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L* it M* Ef L4 SUN DA Y SCHOOL LESSON March 7 BIBLE TEACHINGS AGAINST DRUNKENNESS I Samuel 30:16, 17; Italah 28i 1-4, 7; Galatian* 5:19-21 GOLDEN TEXT. Strong drink hall be bitter to them that drink it. Isaiah 2 4:0. Memory Verse: God is love. 1 John 4:8. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. The event recorded in I Samuel occurred possibly 1056 B.C.; Isaiah 28 was written not far from 725 B.C.; Paul probably wrote his Epistle to the- Galatians in A.D. 58. Place. The city of Zik'.ag has not yet been definitely identified. but it was somewhere south ol Gaza, in southern Palestine. Bphraim is the name of that part of Palestine which can be gen- erally located in the central wes- tern section of the Holy Land; here it is probably a synonym for all of Samaria. Galatia was a province in Asia, an area today known as Asia Minor. "And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, be- cause of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled." Providentially, an Egyptian who knew the place to which the Anialekites had fled, appeared just at the time when David first became aware of what had hap- pened to his property and his wives, and guided them to th place where these marauders were drinking and carousing in cele- bration of their victory. Discov- ered in such a state, totally sur- prised and unprepared, bewildered because of their gluttony and drinking, the whole Amalekite host that had destroyed Ziklag was destroyed by David and his soldiers. Many a battle has been lost for the same reason. Abiding Beauty ''Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his gloriou* beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that ar overcome with wine. Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as u tempest of hail, a de- stroying storm, as a tempest ot mighty waters overflowing, will bo cast down to the earth with the hand. The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot: and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up." The union of two metaphors, each separately striking, addi double force to the prophet' warning. . . . The proud crown or garland of the drunkards, when the spoiler has torn it from their brows, and cast it on the ground, will be trodden under his feet. Samaria, the glorious beauty or ornament of Ephraim. would be indeed like a fading flower, a wreath withering away; and also like the eaHy fig, which drops when the tree is shaken, and which he who sees it no sooner sets his eyes upon than he devours it with greedy haste. Effect of Strong Drink "And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink, the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swal- lowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment." By the influence of intoxicating liquors the priests and prophets were disqualified for the high and holy functions of their office; and the consequence was that th aation was corrupt, and was ex- posed to the heavy judgments of God. Works of the FIeh "Now the works of the flush re manifest, which are these: fornication, unclcanness, lascivi- ousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmi- ties, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, envy ings, drunkenness, revellings. and with like; of which I forewarn you oven as I did fon-warn you, that they who practise such thins* shall not inherit the kingdom of God." This is the first time that these verses, so dark in their en- umeration of the sins of men, have ever appeared as a part of the printed text of the Interna- tional Sunday School Lessons. And yet this passage is a part of the Word of trod, a very sober part of the Word of God. It is a word of warning, and it should be heeded. Tin- mriv examination of this passage with some care will bow any heart before (Jiul. asking for cleansing when it is conscious of being guilty of any of Uvesu sins, asking', too. for divine deliverance from each and all of them throughout the years that remain. is, of course, to have eternal life. It involves all that U ever thought of in the idea of heaven, of eter- nal peace and joy, of a home above in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. To be shut out of the kingdom of God means noth- ing less than to be confined to darkness and everlasting suffer- ing. The text does not say that any one who has ever been guilty of any of these sins will never inherit the kingdom of God, for then all of us would be hopelessly lost. No matter what sin any man has been guilty of, the blood of Jesus Christ His Son can wash that sin or can make atonement for that sin arid reconcile that Soul to God. What it does say is that those who practice and continue in these sins, who persistently em- brace them and indulge in them, these will never enter the king- dom of God. There is a differ- ence between a man who lives in sin day after day, and a Christian who in some sudden moment of temptation falls into sin, only to cry to God to be immediately de- livered therefrom. With fingers still nimble at 103, Miss Elizabeth Hoyland, of York- shire, England, is knitting scarves for soldiers. Huns Use Fiendish Phosphorus Bullets The Germans are using an ex- plosive bullet that is treated with phosphorus, claims the Windsor Star. The purpose of the bullet is to make a jagged hole and spread the phosphorus through the wound. The poison takes ef- fect and there is enough of it to be fatal, if it