1 JUNE 1918, Page 11

THE CLERGY REST IN SURREY. [To TEl EDITOR OF THE

SPELTATOR."1 Ste,—Of your kindness permit the to reiterate the appeal for the

. poorer clergy which for some years past has been made by my dear old friend Dr. Bonavia Hunt, now gone to his rest. The appeal is for the support of the Clergy Rest down in Surrey. Hitherto the Rest-House has been in Oomsball; but now a muoh better house has been rented in Albury, a village close by, amid surroundings even more beautiful, if possible, than about Oom- shall. How much the Clergy Rest is appreciated is evident from the gratitude shown by those who have been there. Thus one writes : " I only wish it were possible to express how much I have enjoyed one of the most delightful holidays I have ever spent." Another says : " Real thanks for the excellent way you looked after me"; and yet another : " I shall not forget the change and rest that has done me so much good, and I thank you most sin- cerely "; and so on, to almost any extent. Here, then, the clergy and their families can have ideal rest, calm and peaceful, in lovely country, well catered for at a reasonable cost. The moderate charge per week is quite insufficient to meet the expenses. and yet if the charge were higher the object of the venture would be defeated; and therefore I earnestly ask kind-hearted people to fulfil a real act of love on behalf of God's stewards by sending a donation to the Treasurer, J. E. C. Hordern, Esq., the National and Union Bank of England, Notting Hill Gate, London, W.; or to the Hon. Secretary, Weston Lodge, Albury, Surrey.—I am, Sir,