PITY THE PADRES
! FUTURE OF THE POOR PARSON; Two thousand Army chaplains are faced with tha possibility- of demobilisation (writes "Oiie of Them" in tho "Daily Mail"). It is ii serious thing for many of them. While other men are wondering how. soon they can get out of the Army, chaplains are asking how long they can stay in. And why? Because, in the first place, most of them are "non-slip men." Their jobs have not been kept open for them. At any time they Wy bo cast adrift, out of work, and with no "donation' policy" cither. But that is not-the only trouble, Chaplains in the service have been paid acciii'ding to the very lowest commissioned rate, but they hare' been paid for the most part far better than they ever were before. On the eqiiivaii-nt of .65 10s. per week it has been possiblo to mako ends meet. They/are now being expetwl to return to the pre-war stipend of X'lso, or, rarely, .£2OO a year—that is .132 17s. Gd. to ill 17s. per week as a maximum.- Look down the advertisement columns of the church newspapers ii you don't believe it., And tho prospect for the Nonconformist chaplains is even wotsp. How many of them will dare face life on their i'Bo to .£l2O again? And this in return for h fifteen horn's dav (off and on) ond a seven days week! It is idle to talk of our taking an ordinary job for weekdays. Even if we were any good at window-cleaning or road-sweeping the trade unions would not have us. Besides, preaching, on Sunday is not the only or the iuo*t valuable part ot'our work. We don't ask to be paid for tho saored work we do. It would be imliossibls to assess it ; n terms of, money. All we ask is to be decently fed, housed, and clothed (along with our wives and families), so that we may do our work without let or hindrance through the "cares of this world." Tho problem can easily bo solved if it is approached with good will from within and from without our own body. Within, let the Church readjust her finances and effect ■a more equitable redistribution of the. funds she possesses. Without, let the people contribute more liberally first fruits of their new prosperity. ' Even the clergy aro human beings. They liiiyt to undergo a long and expensive training, and the standard of living expected of them is high. Surely justice is not to be the monopoly of those who go on strike?
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 190, 7 May 1919, Page 7
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484PITY THE PADRES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 190, 7 May 1919, Page 7
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