AN EAST END CURATE'S ROMANCE.
A romantic episode in the life of an East End clerygman (says the Daily Telegraph) will soon be brought to a close at the altar, undor the sanction and benediction of the Bishop of London. Some time ago this priest, who holds advanced Ritualistic views, founded a brotherhood for working among the poor, and in order, as he thought, to give the more attention to his mission, and to bo free from the cares of a household, he took a vow of celibacy. Experience soon taught him, however, that the work ho had designed for himself could be better carried on, especially among young womerj and girls, by a married man than a celibate ;• and ho therefore resolved to enter the state of matrimony, choosing as the partner of hi*, joys and f; trows a member of a well-know v, girls club in hit- parish. The bride .is vary popular among her acquaintances, though m the eyes of the world she may not bo m the same social position as the bridegroom; but he probably thought that a helpmate chosen from among those for whom ho loves _to labour would have more sympathy with them than one of the " classes. The priest accordingly applied to the Bishop to be relieved from the yow of celibacy, and his lordship granted the request.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8192, 1 March 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)
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226AN EAST END CURATE'S ROMANCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8192, 1 March 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)
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