Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-06

iSonuon Spectator.
There are very much fewer fairly
good llvings han there used to be. The
rail- in the value OF 1.-THE, the difficulty
OF finding tenants for glebe farms. the
impossibility Of getting any decent re-
turn from such glebe as is In hand
have reduced the income of a great
many benefices by something like half
Livings varying from f400 to 1900 a year
have become livings varying from $3.50
to $500. and this decline may Just make
the difference between comfort and
plnching. We say nothing of the many
livings which do not reach the lower of
these levels. because when a man Is
weighing the advantages Of orders as
a profession he does not take much &C.
OF them. What may be called,
then, the smaller prizes OF the church
are worth very much less than they
We're hfteen years ago. The greater
prizes among livings have been equally
affected by this change, n they have
also sustained = loss Of nothe kind
Often, especially in the north, they COW
cred a great deal OF ground. and as the
population has grown. one daughter
parish after another has been carved
out OF the original area and has carried
away a portion Of the original income.
But IL is not only the parochial clergy
VINO nave suffered. DignitaFies have
mad to bear their share as well. Where
Jeans n chapters have retained their
lands In preference TO exchanging them
Tor a liked sum paid them by the eccle-
siastical commissioners. they have
equally a 10 put up with large re-
huctlons or income. There are no
longer any golden stalls" and even
IN" inferior metal hat has been sub
stItuted has been further alloyed of
late years. SIN, all this has not as yet
prevented radical speakers and writer's
from charging upon the rich prizes Of
the church, and setting il on a level i'm
his respect with another great profess
sion. the law. The archbishop OF Can
terbury pairs OF with the lord chancel-
Tor, the archbishop OF York with the
master or the rolls, the bishops with the
Judges, the deans with county court
judges. There Is, no doubt. n rough
sort OF parallel between these various
offices, but the comparison leaves out
OF sight one very important element.
In the church. there Is nothing answer
ing to the great sums made i'm practice
at the bar. II Is not the judgeshlps ana
the few other highly paid Offices that
constitute the real prizes Of the bar.
They are TO be sought rather in the in
comes which lead successful advocates
10 regard judgships i'm the light OF re-
urlng pensions. III proprietary chapels
brought their owners f10. 900 or fI5. 900
a year. we should have a counterpart
To this in the church. But there Is moth
ing OF the kind, nothing which can hold
u TO a man Of exceptional ability the
prospect OF a large income dependent
on his own efforts.
In addition TO the dignities. which at
the best only answer TO the legal posts
which a successful barrister thinks
twice and thrice before he accepts,
there are a very few good livings. pro-
motion to which is in a great degree a
matter Of interest or chance. and that
Is all. With medicine the comparison
Is more equal. because, though i'm this
also very large incomes can be made In
private practice, there are absolutely
no official prizes. only m kind OF sue
cess is open to the physician or the sur
geon, and that is the success which has
Tor IT'S outward and visible sign A
thronged waiting room and more pa
ITEMS than can be crowded into a day.