ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20621, 10 August 1932, Page 8

ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY.

.TO Tfl-3 EDITOB Of THE rCESfI. Sir,—'-Do "Anglican" and "Dragon" feci that this appeal is a direct attack on their particular purses? If so, why not decide if they can respond or not, and if not, then decline with that tolerance all true Christians should show to those who aim beyond the material. For some reason or other the Anglican . communities have ever been open to attack where they should get support. As a layman,.with still some faith left and finding it a struggle sometimes to bo tolerant, I marvel at the lack of both these essential qualities "in our Christian religion, irrespective of denomination. For all our sakes it is. essential that some lives bo' dedicated to Christianity in its fullest and highest form, to bring light in the dark hours. —Yours, etc., CHESTEE CKESSWELL. August 9th, 1932. TO THE EDITOE OP TUB I'BESS. Sir,—l sincerely hope that no such person of the type described by Canon Wilford in The Pbes« this morning will be appointed at St. George's Hospital, whore the "mens sana in eorpore sano"' is necessary. V know I am expecting the opinions of others most intimately connected with the.hospital,.as well as my own. . May I again ask, whether this whole matter has been considered bv the governing body? . If a chaplain is desirable, then, by nil that's sensible, appoint some' ono who will help the patients, probationers, and* nurses, as well as the sisters. I have tho gravest doubts whether n man such as Canon NV-lford depicts, would do this. —Yours, <:C "' THE DRAGON. ■August nth, 1932. TO IKE EDITOE OF .TUB PBEBS Sir.—"Churchman" states: "Unfortunately among the. clergy in great part and , among the city in greater part, almost complete misunderstanding find almost complete want of sympathy with communities exists. Therefore the chaplain must be a special person, u hose education and ideals set him in complete sympathy with the commun-j ity." He goes on to say: "The money spent on the stipend of a_priest for this purpose fades into insignificance before, tiie saving on the salaries that would have to be paid to the lay people who would replace a community." If tho lay-people who would replace the community would have the sympathy of cliureh-people in Canterbury,- it would appear to the ordinary person that they would be mare suitable than a community that lacks such sympathy. It hardly seems to be fair to ask n community of women to carry on their magnificent work amongst an unsympathetic people.—rYours, etc., CHURCHMAN ALSO. Oxford, August