Show illegitimacy IN N last year there were births in scotland of which AV ere illegitimate or 87 87 per cent of the tins whole a slight improvement upon the he figures of oi fici 1873 being 13 13 less lets the and northeastern north eastern divisions of the country were the worst from froni one in one in five of the children in different places being illegitimate in 4 1 eight tight 6 cou counties niles uiles the proportion rose above bo ve 12 percent per pez cent baff being begg the highest es or 71 tl 71 ohp rhe the ola oia says naw inow whatever maybe may be thought of the prevalence of illegitimacy when measured by a lower sta standard n T yet regarded from the standpoint of the christian church it is a gi scandal 1 land lahd diser disgrace i ace and the practical energy of the church might be expected to find in nit it one of the most evident evils to be lessened and overcome me Is it not sot possible ti to ole oie lessen s sq q it etoris 0 o r is it lt to be accey accepted ted as a necessary ne though unlovely charac characteristic teri terl odthe of the rac eThe established committee on christian life and work frankly admits the extent of the evil and so far does well it sees in its awful prevalence a proof of a low tone of morality utterly inconsistent with spiritual life and though it maybe may be confined mainly to certain sections of the population ige yet the thu question duest lon ion ia Is asked t ap comes ib 1 that these sections remain in such a state under the influence of christian teaching from the pulpit and from the lives of the godly who alwell beside thein them how indeed in reference e to this and am similar ilar liar immorality the noni bout committee mi atee frankly states that the present organization bp practice of bf the church chure h must bo sorrowfully admitted to ito be a failure U re 11 |