, and
mis is 1110 crux 01 the situation to ray
mind, that the personnel of city congrega-,
.ions change remarkably from year to
ear In downtown churches, for example. I
And in some others too, tho people
who give me most are tnose who ortonest
decide to pick up and move to the coun-
try The poorest usually stay in the city,
no give me most, are tftoso who ortonest
u... ,u l. 11 - , , , -
put the bono and sinew or the church are
ikely to make ror the suburbs. In such
.1 case tho minister, if he stays on. is likely
10 nave 10 taue a less salary Instwid of ,
bunking of getting a raise. '
One point nunmteiH of our denoml nn.
Hon are giving n good deal or attention
to is the raNing of an endowment funil
hich will be applied to tho aid or broken
fow n ministers. Wo have J.1fi),000 toward
i' now and we paid out in this conference
last year .':o,ri toward this purpose,
. v,Ak,lr,.l u-i ii..,.. H . ,1 ,
w uj un mg ntgner. BcioU(, of thfiir OWQ wor,h , m,ny u , - ,t , l)( e , A.krd iirth" virinR . 'doh g P01 WM l,mt of emotion in his t ?, , th, l0M ,of ,h """'"V" i0'"-
In my Unw here oven, that is in the apparently to belong to each other, by the w",m"n ""I1 mVB UTXTl J"3"' You , "Pussy whiit. shall I do? Tills now M 0 ft C ' P H. voice, but as ho was a great actor in court J, t? H ?.rK" endowment und its lour or
last flftwn years, the cost of living has ' striking similarity of their inte leet il I wii 1,I0W )ynat "? !"y " hpr' . . d,1,v th,,t h,,H 'Evolved upon me s.Mims to sVvy h s qu su Ins' a re onclliii InU il -"rguorite simply thought: ' vo Now York churches pay largo salarie-i
Increaned. at lev.st oe-half and the city makeup. m"my thClr ta'""l ..p"'' uouIl '' K" her "'e 'ibsun and u.. h It really so. coming; dls'"1,!,! sRs, otX'rd I er m ,n- fe, ".'"flng'fun ofme.' to their pastors. Within the las. i o
hZlrl ' ,Udf NO,,"inK h'r hr agitation. I'-WlVm'.o say to herl If the whole thing "tiZlWW" hereVs u$L?r& T'l,"" Im
tte new conditions; nevertheless the M, do Havy asked anxiously: Is s. easv. why don't you write directly that man and that woman together ag i n i i sV er tm, Klovcnth Court for a litHe eoant !?,,M W.', l,urrt,'l. pastor or tho Marble
Jthodlft fnurch. the Ne Vrk Con- "I suppose you will reruso to transmit i t0M?n 'i t 1 T. V"" 1 .BV"nl ,n .J'p,,r ? 11 1,0 for 'eirgool or wilf itnnlynTuw , Jg oi ug U t ig hi i, . g-i KirJ.-" . 41J Collegiate Church. th-. salaries have
fereneo u, list, is not handicapped by a my message- you have lei rn. d too welln i'''"ilf ' .VN "at riKhl J",v!' 1 v'-,,lc,,1 ,or, 1 Ul,'in n,0.re relchedness? b o Is; i""," ly ' !m? Ald o''' Iacheller asked. 'eeM raised 25 per cent. Dr. Burr.-, gets
urk of candidates for ,ho nlinVuy For dSdta4: ",0 1 1 Z & V$ XX 1 1 The same ' p ifu ' TyX , T rlnffi laugh"'" Bhe M J "ta"i "f fr;""
e 1 's annh JiT. T WBn,t thlnk," of ,h,lt'" W ' !l-.'V'rM'",,n- rllow7' "' I H " ll "in p'win i '! S,v, V, , , u Tu In -"ii o 'XTlHS tow.id the court how T" T, ani",B ""'7
tellows ipplwi an.l only nine coul.l be dreamily. , Incidents may occur again to-morrow, splitting hairs and torturing each o her. , y less I w- t n nit n in I i ' l! discussing the Savy case on their wnT ( "''Klato mlnisterH also got u 2,1 percent.
