Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . in1763, originally a fund of £500,but now increased twenty-fold, furnishes a substantial additionto the resources of that Nov! 7, 1740. The Gentlemen of ye Vestry, Considering the defi-ciency of the Contribution and the arreare due to ye Minister andofficers of ye Chapel, thought proper to promote a voluntary Subscrip-tion for this Year, Viz., from Easter last past to Easter to come, to beSigned by the proprietors of ye Severall pews if willing, and to ascertainye Sum each person is to pay, and to begin a
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . in1763, originally a fund of £500,but now increased twenty-fold, furnishes a substantial additionto the resources of that Nov! 7, 1740. The Gentlemen of ye Vestry, Considering the defi-ciency of the Contribution and the arreare due to ye Minister andofficers of ye Chapel, thought proper to promote a voluntary Subscrip-tion for this Year, Viz., from Easter last past to Easter to come, to beSigned by the proprietors of ye Severall pews if willing, and to ascertainye Sum each person is to pay, and to begin and incourge ye said Sub-scription. The Gentlemen of ye Vestry Severally promised to pay forthis Year as p the preamble to Said Subscription paper. It is not strange that Mr. Price wrote to the bishop, May 9,1740,2 — ... The troubles of my Church daily increase, and my desire of quit-ting this Station increases with them. There is at present a warm con- 1 The income of the Greene foundation in Trinity Church now sustains twoAssistant ministers. 2 Church Docs. Mass. p. TRINITY CHURCH. —A CLOSING EPOCH. 497 test in my congregation relating to the Sale of the Pews belonging to theMembers of the New Church, who still continue to vote, and therebyferment quarrels in mine. The consequence of this despute (as indeedof most others in the Church) is the non payment of my Salary, — thedissatisfied party commonly withdrawing their Contribution, — for whichI have no remedy but Patience. If your Lordship would please to ex-press such a disapprobation of this irregularity as to allow me to holdboth places in the Church till the Minister s Salary is fixd upon somesure Basis, an J to acquaint the People with the reason of this Indulgence,I believe I should be able by this means to establish the State of thisChurch and Salary for the Future, which will hardly be effected whenthey have no favor to ask, and another Minister to officiate ; and, indeed,in this case my very Enemies wou
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