A PLEA FOR THE TOIL-BROKEN.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—"No holiday this year " will be the reward of many a parish priest for his extra pains and privations during the past anxious months, unless he can find a short spell of rest in this coming summer at some cheap haven of refuge. But as far as the Gomshall Clergy Rest House in concerned it will be closed to him, if the necessary support is not very shortly forthcoming and last year's deficit of about £150 cleared. Already there are numerous applications from poor clergy who have been medically ordered to " rest a while " if they would avoid a permanent breakdown; but I understand from the Secretary that no bookings can be made until the necessary outside support has been secured. So it really rests with your generous readers and other friends of the clergy to say whether these physically and mentally prostrated brethren of ours (to say nothing of the wives of the married ones) are to get a few days of reprieve, or to go on till they are thrown aside as "done for "; and yet the Government is clamouring for more help than ever from the parish clergy. Contributions will be gratefully received by the Treasurer, J. E. C. Hordern, Esq., or the Secretary, Clergy Rest, Gomshall, Surrey.—I am, Sir, &c., Ii. 0. Bow-Li-Hun. Burgess Hill Vicarage, Sussex.
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