,iccePl?J O .-our,, we picked the nine "Shall I give up all hope?" imerf.'.'m ce l0Pl"r ",y mclUH V"" ,,mp,'V lnP,"1'"r- I e I ,1 ' e weak' nl h"jr1 y iM ' he dooror "heloker 1 t the same time.
e.t. The others will doubtless be ao-' "Ohl no," answered the lawyer who - ) Z tv.,'. think l no. .inni- I ' ' ''"t"- Mvr, ' last ol that woman, who, Vtw y, ,, uixh me Vfil?' T' w of lawyers in their! 1 ev. A. II. Churchman, secretary
i-epled l.v one of the other conferences, had regained her ir.con,ror and n ,r,,l,m ",V7' ih "" """H.-dhnl neurasthe , , '"t en TV1" i"K',1 ow"lof vork clossis or the Ilelorn.l
Vo. U W no. ,-, question , money that whoso ?ce rcuppro!! her m n, le SMi "e Margu'erii pl ! coupIoZ Vn. K ?, ? "ml I uTflZ 'mI "'y I ijlressers. , -llIroll. Wll, ,era.n that there had been
keeps young men out of the minlklrv r,.n ,.r i .'L- ....a . ' . on bin, After ,.u .vl,i u .,. ii.,.' I",,'"', ",ul 1 " 1,11 ,hl" 'lnie, de Savy. ... I a most n 2.1 iwr .iit. Iiw.r...i nil nlong
j , rri.i hvhuiiiui iiuiuau uriiiuH 11 111 i.ie nvnrnnn. ; vniiin 11 ill wver lu it in i a mnr a 1 1, n .Aran I isi.a nan.ui tnn... n.1 tl... ii....i - ..... ..... - IA,
exiled 11.,, i . , , ' " ,..;.. ,,,..,.7 tnm 1111111 um neiore
Tot bee MK Uken1 fur hta "rct' I "Awl then the love which you ap,Mr
tr.ey ,,cu. ,llat mmu-t.Ts i-hniiM be rld , touch her. I promise you to go and see
,.M, iavmen w no nmeet ,
i Mtl11i.11 ni.t i, 'vnr,.r, nt .,tnrt
paid by the episcopal Church to its ourntm
and rectors also made tho statement that
tho question of salary had little or no
bcitrihg on tho decrease of lato In tho
number of student. In tho Theological
Seminary
1 ",0 1 hurch of the Ascension, Mfth nvo-
tl
, ""J" ,"ml H1trwt- wh,f0,l ' rp' V
m,t' ' " ' ' and ?"', "! T.W!B
.. . ' . . " "r
, m.i i 1,1- 1. ... a l .it . t
T , " 7 i' ' , ,r ,no V . .
"i ui ronn 01 quemioim irem-iucu liy nil
. sorts and conditions of speaker. He 1b
a man of broad experience
He says that
there are dozens of fine young fellows
now going in for settlement work who
loo years ago, if they followed their bent,
would have entered the Church.
Change in the Churches.
"Why are they not in the Church now?"
Dr. (Ir.mt repeated.
"Tn my opinion lirgely because the
whole religious world is in a ferment.
"Religious doctrines are being put into
the melting pot of n new challenge of
nuthority Young men are erplexed
how to adapt themselves and express
themselves, Their feeiing in many in
stances H for something more funda
mental, more universal than is expressed
by a multitude of creeds. They find all
the churches too conventional, too de.
voted to ancient forms,
"triiiRs nro too short.
Their leading
"Many feel the need of a church free
from the dead wood of oM ,vl..i
,,. . . ., ' I- ,
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, iniirr".
HER FIRST
Continued from Seventh Vape.
n modelling thumb which was not mine,
That was all. Sho never went any
rurther than deriving intellectual enjoy-
'nn,lt from the conversation of n man who
never w.m in W r. n,M
a Helentist lint tw ,,71 , 7 hr. miu l- 1 da" "Pussy. I have arrived. This means
t.Hr.7 t hat hurt mo terribly. . she had almost Torgotten. fascinated success. Wo are going to be rich. To be
Ana it was precisely when that grief was as she was bv this wonderful story ot rich," and the lawyer looked lit tho thread
making run wretched that sho revolted pas-don. that ihis divorce caw was to lie bnro carnet. nt the bamboo furniture, at
against me.
"To reestablish
minds 1 fought
t a savage; for
and its roots shoot
One may only si
manifestations
shaken and its most
are let loose.
am very wretcnea. ir she should only
corno back out of pity well, that would
oe enough.
Marguerite, greatly disturbed, averted
her head. Sho hod never looked at love
except through a veil of legal procedure,
in the third court, the divorce court. The
Kina or love she beheld now was a throb-
kina or love she beheld now was a throb-
blng. simpler living love, storming withal
and torturing; it dazzled her and It stirred
. ,,, - -
1 her liko a mysterious foroe.
