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sunday school lesson lesson xii choices and their consequen ces in a nations life deuteronomy 11 812 2632 golden text choose you thi3 day who ye will serve joshua 24 15 the lesson in its setting place ah tho early chapters of deuteronomy record discourses given by moses on the east side of the jor dan river where the israelites were encamped in what arc known as the plains of moab see dout 1 1 therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which i command thee this day happy is the man who has discov ered that he is not meant to be a mor al inventor a maker of morals that he has to accept a revealed morality and an offered righteousness that cod lies been so kind to him as to arrangj the whole way of life so that tho wayfaring man need not lose the path this downletting of a moral revelation is an aspect of the grace of cod that ye may be strong and go in and possess the land whith er ye go over to possess it strength hero probably has a double signifi canceobedience to the laws of god will make for both physical strength and spiritual strength the apostlj john speaking particularly to young men expresses the same truth when ho says ye are strong nnd tho word of god abideth in you and ye have overcome the evil one i john 2 14 living selfish indulgent lives inevit ably results in physical mental mor al and spiritual weakness israel would need strength for possession of the land which god had given her and god graciously revealed to them how they should live day by day that such strength might be their abiding poss ession and that ye may prolong your days in the land which jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed a land flowing with milk and money see josh 1 6 7 it is quite remarkable to notice here as in verse 21 that the fathers of israel who were now dead are mentioned as those whom god prom ised would some day possess the land of canaan and as an ancient jewish commentator says hence we find tho resurrection of the dead taught in the law rain from heaven for the land whither thou goest in to possess it is not as the land of egypt from whence ye came out where thou sowedst thy seed and wat- eiedst it with thy foot as a garden of herbs but tho land whither ye go over to possess it is a land of bills and valleys and drinketh water of the rain of heaven egypt was famous throughout tho ancient world for its fertility and we are told that when lot lifted up his eyes and saw the plain of the jordan he saw a land so rich and fertile that the narrator could only speak of it as a land like tho garden of jehovah like the land of egypt gen 13 10 moreover the land ot goshen in which israel lived throughout the centuries of her sojourn in egypt is called the best of the land cen 47 6 yet israel was to have a more wonderfully fer tile and than even egypt for where as the fertility of egypt depended up on the annual overflow of the nile river the fertility of palestino was dependent upon rain from heaven a land which jehovah thy god careth for the eyes of jehovah thy cod are always upon it from tho be ginning of the year even unto tho end ot the year it is difficult not to think ot the better land in this des cription and ot our saviours prom ise i go to prepare a place for you there the poor and needy shall not seek water for he shall lead them to living fountains of water they shall hunger no more neither thirst any more behold i set before you this day a blessing and a curse the blessing if ye shall hearken unto the command ments of jehovah your god which i command you this day we cannot but think of two other occasions in israels history when similar oppor tunities for choosing right from wrong were presented to her in this very same year at the end of his lite his voice vibrating with love and longing tor their welfare moses said to the children of israel see i have set be fore thee this day life aud good and death and evil in that i command thee this day to love jehovah thy god to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances that thou mayest live and multiply and that jehovah thy god may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it i call heaven and earth to wit ness against you this day that i have set before thee life and death the blessing and the curse therefore choose life that thou 7 mayest live thou and thy seed deut 30 15 10 19 less than a quarter of a century later as israel had come into the land ot promise joshua in his farewell address once more pleaded with the people to make a definite deliberate choice of god and ot good and the curse if ye shall not hear ken unto the commandments of je hovah your god but turn aside out of the way which i command you this day to go after other gods which ye have not known to choose to obey the commandments of god does not have negative results but positive re sults the sacred mountains and it shall come to pass when jehovah thy god shall bring thee in to the land whither thou goest to poss ess it that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount gerizim and the curse upon mount ebal mount gerizim and mount ebal stand on the southern and northern sides respectively of the narrow pass which cuts through tho mountain range opening a way from the sea to the jordan about 35 what a beautiful bible hew can you sell it for i new oxford reference bible irtnttd la england in a q4w and beautiful clear face type specially cut for this edition