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stouffville ontario thursday july 21st 1938 sunday school lesson gideon following gods plan judges 61 to 835 printed text judges 747 1523 golden text have not i command ed thee be strong and of a good courage jos 19 the lesson as a whole by h a ironside litt d pastor of moody memorial church approach to the lesson in the book of judges we see how wonderful are gods resources no matter how evil the days or how difficult the times conditions may be at the lowest gods people sunk in sin and apostasy and apparently in hopeless bondage to their haughty and vindictive enemies but when ever there was t ue repentance and a crying to god for deliverance he always had the leader ready who would free them from their slavery and lead them back to himself of all these none stirs our hearts more as we contemplate his lowliness and yet his bravery than gideon the farmer lad who was destined to save israel from the midlanites the call of this young man came not when he was daydreaming but when he was busy at his accustomed ta3ks on the farm of his father he was threshing wheat to hide it from the midianites when the angel of the lord appeared to him and gave him his commission to be the leader and deliverer of israel in the irresisti ble might of weakness gideon ac- dsmn have a demilo permanent wave before going on your summer vacation lasting curls that will require little attention for months priced from 250 to 750 east end beauty shop phone 176 cepted the trust and began his work by destroying the image of baal in his own community for true ser vice for god must begin at home the historical setting for the fourth time israe i had turned to idolatry and so again he- come subject to an oppressive regime their liberties destroyed by the midianites it was probably in or about the middle of the thirteenth century bc that gideon received his call and overthrew the detested foe who had held them in bondage for seven years verse by verso judges 74 the people are yet too many the people flocked to the standard of gideon but god was jealous for his own glory and all the fearful were permitted to re turn to their homes the throng melted away from 32000 to 10000 even these were too many sogideon was commanded to make another test in order that any not really pre pared in heart might be made man fest verse 5 he brought them down to the water the test was a re markable one those who settled down to enjoy a cooling drink were to ibe put to one side those who merely drank as they prepared to hasten on after the foe o tne other little things often indicate a mans true character verse 6 three hundred men these were the group who took up what they could of the water with the cupped hand and refused to be hindered in their progress by the temptation to satisfy their thirst to the full verse 7 the lords choice it was god himself who in some way indicated to gideon that he would use the devoted three hundred to defeat the midianites so the rest were sent home in mans sight gideons army had melted away to almost nothing but it is n the power of the flesh or great numbers that insure victory the flesh pro fiteth nothing john 6g3 verse 15 when gideon heard every thi verytnmg electric rangettes hot plates fans toasters made by the most reliable makers all popular prices if you want a heavy duty range take advantage of the stouffville hydro systems offer to pay 2000 on any stove we sell call today for particulars brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario the omitted vereses 8 to 14 should be carefully read otherwise what foirows will not be readily under stood gideon and a companion spent part of a night scoiting about the encampment of the midianites they heard one soldier tell another of a dream he had had which seemed clearly to indicate a victory for the little israelitish army this so en couraged gideon that he immediate ly called his company to prepare for the attack assures that the lord would be with them verse 1g pitchers and lamps surely no other soldiers ever went to battle so strangely armed each man t an earthen pitcher in which a torch was hidden we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of god and not of us 2 cor 47 the lamp in the pitcher set forth divine power working in frail hu manity in the other hand each man held a trumpet which was to ibe used only as indicated at the appointed time see 1 cor 148 verse 17 as i do so shall ye do it was incumbent upon all o gideons band to follow the lead er they were to watch him and act accordingly verse 18 the sword of the lord and of gideon the interests of the lord were supreme in the mind of gideon so much so that he had no other ambition than to be an instrument in the hand o god for the deliverance of his people there fore the aptness of the battle cry with which they were to proceed against the foe verse 19 they blew the trum pets and brake the pitchers all was quiet in the mldianite camp when in the middle of the night the sleeping host was awakened by the blare of three hundred trumpets by the crashing ngice of the same num ber of earthen pitchers on every side flashing torches were seen which might well suggest that they were surrounded by a great host verse 20 the three companies gideons little force had been divid ed into three groups of a hundred each under their respective captains and all directly responsible to their ardent and patriotic chief as thi battle cry rang out the midianites were terrified not knowing what to expect next verse 21 all the host ran and cried and fled the terror of the unknown always worse than actu ality had gripped the foe and ren dered them powerless for any con certed defensive or offensive action verse 22 the lord set every mans sword against his fellow in the confusion it was impossible for the midianites to distinguish friend from foe thus destroying many of their own army as they attempted to flee from the surrounding army of israelites verse 23 the men of israel pursued word of gideons victory spread rapidly throughout all the country of naphtali asher and manasseh and the people generally rose up against their oppressors and drove them from their midst the heart of the lesson gideons history exemplifies the importance of obedience to the word of god the man of faith dares to move at gods command even though for the moment the difficulties seem to be insurmount able and the possibility of victory very remote gideon learned to know god in secret therefore he ventured everything upon his word in public torontogoodwood flashes w davey 8 stanton ave tom holland assures us he is preparing a fine program for the coming sports day and when he says so there is no need to doubt so everybody look happy please until that time- allan moore has been on the sick list but we hope for him an early recovery toronto folk sure enjoyed the ringing by the bethesda quar tette at the cemetery service the other sunday will henderson should be re ceiving the congratulations of his friends who are in the know on july 21 he celebrated another birthday on old school master he has many friends too and one of them is the editor of the tribune whom he taught in third or fourth book back in uxbridge we hear that ed norton is in the hospital- we hope for their early recovery george todd brought the first of the goodwood potato crop to toronto on tuesday we hear he was paying around 