On the Evils Which the Established Church in Edinburgh Has ... Suffered

CW 18.4. This essay reflects a dispute over the practice of "seat rents," a customary means that British churches adopted in the 19th century to cover the costs of church buildings and ministerial salaries. Here, Chalmers argues that such rents should not be raised, but kept low so as to ensure that the poor would not be prevented from attendance at their own parish churches.

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