THE UNREST OF THE AGE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1389, 15 March 1912, Page 3

THE UNREST OF THE AGE.

« DANGERS OF THE CROWDED CITY. Dr. Inge, Dean of St. Paul's, addressing a mooting of men at the, Church of St. james-tta-Less, Bothnal Green, said they wore constantly hearing about what was callod tho unrest of the present age, particularly in tho social and economic sphere, in tho world of labour. The whole conditions of industry had completely changed. The consequence of the large industries had been more and more to crowd people together in large towns. Tho enormous cities of our age were quite unlike anything tho world had Over seen before. Ho wanted, then, to consider whether tho unrest of tho age was not very largely duo to tho fact of that living, in crowds, which was a now thing in human history. liven in their pleasures they were crowded together. Moreover, this spirit of nregariousuess 6eemed to have pervaded tho whole of society from top to bottom. He believed this same spirit of gregariousncss had a great deal to do with tho change in tho national character. Faddists and fanatics of all kinds were eagerly listened to, tho newspapers wers full of sensation of all kinds, crimes and accidents— a very poor sort of stuff. St. Paul told them to think of filings which were true, pure, noble, dignified, and of good report, but ho was afraid their newspapers did not. foster that kind of thought at nil. This unrest was ail epidemic unrest, on actual social disease which appeared where the population was dense.