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vember 1867 for the purchase of St. Thomas and S*. John, for the Cavital of the Danish West Indies was Charistian- sted at that time. I have written a small g}amphlet giv- ing a brief history of this island a cepy of whiech will be handed to each of you upor yoyr arrival in Frederiksted. The Seeretary then read letters frem Member (Fieming) and Member (M. i Skeoch)of Frederiksted Jurisdiction av- nogncing with regret their inaoility to at- tend this meeting. Also a letter from 2nd Membar for Carvistiaasted Country Dis- trict (B2rg) making a most courteous offer to foeward photographic vicws of the Island of waich he has an extznsive eolleciinn to aay of our guests present who would be so kind as to furnish him with their addresses, and which ccuid be used by them in their various news- papers. Before closing I wish to mention that two of our membars have not been able to attend tais meeting on account of tne death of the wife of a very worthy Plaut- er of this island, a lady of exceptional ability and a great loss to the Island. In this room the mother of Alexander Hamilton met Mr. Levine who becan.e engaged to her much against her will. 1 mention this only as a historicul eveunt. The Chairman-d:ciared tae mesting closed at 5.606 p. m. LOCAL The s. 8. ‘‘Catherine’’ is due today on schedule time, naving 65 tons cargo lor this island, Among the passengers tojarrive cn the S. 8. Catherine today are Revd. John R. Mayhew, [ield Superintendent of tne Bible Home and Foreign Missionary Society, and Rev. & Mrs. O. L. King, Superin-endent of the Pilgrim Ho ipess Cnureh. TliE CAUSES OF DROUGHT By C. S. MAYHEW. **ls there not a cause 7"’—1 Samue! 17:29. in our first message about four weeks ago we touched upon the great need of water in this island. At that time every qssurance was given us that this long felt neel was aboul to be met by the construction of a dam for the coil-ction of water from the hills around. Since then we've been given greater assuran- ces by the coming of two exoerts who will tackle this great problem. The re- sults, either for weal or woe to this is- land we anxiously await. But after all is said and done we must realize that there is an Almighty arm tbhut directs this universe and knows when to send the rain and when to withhold it. By going back to the old Book we will ST L1 & Y B discaver the underlying causes of droaght. | Dr;pght was one of the methods of judee- | mefit God imposed on the people of the Old Testament. In the days of Ahab we d the prophet E!ijah predicting three yqrs’ drought. Now what was the cause of this? Ahab married a wicked woman and was led by her to worship | idels (1 Kings 18 31-33). It was thea | that Elijah told] Ahab '‘ds the Lord Gd | of Israel liveth. before whom [ stind, there | shall not be dew nor rain these yewrs, bt | according to my word.”’ And what Ged | told Ahab surely came to pass. But this | did not seem to bring Ahab to his knees betfore God for we find him tryiag to | lay the blame on Elijah and in 1 | Kings 18:17 Ahab is asking Elijoh “"Art | thow he that troudleth Isiael? IZlijah | then gave him the truth rigat trom the shoulder (1 Kinygs 18:18) showing him | where the cause of the whol: thing was and who were to be blamad for the | drought. The moment Elijah was given toe chance te destroy Baal, and bis | priests and worshippers, ansd God was | honourad in Israel, he prayed that rain | would come and it did. This is just ome instance but it will | prove that God has much to do with the droughts of this day. The h2arts of men | are just the sam» as they were in the days of Ahab and while we cannot find a Basl or Diana yet men are as idolawrous as they were 1n the past. They pretend to worship God but God says '‘this peo- ple draweth nizh tv me with their lips | but their hearts ace ‘ar from me.”” In the | New Testament we find the the new | Idois whieh the people ¢f this day wor- | stitp. 2 {tmothy 3:2-6 describe some. of | these. (Please turn to it and read for | yourself). Again we find that the blame | 1s laid on the Church and the leaders as | in the duys of Ahab but what Eujan told l Ahub we must reiteraie in your ears (1 L. 5 A | Kings 18:18). It men would repent of their sis and turn to God with ali their hearis [ believe these droughes woulid ve averied. I may say that another thinz wnich causes 1 drougnts is when we rob God of His por- tion of ail we possess. In DMalaent 3:7- | 10 we find proof of this. The iitne of all | we possess belongs to the Lord and when we withnold this we are also withhold- ing from ourselves many biessings wiich God wishes to bestow upon us. Ob that men would realize these solemn [acts and put away forever every sin from their lives, then would we have no lack and 0.1 uitle island would truly become even more prosperous than in days of long ago. In closing let me sive God the glory for preserving the life of Elijah all through this severe drought which we have related above. Aud we can also testify of God’s wonderful preservation and care to His true children in these days of depression, persecution and op- pression., Amen. TELEGRAMS. 81. CROIXASTATION. Ottawa, Feb. 26th—The abandonment by the British Government of the idea of creating an Imperial Economic Commit- tee will be noted with satisfaction in Gov- ernment circles {here. The resoluticn to create the committee was passed at the recent Imperial Conference in Lon- den, with Canada alone officially dissent- ing. Some objections were raised by del- egates from South Africa and Ipaia and there was doubt if they wouid nominate representatives to the committee, except on a few special sutjects. The Domin- ions were to be represented on the com- initte2 by two members, but it was un- derstood that Canada in view of the Ci- nadian ocpposition to the committee, would not nominate representatives. London, Feb. 27th—-The Government is considerning a scheme to advance large cvedits and issue a loan to Russia {or re- construct!on work therve, according to the newspapers. An indispensable condition iz that all the materials must be bought in Great Britain, to help relieve the un- employment, Manchester, Feb. 27th —A lockout of 150,000 cotton operatives is threatened almost immediately, eventually aff<cting if it materialises 500,000 workers. The decisi :n to take the step was ieachedl vesterday by the Master Cotton Spinners Federation, to enforce tie callimg off of a strike now in progress in a comparative- ly small mill at Royton. A few weeks ago an exira machine for breaking up raw cotton was introduced into the miil Two women operatives claimed this in:- posed increased wnrk on them and dc- manded an incresed waze. K. lur to ar- range a settlement of their ciuun led 0 the strike. The employers yesterdav d« cided to give the operatives one week mere in which to resume wo.k, faiir, which they savithey \\i? close all the milis governed by the fedération and kecp them :dle until the workers agree to 1. tarn. k. Toronto, Feb 26th.——Records were hroken in a financial way by the Canadi- an National Exhibiten in 1928. ‘lhe revenue totalled $1,056,975.73. ‘l'he ¢is bursements were §809,671,.99 leaving a surplus of $247,393,4. FParis, Feb, £7.h.—A vaceine against diptheria, invented by Drs. Renault and Levy makes epidemies of that disease practically impossible, aceording to ihe results of their experiments communi- cated to the icademy of Medicine. The vaceine, . which is called Plus A anuis injected subcutaneously is hyper neutra lised and causes liitle inconvenience. 300 children treated with it were found tobe completely immuniz>d after three injections, it is said, The inventors be- lieve even better results ean be attained and are continuing their experiments, but the academicians declare the vac- cine a great improvement over the anti- toxin treatment.