New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-27
THE CLERGY RrsrryEs

Tor seTeral years the Csna6isn press has been hsi
with ARTICLES On the subject Of the Csrsy Ressr,ss
Those articles may have been par6eulsrly laair>a.
snd instructive to the Canadian pablo. bu, !, N.
United States they hsve been WHOLLY u,,, seI,;,A,.
or 81 least about ss Interesting as Germ. AZ
llsaiioa would be to Who ooad no: read oa, .a,t
Of t0e language RecentJ, however. tie ooaiae.sr.
Of TIE Canadian papers have adopted dTsreat esar.s
sDd sCne Of them are informing their reader, vA.,
.ie.e Reserves are. ItsppeAs that varoas At. h,r,
been proposed b. tie Imperial Pa.liansa.. ia,c,isl
for tie encouragement OF the Protests; resor AL
the support Of its ministers. AmOag otAer. o.e "a,
passed in l79, for the Government OF Csaa4a with
provided that ssTenth portion OF 81 lads GRATED "a
tie Province, should Be SET apart FOR tie SUPPORT
ard maintenance o. Protestant Clerg Uaier
this aw TIE amount o, lands set aside lnier TIE \, "a
Of Ciergy Reserves, was 3..46-252 acres
In 1850 tie repenue FRO L these Reserves auorstsi
to G537S7 1879 and it has SeeD eO2Ps;e3 hat vac,
tie lands al sold and the proceeds added TO the
accumulated fsnd. tie slBuaI interes. vii Be orer
EIC9,COO
Until l5+0, tie territorial revenue Of Caaaas va. 1t
tie disposA. Of tie Imperial CoTeramen Al! tae ssn,
paid on account Of religion had been TAX Osi Of the
these disbursements have been made solely out Of tao
Clergy Reserves The suns paid since iAes. lai As
LIST of churches receiving them, is saboias.-shs
amounts being stated in rOuAa numbers:
CfsTch o. n
ClureA socils-d nd osssr ssoeh Pfss,yt.s.s ass
"seysr ssiAoSsti ISss
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Up 20 tie yesr $50 the whole amount paid By tho
country to tie few favored secis BAD exceeded two
u,Ious cre hundred snl eighty thousand dollars and
Ence then it is stated that sufficient 10 make a,
= grand total Of two million. Eve hundred thousand
dollars has been added OF this sun the Roman Cats
olcs lave received something ike E5l,0)0 sal tie
WESLEYAN Nethodists E25 CO. The balance hAs been
absorbed by tie EPiscOpalsas aul Scotch Churches;
while the Independents the Bapus;s various bodies Of
Presbyterisrs several oEshoOts Of the Methodist
Church snd many other Protestant Churches. have 70
ceivtd nothing.
These facts indicate TO some extent, the nature OF
the controyersy in which tie CAnaiAn papers have for
some years been engaged. Tie original idea Of the
Imperial Government was to afford encouragement to
What it conceived TO be the true religious faith butths
e5ec. las been to eHsender quarrel between the va
nous sect. quite nimcs TO TIE Of true religion
II must be sprarent tLat the Government has been
laborirg under serious misaPprehension Ii inclined
TO aid the of Christianity should hsve made an
impartial distribution of its favors. 1t should hare
allowed al classes Of Christians to participate ia the
benefits Of the Reserves But having seen proper 10
pursue different policy, would j, not be well n1w
to abolish the whole system, and leave each Christ
ian sect to look Tor itself The religious nsts-
tiors of country should be selfsuPPorting that i.,
they should rely upon the Voluntary aids they may
ceiye from those who inclined engage in their
particular forms OF worship. AeIperieuee proves that
religion fourishes best when left dependant uPOa ts
own intrinsic merits