THE CALL OF THE CHURCH
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—For some weeks the above correspondence has been of interest to me, as a reader of your paper. I wonder if I might speak a word for the methods of the Nonconformist churches of religion to the outsider ?
My work takes me to several different places, often in the provinces, often quite in the country, then again in London. I always attend the chapel where I happen to be—but rarely without being spoken to, welcomed, and, if there for any length of time, have been visited, and found many friends.
As to resident households, I can again only speak from experience ; the Nonconformist ministers and church officials always look after those that belong to them, and also those who may not, but attend, and their help is always forth- coming to any new or old members or to the stranger within their gates, never forgetting those who are not there, through sickness or absence or any other reason ; they are invariably missed and made to feel wanted.
In fact, I think it would be difficult to attend a chapel a fcw Sundays and not receive a welcome.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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