Gradually her thoughts went baok to
'the lonely wife; In spite of herself she re-
united, in a mental Image, these two souls
so remote thonah .rm.n. . '
1 , 1
w r. - ii'j Lni,
"Your position has become ci
.eurT to Illn
since jou have tken me into your con-1
fklence,
"Both or you have been lacking in the
good nalured philosophy which is (ho
V,ir(l,i.ui,f r ui! .i i i . .. ,. ,
birthright of all simple hearts. oil did
well to come, For one thing I esteem
.. t t ji.i . - .
tho harmony of our 1 ""'"J, activity or tho past weeks 01 meiiiocnty ami waiit which must have then rejoice over it. Oh. Pussy, you of my client's mind. ' Fifth Avenuo Baptist Church tho pas-
with all the brute enercr ' I,w. hi mTr V T " ""V ' "7,! 'ri "',.. . u' 0 l. " tV. JST. .. y?rday I was with tor's salary was put up to $12.r0 and
love is a complex thlntr h-r reputation would crow . mn h, se i ni f Vhe iVst Vo , "r in '.rS tuie hn ness " ' lei J V TO . VTTl' ! ,vr . l'haps three or four other Baptist min-
very far into our being, very rums or their married life. her eves -the blue tapestries, the valuable Mil". Odelln remained silent a lone time: i I nleaded'for vour elleni u-i.A 1, ..!,.. Isters in the United States receive from
nagatnstits most spirituul , . ."" V.""n7' Z'r', IMll-., sl"'. '"' not w,un;rk, the gilt ceiling and tho jus- then a sob roo to her throat; sho picked ing man, very symixitlietlo und so much 1 5'00(1 to ",000 a year. In this denoml
and yet the whole of It Is R','!,.. V.-'l.VI.... '"I1 PI''ws !.?.?.! .r,?'..!'."'. "k' "!' !,lh,.s of K'T'i1 '"i";".1 wit,!', l,0,h ll"utl.H ' 1,,v wi' ''is wife. A woman in such ! nation from $l,r,fH) to $2,000 Is considered
.,,,, . . v"",1"1' "iimi mm re-iiiiM io in 11 sue irt-tueiiu' iireiimeu in ner s eep. ""'i sissi-u n leverismv, w im 11 warnun , cases is very ens v intluencod by another ,, ,., .i ,i
brutal manirestatlons paralre him in her nresem-e. A wave of And then she w.w the r-rm v.-iihui , nto which she not nil her eret lieini.u. wr.. i;.i.. 1X1. Vt e"ci" ''J'"1"1"01 a pretty gol salary.
1 1 . i - - . ...... . i r-r Tits 1 lu rxr'tJ T i- uimiu i Is
of the Christian relirrlon. Perhans were
men offered bucIi a medium through which
they could express their religious ideas
the consequent enlargement of their
nature would bring a knowledge which
would nuke it lOssible for them to live
" '-" "-" iw muutv mini lucj- u
now. i r lei me say rat ner would make
them willing to
Speaking of the sire of the salaries
paid hi his denomination Dr. Grant made
no niemiou oi me lacr. tnai me rector
of St Thomas's Church receives $l5,ono
a year and has a rectory thrown in, nor
of the four or live other rectors who get
liaimsoine saline, these tew C.WS ll.1V-
jug little relation to the salaries recdve.1' "In philosophy, in poetry, in Industrial
by city and country rectors. .leadership even, a large percentage of
There is nn organized movement," he
Mid
io esiaiuisn a minimum iKiy ror
rectors, hi most casesof course a parson-
ago goes with tho salary. In the case of
curates there is no rule
1 1 f m.'lV rW(t!jt
i.. .. ," . t...-. : .
' oiiiiuicu ouiurn, nui in huh
rr ,f'r."f r ,h."". "! M rm nr"
uiii uuiKiinganiiai
so the curate la getting
BIG CASE-A
her. I will see her to-morrow. This
case must not "
She ktoime.1 atii-. fn .,i,11.
meant to say: "This case must not go to
court" Of a sudden a verv nersons
louri. ui n punuen a er personal
" ul Muesiion lorccti nseu upon
against tliis visitor His version of the
iiiiiiir was line and goon: nevertheless Ills
attitude to hi, wife had been abominable.
