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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1942-07-30, Page 2THROUGH THE SMOKE SCREEN The realistic touch of modern warfare Is evident in this photograph of Canadian infantrymen practising bayonet charges through a thick smoke screen in one of Canada's largest camps. With the menace of Axis aggression being brought closer daily to Canada's shores, servicemen are doing their training with greater purpose and determination. When the test comes they will be ready. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON ABRAM: A PIONEER IN FAITH Genesis Il: 31-12: 9; Hebrews IIs 8-12 Printed Text: Genesis 12: 1-9; Hebrews II: 8-12 GOLDEN TEXT—"Fear not, Ab. ram, 1 am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.—Gen- esis 15:1. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time—The exact dates for these early Old Testament event cannot be determined, with abso- lute accuracy, but the call of Abram may certainly be said to have been between 1900 and 2000 B.C. Placa—Ur of the Chaldees was a city in southern Babylonia. Haran was on the river Belik, an affluent of the Euphrates; Bethel waa a city in Palestina, northeast of Jerusalem. God's Covenant Willa Abram 1. "Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy count- ry, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee." The call of Abram consists of a com- mand and a promise. The com- mand is to leave the place of his old and fond associations for a land which he had not poen; and, therefore, did not know. Abram has entire faith in the reason- ableness of what God proposes. So with reason and faith he is willing to go Ito the unknown land. lira:l's Greatness 2(a) "And I will maks of tlwe a great nation." Israel's great- ness ie not to he found itt num- bers. She has never been one of the large nations of the world. She was great in giving birth to those wonderful prophets, who were the greatest religious teaph- ers of all ancient history. She was great in that she gave birth to the Messiah. Father of the Faithful 2 (b) "And I will bless tree and snake thy name great.' the ,greatness of his name is acknowl- edged by every man. He, above all characters in the Old Testa- ment, is honored by Jew, Gentile and Mohammedan. He is refer- red to more often in the New Testament than any other char- acter of the Old Covenant. He is called the Father of the Faith- ful, God's Blessing 2 (c) "And be thou a blessing." All who came into the right re- la,tionship with Abram person- ally were blessed because of that relationship. 3(a). "And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that •curseth thee will I curse." The Lord calls those who have been kind to Israel 'Ye blessed of my Father', and those who have been cruel to Israel, he refers to as 'the cursed'. 3(ib). "And in thee shall all the families of the earth be bles- sed." The great blessing that has come to the nations of the earth is the Lord Jesus Christ, who was the Son of Abram, the Son of David and the Son of Mary. Abram's Departure .4. "So, Abram went, as Jeho- vah had spoken unto hint; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he depared out of Haran. 5. And Abram. took Sarah his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their substances that they hacl gathered, and the souls that they gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Can- aan, and into the land of Canaan they came. 6. And Abram passed through the land into the place of Sachem, unto the oak of Moreh. e And the Canaanite was then in the land." Abram departed. We do not hear of any complaints or questions, but only of his art. Duties are ours, events are God's, and we have nothing to do with that over which we have no con- trol. When 'God speaks we await lipee.d. The callings of God never 141eve l neat: w;tetts lits* llisti him, 'for to stay where he is, after God has bidden him to move on, is itself a backward move- ment, though he take no actual step. The further Abram went from home and kindred the nearer he came to God. Not that hone and kindred are hindrances to His nearness, except when we cling to them instead of to Him. Obedi- ence must %e absolute; when Abram left Haran he left nothing behind him, purposing never to return, a purpose which he main- tained, Jehovah Appeared 7. "And Jehovah appeared unto Abram and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land; and there buiided he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him." Here for the first time appears the re- markable phrase, 'Jehovah ap- peared'. It indicates that the Lord presents himself to the con- scioueness of man in any way suitable to hie nature. It is not confined to the eight, but may refer to the hearing. (1 Sam. 8 :15) . The Journey Continua E. "And ho removed from thence unto the mountain on the oast of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west and Ai on the oast; and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Je- hovah. 