And no thought for the morrow take,
But daily sacrifices make?—
Our Bishops.
5.
And who count everything a loss
Except their Lord and Master’s cross,
And reckon riches as but dross?—
Our Bishops.
Jon Duan—Weldon’s Christmas Annual, 1874.
Episcopal Salaries.—The thirty-one prelates of the Church of England receive £161,900 a year, and have more than thirty-one palaces. To contrast with this there are nearly one thousand clergymen whose average stipend is under £76 per annum.