She recalled two or three scenes of violence
which her client had described to her
very vividly she said, becoming once
more chilly and a little bitter-
DOIl t id 1110 CIVO VOU false hnruUI
Mine, ile Sayy is highly Incensed against
vou, not without good reasons, i must say,
liven as Jealous a spirit us yours cannot
i-.cusu your oreacnes 01 courtesy. 1 win
sL,?,l?'i,"rlmil,njr. Licnt ?! y,our c"",'"
nm 2 lo'roro than thal Yoli'aw
kind und Indulgent; you aro 'so young.
Tho fiiium holds much success and happi-
esa in store 1 or you. no are two un-
esa in store i or you. no are two
!"!!n?. '0, Va nli yollr 'P,""'
SS Jmr y nSfaef llrt'ySur b
innuenco
her.
, ' ,i i-ii(.-inu-iii;nn. uni your IUU1CIS
mend our sliattered liro. Oivo us back
"urhome. I mid us back to each other."
'.ipar , .lr" ,no y'")(5 woman
"V n, .A'i ".. L ..rfl u
. ,m 11 JW ' .ld.Y "'T nP7 client.
1 1111, riii iinraniriiii.il
. .1 :
"If I (nnttltif I vnn flu nuiviiWKt'
M.M.t "l -nl,i .,..1 .,....,..1 1 :J. '
to Mine, d Saw I will acquit mvsolf
jf mv mission fHitlifully. She must be
, " ultiniate judge."
,,M' v"- nn; dejected, bowed
himself out Mile, Ode in was to meet h in
i three davs later at l.aehelier's nniee.
vthfii sue I u t ii l ho sell alone ii jia in
Marguerite sat down sl her desk. The
lailhfill companion of her studies, her
lamp, was burning softlv under its shade
The arm chair in wnieii the visitor hud sat
wan digging its thin legs into tho carpet,
uie stnning point of lier career: that all tnenarrowiesit;atailttiopltirulRymptom ncss could ho my work, und that I would ' was my duty to get all thouaht of It out "u the coming of Dr. Aked to the
auger rose from tho depths of her'soul solemn, noisy, swarmitur with lawyers, ness. 1 1 saw her enmniateiv -nri.,4 "Tho only way ministers
RCV.HNRY A-cftlMaON . t.t.
PASTOR or MANHATTA NT
CONfGR CO ATI OH A LCHVRCH
! his tminlmr lanrntns. M irJ. tn
speak, learning how to undertake the
larger relations of life,
I "Speaking generally 1 den't believe
i al.iric have gone up at all in th" Episoo-
' pal Church in twenty years. No one will
u sjiuie inai xney aro i.ir too small now
even though Hie ministers themselves
make no complaint
"I lwlleve that our American civilisa
tion is more indebted to the children
, or ministers than to any other class. I
think almost any history or 'Who's Who"
, will bear me out In this statement
p , ,
Pay of Presbyterians.
i " V
the men and women who have helped to
mane tne worm a better nlace to live in
have had a minister in their family some-
where. Financial worries take the line
I ATt irtiChlnn j-tllt svf ft mnn 1... t. -
' 1. " 71" . . ' " ."' " 1
mu oi ins lamuy, aim it wn lie leve ti
irrote.a,ism. an.l Protestantism be-,
j lieves in the family, for heaven's sake
FRENCH
I which had lost lt springy softness,
1 the kitchen came a hlzzllne- twiiitul
From
it was
the water for her soft hoibsl e?u-s which
h,VLl fl " ,lm Tanfi- Pf'ssy was
smoothing her narrow chest with short,
rhythmic strokes of her tongue.
1 .Marguerite remembered telling her ono
where her name would have passed from
nioutn to moutli on the dav or the trial,
This would mean withdrawing agiin
Into obscurity, becoming once moro the
poor struggling beginner who dinned
, legal formulas into the ears of high school
girls for so much an hour. Mme, Itosilie,
' It, I,,..- r.11 n-MKiuir nn,l kn,
, would day aOer day wash dishes for one
nour ovory morning in tho sink of tho dingy
kitchen.
The only briefs over which she would
ever bend her pale face would lie con
nected with tho oases ot young delinquents
turned ovor to her by the Ix?gal Aid So
ciety, A listless Magistrate, knowing
her plea in advance, would stop hor, as
It had already happenod to hor, nrter her
first word. Tho Bar Association would I
cease to take her seriously, Lachclior
would show himself sarcastic.
