THE CLERGY REST HOUSE.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—" Where are we going for our holiday? " is a question we are asking once again. Not quite all of us, however, as many of our clergy are compelled to ask a different question, " I wonder if we can get a holiday this year? " and the answer too often is, "I don't think we can manage it." The Clergy Rest House at Merrow enables a number of such to obtain what would otherwise be denied to them, but if it is to continue its work it needs £500 a year to supplement the contributions which its guests are able to subscribe. That is a small sum to ask the friends of the ill-paid clergy to find, but the difficulty of raising it increases. This cannot be due to lack of good will. Is it too much to ask you to send us one shilling for every pound you propose to spend on your holiday? You would not miss it, and you would be amply repaid by the gratitude of those who, because their• need is not known, are to often forgotten. Donations should be sent to J. Hordern, Esq., The Clergy Rest, Merrow, Guildford.—I am, Sir, &c.,
[We are glad once more to give publicity to, and also to endorse, this appeal. No class or profession needs restful holidays more than the clergy, and no place is better able to give the right conditions than the Merrow Downs.—En. Spectator.]
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