Churchwardens' Manual: their duties, powers, rights, and privilages — John Shaqi
Churchwardens' Manual: their duties, powers, rights, and privilagesSumner, George Henry
Religion
Churchwardens' Manual: their duties, powers, rights, and privilages
Sumner, George Henry
Church maintenance and repair; Church of England
So too with regard to the Church bells. The Churchwardens have the
custody of the bells, and the bell ropes are in most cases Church
property placed under their charge, but the law with reference to the
ringing of the bells is undoubted; that for any occasion except that of
Divine Service the permission of the Incumbent is absolutely necessary
for the ringing of the bells. Without that permission they cannot be
rung. {54}
There is one further point on which a question sometimes arises in
connection with offertories and collections in church. With reference to
offertories gathered at the time of the celebration of Holy Communion at
an ordinary Service the Churchwardens and Incumbent are expressly
directed by the rubric to dispose of them to such pious and charitable
uses as they shall think fit, wherein if they disagree it shall be
disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint. The Incumbent has the
responsibility of arranging with reference to collections made not in
connection with the celebration of the Holy Communion. Incumbents are
thankful when the Churchwardens help them with their advice as to what
objects shall be brought before the congregation. In the case of all
collections, for whatsoever purpose they be made, it is most desirable
for the avoiding of any possible difficulty that a written statement
should be put upon the Church door on the Sunday after, stating the
amount of the collections made on the previous Sunday. If the collection
be made for any charitable or missionary society the official receipt for
the money collected and sent should also be affixed to the church door.
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