The Portland daily press., 1894-10-06
BROTHERS OF THE CHURCH.
A New Protestant Episcopal Order found
ed by a Former Boston Business Man.

Gu Nv d OTn1er Boston BUSINESS Nlans
Within few days Mr.. Russell Whitcomb
well-known Boston Business man, recent
ly a student of the Protestant Episc ops
church, has renowned the world, giveI
nea rly all his property to his family, anc
bee ONE the founder of the Community O
the Brothers of the Church. The main OBJ
ject of the community is the helping of boy.
and young men. The work of the brothers
however, will by no means be confined tt
that. AS the community gains members It'll
scope for doing good will be practically un
confined. A young clergyman who has beer
intimate with Brother Hugh said in regard
to this question::
1.-The order is in part meant to give EMS
copal rectors an opportunity to do thei1
parish visiting by proxy. 1t is not. OF
course. intended to take the place of that
personal acquaintance with parishioners
which makes pastoral work effective, but
to supplement- it by that systematic visiting
which every rector has not the Time to dc
himself, nor the means to hire a special as
sistant to do. II might be conceived, tor
instance, that the rectors of two or three
adjacent parishes. which were not large
enough alone to hire assistant ministers,
would club together to engage one assis-
tant between them to do certain routine
visiting for all. Just here the new order
steps in and says in effect: Gentlemen,
here is an order of devout and experienced
parish visitors and Church workers. We
can do your work more cheaply than you
could have it done in any other way.
Brother A. can be assigned to the rector
of st. Athanasiuss, Brother B. to the rec
Tor of st. Irenaeus's, and, because we all
live together. We can afford to do the work
at very reasonable rates..
ut is possible that such a combination
might prov godsend to that considerable
number of parishes which have one mi mis-
ter and work enough for wo, or two min
listers and work enough tor three, without
having the income to pay the salaries re-
CURED to secure the whole.time of ambitious
young graduates of theological seminaries,
ito many of whom, it il to be feared, are
not willing, to rough it and to live such
lives of self-sacrifice and plain conditions
as the brothers will Then with increasing
experience, the value of the services of the
order would increase, so that within a few
months they would offer to the Episcopal
rectors of the city higher quality of assis-
y
tantship than the inexperienced deacon
newly ordained. is capable of. Their hold
upon the people. too, who are easily won by
personal interest in their cases would make
the continually more valuable. ssa
Another benefit would come in the econ
omy that would be possible in relief work.
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receiving help alternately from two distinct
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