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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5003, 6 April 1877, Page 2

We have on various occasions' taken the. liberty * ofipointing out to’the‘mein hereof the Church of England that in opt opiriiotf^jljA 5 provision made foir“ clergymen dSoloriging i_to - that : denoiainationr is very inadeq^e; - and -it is’ notorious that the , stipends they,; rereceive as a .rule are miserably small. [We Were therefore exceedingly sorry tp notice that when an opportunity was afforded to the different congregations to make some small amends, they: failed to profit by it.i; Last Sunday ! being ' Easter Day, it was Well kiioWri 'that the offertories 'collected irti the Episcopalian places of worship would.be presented:,to (the clergymen who officiate regularly in each', of the parishes, and we .‘state , the result with, we might‘ almost aay, feelings pf, shame. ‘ The amount . received - at St., Paul’s was £62, at St;: Peter’s £27y arid at St; Mark’s £l3 10s. ’ This result does not 'redound to the; credit of; the attenders; at these churches,; and shbWs that churchmen are not anxious to evince consideration arid good feeling 'towards their pastors. - "It is Well known that it ;is a very common occurrence to lake £IOO to £l3O night after night at the Theatre, and yet once a year it seems a difficult matter to collect the small sum of about £IOO for a highly laudable object. There ■ must be something; wrprig qr there would not be this lack of liberality and,vitality. We hope the people in New Zealand are'riot going to follow’the* example set in the neighboring, colony of Queensland. There the Bishop of Brisbane has been forced to Intimate that ;it is ;his intention to resign hisi see, .as he oannot carry out his plans, ■’or, get 'sufficient' funds; placed at 'his disposal to '[do i what he considers rieceksary for the’benefit of the diocese at present under hikeharge. j