125 to 150 per bag for them this first shipment of 100 bags were from his own field and that of norman maye and mr staleys- rev mr holmes our new united pastor at goodwood who came here in july from webwood was pastor at one time on the kettleby circuit near aurora the writer has not got around to see the new preacher yet but we intend to one of these days a car set out the other day for chicago with a goodwood sticker on yes siree those stickers get over the country all right advertising the big sports day- former markham carpenter marks 82nd birthday st georges scene of quiet wedding a very quiet wedding was solemnized saturday evening at st georges church willowdale when herberta madelien baker daughter of the late mrs anna mollett and the late herbert baker and granddaughter of mr senecca baker became the bride of john william bruce son of mr and mrs j w bruce thornhill rev claude secret officiated there were no atten dants later the bride and groom left on a honeymoon cruise down the st lawrence they will live at willowdale on their return the aimpleic refrigerating mecfanim evtr buiif savea up to 25 more en electricity thin even the current earing meter miaer of 1937 cornea with 5year protection plan becked by general motors every frlgijeire in oar howroom been this ieelyour guarantee thet you get a genuine 19is model chas cooper clarcmont irwin reunion the fourth reunion of the irwin family was held in stouffville memorial park on saturday afternoon july 16 the time was spent in renewing old acquaintances games and races at six oclock the table was spread bounteously with the good things the ladies had pro vided sixtyfive sat down to supper this group are the descend- ents of samuel irwin and eliza beth davis who came from ire land over 100 years ago and settled at lemonville on the farm now occupied by stewart rae there were four children three sons and one daughter eliza samuel john and joseph- it was the grandchildren of these sons and daughters who composed the gathering on saturday mrs auburn of aurora the oldest lady present and eldest daughter of joseph irwin was accompanied by her daughter mrs cosford her granddaughter mrs rank and a great grand son ralph rank the oldest gentleman in attendance was sam irwin of island lake other friends present weie from detroit toronto aurora roches point markham stouff ville goodwood mount albert unionville bethesda reach twp and island lake it was decided to hold the next reunion at toronto the president is clayton paisley mount albert and clarehce stafford of stouffville secretary do you suffer from headaches neuritis neuralgia rheumatism sciatica pains in joints limbs sore muscles lumbago periodic pains then take painx tablets the nations pain relief they give you quick relief and are inexpensive box 12 tablets 15c bottle of 190 tablets 98c get a package today at boadways drug store stouffville 5c to 125 store granite pails 75c 100 galvanized pails 25c 33c window screens 35c 45c 50c fly swats 5c 10c fly spray per tin 20c mosquito net per yard 9c bathing caps and shoes one of this districts native sons gained the newspaper head lines last week being daniel hilts of newmarket who just reached his 82nd birthday he is one of the eldest men in that town and the era says mr- hilts is a carpenter by trade and not only does furniture re pair jobs in his own worshop hut still goes out on jobs born near victoria square where his grandfather came from pennsylvania he worked with his father on the farm until he was 25 years old but even before he was 20 he had done quite a bit of cabinet work and it seemed to come natijrally to him he decided to go into carpen try and learned his trade in markham with heise bros staying there four years fortyseven years ago leav ing him three years short of a golden anniversary he irarried jessie chapman of richmond hill whose parents had come to this country from england mr hilts lived in stayner where he built his own house for some years and then came to newmarket about 30 years ago- he is a liberal and a member of the brethren in christ al though in newmarket he and his wife usually go to the friends church one sister and five brothers are living mrs john heise joshua isaac george and david all live in the goimley district levi the youngest brother is somewhere in the west mr and mrs hilts have five sons and two daughters harry california a draftsman charles toronto an auto mechanic mrs- wm sprague annie aurora mrs camer on hall jessie toronto wes ley detroit working in a fur nace factory alex newmarket office specialty and alvin pickering college sculpter and artist naturally mr hilts is proud of the work of his son alvin hilts in designing and executing the peace memorial erected by the newmarket veterans an other exceptionally fine piece of work of which his father spoke to the era was the communion table in oak at the christian church do you consider a trade a great advantage mr- hilts was asked- yes if i were a farmer i would not be able to work now he replied business directory medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county dental neil c smith ldsdjds office over bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pm phone office phone residence 1001 1015 claxemono every tuesday office over wilkinsons store phone claremont 1401 e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grublns block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 am insurance see h o klinck obrien avenue for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of londan england phone stouffville 25902 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co -also- automobile and fire blame green apples for for neardrowning we carry everything georgetown july 16 a cramp from eating green apples is blamed for the near drowning of harld davidson eight in the credit river at glen williams on thursday night according to his chums the lad had been eating the apples before he start ed to swim in the river tom hill and trevor williams ran from a tennis court dived in with their clothes on and pull ed davidson from the bottom of the river jack kemshead of georgetown rendered artificial respiration until dr- j h bate- man arrived davidson was re ported doing nicely stewart beare radio service of newmarket formerly of markham in stouffviue every wednesday at brathwaites hardware phone 9601 office phone residence phone 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister icitor notary public 6 king st east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office wc pollardkc port perry ont uxbridge ontario phone 264 monster street dance in stouffville this friday night with new novel orchestra- smooth pavement and lucky number draws under auspices of the stouffville war veterans plan to attend mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to iran pentecostal holiness camp meeting dicksons hill moyers bush july 27th aug 7th speaker rev thomas aaron frankli springs georgia rev a noseworthy ottawa superintendent of conference in charge of camp three services daily meals and tents available at reasonable rates for information and reservations phone or write t w book hugh a boyd 35 playter cres toronto unionville rr- nol l e oneill stotjffvmlb funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone servle day and night business phone residence phone r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000