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V' di Sunday School Lesson LESSON IV. GIDEON: FOLLOWING GOD’S PLANâ€"Judges 6: 1â€"8: 35 Printed Text: Judg. 7; 4-7, 15-23 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. Golden Text “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Josh. 1: 9. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Thiieâ€"The principal events of this lesson occurred about 1250- 1249 B.C. Placeâ€"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 Tunning 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, One would have thought that, ,'with .the : glorious deliverance of the Israelites, from the bondage of Ja'qjn and the defeat of the host tindSîr Sisera, the Israelites would have whole-heartedly and zeal- ously turned to Jehovah in thanks- giving and in obedience to his laws, forsaking the sins which had brought about the oppression, from which they were so wonder- fully-delivered, 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 â- 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 â- tbefiïf 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 his 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 of 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 sent mesesngers throughout Manasseh to Asher and Zebulun and Nephtali, calling them together for the great battle which he knew was inevitable at this hour of crisis. 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 1 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 â-  water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shall thou set by himself; likewise every one that -boweth down upon .is. 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 memorable 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 i rejected, while all those who merely stopped and scooped up water in their hands were â- selected. These latter were the true soldiers, men who could not make a leisurely business of drink- ing while the enemy was In sight. Tremendous Victory 15. And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped ; and he re- turned1 into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath de- livered into your hand the host 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 I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as 1 do, so shall ye do. 18. When 1 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 Israel 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 companies 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. Are You Listening? FREDDIE TEE In inaugurating this column of “Air Wave News” the editorial department ask the co-operation of its readers, to write and tell ns what interests you the most in ra- dio comments and news. Just ad- dress “Radio Column,” Room 424, 73 Adelaide West, Toronto. AIRLANE5 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. Ho came to Canada in 19.10 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 McCain, 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 Isaac 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 op- ened. He carefully wet his hands, removed the prize and put it back in. Says he is going back to get it. George A. Taggàrt Programme executive of the CBC, returned to Canada last week af- ter six 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 Pelletier, 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 soon 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- posersâ€"but here is something dif- ferentâ€"a contest for choosing the most popular of the classic com- posers. This unique contest was run by station WQX.R, New York City, and met with great approval. À total of 3,286 votes were sent in and the results were: Beethov- en, Tschailcowsky 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 votes. This selection with oth- ers will be played over WQXR in the all-request programs during July. FAMOUS PLAYS DRAMATIZED Plays by Rudyard Kipling and O. 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 produce's “Glor- lana”. The adaptation from the famous story of England’s great Queen Bess has been done by R. F. Srioyd. Can Trace Zoos Back To Egypt The Greeks Had A Name For Them Tooâ€"Kept Ferrets As Household Pets. Old London’s Zoo, Whipsnade, and Manchester’s Belle Vue Zoo- logical Gardens can trace their lineage back to Egypt of 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, as 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 48 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 throw slaves that had merited his displeaaire. 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 â€" Vicomte Gontran de Poncins of the National Geogra- phical Society, is preparing for a trip into Canada's Far North for a â- six-montlis’ study- of all phases of Eskimo yte. The Vicomte, who has finished seven y--.rs of ethnological study in the tropics announced that he would fly north soon with Bishop Gabriel Breynat, Roman Catholic flying prelate, and establish head- quarters at Coppermine, N.W.T., 1,100 miles northeast of Edmonton. Be said he did not expect to dis- cover anything new about the Eski- mo, but planned a more extensive study of the private Eskimo’s social life than had been done before. He will take several thousand photo- graphs. Figures! just published indicate there wills be no blind children in England in 10 years. Charge<i| In Farm Killing Charged with killing his em- ployer’s daughter and with a bru- tal attack upon her mother, Will- iam Gunning, 21-year-old farm- hand is shown in custody at Brock- ville, Ont., after his arrect. The victims 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- tacked in their respective bed- rooms in the Mott farm home 111 Kitley township near Broekville. • Gunning vanished following the attack and was taken into custody only after an extensive manhunt. No motive for the attack has been found. HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 23 Flower parts. 25 Seventh note in scale. 26 Court. 27 Laughter sound. 28 You and me 30 Measure o£ area. 32 Neck scarf. 34 To lift up. 36 Blackbird. 37 Russian village. 38 To bury. 40 Silly. 42 Toward. leader of the Communist state. V r R N O IN 6 O M E z o R 1 0[N8i VERNON a r: ON E w A V E imi a * i GOMEZta 0 R D s. E UL S R O of Soviet Russia, r E N ü® H j_ o I s o L i s BOY ItIc op »f O 14 Banished F W 1 TI gIaInBt i ci O persons. 16 To captivate T j n me O M ! CSÃœT O R|N H AT Bp ê nMp u pH TOY 17 To relate. S H E E R æpin a i E D 18 Solitary. P 0 PT 1 ClRAR E rB Y 21 Sinewy. E TU i is OILlARH 5 1 R E 22 Musical note. 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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. 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 areas. 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 bo 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 o£ 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 Wiping mthjsu-y .â- â- ;. lengt regularity or its chores, and one the limiting factors of termers’ con- tentions is that, someone always ' has to be left, at home to take care of the animals. Every newspaper- man knows that women â€" soma women â€" 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. “But women bring something more to journalism than a limitless capacity for drudgery. They haveâ€" when they have it at all â€" 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 meet the men in journalism on their own terms, and have by sheer perfor- mance made certain parts of the field entirely their own," Service Needed In Agriculture Hon. P. M. Dewan Says It’s Called for Today More Than Ever Before GUELPH, â€" Hon. P. M. Dewan, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, told the annual alumni reunion of the Ontario Agricultural Colles» here that “service in agriculture is called for today as never before.” Mr. Dewan. a graduate of the .College, said farmers were taking an entirely changed attitude to- ward systematic agriculture. Per- sons in the rural areas were now asking for more advice and instruc- tions. Plans had been made to enlarge the farm economics course at tha college, but other demands from various groups could not be met at present because of lack of funds. He suggested the establishment of a number of scholarships to enable continuance of research and scien- tific investigation, , Only 1,658,300 bushels of the 1937 wheat harvest are estimated as of unmerchantable quality (un- fit for feed or sale) as compared with the record low amount of 1,515,500 bushels .of unmerchant- able wheat of the 1936 crop.