Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-18
RICH CHURCH IS
BEGGING PENSIONS
pumiliatlng Condition Of Affairs
Is Disclosed by Bishop
OF London.
CARE OF ITS AGED MINISTER'S
biggest Pay OFTEN Given to Those VINO
DO the Least Work-Cant Snake
on the Has Bccns'
s,.claI Correspondence.

ONION, Nov. S,--Dr. Ingram bish-
on OF London, has just made
l. strong appeal 10 the laity 10 pro-
vide funds 10 pension Church OF
England clergymen who are TOO o'o #"
,,scharve their duties effectively lie
,old his hearers that in many parishes
,ractically no religious work was Deing
dore because the aged incumoehts were
,ncanable of doing the work for Which
they were paid. The ecclesias'ica' au-
charities. he said, had no power 10 conf
No, the retirement Of such men, Inc
o,Iv way they could be induced to va
.a,. their livlngs. and make way Tor
eomnetent men, was by providing PEN
Ions for them. And If the laity In such
a,sos aid not subscribe the money need
"a the latty would have to put up with
what ii got.
Ht,MILIATING CONDITION.
I, was humilating condition Of ar
fa,rs. which the bishop of London dis
c,osed and one that supplied potent
.,,,,,,ent for dlsestablishment for
,,.hicb the Welsh are already clamoring.
rho Church of England Is by long odus
tho wealthiest religious body IN the
L,ngdom. People who don't believe IN
!. arn taxed 20 support It. 1t Is en-
lowed with enormous riches II owns
n,uItitudes Of churches which, oeu's
huilt ont Of public moneys or puohc
,ates involves no item'e capital eN-
aenditurc. A vast majority ~ the
vealthiest people in the land belong 10
Z, Its income from all sources amounts
10 s35. OOO.O coo a year, Yet with all It's
enormous advantages It IS the one
church in the country from whence Is
sues the cry of the impoverished clergy.
II is still the only Church so crippled
an finance that It cannot pension clergy
men who have ceased to be effective
ministers. without the aid OF a penny
from the public funds the non-conform-
ist churches maintain an effective min
istry and provide retiring allowances to
men WHO have outgrown their useful
ness.
SHAMEFUL FASHION DOES 1T.
The vastly richer established church
has TO go begging for a pension fund
because of the shameful fashion in
which It's resources are distributed. IL
contains 1000 benedces, Its income is
amply sufficient to supply an average
salary Of $4,000 a year for Its clergy
enough TO admit of the creation of an
adequate reserve for PENSIONS But 50
unevenly are salaries apportioned that
1000 of these benehces are grimly
known as starvation llvngs," being OF
less annual value than $780, while 1,50C
pay less than $500 year aud 800 less
than $3.50.
CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
The church is governed " two arch
bishops and 80 bishops, Their salaries
aggregate 1881, 500, which works out ar
average of $2i,610-only two are less
than $4,000 a year. The Archbishop o.
Canterbury gets $4,000 a year; th'
Archbishop of York $4,000 and the Dish
op of London like amount. The con
trast between the financial condition o
the few at the top and the many a
the bottom Is almost as startling a.
that found in the commercial world
But housed In palaces and compelled u
maintain lot of style several OF thes'
spiritual lords complain that they haY