The Birth Rate.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12993, 21 October 1905, Page 2

The Birth Rate.

DISMAY REGARDING, ITS DIMINU- ' * £ TION. ' United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. ~ Octooer 20. The Right Re&. Dr. Ingram, Bishop of London, addressing the clergy at *St. PatdV.Catbfcdralj. declared it was impossible t&A; describe the dismay w*herewith he viewed the diminution of the I birthrat6 t in' > E^land andAjistralia, through deliberate artificial prevention. He said_ it' wa's necessary toj i summon the forces of the Church toj stem the gigantic evil. He honouredthe Roman Church for condemning* \ "preventing" as a fin. and' it would,? he said, iil become 1 the' Church: ofj : England to less clearly condemn aj practice "which weis eating' out the| heart and 'draining the ' life-blood of ! the country. „ i <%r r ri The miserablfi gospel of' comfort was | the curse ,©i "the - present day. "We I I must," said the Bishop, "live the^ ! simlpler and harder life of our fore-] i fathers," or the glorious heritage of] ! the Empire would surely slip from ' our nerveless 'fingers.