is not caught in time. The Huns are masters of the fiendish arts of war. They use these poison bullets as part oi their campaign to spread fear. If anything like it is used against the Germans, Berlin squeals to the heavens that Germany is be- ing the victim of unorthodox pun- ishment. The Germans used explosive bullets in the last war, too. It ie the same old Hun, the same cruel Boche, who wants to conquer and will go to any length to achieve that conquest. New Process Raincoats for Canada's armed forces are now being made of ordinary cotton shirting, weather- proofed with a chemical the basis of ingredients of which are lime- stone, natural gas and salt. RADIO REPORTER By REX FROST There's romance in the air" this month wedding bells wil. ring on February 27th for a well known radio personality and the member of a well known Cana- dian family. Quite a number of years ago a Toronto commercial sponsor was searching for a new singer to star in an early evening broadcast the search ended on hearing a young lad singing over a Hamilton Radio Station here was voice and personality that was introduced to the radio lis- tener as the Silver Masked Tenor . . . wonder if any of you remem- ber that early evening series of broadcasts over CFRB about ten years ago? After singing some six months incognito, the grand unmasking was made in a down- town hall in Toronto, and Jimmie Shields was introduced by name to his many radio fans. From that time on, Jimmie la.- risen steadily to the top - - his first big feature spot being on the Neilson Chocolate programme (hold that name Neilson in mind a moment, will you!) From the Neilson show to starring roles in many big Toronto programmes, then across the border to Buffalo and New York, where until month or so ago Jimmie was sing- ing over the Mutual network. Came the call of the Canadian army and the return of Jimmie to Toronto to sign up with the cur- rently talked of Army Show. But Jimmie came back to Canada for more than an army assignment h came back to 'the girl he left behind him' . . . who is she? Nona other than the daughter of the- man who put Jimmie Into his first bigr time Toronto radio pro- gramme Miss Audrey Neilson. During Jimmie's absence in t>h States adding to his singing laur- els, his bride-to-be devoted her time to Red Cross work, rising from the rank of private to Lieutenant in the Transport Divi- sion. Just recently Miss Neilson switched from voluntary Red Cross work to the active army, joining Jimmie in the Army Show personnel. Many rural listeners have been following with interest the travels of the Ontario Caravan, CFRB'* recently concluded series of broadcasts which offered oppor- tunities to rural talent to honour their home town. Three month professional contracts with CFRB were offered to the best artists appearing in the series. You'll recall perhaps that Miss Gwen Lambert of Newmarket was win- ner of the first series, and it's now our pleasure to announce the winner of the second series, Archie Barth of Barrie, a young lad who has studied music for many years with the hope of even- tually making singing his career. To encourage him in his ambi- tions, Archie Barth has an en- thusiastic young wife and small daughter, and CFRB joins them in wishing Archie lots of Good Luck and a profitable, successful singing career. * However. CFRB's musical di- rector, Roy Locksley, has not given up the search for new musi- cal talent. Commencing immedi- ately. Mr. Locksley will present a series of broadcasts to be known as "The Stardust Parade," which will feature young singers previ- ously unknown to air listeners. From experience this Station knows that many a currently fa- mous radio personality stepped up from the ranks of the unknown auditioner to radio headlines. Make a point of tuning in this new CFRB programme. "Th Stardust Parade." You may hear the debut of a naw radio star. . , Tuesday evenings, 11 to 9.30 p.m. over CFRB. * "He's not so young as he looks in the movies" . . . this was the opening remark made by 'Jack Benny when he recently was in- troduced to some 14,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen at the Exhibi- tion Park Coliseum in Toronto. And it drew quite a laugh. Yes, it's true that Jack Benny tops his six feet of easy flowing hu- mour and merriment with a few more grey hairs than most of us imagine . . . but Jack says he has earned every one of them think- ing of humourous gags for his radio listeners. Other surprises were in that sparkling one hour variety show he put on for the boys. Mrs. Jack Benny, better known as Mary Livingstone of poetry fame, proved to be a slim, golden haired, 5 ft. 8 inches of vivacity and personality, obvious- ly sharing her husband's enthusi- asm over their recently celebrated 16 years of happy married life. . . as Jack remarked, "That's quite a record for Hollvwood!" OUR RADIO LOG TOHO.NT4I STATIONS CFRR SfiOk, CBL 740k CKl'L . r >80k. OBY 1010k U.S. NKTWORK* WK.VK. N.B.C. Rd B60k WJZ. N.B.C. Hlue 770k WABC (C.B.S.) 880k WOR (M.B.S.) 710k CANADIAN STATIONS t'KOS Owen Sd. 1100k Hamilton Hamilton St. fath. i-l'VK Montreal CFfH North Bay Ii30k rhatham 30k London rKO I'UMI, i-KTi: UaOk 900k 1350k 660k i* 1 KIM. i Mi'.S Stratford I'KVVS Kingston 1570k 1240k flGOk i'K.\' Montr'.'iil 7.'!0k OK1.-U Waterloo 1190k CKCO Ottawa 1310k CKGB Tlminlt :. U70k ( 'KSO Sudbury 790k CKPC Brantford 1380k CKUW Windsor 800k CKNX Wlngham 920k CHEX Pctarboro 1130k U.S. STATIONS \VEi:R Buffalo mOk WHAM Rochester U80k \VIjW Cincinnati 70(Hk \VY Srhenectady 810k KL>KA Pittsburgh lui'Olc WKKM Chicago 780k WUKX Buffalo 930k \VC;K r.uffaio ssok \VKT.