They left their manses, their homes—and many had large families—to build new churches and new manses.
Often it may be a vicar who is approaching retirement and who lives in a manse but will need somewhere to live when he retires.
As a son of the manse, he has been taught from his earliest days to tread a lonely road and to stick to his point.
I should say that he is a preacher, and that is natural, seeing that he is a son of the manse.
Take, for instance, children of the manse and of the school houses who are debarred.
The minister has no choice but has to take the manse which is provided.
It excepts some church property, almshouses, the manse and custodian trustees of charities.
This is done for the manses of parsons, for instance, and it should be done for the teaching profession.
