Supply of Clergy.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume I, Issue 8, 1 February 1911, Page 16

Supply of Clergy .

The ordinations at St. Paul's Cathedral and elsewhere, on October 2nd, practically complete the list for the year, and enable us to make another annual survey. In the present ecclesiastical year the number of Deacons admitted m the dioceses of England and Wales has been 666, a welcome advance on the average of the proceeding three years, which was 636. This statement will be received with thankfulness by a large number of Ohurchpeople, who, m recent years, have watched the Church's recruiting efforts with the keenest interest, and have, m some cases, helped by providing bursaries of ..£SO a year towards college expenses. It will be a cause of happiness to them to know that progress is being made. Looking ahead, also, there is good ground for hope. In a speech at Ohesunt, at the end of July, the Bishop of London expressed his belief that things would still further improve. " A new enthusiasm for the Ministry," he said, " is awakening, and there are signs that young men are willing to enter the service." Many workers can echo the words of the Bishop as a result of experience m recruiting efforts. Not only are men m good numbers offering themselves, but m increasing proportion they come well prepared, both intellectually and spiritually. As a result of the recruiting effort at the A.C.S. Office (which is, of course, only one of the many efforts now being made) no fewer than 33 men, recruited during the past year, will go to College this i month ; twenty-eight of them will go to Oxford or Cambridge with Smalls or Little-go already passed, and fifteen of them will read for Honour Degrees. A total sum of over £5000 has been given or guaranteed to help them to meet their expenses. Five other men, equally well qualified, could be sent up next week if bursaries could be promptly provided for them. All this means progress, and many will feel the strong incentive to continued earnest prayer for God's guidance of a growing movement, and to every other kind of co-operation that may be possible. — Church Times,