The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-06
ToDAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
DEAN INGE OF ST. PAUL's, 54 TO-DAY, IS A BOLD AND OUTsPOKEN CLERGYMAN.

The Very Rev. William Ralph Inge, dean of St. 4Paul's Cathedral in Lon don, has become one of the most dis tinguished of twentieth century cIer- ics in the comparatively short period since he was called to his present ex- alted position. CIergynen in gen reral, and Anglicans in particular, have often been criticised for their alleged subserviance to wealth and power, but no such charge could stand against Dean Inge. Bold and outspoAen. in his utterances, he is as ready to condemn the foIlies Of the rich and noble as the vices of the poor-somewha readier, in fact.
 Dean Inge was born in Yorkshire dfty-four years ago to-day, and was reared in an atmosphere of piety and learning. His father was Rev. Dr.. William Inge, provost of Worcester College, Oxford, and his mother was the daughter of tho. Venerable Ed ward Churtons Archdeacon of C1eve- land The Dean married a clergy mans daughter, Miss Spooner, whose father was Archdeaeon of Maidstone and whose grandfather was the cele- isbrated churchman, Bishop Harvey Goodwin.
 After leaving Eton, the future dean Of St. Paul's entered Kings College, lCambridge, where he formed himself Unto a t'trust'' for the absorption Of all
 
 that were available. Since then he has been prominent in church and educational circles at Oxford and Cambridge and was Lady Margaret professor of divinity at the latter un- iversity for some years before he was called to St. PauPs Seven years ago hesvisited New Y ork as Paddock lecturer. The Dean has written a number of volumes, publishing tsSo- kciety in Rome under the Caesars when he was only twenty five, and many theological, devotional and his- toricaI works since, then
 The Dean of St. RauTs is keen1y 1 interested in all modern problems, and gives free expression to his ideas. FIn a recent sermon he declared that Ia man must be either a saint or a humbug to. preach the gospel in it's unalloyed form, and added that many Christian ministers of to-day have found in the discIssion of politics 1 and sociology a welcome refuge from preaching .dognas which they no longer actively believe.
 Socialism does not appeal to Dean Inge. s.f such a system of govern nnent was ever possible z he recently dec1areds eft could only be as an aI- most ofnnipotent bureaucracy, con- trolled by men of the Napoleon or J. tlemen, judging from experiences are apt to demand rather high payment for their services. A nation so orr ganized might be powerful and pros 1 porous. but only on certain condi- tions- Discipline would shave to be I iron repression and very severe | Dr. Inge WAS one of the members Eof the committee on spiritual healing
 or faith cure, composed of promin- I ent representatives of the clerical and medical professions, which recently made its report The conclusions of this committee were that ''the divine power is exercised in conformity with and through the operation of natu- raI laws, 2 that spiritual ministration I should be recognized equally with l medical Tninistration,' but that ssthe I physical results of what is called faith or spiritual healing do not I prove on investigation to be different I from those of mental healing or sug- I gestion.'' While recommending that increased importance be attached to Suggestion or spiritual manifestations
 "as contributory means to the recov- ery' of the .ss sick, the committee strongly Appreciated ''the independent
 treatment of disease by Irresponsible and unqualified persons