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From the Chicago Record.
In Offering DR.. Emil &. Hirsch
SO 900 a year for fifteen years to re-
main as Its pastor Sinai congregation.
Of Chicago, will pay him as large
salary as is received by any Clergyman
in the United States. IL is the same
that is paid Bishop Potter, Of New
York, who, however. has a rectory
furnished, heated and lighted free Of
cost, and is provided with n private
secretary. The late Rev. DR. Hall, of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
of New York. during the last years Of
his life received the largest salary ever
paid to clergyman in the United
States. which was $50 900 year, with
q manse. Mr. Beecher received $50.
900 without the manse DR.. Halls sal.
airy proper was sl5 900 and s.. .OCO addit-
ional was contributed by Robert Bon
ner and two other wealthy members
of the congregation. His successor.
Mr. Connell, who comes from Regents
Park Presbyterian Church, OF London
is offered $4,000 and a residence.
That is the salary paid to DR.. Gregory,
Dean Of st. Paul's Cathedral and DR..
Bradley Dean Of Westminster Abbey.
London. Dean Farrar receives 3, 600
year. The hierarchy of the Church
Of England enjoy enormous salaries,
which are necessary to maintain the
large establishments required Of them.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury receives
800, coo a year but he needs every
cent of it TO meet his social and eccles
iastical obligations at Lambeth Palace,
the home Of the primate Of the Church
Of England. The salary of the Arch
bishop Of York and that of the Arch
bishop OF London, is $50, 900 a year.
The Archbishop of Ireland receives Sl2
500. The other Bishops of the Church
Of England are paid from 81 900 to
Go, coo a year. The average pay of
a vicar in England is 50, 800 outside
the large cities. In the cities the sal
ary varies according to the wealth Of
the parish. from 81 800 to $40, 0U0.
WHAT WEALTHY CHURCHES PAY.
The Episcopalians and Presbyterians
pay larger salaries than any other de-
nominations. but the pulpits most en-.
We'd in the United States are those of
the collegiate Reformed Dutch Church
of New York city. There are seven or
eight churches Of that denomination
under the same management and sup
ported from an endowment that is ex-
ceedingly rich It's income is next to
that OF Trinity Church, and amounts to
several hundred thousand dollars year.
The pastors Of the collegiate churches
are paid $40, 900 for life and are allowed
to retire from active pastoral work when
they reach the age of sixty-five years.
Trinity parish is the richest in the
world, and has an income of about 5000, =
600 from buildings and other invest
ments 1t supports five or six churches,
several schools, hospitals and other
charitable institutions and pays the
manager of its business salary of $l0,-
600 a year. The rector of Trinity
Church receives $l2, 800 The same sal
airy is paid by st. Thomas and St
Bartholomew l was informed by
good author lty that five clergymen in
New York city received that salary and
at least twelve received $40. 900 a year.
The average pay Of a clergyman in New
York city. excepting the pastors Of
mission churches. ia probably So, 900.
The editorial profession is not so well
paid There are probably sixteen edi-
tors in New York, not proprietors OF
newspapers, who receive $40, 600 year
or over. The Journal and World have
four each, the Herald two, the Times,
Post and Brooklyn Eagle one each. The
highest editorial salary paid in the
United States is $l5, 600
Editorial writers of recognized abil'
ity, city editors. news editors and man.
aging editors on the large daily papers
are paid from $5, 900 to 81, 800 year
PHYSICIANS AND PROFESSORS.
A few physicians in New York make
very large fees. There are two or three
specialists whose incomes will exceed
$50 900 a year, perhaps ten make $2o' :
600, and perhaps twenty makes from
si5. 900 to $40. 900. Ten thousand dol
lars a wear is considered large prac-
tice.
The salaries of our college professors
do not compare with those of Europe,
although public school teachers in the
United States are paid two or three
times as much. The teacher Of an ordi
nary school in England, France. or
Germany. who makes s25 month is
doing very well, but several chairs at