14 MARCH 1931, Page 17

THE CALL OF THE CHURCH

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As an interested reader of this correspondence may I ask the question it leaves upon the minds of some of us : What is the main duty of the Clergy ? Is it to provide for and cultivate the' worship and welfare of those who are already Church people ? Or to promote Christianity among the careless ? The proportion of the old parable seems reversed. The Shepherd gives meticulous care to the one " saved " and has no time for the ninety and nine " lost." Among whom are doubtless those missing from our churches as well as those whose services are so urgently required in Holy Orders.—I am, Sir, &c., AN OBSERVER.