The Washington times., 1905-01-07
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Ininistrations would be as valid as if he
had never been deposed.
Take then, either of these cases
without a charge. The conditions are
the same. excepting that the latter has
10 bear stigma which may add to his
difficulties in obtaining means of liyeli-
hood The vicissitudes' of both must be
sad. complex, and appalling He IS
strong man who can remain true to God
in the midst OF Jhem-who. being kept
from his proper ministerial duties, has
10 enter into the arena of the wage
Garner. His expectancy and patience
must be most trying. True,
..'Who best
Bear His mild yoke. they serve Him best;
| Is kingly: thousands at His bidding
And post Ger land and ocean without
They also serve who only stand and
wait
/ Not Fitted for Business.
i Il fear it is too often forgotten by
| the lay mind that the young priest has,
| in the words of the ordinai. addressed
to him as he starts out from the altar,
| this advice: You ought to forsake and
set aside, as much you may, all
worldly cares and studies Gwen bishops
weighty words at times in their deal
iings with the priest without a charge.p
Still at a time IL the priests life the
Ichurcll, which has sworn him 20 unlearn
1.-THE ways of business and It's shrewd-
lness and whose solemn obligations he
has tried to keep. finds. in some unto
ward moment, that she has not open to
him "a charge or that she has flung
him :rto the midst of a world of schemes
land ways which are the product OF the
brightest minds in mercantile and pro-
ifeSsional duties for the better part of a
lifetime
The first consideration for the priest
without a charge is. perhaps, the fact
THAT he has passed the meridian of NOR
ital life and that the world only desires
iyoung men to transact her business. The
human element in the church has taught
1.-THE world bad example. for most con-
fgregations like to have young rectors
land pastors.
:" The priest without a charge finds
himself as the world put it, up against
it in the first stage of the game No
body wants him He has passed the
dead line And yet If he were only just
tried his clear and well-trained mind
and the traits of character developed by
true devotion TO duty would make him
an invaluable servant in any mans en-
ploy.
Search for Employment.
ALAS, the experience of the priest
| without a charge as he steps into the
jostling crowd of the unemployed-the
F seekers after something to do Look
] at the long line of patient faces stand
! ing outdoors lined up by the police. Al
2 sorts and conditions of men stand there
{ in row; the lowly-born and the son o.
high degree The man. who has no
e | spent cent on his education and tn,
r one who has spent thousands; they ar,
e each, without distinction, taking thei
Y turn 1t falls next TO the lot of th4
S priest without a charge to step int
T the Office for an interview and give hi
o references He IS dismissed with thes
words, said in jest: But you see, sir
| you would not be willing to tell
Ell square lie If a man Were TO come an,
: ask you as to whether L was in my of
: flee. You would not say that / was ou
II so as to choke off reporters, agents an
: solicitors of money for some projects
: who so frequently waste bushes
a mans time The priest without
h charge is stopped at the threshold @
:. the numblest Office position-the posi-
> ton of the man who stands between tn
n outer and inner Office doors as III
:. waiter clerk.
Experiences as Book Agent.
= We'll, there is something that, per
a haps, he can do There must be some
y thing for a man of learning He take
% up daily paper and looks over tn
o ads. and his eye rests on this one
J. Waated-An educated man of good ap
:. pearance, who is anxious to earn $50
week. No one but a high-priced ma
n | need apply He has just struck wha
.e he wants. He applies between and
e p m He finds crowd waiting in a
s ante-room-men who in their face
h show that they are above the ordinar
n in intelligence One by one they com
IT and 60 1t is LIS turn next The posi-
It ton is offered to hirn-s50 a week, wit
II the possibilities OF earning 500 to 500
1t is a book agency which is OPEN t
him 1t is his first experience He &C
: | cepts- With prospectus and a bunc
of growing descriptive papers he start
out The end of the week comes arount
The $50 In sight has dwindled down 1
s.. lie has had several orders and sey
- eral promises, but the deliver hs
a wheeled all but one. Already he ha
"a spent nearly IS car fare and a
a equal amount on board. The result
90 that he finds himself worse off at til
8 end Of the week than he was at the b,
~ ginning
But even if his experience In this lir
served to good purpose, so that /
- - knows now how to approach peopl
y smothering his sensitfveness, swallowfn
* many a sigh as the door is shut in h
face by scme well-groomed gentleman
~ livery. or pert door maid, yet as a ma
who has fought immoral literature a
"a Of his life. he finds himself frequent
io asked TO solicit purchasers for SON
u works which would deile the minds
n the young and leave a disagreeable tas
OF III the mouths of the aged. The con
10 mission is quite q consideration in sue
o cases The offeIg too, is a tempting OF
c. TO the about-to-be-purchaser for Il
reason that some extra volumes a.
n thrown fn-voiumes which may not
a. sold because of their obscenity. In di
a gus. the priest without charge turl
al aside from that branch of the boz
us business, as well as from dishone
n schemes whereby man is offered
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