Thrice a day these prayers I say,
Thrice a day my pence I pay.
Those lines appeared on penny banks distributed among Chicago Episcopalians during the year past. Devised by Bishop George Craig Stewart, the "Bishop's Pence" campaign was supposed to induce people to say grace at meals, give 1ยข to the Church as a thank offering after each one. It was calculated that, if each of Chicago's 37,069 Episcopalians did so, the offering would revolutionize diocesan finances, yield more than $400,000 a year.
Last Sunday ended the first year of Bishop's Pence. Out...
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