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has proven to be very conven ient and extremely beneficial and makes possible a very substantial saving in your meat cost our cream shippers may very easily avail themselves of this service especially those who make their own cream deliveries as they can attend to their locker at the same time we want more cream and in order to make the most out of it you cannot afford to miss the opportunity to participate in the above profitable and convenient services phone 18601 to have our truck call at your door or make your own delivery the stouffville creamery co stouffvillk oxt ph 18g01 10 j i ftl i p fiii j sunday school lesson i lesson for april 29 golden text be strong and of a good courage be not dtraid neither be thou dismayed for the lord thy god is with lice withersoever thou goest john 19 the lesson as a whole approach to the lesson the three books suggested for careful reading in connection with the present lesson are each distinc tive in character joshua in the bookof the inheritance it tells the story of israels entrance into the land of promise and the conflicts that i followed as they sought to take possession of it this answers to the truth of the epistle to the ephesians in the new testament where our present inheritance in christ is put before us and we have the conflict with wicked spirits in the heavenlies who would seek to keep us from enjoying- that which is rightfully- ours l judges and ruth are intimately connected together they tell- of wwfxe israels failure and gods faithful ness anarchy strife and division prevailed during the days of the judges but god ever had adevoted remnant who whatever- their backslidings may iiave been cher ished the things of the lord and were the objects of his constant care which of necessity involved disciplinary dealing when they wandered from himself the story of ruth is one bf the sweetest in the bible and brings vividly before us k work of the kinsman- redeemer who forus is our blessed lord jesus christ- j the selected passage from the book of judges emphasize the frequent turning aside from jehovah to false gods that charac terized israel after the passing away of the first- generation of those who entered the land under joshua not having had firsthand f evidence of the power of the lord in j overthrowing rtheir enemies they turned away to the false deities of the very people whom they should have subdued or des troyed and brought judgment upon their own- heads but when they turned to god in repentance he raised up deliverers for them who became their judges or rulers but almost invariably upon the death of the judge the people relapsed into their old ways verse by verse judges 2g the children of israel went every man unto his in heritance to possess the land this was after joshuas death following his last charge tohis people beseeching them to be faith ful in serving the lord their god a the people served the lord who had seen all the great works of the lord the generation that- joshua addressed remained true to the covenant into which they had entered josh 241517 2225 these had witnessed the many manifestations of gods mighty power and to them he was in reality the living god but de clension soon set in after their death 3 verse 11 the children of israel served baalim this is the plural form of baal who was 1 the phoenician sun god and whose to rid them of their foes and to worship under different names be came general through all the lands of western asia turning away from jehovah israel set up images guide them aright afterward verse 19 when thejudge was dead they returned and corrup ted themselves more than their of baal and gave them the worship fathers the periods of apparent that belonged to god the evil of revival and blessing were depen dent upon the personal faith of the judge upon his decease the people soon turned again like a dog to its vomit once more giving themselves over to vile idolatries corrupting fast says mascot step on it says buster mascot of a canadian sig nals corps unit on the west ern front as he rides along into germany with sergt ch broadwell of sault st marie idolatry was their ruin verse 2 they forsook the lord god of their fathers and followed other gods these un worthy sons of pious fathers had no real knowledge of- the wondrous themselves sothat again the hand acts of jehovah and so in their fouy they compromised with the heathens who dwelt among them of godjwas upon them in judgment chap- g 11 gideon threshed wheat by the winepress to hide it and accepted their idolatrous re- from t midianites of the twelve ligions worshiping false gods who had no power toldeliver them and as a result god became angry and in his indignation sold them into the hand of their enemies- verse 18 when the lord raised them up judgesthen the lord was with the judge in response to their cries of distress because of them that oppressed them and vexed them god repented that is changed his attitude toward them and gave them deliverers i judges whom the lord raised up we are only abletoglance at the story of one gideon was a young farmer of the tribe of manasseh and the family of abiezerata time when israel had fallen into bondage to the midianites he evidently became deeplyexercised about conditions while secretly threshing wheatso as to hide it from these cruel foes an angel of god appeared to him verse 12 the lord is with rats and live stock the principal diseases transmitt ed from rats to men are bubonic plague typhus fever spirochetal juandice weils disease ratbite fever food poisoning tularemia rabies trichinosis and various parasites including intestinal pro tozoa and tape worm as regards farm animals veterin arians are finding that diseases among live stock are more preva lent where rats are plentiful close attention is being given the rat in connection with these diseases in- eluding white scour in calves mastitis ringworm contagious abortion tuberculosis abortion in mares joint ilss in foals and other illnesses thee thou mighty man of valour such was the greeting of the heavenly messenger startling gid eon who had not yet realized what god could do through one who was a ready instrument in his hand verse 13 if the lord be with us why then is allthis evil be- fallen us it was a very- natural question but faith looks above the merely natural and counts on the living god gideon knew what the fathers had told of the great things he had wrought in the past he longed to see him put forth his power again he could not under stand why he who had chosen israel should now leave them to the evil machinations of- their midiahite oppressors verse 14 go in this thy might and thou shalt save israel have not i sent thee this was gideons commission he was to go forth in the irresistible might of weak ness counting on the god who had sent him in order that he might become the deliverer of the people overthrowing their cruel and vindictive foes and freeing them completely from the midia- nite yoke verse 15 oh my lord where with shall i save israel my family is poor and i am the least in my fathers house this was not what psychologists today call an inferiority complex it was rather a true humility a realization that in himself there was no power to deliver israel he came of a poor and insignificant family he himself recognized his own helplessness he did not feel there was anything of which he could boast but he was to learn that as augustine has said gods commandings are gods enablings verse 16 the lord said surely i will be with thee and thou shalt smite the midianites as one man this was all that was needed if god be for us who can be against us rom 831 gideon ha dthe promise of the divine pre sence to rely upon his future his tory tells us how remarkably god fulfilled his word in using this country lad to destroy the power of haughty midian and to deliver and guide israel the heart of the lesson departure from god always re sults in spiritual bondage and dis aster but wherever there is a re- turn to the lord in humiliation of spirit and true repentance of heart god can always be depended upon toforgive and tbdeliver such was israels experience over and over again and in all these things they become types or us warning us of the folly- of drifting into sin and encouraging usbytheassurance of pardon and blessing whenwe con fess our failures and seek gods face again he delights in mercy micah 7 18 while he cannot pass over the faults of his- people but chastens as a father his children yet he is ever willing torestore and deliver those who judge their sins and return to- him in truth- and righteousness send the tribune to absent friends yv sagsafiis