Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ... thrown; The meagre and uncertain, as well as the irreverent and worldly way in which our manifold and rival Treasuries are replenished; and the uncertain tenure by which church property of all sorts is too often held;1 On the one hand, the holding of the Clergy largely under the control and subject to the dictation of unreasonable, if not unprincipled, Laymen, and on the other, the exposing of Parishes to serious evils from the inexperience, indiscretion or inefficiency of its ministers; The obliging of many a faithful clergyman to work under and uphold and strengthen a system to which, both in judgment and conscience, he is opposed, as fraught with serious evils, many of which have been derived from the corruptions of the Romish Church; The want of adaptedness between the laborers and their work; Under pretense of providing suitable Music for the Sanctuary, the lavishing of enormous sums of money upon irreligious (and sometimes upon vile and reckless) persons, who desecrate the Lord's House, both in their own character and musical performances, and outrage the feelings of devout worshipers, while the poor hard-working Missionaries, both in city and country, are sadly in need of the same money to procure the bare necessaries of life. 1 Cathedral System, p. 25. Tenure of Church Property, by Dinsmore D. Chapin, A. M. Minneapolis, Minn.: Johnson, Smith & Harrison, 1880. The Rights and Duties of Rectors, Church Wardens and Vestrymen. By Rev. Henry Mason Baum, Editor of the American Church Review. A deplorable neglect of our Rural Districts, while we are also quit6 inefficient in our City Missions; A practical denial to the Brotherhood of the Unity in a Common Altar, also of Unity and community of interest in the Treasury of their Common Lord (if I should n...
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