The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12

ferred the dcgrcc OF bachelor ot nrtS upon
seven young nuns and twelve girl graz
uatcs at the College OF New Pochcl,@. tcr-
mcrly the College OF ST. Angela This il
the first time q degree has Decn conferred
upon a nun.
Bishop Doane of Albany. n. Y, has lon;;
been an enthusiastic advocate OF tho re-
ligious conference or congress. us IL
is called which without aov official status
in The religious body to which IL belongs
nevertheless has met at stated intervals
for many years. IL WAS i'll his diocese
that the recent congress WAS held ne
twcnty-ciGhth national congress of tn.
church brought TO Troy distinguished
gathering for the opening serTicca. BlSnpp
Nelson OF Albany was cclebrani. pr i Eap-
cock Of New York. the general Chairman
OF the congress. was gospeller; Dt Gar
Stenscn. cpistolor Tho sermon was ~
Bishop Lloyd Of Virginia. and dealt Win
the transCcndcncc of Christ over the ma .
tcrial world,
No Debating Society.
In speaking of This congress. she Iiv~
ing Church, published In Chicago, has Inc
following:
"That another constructive session Of
matter for oongratulation t. those VINO
have the direction OF that ORGANIZATION.
1t is not easy TO keep up interest in q
time of intellectual peace within we
church, when party strife rams low. w'leh
speakers arc scrupuously polite 90 one
another and wher indivlldali5ss. wh"
could represent only themselves, arc care
fully excluded from the prog ranliii", but
though sessions thus cha"lcrcyi;:cd may
be disappointing To the hcadliacr. vino
dearly loves an ecclesiastical pSEt, Snn
TO whom a hcresy speech ranks ON thH
same level with a prize fight or tho brlb-
cry OF state senator, hey arc i}n
more useful TO the CnGrch.
Happily, American churchmcn no longer
dread the approach OF church congress
We believe the management acted WISE
ly In refusing TO open the platform 10
speakers other than clurchmhn. III rs.
OF course, perfectly legitimate for chm
men and others, whether Christians or
paeans. To debate public questions, wheih-
er they he such as divide the tWo classes
OF speakers or whether there woull he
a probability of both occupying common
ground. But 10 change the church con
gress into such debating society would
be the abdication of its aVowed purpose
Sailors Snug Harbor.
One OF the many institutions which
have grown immensely rich through the
increase in value of the lands which were
given them hundred or more years ago
Is what is known as Sailors Snug liar-
II is reported that the income from whole
blocks of buildings in the oden parts OF
New York City go TO the maintenance
of the old "JackieS" who come to end
their days in the "Suug Harbor." A few
days ago an interesting ceremony oc-
Cured when a new chapel was dedicated
FOR the use OF the patients in the hospital.
The ceremonies were conducted by the
Rev. DR.. William n. Manning. rector Of
Trinity parish assisted by the Rev, DR..
ramlyn. chaplain of Sailors Snug Har-
Dor.
Salary of Ministers.
That young men who go into the
Christian ministry do not do so in hope
Df financial reward is very clearly shown
IN a recent census bulletin. The aver
ige annual salary of minister Of the
gospel is but S663 i'm all the dcnomina-
ions. The denomination showing the
highest average is the Unitarian, with
1865 while the denominations next in
,rdcr are the Protestant Episcopal
,hurch. Sl242: the UnlversalistS, SIZES:
lie General Convention OF the New Je-
'usalcm i'm the United States OF America,
;l233. the Jewish Congregations SIZE;
he Presbyterian church in the United
states OF America. $ll77; the Reformed
.hurch in America. Sl1I0, the Inited
church OF North America,
1896; the CongregationaliStS, SlOi2, the
Christian Catholic church in Zion. 1887.
md the synod of the Reformed Pres
)yterian church of North America, $l00S
N the Northern Baptist convention the
tVerage for cities OF the first-Class is
1850 and for the area outside of the
principal cities, s6S3. The figures for
he Methodist Episcopal church. from
1892 for cities of the first-class to $ilSi
or those OF the fourth class.
In the Southern Baptist convention the
average salary ranges from Sl79S sor the
cities of the flrSt-clasS 10 $1o5S for those
,f the fourth-class.