Itisfurthertobenoticedthatthenon-conformingsectsandvariantswhosepriesthoodishereunderdiscussion，varyamongthemselvesinthedegreeoftheirconformitytotheidealschemeofsacerdotallife。Inageneralwayitwillbefoundthatthedivergenceinthisrespectiswidestinthecaseoftherelativelyyoungdenominations，andespeciallyinthecaseofsuchofthenewerdenominationsashavechieflyalowermiddle-classconstituency。Theycommonlyshowalargeadmixtureofhumanitarian，philanthropic，orothermotiveswhichcannotbeclassedasexpressionsofthedevotionalattitude；suchasthedesireoflearningorofconviviality，whichenterlargelyintotheeffectiveinterestshownbymembersoftheseorganizations。
Thenon-conformingorsectarianmovementshavecommonlyproceededfromamixtureofmotives，someofwhichareatvariancewiththatsenseofstatusonwhichthepriestlyofficerests。
Sometimes，indeed，themotivehasbeeningoodpartarevulsionagainstasystemofstatus。Wherethisisthecasetheinstitutionofthepriesthoodhasbrokendowninthetransition，atleastpartially。Thespokesmanofsuchanorganizationisattheoutsetaservantandrepresentativeoftheorganization，ratherthanamemberofaspecialpriestlyclassandthespokesmanofadivinemaster。Anditisonlybyaprocessofgradualspecializationthat，insucceedinggenerations，thisspokesmanregainsthepositionofpriest，withafullinvestitureofsacerdotalauthority，andwithitsaccompanyingaustere，archaicandvicariousmanneroflife。Thelikeistrueofthebreakdownandredintegrationofdevoutritualaftersucharevulsion。Thepriestlyoffice，theschemeofsacerdotallife，andthescheduleofdevoutobservancesarerehabilitatedonlygradually，insensibly，andwithmoreorlessvariationindetails，asapersistenthumansenseofdevoutproprietyreassertsitsprimacyinquestionstouchingtheinterestinthepreternatural——anditmaybeadded，astheorganizationincreasesinwealth，andsoacquiresmoreofthepointofviewandthehabitsofthoughtofaleisureclass。
Beyondthepriestlyclass，andrangedinanascendinghierarchy，ordinarilycomesasuperhumanvicariousleisureclassofsaints，angels，etc——ortheirequivalentsintheethniccults。Theseriseingrade，oneaboveanother，accordingtoelaboratesystemofstatus。Theprincipleofstatusrunsthroughtheentirehierarchicalsystem，bothvisibleandinvisible。Thegoodfameoftheseseveralordersofthesupernaturalhierarchyalsocommonlyrequiresacertaintributeofvicariousconsumptionandvicariousleisure。Inmanycasestheyaccordinglyhavedevotedtotheirservicesub-ordersofattendantsordependentswhoperformavicariousleisureforthem，aftermuchthesamefashionaswasfoundinanearlierchaptertobetrueofthedependentleisureclassunderthepatriarchalsystem。
Itmaynotappearwithoutreflectionhowthesedevoutobservancesandthepeculiarityoftemperamentwhichtheyimply，ortheconsumptionofgoodsandserviceswhichiscomprisedinthecult，standrelatedtotheleisureclassofamoderncommunity，ortotheeconomicmotivesofwhichthatclassistheexponentinthemodernschemeoflifetothisendasummaryreviewofcertainfactsbearingonthisrelationwillbeuseful。