The Ministry of Labour has made an analysis of the returns in order to ascertain the ages, the industries, and the occupational qualifications of all the men unemployed—for three months or more and the results were published recently. The incidence this condition of protracted urém-ployment varied considerably tween the different areas. In Cumberland it was 67 per cent. of all the unemployed men; in Durham and Tyneside, 56 per cent: in South Wales, 78 per cent.; and in Scotland, 56 per cent.
In the areas of England and Wales nearly 70 per cent. of the men who had been continuously unemployed for three months or more were aged 35 or over: and these were almas equally divided between the. three 10-yest age-groups from 35 to 6 993 (or 24 per cent.) were aged 5 over, 26,729 (or 22 per cent) were between 45 and 55 years of 3,915 (or per cent.) were between 5 and The 17-year age-group from 18 to 24 included 38.121 The proportions in the higher age groups were somewhat lower in West Cumberland and in Durham and Tyneside, and higher in South Wale:
The numbers, in the higher that it was worth the most tremendous sacrifices. If a man found his eye a hinderance, it was better to pluck it out; if his hand or foot, to cut it off, rather than be hindered or turned out of the way 11 down through the ages men ave found the gate too narrow and the way too hard. They followed Him in Galilee when they enjoyed His teaching, and partook of the loaves and fishes so miraculously multiplied, but they turned back when He set before them the true way of discipleship: they would not face the cross, The gate was too narrow, and the way too hard. "Master," said the rich young ruler, "what must I do that I may inherit eternal life?" And our Lord, knowing what it was that proved his chief stumbling block, said: "If thou wouldst be perfect, go sell all that thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalti'have treasure in heaven, and come and follow me." And he went away sorrowful, "for he had great possessions," and his heart was bound up with them.
Lorenzo, the cruel ruler of For ence, lay adying. He sent for the great Florentine preacher, Savonarela, to come to him. Savonarola came, "Thou didst send for me," he said. "Yes," replied Lorenzo, "for three sins lie heavy on my soul.' Then he told the monk how he was tortured by the remembrance of sack of Volterra, and his robbery of a bank. whereby many had suffered, and the bloody reprisals he had taken after a conspiracy against him. "God is good," replied Savonarolz, "God is merciful. "But," he at once added, "Three things are needful!" "What things?" said Lorenzo anxious.
st, a faith in God' mercy. "I ha fullest faith in it. replied the dying man, "Secondly, you must restore your ill-gotten wealth." At this Lorenzo hed, but at last gave a nod of assent. "Lastly," said Savonarola to the cowering prince, "you must restore Florence her liberty." And Lorenzo angrily turned his back on the preacher, and said never a word. The gate was too narrow The gate is a narrow gate, the way ig hard, but it is the way of lif never forget that. The entrance is by the strait gate of penitence and enunciation, but men seek an easier way. If men could carry the world with them, multitudes would crowd through the gates of the Kingdom, but to crucify the flesh with lusts thereof is too hard a con put away the old man with his ageds is than they ca elves to do. Men only look the present—and have no eye for the future, groups have considerable significance in relation to the question of transference. This solution of the une ployment problem is least feasible in the case of men aged 45 and over, of whom there were: 55.722. Its appeal would be limited in the case of those between' 35 and 45, of whom there were 26,913, The men under 25 years of age numbered 12,122
The gate i narrow, but th are we _trave' rich young ruler evening you have so his house. You would but will you make the sacrifice ' Are there some carrot give up? Is the narrow?
Miners Out of Work There is another word. and with it Klose. Jesus said. "What shall it the Scottish areas 5.990 of.the men unemployed for three months were over 55 years of age and 5.267 were between 45 and 55. These 11,009 men are, for practical purposes, outside the field of transference. On other hand, there were 3.910 under 25 years, and this was a considerably higher proportion than in the other Special Areas, The 20-year age group from 25 to 45, probably constituting the range of highest: em-playability, contained 3,353 men West Cumberland, 27.688 in Durhani and Tyneside, 21,871 in South Wales, and 13,194 in Scotland. profit a man if he gain the whole and lose his own soul?" We walk by the broad road, seek our pleasures and refuse to renounce those things which we know are contra:
to the law of God, but the never forget, is may walk the way follow aft Jesus —it is cross to carry but. it and the eternal life.
The current industrial classification of the men out of work for more than three months shows that of the total 47,779, belonged' to the coal-mining industry, @508 to building, shipbuilding and ship-repairing. to engineering, and 80,629 to all other industries and services.
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