The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-17 00:00:00

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY,

VICE•PATRONS :
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of WINCHESTER.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of BATH and WELLS
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of LLANDAFY.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of CHESTER.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of CHICHRSTER.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of ?UPON.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of NORWICH.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of PETHRBOROUGH.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of LICHFIELD.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Vroitcusraß.
Right Rev. Lord Bishop of SODOR and MAN.
Most Noble Marquis CHOLMONDELEY.
Right Ho*. Earl of CHICHESTER.
Right Hon. Earl of H A RROWHY.
Right Fior. Earl of GAINSDOROUGH.
Right Hon. Lord CALTUORPE.
Right Hon. Lord BEXLEY.
Right Hon. Lord FEVERSHAM.

PRESIDENT
The Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, M.P.

GENERAL STATEMENT,

THE SOCIETY'S present Grants are in aid of 241 In-
curnbents, with an aggregate population of near 1.113.500;
or each on an average the charge of 7500 souls :—the average
rate of their incomes is only £162; and 129 of these Incum-
bents are without parsonage-houses.
The Grants are to provide stipends for 242 Clergymen and
31 Lay-assistants, at an annual charge to the Society of
£20,895, when all the appointments shall be made by the
Incumbents. .

Opened in consequence of Society's grants :—Churche,
69; Licensed Rooms, 104. Proposed :—Churches, 55; Li-
censed Rooms or Chapels, 25. Added full services on the
Lord's Day, 353 ; week day, 137 ; cottage lectures, 209.
Particular Statement, and Proportion in this Diocese :
To Lancashire, 50 grants ; to Cheshire, 16. Opened : 16
Churches and 36 Licensed Rooms. Proposed : 15 Churches
and 10 Licensed Rooms, at an annual expense, at present, to
the Society of £6260.
To the parishes of Liverpool and Walton-on-the-Hill :-
10 grants, amounting to £9BO annually. N.B.—No other
Society, at present, renders any aid of this kind to Liver-
pool.
The Church Pastoral Aid Society was the first that called
attention to the Spiritual destitution of the country, and
endeavoured to alleviate it. Since its commencement it has
brought upwards of £140,000 to the assistance of the Church,
the " wants of which," in the striking words of its sy-
nopsis, " it regards on the one hand, and the order on the
other." To this the Bishops have borne testimony. The
Bishop of Vsinchester publicly expressed himself thus re-
specting it, " The more I have examined its constitution,
and inspected its principles, the more I find them to be in
accordance with that which I should havermost desired to
originate had I been called upon to devise it, for the good of
the Church."

The Bishop of Lichfield, in reference to its imagined in-
terference with Church order, spoke thus :—" I repeat,
that the jurisdiction of the Bishop is in no degree denied or
interfered with. I can only say, that when a candidate for
orders comes to me, whose stipend is to be paid by this So-
ciety, I know that his qualifications and character have been
scrutinized with more than ordinary attention ; and when
you consider the difficulty which the Bishop has in getting
satisfactory testimonials, and how often he is liable to be de-
ceived, and misled into error. I must say, that I regard the
inquiries made by this Society as a great additional security
for the usefulness of the person so nominated."
The Bishop of Chester. one of its first and most constant
patrons, in defending the Society on the same head, declared,
" I think, when public liberality supplies the salary of a cu-
rate, something more should be known than a mere negative
testimony to his merit, and that proof should be given of his
faithfulness and zeal."
Several other Bishops have borne similar testimony to this
Institution, which every day becomes more important, not
only on account of its great efficiency. but on account of its
sound Church principles. It is painful to read the following
statement, just put forth :—" The Society's present rate of
income will not even provide for the steady maintenance of
the grants now in operation, leaving the Committee without
the power of filling up the 38 grants now unoccupied, except
as grants lapse or fita vacant ; much less will it afford relief
to fresh and important cases, many of which are before the
Committee, except where the amount required shall be re-
turned from local resources ;—and thus districts which from
their poverty arc in so much need of assistance must remain
unaided, if tke Society's income be not greatly increased.'
The ANNIVERSARY SERMONS mid MEETING of
the LIVERPOOL ASSOCIATION are 'fixed for the ZBd
and 24th of April next. The Rev. H. M'Nemc and, tile
flew. H. STOWELL are expected to attend. The, PreSeu"
also of the Rev. A. DALLAS,
Rev. A. Rolm, of Cheltenham,
and Rev. J. iIIAJR.DING, of London, is looked. for, • ‘„
The Treasurer of the Liverpool Aetiociatios, to A. v!'
POWLIPO. Esq., 4, Water-street. Society's Rankas
iu
London are WILLIAMS, MACON, and eQ., itlyrAtijAtitio.
Liverpool, February lb, 113,