16 SEPTEMBER 1949, Page 4

The return of Dr. Inge to the pulpit of St.

Paul's last Sunday was a matter of more than ordinary interest, and it is providential that representatives of the Evening Standard and the Daily Telegraph were included in the congregation. Otherwise we should not have learned that (a) "His voice came resonant and clear over the amplifiers "; and that (b) "Not a sentence could be heard. The whole paraphernalia of microphones, aerials and control gadgets reduced Dr. Inge's sermon to unintelligible noises." Apparently vox et praeterea nihil.