AGE LIMIT FOR CLERGY.
BRAIN MORE EFFECTIVE AT 80 THAN 70. Should all the clergy by rule retire at 70 or sooner, or to what extent should exceptions be made were questions discussed by tlie Lower House of Convocation, of Canterbury. It was generally agreed that no hard-and-fast rule should be made, and that, as a solution, the establishment of pension funds be pressed. The Archdeacon of Ely said that many clergy were doing excellent work at 70, 80, or SO years. The Archdeacon of Sudbury thought that the Church would never put out its- full strength until it decided that a clergyman must: retire at 65. The Archdeacon of Lincoln, “Father of the House,” said that so far from the sense of responsibilty decreasing with increasing years he found it increasing. He was very much opposed to a time limit. The Dean of Canterbury said a very great physician had told hi in that, provided a "man. occupied' his intellectual faculties, the brain went on- growing indefinitely, and there was no- reason why the brain should not.be more effective at 80 than at 70.,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3241, 10 June 1911, Page 9
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185AGE LIMIT FOR CLERGY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3241, 10 June 1911, Page 9
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