9. And Abram journeyed, t�ooing on atill toward the south." Trona hie encampment at Shechem Abram removed by easy stages to the neighborhood of Bethel, saes called Luz. The Canaanites may have regarded with suspicion this stranger from a far country, and made his position in the open valley insecure; or the necessity of finding fresh pasturage for his numerous flocks and herds may have obliged him to change his quarters to the mountainous dist- rict between Bethel and Ai, towne about two miles apart. The site of Bethel, now Beitin, has never been lost. The village stands some ten miles north of Jerusa- lem, on the great watershed which divides the country, and from it a steep incline leads down to Jeri- cho eight miles distant. Sugar Ration Coupons Sugar ration coupons are good any time after their individual maturity dates, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board said re- cently. The board said that while the first coupon could not be used before July 1, the second before July 13, the third before July 27, the fourth before August 10 and the fifth before August 24, all the coupons are valid at any time after their maturity dates. However, all the coupons can- not be used at once, officials pointed out, because the sugar ration regulations provide that no one shall have more than two weeks' supply of sugar on hand at any one time. Australia's Population Australia showed a population gain of 68,532 during 1941. The total population is 7,137,221. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson PORCUPINE QutLL , 7YEta IPV BRIGHT COLORS, AFFORDED S I 1-eJKING DECORATIONS e -OR THE CLOTHING OF PRJMITIVE INDIAN. 0 i -FAT CAUSES - ir'1 CIES a -• '' COPR. 1939 SY NA statect. }MC. ANSWER: The attraction of the moon and sun. The moon has much the stronger effect, owing to the fact that it is much nearer the earth. NEXT: What is "honey color"? Lack Of Metals To th.tse Plants Only Essential Civilian. In- dustries To Get Preference A new priorities ey-stent has been established 1.0 Washington. to cope with a North American supply situation which. Munitions Minister Ilowe says is so •critical -hundreds" of Canadian manu- failurere will be tillable to obtain enot:gh raw materials from the 'Vatted States to keep their plants running. 'The zero hour is coming," Mr. Howe said last week iu .t state- ment announcing the new alloca- tion set-up, "when manufacturers Milt be unable to obtain. sufficient steel, non-ferrous metals and lather materials." Supply Situation Critical Officially designated the Pro- duction Requirements Plan; the new system sets definite quotas for all manufacturers using more then 5,000 worth of metals in a quarter of the calendar year. Ev- ery manufacturer so qualifying must turn in a report giving his inventory, what he uses the ma- terial for and how much he needs for the next quarter year. Manufacturers of civilian artic- les will be supplied after war in- dustries have been provided with necessary raw materials, process- ed parts, machinery and repair parts. This means, Mr. Howe said, that in many cases "they will get noth- ing." Only civilian industries es- sential to a nation at war would he given "any preference." Supply Not Guaranteed W. E. 'Oren, director-general of the munitions department's prior- ities branch, said primary em- phasis will be on metals for the third quarter of 1942, starting with July. There would be no change in existing procedure for a few special classes of companies, such as those eugaged ht trauspor- tation, construction, mining, the• petroleum industry and public ut- ility services. "Every large user of metal will be required to obtain a quarterly authorization for all scarce ma- terial requirements under the Pro- duction Requirements Plan," Mr. Uren said, warning that a rating under the plan did not necessar- ily guarantee delivery. "Actual ahipinents of United States mater- ials will be governed by month-to- month decisions of the War Pro- duction Board at Washington." Companies under the new prior- ities plan no longer may use or extend preference ratings assign- ed in any other way, except for eoustruction or capital equipment. Collecting Birds' Eggs and Nests Hobby Should Be Discourag- ed, says St. Thomas Times - Journal. The collecting of birds' eggs and nests, a