[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" Rural Dean "
proposes that services should be held in club houses for the spiritual benefit of golfers who " find it difficult to combine church-going on Sundays with their game." Universal sympathy should be felt for these self- denying folk who are thus deprived of their Sunday worship.
Have we not seen them speeding swiftly in their cars past their parish church, in evident fear lest the appeal of Sunday should prevail and overcome their determination to play the game ? And, in the evening when they return, is there not sometimes a look of clouded agitation on their faces ? The uninitiated might attribute this to something in the nature of the game. Not -at all. It is simply due to foiled devotion : the unpastured soul hungering for worship.
So let short services be held in club houses between the first and second round. And cannot some of our clergy offer themselves as afternoon caddies ? For in this Nay brief homilies could be read aloud through the green, and ejaculatory prayer be offered between the putts. Endless are the opportunities for spiritual refreshment for these chastened golfers if only the Church can awaken But, in conclusion, let it not be forgotten that golfers are not the only persons thus afflicted. There are very many people who find it more than difficult to combine church-going on Sundays with a suitably late breakfast. A crying need here Now that the supply of clergy is so abundant surely something can be done to satisfy the devotional aspirations of all these unprivileged enthusiasts ?—I am, Sir, &c., Comma Vriverr VoLurres.
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