New-York tribune., 1894-04-15
THREE HUNDRED 4 YEAR.
THAT Is THE SUM WHICH SOME MI
PREACHERS HAVE TO. .sUBsIsT oN-EAIi'h'A-
rY LOW SALARIES THE RULE.

THAT rs THE SUN WHICH SOME MEIhoDi'i
PREACHERS HAVE TIC. .sUBsIsT ON-EXTREME-
IY LOW SALARIES THE RULE.
,,o.hodiet nroachers are proverbially an ill-pald
10, and they always feel that the phrase as p'o'
&C q church mouse" applies with peculiar h'hesa
IN them II IS one of the denomination Hedu'
assertions however. that its work Is Iarse'y
the poor people, who cannot aHoru ~ s"' ,'
pastors large salaries. In the ola Gays ""e" i,
was CHEAP the salaries were really not so S'"aN'
IN nroporton to the living expenses as they are
ro,. r,ben Methodist parson with a salary OF
.,oo could II he had country pastorate, i've co'i-
fortahIv keep horse send his nine or ten ch'ui {"
to school and manage TO lay by penny ioi " :.
rainy day There are plenty OF the o'' 9'"e'
loft among the Methodist preachers VINO went
through those times, and VINO are no" N''''9
,yally on the amount which they iau py'
Salaries among the Methodists have advanced
,o,noT.hat but they ar, still extremely low. The
cou,trv narsons look upon their city brethren do
rolling in wealth and luxury, yet not d sli'9e
Methodist pastor In this city receives as n'sn
salary as 5000 a year. This seems incredioie' ou'
II is = fact though it must be renefnOereu '" "
rorso,apo is almost always provided and Is tur-
nshed in some way or other comtortaoie u -"
comfortable The Rev. Or. }. r. Day d. VIZ WIZ,
church Calvary the Conference which adJourhen
on Tuesday was held has received A'0W year
Then comes Dr. McChesney, OF the MadiSoh ->F'"
Church. Tr Price Of ST. Jamess, ana Dr. faIii'ci'
or Ct pouls with $4,000 a year eacn. The he'.
Gcorqo " Miller. of St Andrews. has receNeu
g. 200 and the Rev Nh Iglehart, OF the Parh ave
nm. Church. 5000 These the salaries WHICH
SOON nrincey to the faithful. plodding country
preachers. who are toiliHg up in the CatSKi''S vi
somewhere in Delaware County for trlHe over
goo a year. II,
outside tho men before mentioned there are Only
thirteen preachers in the New-NorH dlsUlCt Voii-
ur,elng the most Of this city, part oi N1s'chesiH
who receive as high az 5000 year. "eh.9 IN IN
of th. seventy pastors IN the usttlrt ~. y
lcss than $500 "A year On when 10 Suppoit, :"
thriving family and appear as clersy ii',iI @
Am IL IS not until one to the country '.lS
tricts that the really meaSre s1iaIiSs az s,il 90
The OF the preacher VINO appl,lt, t last vveeL
nccfion with the Conference At BroohIyn iaSt IN
il still fresh Somebody got up ana sah ,iat ,iir7 III
pppllcant owed money, and 80 ought not 10 " 80, 81
lowed to come IN Then committee ioun' .h, o't ou
thot ihr man had only $500 year salary tiiat out
- mis- sIIn he had 80 support himself ana keep a
horse and on Sundays had to ride thiry OF lo''S
,,tlcs to preach They decided 70 let hlm IN 80.
are Nv no means infrequent. Ihere ~ one g-o ~
in tho Poughkecpse district who receives 80 oh.
who have To- worry along with their lamlle. on @ .rss
nan :-ro 4 wear In the Kingston district Two
hers have TO do business on an income ol
three are allowed 70 ,pre@H ,brrn cam enjoy the
drli,hts of a frock coat and Il white lawn tie on
sum within 500 for the tweiyemontn. ..u.
II Il sometimes the that the country
preachers salary Is eked out BY a donation rom ON
his kind hearted parishioncrs. They mock 10 tns
parsonage in body some night; prins elousm ,
sanlyyiches and cakes and pies ana clp'r 70 tHJoS
,hemSeIycs thoroughly turn the house upside doWh
inove "A few clothes. provisions. ana perhaps u
little money and then 20 home win tne tnpIesssio so
FOR the dor'ine's family and have done altogether
the neat thing.