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at Fa A J 5 + J ol .» v Sete ww 4 "Sunday Scliaol | Lesson *M "LESSON 1v. GIDEON: FOLLOWING GOD'S PLAN---Judges 6: 1--8: 38 Printed Text: Judg. 7: 4-7, 15-23 Golden Text ' "Have not 1 commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage, Josh, 1: 9. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time--The principal events of this lesson occurred about 1250- 1249 B.C. Place--The town of Ophrah was located in' Manasseh, west of the Jordan- River, south of the Plain" of Jezreel; the valley of Jezreel is identical with the Plain of Megiddo, that large fertile area in the centre of Palestine running from the foot of Mount Carmel to the foot of Mount Ta- bor; Succoth, in the territory of Gad, was located a little north of the brook Jabbok. i One would have thought that, with the glorious deliverance of the Israelites from the bondage of Jabin and the defeat of the host under Sisera, the Israelites would have whole-heartedly and zeal- ously turned to Jehovah ifi thanks- giving and in obedience to his laws, forsaking the sins which had brought about the oppression, from which they were so wonder- ---fullydelivered, - But no; it is the story of the human heart over and over again; man is so prone to forget God, and to go his own stubborn way, to be allured by the customs of the nations round about. Retribution was not far away. The Midianites came down upon Israel, and wrought a great- er havoc and enforced a sterner bondage than that generation had experienced. Nothing else brings men to God so quickly as trouble; and, when the oppression of the Midianites became unbearable, the guilty children of Israel turned. to Jeho- vah, beseeching him to deliver them. i Just at this time the angel of Jehovah came to the village of Ophrah, in Manasseh, west of the Jordan, for the express purpose of announcing to a young man by the 'name of Gideon that God "had called him to deliver hiz peo- ple. Two things the angel told him. First, that Jehovah was with him; and, secondly, that Jehovah had commissioned him to save Israel from the hands oy Midian. The Midianites, and the Amele- kites, and the children of the east were gathered together in the val- ley of Jezreel. At the same time the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, who throughout Manasseh to Asher and Zebulun and Nephtali, calling ~~ them together for the great battle which he knew was inevitable at this hour' of erisis. 4. And' Jehovah said unto Gid- eon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there; and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with . thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, . the same shall not go. 5. So he brought down the people unto the water; and Jehovah said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue; as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon .iis knees to drink. 6. And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7. And Jehovah said unto Gideon, By the three hundred that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midian- ites into thy:hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place. The ten thousand men who were left after the elimination of the cowards were still too many to defeat 135,000 Midianites. Ac- cordingly 'the very singular and memordlle device which is here recorded was adopted. The men were led down to the water, and all those who lay down to drink, putting 'their mouths to the wat- er, were rejected, while all those who merely stopped and scooped up water in their hands were selected. These latter were the true soldiers, men who could not make'a leisurely business of drink- ing while the enemy was in sight, but who cold, at the: most, snatch a mouthful of water as they pass- ed the stream. The simple device showed a real difference of tem- perament in the men, and set them off into two well-defined classes. Tremendous Victory 16. And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he re- turned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath de- bal a a oo sent mesesngers "tacked in their livered into your hand the liost of Midian. 16. And he: divided the three hundred men: into three companies, and he put into the hands of "all of them: trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers: 17. And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise; and behold, when 1 come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, ag I do, so shall ye do. 18. When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon, 19. So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the:beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands. 20. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and ° brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left: hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon. 21, And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight. 22. And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Je- hovah set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all _the host; and all the host fled as | far as Beth-shittah toward Zere- -- rah, as far as the border of Abel- meholah, by Tabbath. 