Hair an hour passed und Mile. Odelln
sat there motionless, her elbows on tho
green desk cloth. When sho lifted her head
ugaln her eyes were red: sho couldn't
regain the smiling comnosure which lni.
parted to her delicate features their usual
life to me? I havo leeii retained to bring
sun in conn, .mm I to iiecidn wiiellier
this couple should or should not bo cp.
orated? There would never Isiany divoroo
cases then,
Pussy, how you are looking it. me! Am
I doing anything wrong? Well, It's the
business that demands it Only I want so
badly, so badly to try that case in com I
Are my powers of judgment thwarted or
is my desire Tor fame misleading nio
through a iu-voi'leil casuist rv"
"It would be so sad, just now, to be
deprived or the glorious sunshine which
' In'
us maintain the minister's families
comparative comfort
i A talk with Presbyterians does not
1 dicloe u roy outlook concerning a pos-
ilile advancement of salaries. Here, as
. in the liaptNt
Congregational and Ile-
iorm-i cliutches, there nre a few men
whose Hiilarie
es have given some persons
the idea that preaching is a remark
ably profitable profi-ssjon. Hut, as
the Iiev. Dr. (leorpe Aletnnder rwilntetl
out. after the ltev Dr Jowett's $1?,000
, salary and th" Nil.irles paid to the pastors
of tho ltrick Church and tho Madison
Square Church aro mentioned tho scale
,,f K.l!.irie4 lt, n 1,1- !.,, il
the case of piutow of mi-slon churches
, stinnorted III tlm U'enTtlll" Klftll fivonlm
i churches end by tho wealthier Brooklyn
' ..imrrlwu il.r i,-w i,n r, in,.,, di
late years in salaries
, The lato Dr. John Hall. narnr nf itio
TVr.l. t . u i . i vi i . .
, -"enue i resuyienan v nurcn iwemy
years ago. got a bigger salary than Dr
.lowe.t "now Cl Dr!
j William M. Taylor, pastor twenty years
I li
PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY
1 has lit up my life for the past two months
1 to return to the obscure, llnnl poverty ot
two ir.onthi turn
talk to me with the lucid simplicity of your
little animal mind. lusy. wl.at would you
kiv to me'
11 you rou ui tnink and
"It mav he that these two oeoole eonnllv
, hichminded and who once were one
should not be allowed to co their way
Ppimaw;ati.,K them that .Mr hap , .
f,it!il ul rnnArj it nm, l..i . !..
III.
Three
lavs later about n o'clock
lei ii was ge dug ready to goto
Id" Mm" uf.s.V.yisVuMUig0!!,"
iiirnitur'intho reception room.
Mlio Od
court at
bamboo
Some ono rang and tin
lawyer heard a
nil
she laughed wliil
e unu uiqiM-ieiiiioils uie
o tying veil around her j
" eM Ti,..iu ua .
plain spring hat
.Mile Odelln
staniling at the door of the Ittle room
"a gentKMimn to see you " '
Marguerite, who was in a hurrv. thought
to herseir:
"M de Suy, I nm not going to bother
with you very long this morning "
And ns she entered her otlieo she found
herself face to fuco with I.achelier, clad
in u long overcoat, holding his silk hat in
his hand, a port folio under his arm, and
evidenny on ins way to court
g Vol!!' slllTireslloll. hua ii Lr till tlA
IIi-hI slop lowaid a ici-oncillatlon and that
tho happiest developments call Is. ex
peeled. Did you actually play that trick
on us':"
"I did." said Marguerite.
Will; perfect ease she was assuming
I ho lull responsibility of her deed before
"'s l,ii -i lianisiei-, who had always
seemed i i cenndei her us veiy inex.
I ' '
"ued'"' '"" "'" '1"l,'lil' wn"' has hap-
h. thern is very 111 tin tn tell. I saw
de Savy He was not at all the
man's voice interrupted bv the profuse ,TnVir.,i . n,rX.,A: ti V '' V9 i'0"" 1110 l'asior oi a comparatively poor
greetings of the chore woman. " I " " V" 1 ?..B'"ali o;,1cp.' ,.n'' i a city has to meet Is tho demands
-He here iiL-uint He u i., intiatonit- . cneap lurnlture, the dingy flat nt Too i.i .,.'
