The Clergy's Wage
SIR,—In your paragraph The Clergy's Wage " last week, concerning a " solution "(?) of the problem, a friend tells me of a method used in another province of the Anglican Communion: When any parish in difficulty is due for a new incumbent, the archdeacon (or a bishop) proceeds there and addresses a carefully convened meeting, ascertains their views and desires, then puts bravely and frankly to them the relevant financial facts, and asks them what they are prepared to do in the circumstances. Results, I believe, are surprisingly good. I think, with proper handling, results here would be good also, and solve at least a portion of the problem. Surprising sums of money are raised in country villages, in response to an energetic and courageous approach.—Yours faithfully, D. G. DAVIES. The Rectory, Bletchington, Oxford.
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