The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-02-13
THE BROTHERHOOD oEsT. PAUL.
The New Order Of Monks Establishes
Within the tChuFch Of England.
lLondon Telegraph.l

lLondon Telegraph II L~0
1t is now announced that the Bishop of
London has sanctioned the formation of q
lay Brotherhood of st. PauRs. 4, to- work
within the Metropolitan diocese, and to be
controlled by awarden. who will be under
the jurisdiction Of the Bishop himself.
There is to be sub-warden and chaplain.
while the rest of the community are to be
divided into brothers, probationerss o. and
serving brothers," The.duty of the .'broth-
ers" will be TO lead "a disciplined, devoiion-
al. common life. separated from secular pur-
suits, and wholly dedicated to the. service of
the Church." In connection with the parOch-
ial CLERGY. The warden will be appointed by
the Bishop. to whom alone he will be re-
sponsible sin all things lawful" He will
preside at all meals and all meetings of the
community and he will take care that the
discipline and order Of the community are
strictly observed. He will encourage. adj
yises and, II necessary edmonish the broth
majority Of the brothers bring the matter be-
fore the Bishop. Otherwise they must fndi-
vidually and as q body fuiiow strictly ssthe.
rules regulating their Studies, devotions,
meals HABITS. and conversation within +
prayer for the brotherhood on rising and re-.
firing TO rest. They viii be admitted as
probationers for six months and then, as
brothers, promising to remain for one year.
new for another, and at the end Of the second
year they may either bind themselves for
five years or indefinitely adopt the plarl OF
annual renewal The brothers, will con-
tribute to the expenses of the community Ia
contribution to be arranged BY the warden,
and not In any case to be made known to the
other members of the community. TINS lrich
members and their poorer brethren wifi live
In every respect on terms OF equality. In
summer they VIII rise at 6, have morning
meditation from 10 to nearly u. At noon
there will be service, and dinner will be-
served at O'Clock. Outside work will be
discharged from 2 to 8. "Evensong" will
which comes three hours of indoor work,
Every Wednesday there will bethree hours
and nall recreation, and one evening of
the week will be allotted for receiving visits
or going to sec outside friends. iowa "a 0
& IL Is curious that nothing is said In the
ruleso the new community as to any Pc
culiar dress. That will be matter for.-we
suppose, the discretion Of the warden, who
will probably not insist on tonsured head,
with sandals. These PROPERTIES. oa are i too
medieval and Romanist to snit modern
English ideas. The likelihood. however. is
that these lay monks will wear something
marking them out from the common role Of
secular Engishmen. The obligation they
make ON entering the brotherhood is clear
enough as regards separation from the ordi-
nary affairs Of the world. Each man on en-
tering will repeat and sign the following
pledge u. - In the faith and love Of God,
the Father. the Son and the Holy Ghost, de-
slr0us Of dedicating and devoting my life to
the service OF the Church Of Christ, without
let or hinderance, do hereby isolemnly prom
Use that for the space of one year win adopt
Brotherhood of st. Paul, and do hereby
pledge myself to abstain from all worldly oc-
equations. In accordance with the said rule,
and to yield obedience to the warden Of the
brotherhood In all things lawful, SO help me