I Andusshehad regained the Vtiiot chr-1 9K .ft J?.- ,hc "Iai" Krn'?nts worn "'V " "Z. ' ,ue" '
r..i...... .i i.. ...,.i int. j oiiuk woman wnom via rtn.i net.Aw i .nuwwi y no is mere in nein. unu
New York Clergymen Discuss Question
Whether This Is Keeping Young
Men Out of the Ministry
ago of tho Hroadwajr Tiilxrnacle. got
$17,600 n year and hod a carriage at his
disposal. None of hln nucccssoni has Ixnm
paid moro than $10,000, whltfh Is tho salary
or the Ilov. Ur. Charles E. Jefferson, tho
Incumbent and tho highest ssiurled pastor
In tho Congregational Church.
In giving Borne Idea of the salaries paid
to Prosbytcrlan ministers In distant pas
torates tho assistant of the secretary of
tho Presbyterian Homo Mission Board
said that a salary of $1,200 meant a city
charge, the salaries paid to country
ministers ranging from $000 to$900, with
I of oourso a houso inoludod.
Making a Little Do.
"Yes " she admitted, "If there Is any
I one class in tho world that can make one
dollar do the work of ten It is tho class
represented by the ministers' families
living In out of tho way places. A story
j camo to me the other day which gives
some idea of how well some of them do
manage.
"A minister's wife was obliged to enter
tain city visitors for nearly a week, one
of whom was quite impressed with the
fact that the daughter of the house ap
peared overy morning in a epick and
span freshly laundered shirt waist. The
visitor wondered how it was that tho girl
hud Buch a good stock of waists. Iicfore
leaving she said something of tho kind
to her hostess and-learned that her daugh
ter had only ono shirt waist, which she
laundered herself every night before
going to bed.
In another case, I heard of a girl who
I saved tho day for her father bv taking ono
i nf l,er wtiluta nml mullnn l!m ,tAa
shirt. Tho minister had lxm invited to
a function which he felt ho ought to at
tend, and his wardrolie lacking a suitable
shirt Ids clover daughter cut up one of
her waists and put in tho right sort of a
front to an old shirt,"
"There aro country churches in the
Congregational body," admitted the Itov.
nian I had Imagined. I understood
bow his subtle nml roinnler mind ram.
blued with a nss.ioiiato ,tcuicr.imcnt
could have brought about tho tragedy.
,l,K,,r,,1U,!sPwr,:,t',i,nBs-,ill
perfectly worthy or encli othor. I am
just a llttlo bourgcoiso and still cling to
'""," ins nonen view 01 morality. 1
1 n d vVircwon , ITZTr,?
. ul .1 ...... I .1..., I l i .
pieieiy at my mercy. M l'r cent
I ii "'h'ngs havo leen happening quicker,'" the last decade or so is by cutting
. 1 "-Mcied. l-rom what you tell in.
I1 ,lm:ar'4 th;" "'," has written to her hua
s R 0- Vw
i iW ?. l?S.y.,1 2' fe'
wnai. you tell me
Ijichelier. standing in front of Mile,
hA,,,, lu.r.u l i. . i i "r
FtaallhS M wry lSir:1"' k'ga'
"Xpu'H inake a queer lawyer."
.wJlf ' Ji?5ause 1 nfv1 lerrately
"lV "f? which would have
r'"" ";- in urn nai kind
of a woman would I havo been if I had
placed my own personal Interest above the
happiness, the morals, tho futuro of suoh
a couple?
"You need not explain." Laohelier said.
"I am a little hurt at losing that case, but
I can't help admirlnn vou."
He refieated with emphasia:
"I admire you deeply, my jn
l,achelierr"inK l'r'her ,aWyer "kwl
Mil,. i,W'hnt yU ftre ,n 7
Who that?" and the young barrister
Mured at him with wide open eves. "Who
has been sireadlng that rumor'"
I hey ve been talking about it for tev-
-ff'itea1":: J'oi tC'S
"How ridiculous.
I -ieKr.il i i
After a llttlo while lie l ie'
"Kindly notice thm i , . .
ing it?" 1 ,ra not 'leny. i
4
Dr. Honry St imson, the oldest iiiser-.irc ,f
tho Coiigrogatloiiil ministers of Sew
York, who added tho Manhattan church
to the denomination since coining 1 1
New York, "who nre without a past,,r,
but this is true of the churches of other
denominations also. The great need in
all denominations is for big men to la
tho big city churches.