23. And the men of Isrdel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Man- asseh, and pursued after Midian. Gideon is now well persuaded that the fear of disaster is not for Israel. He returns to the camp, and forthwith prepares to strike. One bold device, he be- lieves, rapidly executed, will set in operation the suspicions and fears of the different desert tribes, and they will melt away in defeat. It was not long after midnight when the three companids reach- . ed their stations. The orders were carried out precisely as given, and the consequence was that the host ran, and cried, and fled. To and . fro among the: tents; seeing, now on this side, now on that, the menacing flames, turning from the battle-cry here to be met in an opposite quarter by the wild dissonance of the horns: the sur- prised army was thrown into utter confusion. Escape was the com- mon impulse, and the flight of the disorganized host took a southeasterly direction by the road that led to the Jordan val- ley, and across it:to the Hauran and the desert. It was a complete rout. Charged In Farm Killing Charged with killing " his em- loyer's daughter and with a bru- al attack upon her mother, Will- iam Gunhing, 21-year-old farm- hand is shown in custody at Brock- ville, Ont., after his arrect. The vietims were Mrs. F. Mott, who remains dangerously injured with a fractured skull, and Miss Irene Mott, who succumbed to a similar injury, They were allegedly at- respective bed- rooms in the Mott farm home in y township near Brockville. Gunning vanished following the attack and was taken into custody only after an extensive manhunt. No motive for the attack has been found, TR GheR Be Here: is a view of Vaduz, capital of the tiny principality of Liecht Alps of Switzerland. It is frontier touches the may be the object of ARTs This.Little Country Now Lies In the Nazi enstein, y lleries of Europe that Liechtenstein ermany's next annexation move. Last March the 85-year-old Prince Franz abdicated in favor of his nephew, largely because of Nazi tendencies in his land, and because his wife is part Jewish. rumored in the chance al where Austria's western Ar You Listening ? By FREDDIE TEE ---- S00 600 700 RADIO ~~ LOG too Goo (000 o [00 1200 1560 In inaugurating this column of "Air Wave News" the editorial department ask the co-operation of its readers to write and tell us what interests you the most in ra: dio comments and news. Just ad- dress 'Radio Column," Room 424, 73 Adelaide West, Toronto. AIRLANES GOSSIP Leo Smith, cellist in the To- ronto Conservatory String Quar- tet, frequently heard in broad: casts over the national network of - CBC, is of English birth and training. He came to Canada in 1910 and now holds. the position of professor of music; University _of Toronto. He is the author of two books on music and his com- positions include works and ar- rangements for string quarets, cello solos, piano solos, part songs and songs. . . . Corey Ford and Alistair McGain, the famous American writers, may . find it necessary to travel the length and breadth of Canada to catch "the biggest fish of the year," but Peter O'Day; who does magazine and radio work and who also is a -- disciple of: the late-Issac Walton, apparently doesn't believe in the adage that far-away fields really are green. O'Day recently landed a six and a half pound bass from one of the lakes in the Rideau district. The unhappy thing about it was that the fish was caught three days before the season opr ened. He carefully wet his hands, removed the prize and put it back in. Says he is going back to get it. x ~ George A. Taggart Programme executive of the CBC, returned to Canada last week af- ter gix months in England where, as guest 'of BBC, he studied broad- casting methods in .the British Isles and in several countries on the continent. Thinks television is as yet a:long» way off and that i when it does come it will not seri: ously affect straight broadcasting . « » . H. Rooney :Pellcticr, of the Corporation's Montreal program department, is now. in England on a similar exchange basis. It is not announced yet who the BBC will send to Canada .... Prizes up to $300 soom are to be offered Canadian writers for radio scripts. Idea is to encourage literary tal ent of which there is an abund- ance. MOST POPULAR CLASSICS We-have all heard of the con- tests for choosing the most popu- lar dance orchestras and jazz com- posers--but here is something dif- ferent--a contest for choosing the most popular of the classic com- posers. This unique contest was run by station WQXR, New York City, and met with great approval. A total of 3,286 votes were sent in and the results were: Becthov- en, Tschaikowsky and Wagner, as the three favorite composers, in the order named. The most re quested selection was the beauti- ful