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"<>« 1I 1 III IT' .^..^^a,^ . ..I. .^ 1 jji Sunday School Lesson ^% »^ •»••••• * LESSON IV. GIDEON: FOLLOWING GOO'S PLANâ€" Judge. 6: 1â€"8: 3S printed Text: Judg. 7: 4-7, 15-23 Golden Text "Have not I commanded thee? t'Be slrong and of good courage. Josh. 1: y. •THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING â-  Tinnc â€" The principal events of this lesson occurred about 1250- 1249 B.C. Place â€" The town of Ophrah was located in Mana.sseh, we.st of the .Jordan River, south of the Plain of Jezreel; the valley of Jezrecl is identical with the Plain of Mogiddo, that large fertile area in the centre of Palestine running 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, â- with the glorious deliverance of the Israelites from the bondage of Jabin and the defeat of the host under 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 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 them. Just at this time the angel of Jehovah came to the village of Ophrah, in Mana.sseh, west of the Jordan, for the express pui'pose 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 oj 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 A.sher and Zebulun and Nephtali, calling them together for the groat 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 I 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 oi,e that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by him.sclf; likewise every one that boweth down upon is knees to drink, fi. And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the re.st 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 (.'(feat 135,000 iMidianites. Ac- cordingly the very singular and memorable device which is here reorded was adopted. The men were kd down to the water, and all those who lay down to drink, putting their mouths to the wat- er, were rejected, while all those who merely stopped and scooped up water in their hands were selected. Thei^e latter were the true soldiers, men who could not make a leisurely business of drink- ing while the enemy was in sight, but who cold, at the mo.'jf, 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 clas.^c.s. Tremendous Victory 15. And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, •nd the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he re- turned into the camp of Israel, and said. Arise; for Jehovah hath de- livered into your hand the liost of Midian. IG. And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, pnd he put into the hands of ail 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 I do, so shall ye do. 18. When I 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 sot 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 ^he 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 exccj'.ed, 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. Charged In Farm Killing This Little Country Now Lies In the Nazi Shadow Chargod with killing his em- ployer's daughter and with a hru- 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 weic Mrs. F. Mott, who remains dangerously injured with 1 fractured skull, and Mis.s liene Mott, who succumbed to a similar mjury. They were allegedly at- tacked in their respective bed- rooms in the Mott farm home in Killey township near Brock ville. Gunning vanished following the ul^tack and was taken into custody only after an extensive manhunt. No motive for the attack has been found. Here i.s a view of Vaduz, capital of the tiny principality of Liechtenstein, where .Austria's western frontier touches the Alps of Switzerland. It is rumored in the chancelleries of Europe that Liechtenstein may be the object of Germany's next annexation move. Last March the 85-year-old Prince Fj^-anz abdicated in favor of his nephew, largely because of Nazi tendencies in his land, and because hin wife is part Jewish. Are You Listening? By FREDDIE TEE RADIO LOG- If Soo 600 TOO too 9eo 1000 \m neo isoo moo In inaugurating this column of "Air Wave New«" the editorial department ask the co-operation of its readers to write and tell us what interests you the most in ra- dio comments and news. Just ad- dress "Radio Column," Room 424, 73 Adelaide West, Toronto. AIRLANES 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. He came to Canada in 1910 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 song^s 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 Issac 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. 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- posers â€" but here is something dif- ferent â€" a contest for choosing the most popular of the classic com- posers. This unique contest was run by station WQXR, New York City, and met with great approval. A total of 3,286 votes woi-e sent in and the results were: Beethov- en, Tschaikowsky 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. George A. Taggart 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 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, 0. 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 2S, when James Harvey produces "Glor- iana". The adaptation from the famous .story of England's great Queen Bess has been done by R. E. Sneyd. Two Tendencies In Observation Men Are Divided Into Two Classes â€" Those Who Notice Similarities, Those Who See Differences There are two ela.sses of men, one with a tendency to notice similarities and the other with a preference for detecting dissimil- arities when they observe two re- lated objects, according to Dr. William H. George, of University College, Southampton, England. He tested forty persons making a study of the scientific method, a highly specialized group suitable for such an experiment. In Dealing With Fellowmen F-Ie made twelve test<( in each (>.' which parts of ol>Jects were shown and "statempnt.s of cam- parison" were asked. These state- ments included 107 similarities and 36() dissimilarities. Some gave similarities only and some gave dissimilarities only. Dr. George, in reporting his experiment in the current issue of "Nature" said: "Not only do some individuals show great talent for selecting differences in dealings with their fellow men, but also, in interna- tional affairs, nations at the pres- ent time are pressing a few points of difference instead of their many points of similarity." Argentina Fly Fights Hoppers E^:periments Made In Belleville Laboratory May Aid Western Farmers to Contbat Pests. Western Canada's war on the grasshopper may be aided Rome day by a little bee-fly from the Argentine, now being experiment- ed with in the Dominion Entom- ological Department's laboratory at Belleville. Against the grasshopper prob- lem have been pitted many of the resources of a department whose personnel has jumped from two employees 23 years ago to 350 today. Tons and tons of poison were shipped to the West laat year to combat the grasshoppers; but something more effective is needed and the little hopper-hater from South America may provide the right means of fighting the pest. Poison Sometimes Works Estimates have placed this year's infestation of hoppers in the West at 62,000,000 acres, slightly less than last year's, but • surer prophecy can be made next week when the plague begins to lay barren whole fields of grain. As many as 30,000 eggs have been found in a square foot and they have been known to go as high as 98 per cent. The bee-fly experiment is still somewhat uncertain for no one knows yet to what extent the fly may be acclimatized, and years must pass before the number produced could be effective. Grasshopper poison is believed to have saved $80,000,000 in crops in the West last year. The work is difficult to carry on, though, for the areas -where the tiny eggs lie must be found and the poison must be laid at just the right time to catch the larvae emerging from the eggs. When lack of financing practi- cally stopped the sale of new au- tomobiles in Mexico, dealers started selling used cars equipped with new tires. Can Trace Zoos Back To Egypt The Greelo Had A Nam* For Them Tooâ€" Kept Ferreto As Household Pets. Old London's Zoo, WhipsnadH, and Manchester's Belle Vue Zoo- logical Gardens can trace their lineage back to Egypt of the Pto- lemys, to the days of Romaa 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 tolls 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 ferret* or polecats as household pets, as we keep cats today; fish-ponds were to be found in every garden o£ the well-to-do. Trained Elephants Ant eating pangolins, burrctfc^ ing for their natural food among the sands of Eastern Turkestan, were credited with the ability to find gold. In 46 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 muronas, into which he would throw slaves that had merited his displeasure. 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 Pha Of Their Life. EDMONTON â€" Vicomte Gontnm de Poncina of the National Geograr phfcal Society, Is preparing for a trip Into Canada's Far North for a six-months' study of all phases of Ksklmo lite. The Vicomte, who has finished seven y-- rg of ethnological study in the tropics announced that ha would fly north soon with Bishop Gabriel Breynat, Roman CathoUa flying prelate, and establish head- quarters at Coppermine, N.W.T., 1,100 miles northeast of Edmonton. He 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 will be no blind children in England in 10 years. 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