Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-03-05
The Established Church of England.

The Established Church Of England
I Tho Established Church Of England j, ono
of the ioulc,, s,rc, ON the body polite of The
kingdom. I shall examine j, mainly IN 10,
political bearings.
The Kugis the supreme head of the
church, and appoints through the chapters,
,hs bishops, beside, a greater number Of the
lesser dyu.uucs. Tho bishops icrncr and
orlin the inferior clergy The owner, oi
estate, charged With the payment Of the slla-
rirs of pastors, have the right To nominate or
" present" ,hcm to the parishes. There are
some - 900 plrochial churhr, under the con.
troll Of the establishment Of these, lho
crown pre-, nis io gj3 the bl,hop, to I.i- ,
lbs deans and chapter, ~, other ccc'c,la,,l-
cal dirul,aucs to 1851, the universities OF
oxford and Cambrdrr To 81, the nobility
and gentry to 5000, ani the residue are dis
posed or by Others.
Tho annual revenue oC the whole body oi
the clergy is more than sis 900 900 a sum
larger than IL received by ,hc established cIcr.
ry of an the world besides. The income u'
J,e,,~,sp,- -rRs Archbishop Of Canterbury
receives $4,000. aud OF YORK s5o,OOO.--
Tho bishop of London $4,000, OF Durham
10000. Of Winchester $4,000, and ~ on.--
Previous to the act uf l-37. the income of
the see, mentioned was much larger. SaId
the late Rowland I'LL, himself a clergyman
Of the establishment, At missionary meeting
At E,aer bal! few year, 40 would,
my lord, that had the bishop, of ,h,, realm
urd up Jy lh heel, tn that chandelier, and
could direct ,hr stewards % hold the plate
under their pocket, aul catch ihs filling gum.
ct,; wha, collection We should r.lsc 49,
One OF the worst feature, Of lh,, institution
is the -ru>s inequality ln thr distribution ol
its taylrs. o. is clergy, fifteen hundred r..
coiyr an average annual income OF about
$1,000 each while another fifteen hundred,
land they are the working and valuable por.
nom ''''N' ""H ',' ''','-' W '''1. ~
and many ui these las, do not yet .20o.-
sydney Smith hl, aplly asked, " Why Is ihs
Church of England nothing bur collection
. of b,rrar, 1ud bishops lhe rgh, reverend
Dives ,u the Palace, and Lazarus ia orders At
The 'a''' d'c'oT'' oy u's' Az" 'o'"'o'''D ''
crumh
The revenues % ihH '',A''',''''' '"' '''
mostly drawn lf'm u'i''' p"' '''t' 'u'"'
are realized from o'hc' sources. NM III, '".
diion to !",''' H' clergy '-"o'' "'','' ''
lar cNcce' 'h.a' q ''' P''''''''' ''''''"'' ~
hold all the pr"' .s'or'h'i'' "''''''",I'' anu
iellow'hips' oI inc universities a'" Pu''''
state schools '' '''' '''I''','"'i' W Wv Wv
b's'Irs, army SUI navy anu 'o'P'''' ''''
comm'rc.al companies : Wo'" ''''' WY '''V
nearly all the pr'"''''' "'l'c'' " '"O'''''''''
and charitable INSTITUTIONS ~ ''"'~''''''' '''
rcaHcN' "e''"''t', a''" ,,">'',' , ''. 'y''
slant walters upon p''h' to''"','s' '," ''l =,
P"hl'c fr''"nry ''a"''"s C'''''''' ~ -,
places .'' 'g", "''N , II, C-....,,l - a.. l.,
'"o" "''', 1''' ''' Wv ..','-,s.. =, -,
WO"L"! '''"',,''"5 '. 49,, ,a,,,,.
NV ~ s''''''''''' ~ -. -..t ,.,,,.,l,,Ir
" j. ~, NY -. al inGncrc. a,
" ", -. -, ~, =, e.v r,,,, may be-
given TO show that faul 'he 'e'''1''"''' '""
Potter the fisherman are not very closely cop
rn.-r..,i..L, .,,..,...-,,. I,
lcd by some oi U'''' i'"s''"
* a notorious fact that a large body oi the
,..l, 49,, ,,,nr,s. their ovn sermons.