Fifth Symphony by Beethoven which received 23.9 per cent. of the vates. This selection with oth- ers will be played over WQXR in the allrequest programs during July. FAMOUS PLAYS, DRAMATIZED Plays by Rudyard Kipling and 0. Henry, two of the greatest . story tellers in the world of Eng- lish literature, are to be presented over the national network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion this summer. Peter Aylen, manager of CBL, Toronto, has an- nounced that permission has been granted by the estate of Rudyard Kipling, through the English agents, and by Doubleday, Doran and Company, O. Henry's publish- ers, to adapt a number of Kip ling's and O. Henry's best known stories for radio presentation. John Macdonald and James Har- vey, dramatic producers of the CBC, have been assigned to these famous plays. First of the Kipling stories ever to be presented on the air will be heard July 28, when James Harvey produces *"Glor- jana'. The adaptation from the famous story of England's great: Queen Bess has been done by R. E. Sneyd. Two Tendencies In Observation 'Men Are Divided Into Two Classes--Those Who Notice Similarities, Those Who Se Differences > There are two classes of men, one with a tendency to notice similarities and the other with a preference for detecting dissimil- arities when they observe two re: lated objects, according to Dr. William H. George, of University College, Southampton, England. He tested forty persons making a study of the scientific method, a highly specialized group suitable for such an experiment. In Dealing With Fellowman He made twelve tests in each. of which parts of objects were shown and "statements of e¢am- parison" were asked., These state- / ments included 107 similarities and 366 dissimilarities. Some gave similarities only and some gave dissimilarities only. Dr, George, in reporting his experiment in the current issue of "Nature" said: "Not only do some individuals show great talent for selecting differences in dealings with their fellow men, but also, in interna: tional affairs, nationg at the pres ent time are pressing a few points of difference instead of their many points of similarity." - Argentina Fly Fights Hoppers Experiments Made In Belleville atory May. Aid Western Farmers to Combat Pests. Western Canada's war on the grasshopper may be aided some day by a little bee-fly from the Argentine, now being experiment- ed with in the Dominion Entom- ological Department's laboratory at Belleville, Against the grasshopper prob- lem have been pitted many of the resources of a department whose personnel has jumped from two employees 28 years ago -to 850 today. Tons and tons of poison were shipped to the West last year to combat the grasshoppers; but something more effective is needed and the little hopper-hater "from South America may provide the right means of fighting the pest. Poison Sometimes Works Estimates have placed this year's infestation of hoppers in the West at 62,000,000 acres, slightly less than last year's, but a surer prophecy can be made next week when the plague begins to lay barren whole fields of grain. As many as 80,000 eggs have been found in a square foot and they have been known to go as high as 98 per cent. The bee-fly experiment is still somewhat uncertain for no one knows yet to what extent the fly may be acclimatized, and years must pass before - the number produced could be effective, Grasshopper poison is believed to have saved $80,000,000 in crops in the West last year, The work is difficult to carry on, though, for the areas where the tiny cggs lic must be found and the poison must be laid at just the right time to catch the larvac emerging from the eggs. ' cally stopped the sale of new au- tomobiles in Mexico, dealers started selling used cars equipped with new tires. When lack of financing practi-: -- Can Trace Zoos Back To Egypt The Greeks Had A Name For Them Too--Kept Ferrets As Househcld Pets, Old London's Zoo, Whipsnade, and Manchester's Belle Vue Zoo- logical Gardens can trace their" lineage back to Egypt ef the Pto- lemys, to the days of Roman , grandeur, and the glorious era of Greece. In his book, "Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome," just published, Mr, Geo. Jennings traces the zoo's history, and tells many interesting animal stories. The Egyptians kept live ani- mals on show from intelligent curiosity; the Romans too often for the additional pleasure of see- ing them fight together, or against human beings in the arena. Some Greeks kept, ferrets or --polecats-as household pets, ax we keep cats today; fish-ponds were to be found in every garden of the well-to-do, : Trained Elephants Ant eating pangolins, burrow- ing for their natural food among the sands of Eastern Turkestan, were credited with the ability to find gold. In 46:B.C., the Roman Government possessed a herd of elephants trained to carry lighted torches in processions. . . One noble Roman kept a pond full of savage murenas, into which he would thcow