common hobby in years gone by, is fortunately rarely prao- ticed today. Education of the pub- lic along the proper lines and the enforcing of government legisla- tion have succeeded in making this old time hobby almost as rare as the coon shoots and huskiug bees 01 pioneer days. Rarely does the collector of birds' eggs cor- rectly label his collection with the name of the bird, location of nest, height of nest, kind of tree it was in, and all those other de- tails which make it of scientific value. Instead, he gathers up a lot of valuable eggs, probably keeps them loosely in a few cigar boxes, and when his collecting is finished he still possesses absolute- ly nothing of interest or value. The collecting of eggs and dis- turbing of nests is prohibited by the Migratory Birds Conventions Act and breaking of this law can be strictly punished by law. Any- one engaged in scientific study can secure a permit to collect the eggs of migratory birds if his case is poven to be a worthy one. The useless collecting of birds' eggs by young people should be discouraged whenever it crops up. One of the best ways of curbing the practice is to encourage the youngster to take photographs of nests and to keep detailed notes of the nest building, egg laying and development of the young. That would be a much more useful and interesting hobby, ADM REPORTER DIALING WITH DAVE; Phillips H. Lord, creator and guiding genius of the NBC -Blue Network's "Gang Busters", has enlisted the listener's help to track down more than 200 maraud. ing "ganilsters over the nation. Canadian -born Raymond Mas- sey is one of the nation's most versatile actors, on call by both radio and theatre. Recently, ha starred as "The Farmer" in the first program in Stephen Vincent Benet's "Dear Adolf" series, (NBC -Red Sundays at 6.00 p.m.) Star of "Abe Lincoln", "Cane dida" and other stage and screen plays, Massey's part in the recent play was more or less tailored to measure. He was born and raised on a farm, and for a while be- fore his distinguished stage car- , ear began, he sold agricultural machinery. The trouble with most guy$ who run programs is that they wait till the last minute to decide on a guest star, There's some excuse for au occasional lapse; it happens to everybody. But Bill Stern, ace sportscaster, is proud to have you know that he hats his guest star set for the August 8th broadcast of his famous "Sports Newsreel". It's Cornelius► McGillicuddy, otherwise and more familiarly known. as Connie Mack, beloved dean of organized base- ball. Every year the genial Mr. Mack, as youngsters on the Phila- delphia Athletics call him, makes an appearance on Stern's show,. It's usually his only radio shove of the year, so sports fan eager- ly wait for the date. Some very human happening,, in local as well as national radio bring back to mind the fact that radio personalities and stars -- writers, producers and "voices", are human beings like the rest of us. And often it is coincidence that impresses this fact strangle on our minds. Take, for instance„ the case of the militant "Woman Who Speaks on War" each Mon- day night at 11.15 from CKOC in Hamilton. On July 10th she celebrated the completion of two years on the air, fighting for freedom with her pen and her voice. On the preceding Friday, her 22 -year-old son received his wings at Trenton, taking to the air to fight for freedom. Thus,, the story—and thus more fight and spunk than ever in each Mon- day 11.15 p.m. broadcast from the woman who speaks on war, OUR RADIO LOG TORONTO STATIONS CB'RH g@pk, OHL 749k CiKCL 5804s CRY 1010k 1U.1. NETWORKS WEAN.B.C. Rid 000k WJZ N.B.G. Bina 710k WAD() (C.D.S.) 880k WOR (51.51.9.) 710k CANADIAN STATIONS C8'OS Owen 9d. 1400k CI*OC Hamilton 1150k (MOIL Hamlttos OOOk OUTS St. Calk. 1230k 01V00 Montreal OOOk Ce•OD North Thiry 1280k CFCO Chatham 030k O5'1'L London 1570k OJCS Stratford 1240k C1a'IIG Kinggtoaa 1400k 0JIO Sault Ste. M. 1490k CICAO (MIoatreal 730k CUIr 1(�'Watter1 L, 500k o 1400k CICO Ottawa • 131.0k CSO1:170esbe7 0k CKI'O Brantford 1.080k CKI,W W1edaor 800k OMNI Wlegkan 1230k CS. STATIONS WEBR Buttnlo 1:a4Ok WHAM Rocheater 1180k WLWW Cincinnati 7tOlk wax Schenectady 810k $P��Vv_D�K7A� Pittsburgh 1020k WB N Buffalo oath WWG�It Buffalo adfilr VVbYi W DSairolta 17OOk SHORT WAV. GSD England 0.51ea 090 England e.58sr GSD England 11.75n CRIV England 11.801* OSP England 15.14m GIG England 17.71m GOP England 15.31m G9V England 17.81ne EAR Spain L4& EAG . Spain 0.80m RAN Russia sees UNE Russia 12.001a RVSS Burials. 15.18ca. WGEA Schenectady 15,93as W Phila. 15.27m Bontoa IL1it N. 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