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1 jOffl.ft Sunday School Lesson o-a • ch»-o-4> -o-s-e™®-*- -0--fi>-0-0" LESSON XI! CHOICES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES CONSEQUENCES IN A NATION'S LIFE Deuteronomy 11: 8-12, 26-32 GOLDEN TEXT--Choose you this flay who ye will serve. Joshua 24 ; 15.' The Lesson In Its Setting Place:--All the early chapters of Deuteronomy record discourses given by Moses on the east side of the Jordan Jordan River, where the Israelites were encamped in what are known as the plains of Moab (see Dent. 1: 1). "Therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I command thee this day." Happy is the man who has discovered discovered that lie is not meant to be a moral moral inventor, a maker of morals--that he lias to accept a revealed morality and an offered righteousness ; that God has been so kind to him as to arrango the whole way of life, so that the wayfaring man need not lose the path. This down-letting of a moral revelation is an aspect of the grace of God. "That ye may be strong, tfnd go in and possess the land, whither whither ye go over to possess it." Strength here probably has a double significance--obedience significance--obedience to the laws of God will make for both physical strength and spiritual strength. The apostle John, speaking particularly to young men, expresses the same truth when he says: "Ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one" (I John 2: 14). Living selfish, indulgent lives inevitably inevitably results in physical, mental, moral moral 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 possession. possession. "And that ye may prolong your days in the laud, 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 promised promised would some day possess the land of Canaan, and, as an ancient Jewish commentator says: "Hence we find the resurrection of the dead taught in the Law." Rain From Heaven "For the lanfi, 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- eredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs." "But the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven." Egypt was famous throughout the 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 the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt" (Gen. 13: 10). Moreover, the land of Goshen, in which Israel lived throughout the centuries of her sojourn in Egypt, is called "the best of' the land" (Gen. 47: 6). Yet Israel was to have a more wonderfully fertile fertile land than even Egypt, for, whereas whereas the fertility of Egypt depended upon upon the annual overflow of the Nile River, the fertility of Palestine was dependent upon rain from heaven. * "A land which Jehovah thy God careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy God are always upon it, from the beginning beginning of the year even unto the end of the year." It is difficult not to think of the better land in this description, description, and of our Saviour's promise, promise, "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 commandments commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day." We cannot but think of two other occasions in Israel's history when similar opportunities opportunities for choosing right from wrong were presented to her. In this very same year, at the end of his life, his voice vibrating with love, and longing for their welfare, Moses said to the children of Israel: "See, I have set before before thee this day, life and 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 ... 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Incidentally Incidentally tlie people whom Valles started on. tiie road to success in radio ought t0 get together and put on a gala prograni as a tribute to him. It would include such headliners as. Walter O'Keefe, O'Keefe, Bob Burns, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and Tommy Riggs. And what a program that would he! Mona Barrie 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. Cagney's "Something to Sing About," in which Mona plays her first real comedy role, wood on the New York stage. While James Cagney rehearsing for "Virginia," "Virginia," 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 later, as Israel had come into the Land of Promise, Joshua, in his farewell address, once more pleaded with the people to make a definite, deliberate choice of God and of good. "And the curse, if ye shall not hearken hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah Jehovah 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 results. results. The Sacred Mountains "And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into into the land whither thou goest to possess possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal." Mount Gerizim and Mount Eba.1 stand on the southern and northern sides, respectively, of the narrow pass which cuts through the mountain range, opening a way from the sea to the Jordan, about 35 miles north of Jerusalem, at the city of Cychar, and near the city of Samaria. Samaria. At the foot of Mount Gerizim liek the town of Nablus, the ancient city of Sh'echem. Here Abraham ejfmped at the oak of Moreh (Gen. 12: 6)'. The Samaritans believe that it was on tills mountain that Abraham prepared to offer his son Isaac in sacrifice. sacrifice. These .'are the two sacred mountains of the Samaritans. B--3 most eloquent and forceful man of his time, Paul Muni gives an inspired performance. Don't let the praise of 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 in a theatre. With radio's summer lull over soon dozens of big programs will be angling angling for your attention. Irene Wicker, the greUtly-beloyed singing , lady, moves to the Mutual network early in October offering a series of original original sketches with music. Jack Benny Benny returns to the air at the same time. Up in Dennis, Massachusetts, Gertrude Gertrude Michael appeared on the stage in a play of early Colonial days and made a big hit. A regular parade of automobiles made a long trip from the city of New York to see her, and when she came out on the stage the rafters rung with the ap- ause from her old Broadway .friends. They were saluting her courage in winning winning a two-year battle battle with serious illness illness as well as her fine skill as an actress. actress. wrnsmm Gertrude Michael tag before she can play big role«„ x - ODDS AND ENDS -- After tryink-' to borrow. Kenny Baker, or, John Paynë, or Jimmy Stewart, or ' Cary Grant, or Dick Arlen, the producer of Lily Pons' next picture has finally given given up the search for a new leading man and given the role to Gene Raymond Raymond who played in her last picture Jack Benny's friends are saving all the reviews of 'Artists and Models' which rave about his performance to - show him when he returns from Europe. Europe. All through the making of the picture he quarreled with the director director and objected to his lines and felt utterly dismal over what he expected would he the flop of the year Joan Crawford likes to run her pictures pictures 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 h.- 5 larious imitation of Edgar Berg, and Charlie McCarthy to amuse hhr- friends between scenes at the seudfo, Margaret Taliichet, 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. Selznick-In- ternational. Well, Miss Taliichet played played small roles in "A Star Is Born" and then the studio decided to gamble on her to the extent of sending her east to dramatic school for further training. training. She appealed at the Mt^Kisco theatre opposite no less a personage than Henry Fonda and proved conclusively conclusively that she needs a lot more train- Nêwèst Star Is Brighter Than Sum ' A new star 500,000,000 times brighter than the sun Has Hashed 1 across the scientific sky. Because of its great distance from the earth, however--3,000,000 light years--it is visible only through the most powerful telescopes. Discovery of the "supernova" was announced by Dr. Fritz Zwiclcy oi California Institute of Technology. Dr. Walter Baade of Mount Wilson Wilson Observatory said that the novi supernova is apparently the most luminous luminous of 15 - known to science. He estimated the star is about 10 times brighter than the average supernova and 500,000,000 times as bright as the sun. A remarkable fight between modéré medical science and aboriginal "blael magic" is being waged in West Ana tralia. British doctors are trying tt save the life of a native who is un der a witch-doctor's curse. A Paralysis Victim Needled This Dashing across country on like errands of mercy, a plane and a train were racing to Denver, Colo., bearing "iron lungs" to that city where sole "lung" was in use as death threatened paralysis victim in need of "tarife." "Lung" is loaded on train at Chicago. T-- plllWI -7: ;/"A. : a:.;;-A--