Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1870-11-26
THE CLERGY OF NEW YORK.
Prominent Preachers aud their Rates
Of Paw.

/ ,pondeucg u tine Troy Daily Ilm-
New YoRK, November 8, ls70.-Oul
clergy are opening the Fall campaign
in manner which shows that they are
in earnest. They now seem conscious
Of the importance Of the press. for or
Saturday they advertise the services Of
the coming Sabbath, and on Monday
they look in the papers for q report Of
their sermons Reporting sermons j.
now an admitted feature IN journalism
Once q week the dailies give q Hli's-
eye view nf the utlerances Of the mo
important pulpits, and thus keep 0ef
the nOn-eh1rch-going public the l4c
which it otherwise might forget, that
there is such an institution in existence
az Gospel ministry. Some preacher.
complain that these reports do Injustice
to their efforts, bat bFeyitv is in1ispeu
sable in the operations Of The pre-
and they must accept this kindc. no.
ticc or none. think that # would II
q good plan for each clergvIr az 30 pro
pare condensed sketch ol hia View
and place one or moro Of these nc thr
sexton to BE- given to any Yorter Nao
might happen 10 come 70 nOtes. Thi-
would put the statemen under the
clergyman control, and at .ie same
time would improve him in gla i'm
portant ait Of condensation
OUR IMPORTANT pREACuLE,.
In the Episcopal order there
Ninton and Dix in the High Churc
with the Tyngs, both fathcr and 30.
in the Low Church. In the Presby-,-
rian, We have Adams Of Madison
Square, and Hall OF the Fifth Avenue
In the Reformed Dutch branch there
are Ormiston, . new conner, and De
witt, who i now just entering the re-
tired list. The Baptist can boast thc
learned Williams, the heavy-tonel
Arm!tage, and the noisy Westcott
while the Methodists hayeSmith, New
man. Narrower, and score Of other
acceptable divines. Out Of all this
number, Beecher being a BROOKLYN
man, there are but three men Of first
class talents, These arc Dewitt. who
as have said, is Just about retiring,
Tying, senior, who is also nearly worn
out, and Hall, Of the Fifth Avenue.
The latter being not much over forty,
may be expected 10 yield considerable
service, and is in all respects the most
able and most popular preacher in this
/ city. There are large number Of use
iul and worthy clergymen here. but
with all their excellence they have moi
reached distinction. 1t is perhap.
much to their advantage that they
have not, for al excess Of reputation j.
one Of q profess ionsl mans creates
mishaps.
RATES o. PAY.
/ Hall receives about 80 eJJ-noj ali
salary-but perquiste, and donation
will reach this figure. His salary i
marked by a distinction peculiar to hi-
own case, being payable in gold. Uhie
arose from his being called from Dub
lin where all currency Is on a gold
basis, and also because he came al
time when our paper money was fiuc-
tuating in no small degree. In order
( therefore, 10 place his call on q solid
basis, il was made payable in gold.
/ DT. Tyng's Office is worth S7,On0 per
annum and a comforablerecto Dr.
Potter, Of Grace Church, takes in not
less than $4,000, beside the use Of tho
best rectoFy in New York. Dr.. Adam.
being very rich, IS not 50 well paid his
berth being not worth more than So
pUl, and Howard Crosby, who j also
rich, is paid in a manner equally poor
DR., Dewitt and DR.. Ormiston, of the
Dutch body, get S7U0o. nr. Dix, of
Trinity, gets his $1,000, and Nintou.
his right hand man, must receive near
" as much. As Trinity has an estate
worth twenty millions, her clergy
ought not to 60 hungry. From the
rates above mentioned, clerical pay de
cllnes TO the pittance received by the
city missionaries, which is about 500
per annum. These men, instead Of en-
Joying a parsonage of palatial extent
are glad to have pair OF apartment,
ID a tenement house, and instead Of be-
ing invited to splendid wedding and
and similar entertainments, thCv
are called to mingle with the
poOrestand most degraded Of society.
Many Of the rich churches have mis-
sion schools and chapelS which ar
doing much good. Occasionally som,
very talented as well as picus young
men are willing to pass a few years at
the outset Of their work in Just such q
field as this. One OF the difficulties to
which they are subjected is the restrain
ing Influence ofthe patronizing pastors.
These gentlemen often make an effort
to keep the missions simply asarpeud-
ages % their own churches, and hence
oppose their assuming an independent
existence. Any cDterl rising evangc.
list prefers to see such IN effort rise
above condition Of dependence, and
hence, ifnot encouraged in this, he rau
hardly be expecting to remain in SER
vice. Every missionary effort should
be looked on a the germ OF an indie
pendent church, and not a. the mere
tender on some important congrega-
tion.
WEDDING fE.>.
our clergy have very have land,gm,
perquisites for uniting the Young and
happy couples who aboundin our ricl
congregations. ltmG5t be understood
thai Ihe prestige ofhigh clerical pOsi-
ton add much to the r'r, af MARI.
age f.ta AS a matter Of course there
is great impropriety IN demanding
the time Of distinguished minister
without a fitting compensation. Such
men Is Tying and Beecher are not 10
be put oft Ikea country dominic. witl
five dollar hill. Any one who is am
bilious of advertising his marriage bv
such pompous officials should touch n
$50 note at least, and | presume that
from Slo0 to Sjl1are the figures most
in vogue, hut double the last has beer
fingered on such an occasion by han
py divine, In addition to these fees.
our popular clergymen are often tha
recipients Of handsome presents, Il
any wealthy member ofthe society de.
sireS to distinguish hmselfamongthem
lei him make the pastor New Year
present of Sl1l or $40 az let him send
the honorcd divine fine piano. II
will soon be noised abroad with the
most tiattering comments, and the
next time the donorappears in church
he will observe that the eye of the pub
liz Il Hipp,.ff,l frv-o,.l