THE CLERGY.
v» ro motto* m to passe. Sir, —Aa a church worker I have been intonated is the Bev. O. Fitzgenld's reply to that letter terming elergv parasites, and I appreciate the honesty shown. My eonelaaions, after careful observatien, are that, although clergy do not merit being called parasites, they are act altogether free of blame if the man ia ta« afreet thinks that they are parasite*, Belatively the clergyman is a well-paid man, with sure money. I can hear many shouting me down when I •ay this, bat I wish they had my exparieaee, and they would think a clergyman's salary a fortune. There are alto many perquisites: children's educatic* free or at one-third price, marfiage feet, doetdrs and lawyers do not ami bflli in, etc., and their houses are MBt-fim. Hospital charges were once few, bat Bfflw are at a minimum price. Yttttny* receive at least £3OO or £350 ft* aaunm. Om would think to hear them preach tkat they were obeying the "call - ' only, sit I tm glad that Mr Fitzgerald admitted honestly that they were earning mama? by their brains (like other work--«ra) t meeting a demand by supplying ftlifMß for money, and were ip?o fact* not parasites.—Yours, etc., co^"SISTE^"CY. January 4th, 1929.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19819, 6 January 1930, Page 11
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