In the shortest space of time men's ideas are conveyed all over the world, and they may become at once a power for good or for evil in every place, and millions who have never seen or heard him whose thoughts they read, are brought to some extent under his influence.
Again, at the present day all men read, more or less.

The number of those who are unable to do so is rapidly diminishing, and a man who cannot read will soon be practically unknown.

As a matter of fact men read a great deal, and they are very largely influenced by what they read.
Thus the multiplicity of printed matter, and the widespread power of reading have created a situation fraught with immense possibilities for good, but no less exposed to distinct occasions of evil and of sin.

It is to such occasions of sin, dear children in Jesus Christ, that we desire to direct your attention this Lent.
Every gift of God brings with it responsibility on our part in the use that we make of it.

The supreme gift of intelligence and free-will are powers to enable us to love and serve God, but we are able to use them to dishonour and outrage Him.