printed on oxford bible paper size of page 7 x 4v thickness v cover la morocco- ette overlapping edges round corners gilt edges remarkable value 1 rjk add on potlast 9 a bible for every person offer tt for a limited time of then special prirs and every rlblt is sold wit the abso lute guarantee of aatlsfactlon or money re tundel rtmmancn must bn at par in tor- into b sura to include pclfape add isc postage jhat is what everyone says when they see this new oxford basket weave bible no illustration could adequately picture the beauty of its 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the vol ume measures only 6 x 44 x 1 inch packed in an attract ive brown gift box publishers agency of toronto 73 adelaide st w suite 421 toronto 2 may be miss america blond and beautiful is lovely 17- yearold irmgard dietel chosen as miss miami in elimination for the forthcoming atlantic city beauty contest for title miss america against other fair ones miles north of jerusalem at the city of cychar and near the city of sam aria at the foot of mount gerizim lies the town of nablus the ancient city of shechem here abraham camped at the oak of moreh gen 12 g the samaritans believe that it was on this mountain that abraham prepared to offer his son isaac in sac rifice these are the two sacred mountains of the samaritans the most dangerous hour the most dangerous hour in new yorks streets is between 7 and 8 pm according to an analysis of traf fic accidents just completed by the safety bureau of the police depart ment during the six months period end ing june 30 there were 1192 traffic injuries between 7 and 8 pm as compared with 1112 between 5 and g pm the next most dangerous hour between 8 pm and midnight the streets become far safer only 522 injuries being reported in that fourhour period a new workout satmners end cant bo far off when pigskin paraders don their grid garb and commenco grueling task of limbering up for forthcoming football season abovo temple uni versity gridiron candidates go through their paces near philadel phia under watchful eyes of grid mentor 110 by virginia dale once more rudy yallce has shown that he is the greatest talent scout in the radio business tommy riggs the twovoiced personality who has been appearing on his program the last few weeks has made an outstand ing success and will soon have a pro gram of his own the brash little girl that mr riggs plays with such devastating humor promises to be as popular one ot these days as is charlie mccarthy the fa mous ventriloquists dummy inciden tally the people whom vallee started on the road to success in radio ought to get together and put on a gala program as a tribute to him it would include such headliners as walter o- keefe bob burns edgar bergen and charlie mccarthy and tommy riggs and what a program that would be mona barrio is the latest screen belle to seek a change from holly- ical spectacle that will open the center theatre in radio city she told me all about her last and she thinks best picture cagneys something to sing about in which mona plays her first real comedy role wood on tho new york stage while james cagney rehearsing for vir ginia a great mus- she plays a foreign actress with a heavy accent and has a glorious time swooping through scenes in the grand manner she says that jimmy is just tops to work with which makes the verdict practically unanimous the greatest picture of the year perhaps of many years has received a chorus of critical acclaim such as has never been heard before it is the life of emile zola with paul muni as crusader for the oppressed as the most eloquent and forceful man of his time paul muni gives an inspired performance dont let the praise ot this picture drive you away from it with a faint suspicion that it may be educational but dull it offers the most exciting and thrilling evening you could spend ina theatre with radios summer lull over soon dozens of big programs will be angl ing for your attention irene wicker the greatlybeloved singing lady moves to the mutual network early in october offering a series of orig inal sketches with music jack ben ny returns to the air at the same time up in dennis massachusetts ger trude michael appeared on the stage in a play of early colonial days and i made a big hit a i regular parade of automobiles made a long trip from the city of new york to see her and when she came out on tho stage the rafters rung with the ap- lause from her old broadway friends they wero saluting gertrude her courage in win- michaci i ning a twoyear bat tle with serious ill ness as well as her tine skill as an ac tress margaret tallichet who abandoned a newspaper job in texas to break into the movies has found that even after a career is well started it still has as many downs as ups you may recall that she appealed to carole lombard for help and through her got a small contract with selznlck-in- tornatlonal well miss tallichet play ed small roles in a star is born and then the studio decided to gamble on her to the extent of sending her cast to dramatic school for further train- american swim star defeated shozo makino of waseda university tokyo smilingly acknowledges congratulations of jack medica american swim star whom he defeat ed in tokyo meet ing sho appeared at the mt kisco theatre opposite no loss a personage than henry fonda and proved conclu sively that she needs a lot more train ing before she can play big roles odds and ends after trying to borrow kenny baker or john