\V r.uffalo 1520k NY.'K l>i troll 760k SHOUT VVVVHJ USB England 9.51m England 9.58m England England England Kngland Spain Russia Russia Brazil OSf GS1.) OSE OSO ll.7Gm 11.86m 17.79m 15.11m 9.4Sm 9.60m 12.00m 95.00m Si:hencctady 15.33m WCAB Phila. 15.27m WCBX N. York 11.83m \VRVL, Boston 15.15m BAR RAN RNK PRF5 WGEA POP None of Pop's Business SLAYER Hcture shows assassin of Ad- miral Jean Darlan, in Algiers. His name was Bonnier de la Cha- pelle, 20, and he was executed by a firing squad. He was member of patriotic youth org.\nization, Chantiers de Jeunesse. SCOUTING . The value of Boy Scout train- ing in first aid was shown to good advantage recently at Gait, Ontario. A group of Scouts en- joying an outing on a farm near the city were given an opportun- ity to test their skill when a lad fell from the roof of a barn, in- juring his ankles. They used their knowledge of signalling to call other boys from the nearby woods, and then while one boy summoned a doctor, other boya improvised a stretcher with their coats and carried the injured boy to the farm house, where prepar- ations had been made to receive him by a messenger sent ahead. * A ' Nova Scotia Scoutmaster, looking over a picture of a group of his Boy Scouts, taken on a camping trip a few years ago, found that of 14 boys in the group, seven are in the armed forces, two are in war industry, two are studying medicine at University and three are still at- tending school. * Out of a class of 48 men who sat for a higher rating examina- tion for Sick Berth Attendants in the Koyal Naval Volunteer Re- serve, the first three places were won by men who had received their first aid and nursing train- ing in the Boy Scouts, a report from London relates. * * Jewish Boy Scouts of Sheffield, England, have set up a good turn service, carrying servicemen's kits between the city's two railway stations. The service was organ- ized entirely on their own initia- tive, and they take tt in turns, working in pairs, to meet each train and carry kits to the other station. * Official reports from National Salvage Headquarters show that the Province of Manitoba leads all others in the total quantity of material salvaged on the basis of population. It is not mere coin- cidence that Manitoba Boy Scout* have been among the most active in Canada in the salvage drive*. British, U.S. Envoys Confer With Chiang The British government an- nounced last week that Field- Marshal Sir John Dill, represent- ing Prime Minister Churchill, and Lieut-Gen. Henry H. Arnold, rep- resenting President Roosevelt, had held a series of conferences with Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek in Chungking and Field- Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell In India. A complete accord was said to have been reached for "offensive plans" against the Japanese. The fullest possible co-ordina- tion is to be insured by subse- quent conferences of Wavell and General Douglas MacArthur, Al- lied commander-in-chlef In th southwest Pacific, a communique said. By increasing the output of very acre by five per cent, Bri- tish farmers will save more than 1,000,000 tons of shipping this vear. re "PASSED "TO VOU FOR NECEffSA(?V ACTION " 9 NO: More Daylight More Battleships The lenthening daylight will help Britain's most important war industry shipbuilding. During the winter, work in the larger shipyards, which has to be carried out in the open, is handi- capped by the blackout. With the approach of spring the output is expected to rise. A survey by the House of Common* select committee on national ex- penditure reported, however, that the output per man in ton* of steel in British shipyards U al- ready double that achieved any- where else, not excluding th* American shipyards, though th shortage of labor puts an upper limit on production. Several British shipyards at* now building vessels with pre- fabricated parts which can b* made by comparatively unskilled workers. The smaller typi <rf boats such as the rescue craft used for the R.A.F. are mad* under cover by firms who normal- ly build pleasure launches, and production has been at peak level all through the winter. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson T. M BEG. '1. 5. PtT. OFF THE TOP OF WYOMING'S DEVIL'S TOWER., CURIOU5 8G7-PT. VOLCANIC ROCK STEUCTURE, IS LITTLE DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE PROM Af>fY OTHER, AC2E AND A HALF OF WYOMING PRAIRIE... 8EINO COVERED WITH AND IN SOME Of THS eae -LAYING SNAKES, THE VOUNS HATCH WITHIN A AFTER. THE EGOS ARC LAID. 6-5, R U MOUSE TO BE COMR3KTA8LB. V.L'St BE COOL WHEN \TS WARM WARM WHEN IT'S COOL" ?ay MRS. S. M. HOOPER., OCAL.A, Cw NEXT: Are moon and >un equal in star NOTED AUTHOR HORIZONTAL 1. 9 Writer who created d'Art.ignau. 13 Poem. 14 Perfume. 15 Chum. 16 Principle.. 17 Night. 18 South Africa (abbr.). 20 Till. 22 Mongrel dog. 23 Alleged force 24 Aspiration. 26 Lock opener. 29 Lures. 32 Southeast (abbr.). 33 Shed. ice holes 35 Onward. 36 Right of holding. 38 Decorous. 41 African tribe. 42 Beret, 44 Grief. 45 To recede. 48 Spanish dialect. Answer to Previous Piuzlc 51 Strife. 53 Chamber. 55 Hindu queen. 56 Flower holder 57 Card gam*. 58 Fence stair*. 59 Wrath. 60 He and his son wert novelists. 61 They also wrote nr plays. 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