Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-08

duties upon some ministers, who had al
present great deal too much to do. In
one parish IL was stated as the ordinary
functions of the Sunday, that the curaie
attended the church at O'Clock i'm the
morning, gave an early service, service at
II O'Clock, and service in the afternoon.
He then baptized from IL to 30 children.
and read the burial service al from 8 TO &
funerals. In another parish the cura,e
had generally so christeuings on Sunday.
Upon the great festivals he had, al tie
least, 100. He had usually TO celebrate
lao bans of marriage on a Monday they
seldom were so low as 100, and on one oc-
cas0n they amounted to l56. Where the
duties accumulated so much, il was mor-
ally impossible that they could be per-
formed with all that attention and inves-
iigation which they required. Impositions
might pass unnoiiced, and thus the civil
rights OF individuals might be most mate
rally aiiected.-( Hear, hem The out
line OF the measure waS-hc should pro-
pose The vote of one million sterling, To be
paid ultimately out of the extents IN aid.
This sum, though voted al once, was not
To be all issued al one time, but as the oc-
cason required. /, would be entrusted
with tile same powers and dIscretions as
the commissioners who were appointed
last year for the advancement of public
works. He Though, this preferable to voi-
ing an annual sum. He should move at
present tor tile issue OF Exchequer bills
TO that amount, which would be chargea-
bic ON the eXtents made of a particular
year. The commissioners would not
conhne their inquiries as 10 the necessity
OF building churches TO the metropolis
alone they would select any district
where II was clear TO them that a want of
accommodation existed, and il might be
more satisfactory to the house to know
that sum out of this fund would be Civ
Ell TO any particular parish in furtherance
only OF every fair exertion on the part of
lheparish itself.-( Hear, hear Ut would
be given in the way of encouragement and
assistance, rather than as complete ex-
oheration, and so far as the parish was I'M
apie 10 raise funds of itself. In all cases
the property of the incumbents and pat
rons would be left inviolate. Power would
De given to the commissioners TO revive
an oid parish IN district where a new
church would be built, and TO place the
pensioners under the care of a new spi-
ritual minister and where paroclial cha
peis would be built, curaie for il would
he provided by the commissioners, who
would be removable only by the bishop
OF The diocese, aud not by the minister of
The parish only. This. however, was not
20 AFFECT the civil rights Of those ministers.
nor IN any other way TO diminish their iu-
r'S"ic'iop In his calculation of the dis
proportion between the mum Der of church
es, aud the amount of the population. he
DID not make any reduction for those who
were not members ofthe Church of Eng
land. He thought that churches should
De prepared for ali those who might wish
10 attend them and he was sure. that
there were many OF the dlssenters who
would attend the church, If thew couId
md accommodation enough 80 Hear,
he9r. = The parishes which would come
forward most literally, would receive
nom Inc commissioners the most liberal
aid ana Inc anticipated great assistance
from the Society for Building Churches,
Witch had already produced much good.
HE patronage would follow the line which
was already in practice, and every party
would have his proporlionabe share Off.
liis was q measure wholly separate from
politics. III came home TO every friend of
lie church, such as were those whom he
saw around him. He concluded. with
moving resolution for the issue of F,x
chequer Bills to the amount of 900 400
sterling, Tor The building Of new churches.
Alter some conversation, the motion
was agreed 10 without dissenting voice.