The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-25
HEREDITARY CLERGYMEN.
Instances OF the Profession Figuring
IS Family Affair.
From chambers' JournaI.

From Chambers journal.
Hereditary clergymen are not uncommon
in all religions. A very prominent family
among the Jews, the Adlers, have long
held high rank in their church. In the
last century flourished RABBI Beer Adler.
He was father of Mordecai Adler, chief
rabbi of Hanover, whose son, Rev. DR.. Ma
than Adler, was for a great number Of
years chief rabbi of England. DR.. Nathan
Adler's son, DR.. H. Adler, having been for
some years delegate chief rabbi of England,
has now succeeded his father Thus four
generations of the Adler family have held
the rabbinate, and passage in the will of
Dr. Nathan Adler points TO there being still
another generation in the person of the son
of the present chief rabbi, carrying out the
priestly traditions of the family.
In the Church Of Rome the celibacy of the
clergy prevents the direct transmission Of
the priestly Office, but there ore numerous
families for instance the Naugbans, to
which the Archbishop of Westminster tei
longs-in which one or more members of
several generations have become clergy
men. The present Cardinal Moran Of
Sydney is nephew and heir of the late Car
dlnal Cullen OF Dublin, and no less than
twenty-seven of his near relatives are
priests in Ireland, America and the colonies.
la the Church of England such cases are
very common. The clerical family of Coll
Inns was founded in 1888 oy Rev. Edward
Collins, rector of Hogan, III Cornwall, For
l53 years his direcG descendants were rec
tors of the same parish. Since then the
Collins family has given over a hundred
rectors and Wears to the church. Rev.
stephen Negcome became curate Of Girton
in 1860. His son Stephen left several chill.
dren, three Of whom became cergymen.
from the eldest of these sons descended
Daniel Newcome. Arch bishop of Armagh,
aud number of rectors and Wears.
From the second of the three brothers also
descended clergymen Of the established
church, while from the third. Henry New
come of Manchester, the celebrated
Presbyterian minister and elected vicar of
Gawsworth, descended line of clergymen
that even now, after a lapse 2UO years, is
IN tiourishing condition.
Two brothers, George and Edward Synge,
we're respectively bishops of Cloyne and
Cork during the seventeenth century. In
the next generation TWO of the sons OF
Bishop Edward became, the one dean Of
Kildare, the other Archbishop of Tuam.
The Archhishop's two sons became bishop
OF Elphin and bishop of Killaloe. The bis
hop OF Killaloe died in 17!l, when tn epis-
copRl honoTs of the family ceased ,lt though
several later members %sFs clerg ymsh
In modern times there have beeu in Eng
land three families who have devoted them
| selves to the church, and have deservedly at
taiued a high rank in it. These families are
the Wilberforces, the W adsworths and Bck
ersteths The first is of quite recent cleri-
cal origin. but already includes two bishops
The second includes q dean Of Christ
church. bishop of Lincoln, a bishop OF
st. Andrews and bishop of Salisbury. Tt
the third belonged the late bishop of Pipon,
the bishop Of Easter the bishop Of Japan,
Edward Bickersteth, an evangelical
preacher Of considerable eminence, and the
dean of LichGeld.