payne or jimmy stewart or cary grant or dick arlcn the producer of lily pons next picture has finally gi ven up the search for a now leading man and given the role to gene ray mond who played in her last picture jack bennys friends are saving all the reviews of artists and models which rave about his performance to show him when he returns from eur ope all through the making of the picture he quarreled with tho direc tor and objected to his lines and felt utterly dismal over what he expected would be the flop of the year joan crawford likes to run her pic tures at home for her young niece to see the child howls every time she- sees her aunt joan on the screen john barrymore is working up a hi larious imitation ot edgar bergen and charlie mccarthy to amuse his friends between scenes at the seudio newest star is brighter than san a new star 500000000 times brighter than the sun has flashed across the scientific sky because of its great distance from the earth however 3000000 light years it is visible only through the most powerful telescopes discovery of the supernova was announced by dr fritz zwicky of california institute of technology dr walter baade of mount wil son observatory said that the new supernova is apparently the most lu minous of 15 knewn to science he estimated the star is about 10 times brighter than the average supernova and 500000000 times as brght as the sun 133 a paralysis victim neaded this 118b 1 hi hip tis is- ml m dashing across country on like errands ot mercy a plane and a train wero racing to denver colo bearing iron lungs to that city where solo lung was in use as death threatened paralysis victim in need of lung lung is loaded on train at chicago bin pocket pfickbbi v lv jl v- istsv ii it a new glflht wckfise i lfcv x f -a- h harmless germ makes ham glow john bates of los angeles finish ed eating his bedtime ham sandwich turned out the light something seemed the matter with the remain der of the ham- it glowed bates rushed to an emergency hos pital but doctors found nothing wrong the health department examined the ham nothing to worry about report ed toxicologist george welty the glow is caused by a germ micrococ cus phosphorous it disappears when the meat is boled bates brightened up eskimo is sid on refrigerator toronto a refrigerator sales man at the canadian nations ex hibition achieved his fondest dream he sold an electric ice box to an es kimo philip godsell veteran win nipeg explorer and trapper vouches for the sale it seems the eskimos at the exhi bition park were suffering from tha intense heat they missed their a rc- tic snow box outside the igloo door one short demonstration was enough when the salesman prodtced his white mans magic emile st goddard veteran st boniface musher with the show says he will use the rcfrgerator o ceep his husky pups cool when they get overheated britisher likes canadian people some interesting and compliment ary views on canada and canadians ire expressed by thornton clarke p r s c of hamstcad way lon don england author of round the world without worries in a letter received by henry roe of this city says the st thomas timesjournal i thought anada the most at tractive country i have ever vsit- cd nnd where the worlds most con genial people seem to reside mr clarke wrote for some reason i seem to get on with canadans bet ter than with my own folk pro bably because of their kind heart- crncss and lack of snobbishness the whole truth is they are real people no pretention bumps into alligator jacksonlille fla joe eg- ginger says he was swimming on his back in the ortega river here when he bumped into what he thought wat a log when he tried to shove it out of the way it pushed back so he rolled over and found himself gazing into the eyes of a ninefoot alligator he fled to the bank got his gun killed the gator and has the hide to back up his story one thing worries him though he says the saurian had a rope around its neck and hes afraid mayb ho killed someones escaped pet germanys girls are back on job for four years the nazis made a great campaign to put women back in the farm the kitchen and the nurs ery now women arc being brought back into industry unemployment is vanishing skucd labor is scarce thats why the policy on women has v reversed for two years the state has kept a stream of women leaving jobs men moving into them military service labor service public construction nnd a pickup in the industrial turnover have been providing jobs now offi cials report there are only a few more than 500000 out of work in germany when the nazis took pow er they say there were 7500000 un employed so women have started a rush buck to paying jobs skeleton kidnapped reward is offered archer fine cut london a reward of 25 was posted this week for the return of a 250yearold skeleton stolen from a prison cell the skeleton chained upright to an oaken chair was stolen from uyo house at hoddcson hertfordshire the scene of the famous rye houso plot against charles ii the castle now is a tourist attrac tion tho owner t green said he believed the kidnapping was some bodys grisly kind of joke the rye house plot was a schema by one of cromwells republican offi cers to murder charles ii and the duke of york later james ii in 1c83 the plan was to kill them when they returned from the new market races but it was foiled when they returned a day ahead of sched ule the plottensjfwcre arrested and the missing skeleton is supposed to be that of one of their