lay-curates

Updated: May 17, 2025

And he forthwith carried off his visitor to the point from which, as it seemed to him, Elsmere's work might start, viz., a lecture-room half a mile from his own chapel, where two helpers of his had just established an independent venture. Murray Edwardes had at the time an interesting and miscellaneous staff of lay-curates.

Mrs. Humphry Ward - Robert Elsmere

And he forthwith carried off his visitor to the point from which, as it seemed to him, Elsmere's work might start, viz. a lecture-room half a mile from his own chapel, where two helpers of his had just established an independent venture. Murray Edwardes had at the time an interesting and miscellaneous staff of lay-curates.

Mrs. Humphry Ward - Robert Elsmere