Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
Clergy Well Cared For.

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The Church of England has many hos
pitfalls, orphanages and other benevolent
institutions under it's care, and among
the most interesting and useful are the
Clergy Homes of Rest" providing
places of retirement for overworked GU
rates and other Iaborars. where they can
find comforts and quiet and restore their
health. Several of these homes of rest
are on the continent, in the mild climate
Of the Mediterranean. There are also
numerous sanitariums and nursing homes
for clergymen who are Ill and their wives
and families, and permanent homes where
widows and orphans of the clergy are
taken care Of
There are numerous brotherhoods and
sisterhoods The Community of the
Resurrection is composed of cel1bate
clergy, living under perpetual vows and
with a common purse. Each priest who
joins Is required to pass several years or
probation, in order to test his strength
of purpose, before he takes the vows. II
is required that the members shall spend
their lives and fortunes in various benev-
olences, pastoral and evangelistic, and in
educational work. The community had
it's origin at oxford in 1892, and has Its
headquarters at Mirfeld, where there are
college for the training of candidates
for missionary work and houses OF re-
treat for both clergy and laymen.
Priests OF LQe kT1ple vow.
What are known as 'Cowley Fathers"
were founded in 1860 at Oxford for the
cultivation of a life dedicated to God ac-
cording to the principles of poverty, chas-
tity and obedience. They devote them
selves to missionary, evangelical and
benevolent work. There are lay brothers
united with the clergy, who assist as lar
as they can. The mother house of The
Of TObp the Evangelist,
which is the legal name, is at Oxford
| there are branches in London, India,
South Africa and at Boston in the United
States.
There are several other organizations
| for men in the Church of England. but
| these are the principal ones. There are
| also deaconess institutions. composed or
| self-denying women trained in teachlhg'
nursing and managing various branches
of parochial work, who dedicate their
lives to doing good and take certain vows.
| The relation between the Church or
England and the schools has been the
| subject of very earnest controversy our
| ing the last few years owing to move
| ment led by the members of other de-
nominations against the appropriation OF
| money raised by taxation for the support
| of sectarian education. An act which
| separates the schools from ecclesiastical
| mana cement passed the house OF COM
mons, but was rejected by the house OF
| lords, very largely under the influence OF
| the clergy.
Sectarian Control of Schools.
| But the sentiment in favor of taking
| the educational system of England en-
| tirely from sectarian control Is no doubt
| growing and sooner or later 1t will doubt
less be placed upon a purely secular basis
i as in the United States The recent bill
i gave an opportunity for religious instruc-
~ fod
Il and the teachers were allowed to use the
i schoolrooms for that purpose outside the
| hours of regular instruction. The Church
/ Dictionary gives these statistics:
/ Church schools, 2,454, 1SS.
| Board schools, 400, TIA.
i Non-conformist schools. 59I .262.
| Roman Catholic schools. 2S4. 914.
Dissenting Sects Many
The Church Dictionary gives a list o
2l3 dissenting sects represented in Eng
land and many of them do not exist II
the United States. Such as the follow
ing:
Apostolics.
Alethians.
; Believers In Christ.
British Israelites.
Il Christian Pioneers.
I CovenanterS.
: Ecclesia of the Messiah.
Il Classics.
| Band of Glory.
| Humanitarians.
| King Jesus Own Army.
| New Connection Baptists.