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itiy&fttuie G ? i / sers * are situateiJ , *' contains fiVe churches -while the salary of the priest arid his assistant , amoupts scarcely tcr 30 dollars . In riumerousj'iristances , however , flie stipends ate stttl rmicfa smaller ;
and there are two of three parishes in the island \ ' where' the annual suin of five doUars / foriristhe whole provision which is made by tithe for the support of the ministers of religion . The stipends , though specified according to their value in money \ are very generally ' pa id , lilie the taxes , in different articles
6 f produce ;/ which the priests either consume'in theif own fa mi-Kes , or barter with the merchants foirother articles which they more " immediately reriiiire . ;
'" These scanty pittances - would oBviously 'be insufficient ' the support of the religichivestablishment , were they nbt assii ^ ed by the Value of the ' glrb ' e- land ' which
is annexed to the church in each parish . Every pirkst thus becomes aTarmer : ahd though the land wliTch tft ' ey hold is in general of Sjiiifttl extent , yet there are certain
rights attached to it , which aug-* ment considerably the profits deriyed ; from this source . Beside the tithe upon his rent , eac ^ faririer in tKe pafish is required . \ o giy ^ e annually to tlie gnest , either a day ' s work , or an equivalent value in money ; ' and likewise to keep one of his lambs t ^ u rir ^ g the ^| r iter ^ e ^§ on ; takingTt hdm ^ in OctQber , and returning it in good
condition the following spring ; It is custotnary ' also for the tnoie Wealthy of his " paxi » hidrieT& , Xo make him a small offering of the value of eighupence , in English mdiieyV three times in ' the ' course # Geysers ^ -boiling fountains *
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^ . __ - ^ . of the year ; beside $ which , «( . > trii fling perquisite is 6 oca ^ ioi \ ally ; pW tained for the performance olf particular services , as baptism ,, mar ^ riage and buriaU These are &ty , the sources from which , the
Icelandic priest obtains a Hvelihpjodt forhi ** family . In the preceding narrative of our travels , tne general appear * arice and construction of the
churches in Iceland has been mi * nutely described . It would be difficult , indeed , to convey to on £ who has not visited the countryj . an adequate idea of the extreme wretchedness of some of the ediU "
flees wjhich bear this name . But it must be recollected \ that if a greater size ^ or more decoratian ; bad been given to these places p £ worship , their number wbuld ha : ye
been diminished in the same J } tQ t ? portion ; and in ^ laoking theref pj ^ at the Icelandic churches ^ as they now are , no fueling of qoi \ tepnp £ can have place in the mind , bltr rather a sentiment of admirati o ^ f for the propriety arid judgrm ? i \ £ with which the means of the people * have been applied to the great object in view */ The charge of attending to the condition of the churches , is committed to the
Hreppstiork * of each parish ; while to provide for any necessafy repairs , a small tax is levie ^ up > o ? t the inhabitants , and the personal labours of the peasants are occasionally required . The present
war between England and De , n- » mark , unfortunate iftor Iceland , in so many points of \ view . has here also inflicted some . oflis evils . TJ ^' ac c 0 btanxed » upnjy , $ Ui in b ^ r frpni Norway being subpendcjj , ^ m ^ ny ,, . f * . | t f | ' > — . < j - - | _ u . 1 '" .. ' I II ¦ *• ~* 1 J- *~^ 1 ? Hrcpp * ti # r € —>* < Pivil gffic ^ r to l * lsua *
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Present State 6 fne 7 igtbn in Icetcmtt . 7 %
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 75, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/11/
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