MARRIED PARSONS WANTED
DUTIES OF A WIFE " I believe it is the wish of .all the people in the country that the clergy should be married." This statement was made by the Bishop of Chelmsford lately, when he officiated at the wedding" of the Rev. Vere Townshend Ducker, of St. Peter's, Prittlewell, Southend, and Miss Catherina. Helena Stam, a Dutch girl, whom he met when on holiday in Holland. People liked to think that when a clergyman spoke to them of the responsibilities of life he should know something about them, and they felt that often the celibate clergyman knew nothing about them, said the bishop. Speaking on the duties of parsons wives, the bishop said that they should not be unpaid curates. Clergymen's wives must see that their husbands changed their boots and socks 1 aftei being soaked, and went to bed when they had feverish colds. Finally, the clergyman's wife must create a Christian home.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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157MARRIED PARSONS WANTED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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