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this week. Men are the leading char- acters in family life, business life and polities, and it is necessary to turn the tide of their lives into proper channels that their influence may be effective for good upon those following in their steps. In our message last week we stated that each one reaped exactly what they sowed and more. Also that we not only share this harvest ourselves but leave mueh cos the fruitage to our posterity. This very thought is applicable in this message, as, although all men are not fanily man, they are respousible for the eximple they sei before their chiidren, employees and all upon whom their in- fluence tells. ‘‘No man liveth unto him- seit and no man dieth unto himself.” Therefore our influence is telling on others for gcod or evil. There was a reason for this question which we have before us. David was not ignorant to the iniquities which existed in his day, and being a man of God placed himself under obligation to his fellow men by warning them and iu- structing them as to the only way of cleansing. In studying the history of th2 old world we discover that from its in- faney men became devenerate and cor- rupt (Genesis 6:15). And all through the inspired Word can be found testi- mony to the same conditions, Man ias tried to hetter his couditian in all :g23 but has made miserable shipwreek of himselt. In a!l the Dispensations grant- ed him he has failed and now God is try- ing him out again the Dispensation of Grnee. These awful conditions not onlv prevailed in the days of David but in this are men are even worse than they were than. Jesus said that iniquity abound.d in his day and told us that th2se e¢indi- tions would bocome worse and worse, Is this not true today ? I'ne churche are charzed with beinys responsible for the the pres:nt state of things the world ov.r. Som2 might well be thus incriminated but we can sately say withont the slightest contradiction that some churches are doing all they can to combat these evils and introduce a botter piain of living to the world. The Church is eommission2d to densiace this strong tide of wicke iaess from (he pulpit, at every sireet corner and 1n the byways and hedzes. H:r responsioiiity ceases there, and then the hearers as- sume, or must assume the respoosibi ity for what they hear. Os course, if proper enphasis is not placed upon th2 preaciied Word the hearers cannot b: heid re- sponsible. - : Young men, hisbands and fathers are all particularly addressad in the Serip- tures. Young men are exhorted to cleanse their ways and failing to do so are toid that for everything they will be prought into judgment, Our interest is alwayss centered in th? youag as the hcpe of the coming generation lies with them. It is always easier to benl the tender twig than to straighten an old tree. $T Ui x YLD Husbands are exhorted to ‘‘love their wives and ke not bitter against them.”’ Now I wonder how many husbands take notice of this passage. Where true love exists the husband finds pleasure in spending the evenings with his wife and does all within his power to make her happy and comfgrtable. But in thes2 days the marriage ceremony is only used as a means to an o~d. This is certai 'y true for we fird that many are not well married before they grow tired of th ir wives and seek the company of oth r women and often o her men’s wives. No wonder there are so many divorce suits in the courts. This is also the cause of many unhappy homes which oftes end in murdar and suicide. Fathers are exhorted to provoke not their chiidren to anger. How many fa- thers seem to care little about this warn- ing. Some provoke their children and then correct them in a brutal manner. Thisis not the only provocation the fathers gives his children but o ten they provoke toem (0 leave home by their treatment to them. Piovoke them to resort to ques- tirnable ways of living. Wnat example can such a tather be? The Word of God unfai'inglv joints the only cure for a!l these ills. God haip you dear reader to cleanse your way. TEXLEGRAM-S. ST. CROIXSTATION. New Y. rk. Feb. 20ih.—14000 street cleaners, heiped by 4950 motor plows, were attempting to clear the streeis here todsy, while the worst storm of the Winier ¢on.iaued. Ssow driven into the Ci.y by a gale began tv tal! &t sIX o’ciock last mght and by mudnmirht three inea>s of salthke snow had pla ketied ine city A risingZ temperaiurg tooay turaed the snow to s'eet and sireet car trofiic was sericusty bhim red, subur- b:n tains were dolayeu, as w.re ihe regular tratos fromm western poruis. London, leb. 21st —lerns ilor the set- tletient of the aispuie between the dock workers and (helr employers, were ag- reed upon at a conferznce between rep- resentaiives of both sides of the contro- versy, whieh was held at the Miunistry of Lo ur ateer tne adjournment ui the em- piloyers me -ting at widmzht, Tne Min- -Ister oi Labour presided at the confer- ence and the employecrs represenuiatives accepted the terms, whieh were recom- mended to the dockers delegate for ac- ceptance. If the delegates confirm the terins, work will be resumed at ail ports :)hroughout the country as soon as possi- le. London, Feb. 20th.—The Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and Mr. John R. Clynes were among the guests invited to meet Their Majesties, the King and Queen, at a dioner given in honour of the latier yesterday evening by Earl Granard. London, Feh., 20th.—The Government escaped almost certain defeat in the House of Commons last night only through the refusal of the speaker to ac- cept a motion for closure after a debate on the Government’s air force policy. The first open challenge to the Govern- ment from the militant Scottish support- ers in the House of Commons, came at the end of question time, when there were protests that the question paper had been so arranged that the Scottish members queitions should not be reacl.- ed. : Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 20th.—The Cairo Government has cancelled Countess Car- narvon’s license for the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamen. London, Feb. 21st.—A proposal to es- tablish pensions fer 21l widows with children, or mothers whos2 bread win- ners are incapacitated, received a re- markably uranimous reception in the House of Commons last evening. It was a private motion brought forward by Mr. Charles Dukes, (Labourite), who was given an attentive Learing and not a hostile word was uttered by any party. Lordon, Feb. 21st,—The death is an- nonnced of Brigadier-General J. S. Nie- holson, Conservative member of Parlia- ment for the Westminster Abbey Divi- Slon. Pari , Feb. 21st. —M. Poincare served notice ,a +h2 Senate tocay of his firm intert on to continue the task which he has und r aken in directing the dest:- nies of brance as long as Parliamert granrts him its confidence thus setting at rest all talk that he wasinviting d - feat on the question of internal policic s providing that it Inpied no rejeciion ol his toreign policy. Torreo , Vexico, Feb. Zlst.—Mr. Bas- -8 1(, an Awerican mining engineer. has piid aransom o1 5 000 pesos to the follov - ers of Hipolio V.lla, who captured ki recenty, and has been set at liberty, New Yerk, Feb. 21st —The joint ow ;- ers ol the Marion Sizr, have filed a svuit in the Fed. ral Court here against Frank A. Vander.ip, a retired banker, for 6,000 dnilars damages, alleging slander uana libei as a result of Vanderlip’s reporte | utterances in an aadress at Ossining on February 12th last, wih reference to the sale 00 he newspaper by President Harding. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 21st—The beats of a buman heart were broadeasted by wireless at a conference of medical men held here today, and could be heard as plainly as the ucking of a clock over one hundred miles away, Cleveland, Feb. 21st--James M. Cox, Democratic Presidential candidate in 1920 contemplates entering the lists for presi- dency again this year, he declared §here today. Patchogueny, Feb. 21st. Rear Admirai George Watson Sumner a retired veteran of the Civil and Spanish American Wars dfie%zat his home here today at the age o *