The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23
OF INTEREST TO
 CHURCH WORKERS

garden spots of the State. receive Iesc than <S50 a year. Of thirtv-four naa tors of the same denoninafion in Idaho. twenty-three receive lass than s410. DIX of the twenty Congregational fnin- isters in the same State are paid less
 than $4oV. One-third of the men who ,vok efter the religious welfare of nual1y.
 But the s4.eoo salary whlcn would
 TOOK so large to these men who are pain but one-tenth that amount or less
 is that just voted to the head of the new Episcopal diocese of South 0eor-
 sia- To Bishop Reese it is not an ex- travagant amount. It Is hard 10 learn just what income the many bishops nave. None feels that he h overpaid. me sssoeO does not go far whom trav- enng expenses are taken into account
 It was only recently thai Coadjutor
 Bishop E. M. Parker. of vew Han,p- snire. discussed the salary question be- Iore his diocesan convention and said
 What can be done to sraks things less painfully sordid? Surely some cnange must be wrought. Four years aso no sane person would have said lna1 the average saairy of the minister was too large. Tn the main no notahls increase of salary has come to our nas- tors Yet I have recently been recaiy Ing statement sent out from wash- ington. made up after some carefuI study. to the effect that most th.ars consumed In the family have in four years rison in cost s6 per cent i what tnen' Is all this to be starved out of your ministers? God forbidi Yet this ls very nearly the business in which We are engaged. If you of the conven- a A. AAR I or things. pray make haste and find it.
 me case was more strongly stated by Rev pr. Joseph Wilson Cochran. the corresponding secretary Of the Board OL Education of the Presbyterian church, as he discussed his trIns said: - ess' ne
 An underpaid ministry is responsible TOT unsettled conditions and unoccu- pleo neids. One can hardly blame d nome missionary, who receives ,ess than an ordinary day laborer, for sretting over unpaid bills. shabby clothing. arI overworked wife and a pitifui s,naIi nDrary. It Is disgrace to the church that the average pay of the ministry is SC meagre. Metropolitan salaries bring up the $fO0 or $500 income of the vii. iage pastor to less than S1,ooo in the average. heard of a minister in Mlnhesota who receives s25 q month ana has three churches. One is eirh- teen miles distant from another. He mas been compelled to walk this dist- Mnce every Sunday, but, finding hsa health being impaired, he bought a horse and killed 1t In two months fron, ovsrwork The horse cost siO0 ana hs IS psytng el0 month for the dead norse and $s . month for rent, leaving slz month for himself and fanaiIy to live on. told this to d coIoraS synod in the South. and one of the brightest men in the synod arose and said: Brother, that would be aN lux,- rtous salary for us down here. We are getting SIS a month'
 An effort will. I believe, soon be made in the church to remedy this un- fortunate situation. Living is 50 per cent. higher than ten years ago vet the salaries of ministers have. as far as my experience goes. remained station ary. Something must be done, or the best young men of the church will feel more strongly than they do now that the church is recreant and unworthy, and that they can help fallen humanity and save souls in other ways than by entering the ministry of a selfish church."
 1t is argued By some that while the cost of living has increased, the style of living Is likewise more lavish. This Is not so true of this country as of England. It cost sIo.ooO a year just