The Social Gospel. By the Rev. T. Rhondda. Williams. (Lurid,
Humphries, and Co. ls. net.)—" Men," says Mr. 'Williams, "ought not to be wasting their life in getting a liveli- hood." We disagree; it is a goo,' thing for men to be compelled to work; and the only* universally valid compulsion is hunger. There are exceptional places in the world where this compulsion is almost nil, and work is consequently reduced to a minimum. Is it then the fact that in these places "men's minds are free for the higher thoughts and nobler ambitions" ? "All the labour of man is for the mouth," says the Preacher ; it seems " wasting life" ; but it gives the opportunity of making character; and if society could change the condition—and it certainly cannot—the result would be inconceivable disaster. Mr. Williams says some good things, and is possessed with a righteous wrath against various social wrongs, but his remedy would be fatal.
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