THE CLERGY VERSUS THE DEVIL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXIII, Issue 225, 25 October 1887, Page 3

THE CLERGY VERSUS THE DEVIL.

TO THE EDTTOIC. Sik,—-I wish to aßk you a questiou. Asro the frtquent visits of tbe clergy to any particular district a sign that the nhabitants thereof are sadly in want of those vißits, in fact, are a bad lot ? and is tbe opposite the oase also -viz., do the rare visits indioate tbe bighmorpl 9tate of tb at district ? I will illustrate my ques tion by example. Here, we never— so to speak - 6ee a clergyman ; are we such a good lot that we do not require one (T trow not) V If so, what must the state of the Awatere be. to require such constant visits ? They roust be a bad lot indeed ; if good, why visit them so often, and us not at all ? Not long ago a visit once a month sufficed the Awatere. How arc the mighty fallen, that tbey should now require weekly visits ? I fear, sir, tbat, something like the good things of this world, the visits of the cler y are somewbat unequally divided, and lean rather to good roads and nice, comfortable bouses. Bnt, I fancy, 1 bear the rev. gentleman excluim, ••the writer's district is out of my beat ; i I mu3t attend to my own flock." Quite so, dear sir, but surely it ought to be someone's business to look up the out-of-the-way nooks and corners, Let me assure tbe reverend genllemau that the devil does not forget them in his rounds of duty, and he does what may be styled a good, quiet business.— l ax, &c, Sounds. [We would rather let the clergy answer our correspondent as they think best. — Ed. M.E.]