slaves that had merited his displea.wre. Like the bloodthirsty pirayas of the Ama- zon, these savage fish instantly attacked and devoured any hap- less being struggling in their waters. Geographer will . Study Eskimos Frenchman To Visit Far North To Make Study of All Phases Of Their Life. EDMONTON -- Vicomte Gontran de Poncins of the National Geogra- phical Society, is preparing for a trlp into Canada's Far North for a six-months' study of all phases of Eskimo life. The Vicomte, who has finished seven y rs of ethnological study in the tropies announced that he would fly north soon with Bishop Gabriel Breyuat, Roman = Catholic flying prelate, and establish head- quarters at - Coppermine, NWT, 1,100 miles northeast of IXdmonton. He said he did not expect to dis- cover anything new about the K-ki- mo, but planned a more extensive study of the private EEskimo's social lite than had been done before. He will take several thousand photo- graphs. Figures just published indicate 'there will_be no blind children in "England in 10 years. 16 To captivate 17 To relate. 18 Solitary, 21 Sinewy. 22 Musical note. 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Perry Burgess, of New York, President of the Leonard Wood Memorial Foundation for research in leprosy, back from the World Congress on Leprosy, in Cairo, Egypt, said last week that medical science had not progressed further toward a cure for leprosy than toward one for cancer, He suggested one immediate treatment of lepers: segregation - of all lepers in self-supporting col onies and a world organization for trade among them. He said there were three million affected by leprosy in the world. Fifty Per Cent Able Bodied Mr. Burgess enumerated some of the more important facts now known about the disease: There are not more than four hundred lepers in the United States. Fifty per cent, of lepers are able bodied. Leprosy is not necessarily fa: tal. A large percentage of lepers die of old age or tuberculosis. The disease takes about twenty years to incubate, and is contagi- ous only in certain restricted arcas. + The germ has been isolated, but has not been grown. Nobody knows how to kill it by treatment. Experimentation with the dis ease is difficult because it cannot be transmitted to animals. Women Writers Contribute By Fresh Outlook To the Liveliness of Canada's Newspapers the Winnipeg Tribune Declares The Winnipeg Tribune in honour of the triennial of the Canadian Women's Press Club, held in the Manitoba capital, has an editorial on * Women of the Press." "Newspaper work resembles the farming hidustry at least in the regularity of its chores, and one of the limiting factors of farmers' con- tentiong is that someone always has to be left at home to take care of the animals. [very newspaper man knows, that women -- some women -- have to an extent which any man may envy, a constancy which fits well the daily 'grind' of meeting the deadline. Perhaps it is this on-the-whole superior depend- ability of women journalists which makes It possible for them to hold national conventions, a thing which men journalists have never dared attempt. An Enthusiasm "But women bring something more (o journalism than a limitless capacity for drudgery. They have-- when they have it at all -- an en- thusiasm of outlook, which contri- butes a great and indispensable el. -- ement to the liveliness of the na- tion's newspapers. And it Is this also which makes their triennial an event of national importance. The women in journalism mect the men in journalism on their own terms, and have by sheer perfor mance made certain parts of the field entirely their own." Cigaret Paper From Prunings New Industry Looms for Can- ada--Mean Big Saving-- Fruit-Trees Uzeful In Manu- facture. While fruit tree prunings may be used in the manufacture of finc-coated paper, cigarette wrap- pings and similar material, it can- not be considered as a source of material for newsprint, explained T. Linsey Crossley, co-designer of the new process which was an- nounced last week at Toronto. Mr. Crossley, who is associat- ed with H. R. Peterson and R. J. Hart, pointed out that there was a constantly-expanding field for cigarette paper in both Canada and the United States. It was to meet this need that every effort was concentrated during the past two years or more. Formerly Used Linen Rag Mr. Petersen, who accompanied Mr. Crossley, said that $18,000,- 000 of cigarette paper was con- sumed in the United States and Canada last year and 95 per cent. of it was imported. "With our new discovery we can produce better paper at a cheaper price," he added, "Cigarette paper from Europe is made from linen rag. "Linen rag is the most costly basic fabric from which paper is made," he explained. "With the new process developed from fruit tree prunings, we will satisfy an economic demand by an econom- jeal method. Furthermore, the paper manufactured from Cana- dian fruit tree prunings will be far more pleasant to the taste." pl FNC a, SVEN LY 7 \ 3 27