"Tho only way to meet this nenl it
present seems to I in to entice n pn.r
from potno other pulpit in another city
or else to Import one. It may be true
that the nblest young men are not eugvr
perhaps to enter the ministry, even though
they have n leaning in tliut direction,
because of the colnpcriitively small
salaries id oen to the liest preachers
Never before wore there so many uvenum
wherein capable men may make money
as now and young men aro perfectly
aware or il. Undoubtedly I hey nro
tempted by tho prosioet.
"With a few ckceptions, an lndiUdu.il
church hero and there, there has been no
advance in salaries, I think, In our de
nomination in twenty. In forty years
oven. V'or instance, about thirty yeats
ago In tho State of Massachusetts n study
of the churches resulted in a tabulated
list of 250 pastors who were paid over
$1,000 a year. Tho overage or salaries
was put down at $1,800. Not, long ago
a similar study resulted in giving a
shrinkage of $500 on tho average of
salaries."
Tho ltev. Willard I Ottarson. nastor
of Dethany Congregational, ga'vo theso
figures:
"Of tho n.ooo Congregational churches
j in America," said ho, "only forty pay their
, mlnlster-i over $4,000 n year. Moro than
half of them pay $l,oo and under, 1,375
pay K00 and leu, only 2 1:1 pay from
I $2,000 to $1,000. Nevertheless in tho last
1 twenty years in some sections there has
been nn advance In salaries of about 10
I per csnt.
"It Iris Imn said tint young tnon do
not go into the ministry in such iurgi
number now as they did twenty years
ago. In tny opinion tho reason for this
is not that tho ministry pays so little us
becauso there is not the moral and
spiritual attraction lit tho churches to
draw earnest and strong men into thorn."
Not a Matter of Money Only.
The ltev. Robert Pierce, D. I)., pft.
tor of the Second Avenuo Uaptist Church,
who has under him soven patow sp?,,;.
ng as many roroign languages and who
has moro people in his church overy
Sunday than any other church or his
denomination in New York, is nn illus
tration or the rnct that salary is not al
ways tho prime consideration with min
isters. There are Haptist inlnisW-s in
Now York who get a larger snlar" than
Dr. Piorce. but none doing a larger ,ork.
"It makes me shi.-er." he declared,
"every time I hear the criticism made tliat
the moft powerful call to a minister al
ways comes from the church that pay
tho biggest salary. Now in my own case
1 left a big patorato in Pennsylvania
representing a cultured class of eopl.)
to take a less salary hero because 1 can
do a biggor work here and I know se -eral
bright young men who caro far morp
for the chanco to servo than Tor th
chance to make money."
Dr. Piorce illustrates tho National
Sunday School Lessons, which go all over
tho world, und he was planning a trip
abroad when tho call to tho New York
church, which he says has no duplicate in
the world, caused him to change his plan.
"Besides an English speaking congre
gation this church looks nrter seven
1 others which meet here at different hours
; and the young men's Bible classes rep-
1 resent twenty-six nationalities. The
sight represented by a union service
in the church of all tho congregations is
wonderful,
"No concerted movement, so far as
I know." pursued Dr. Pierce, "has ever
1 been made to raise salaries in the Baptist
, Church
? connection
1 Wlt" c"v churches, salaries have been
' advanced a little, but tuking tho country
and city tocethor sauries have remained
, h m for many years.
havo met the
bound in the cost of living
i out all the tr linn Hits, so to sneak, siin-
posing there were any to cut out If
not, then they cut down in variety of
food and of clothing. The most difficult
he wants to help. He does help, with
the result in dozen or coses that he gives
what he actually needs for his own family.
Ali the sumo he has his compensations,
which count a lot higher than mere cash "
Same Higher Salaries.
A variation to the almott universal
rule of no raise in salaries is offered by
the Ileformed Church, including the Col
legiato body. The latter, whicli conduct!
its finances separately, although it is con
tained in the Rorormedclassis, in the oldest
the line in tho last decade. Said he
"Averages are dlfticult things to urr
nl in matters or this kind. The only
safe way to go about it is to take chilieliei
in groups, the verv prominent, tlios
representing another scale ot niI.iii"-.
those representing a still lower scale
and gel the average tor euch Th s ln
Hot been done, "
neports or the sulurles paid to minis 'rs
n.i ! !! ' . "'!"'". !'. '
considered a gooil 'salary and that thf
nr.. lar more $l.(ino tum'$u pati.r,i-V
outside of tli Uvrgt oltieu
4r
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