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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1942-09-17, Page 7YANKS LOOK AT LONDON U. S. soldiers in the British Isles head for London when on leave. ()nee there, they do the things "visiting firemen" do the world over. Popular pastimes include feeding the animals at the London Zoo. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON 38 JUDAH: AN EXAMPLE OF SELF-SACRIFICE Genesis 42-44 PRINTED TEXT Genesis 44:18-34 GOLDEN TEXT.—Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. I John 3:16. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.—The events of this les- son occur somewhere near 1715 £o 1710 B.C. Place.—Sheohem, where Jos- eph's father lived, was located in Southern Palestine. For the most art, Joseph resided in Zoan, at is time the capital of Egypt, in te eastern part of the Nile delta, some 200 miles southwest of She - chem. Judah's Plea 18. "Then Judah came near -unto him, and said, Oh, my Lord, let thy servant, I pray Thee, speak sc word in my Lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for Thou art even as Pharaoh. 19. My Lord asked his servants,. saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20. .And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him. 21. And Thou. saidst unto- thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set nine eyes upon him. 22. And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23, And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24. And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25. And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. 26. And we said, we cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27. And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 28. and the one went out from me, and I said, surely he is torn in piece:; and I have not seen him since; Zit. and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. 30. Now therefore when 1 come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his lire is bound up in the lad's life; 31. It will come to pass, when he serth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Shcol." Judah's Sorrow youngest son again. Now, said . Judah, if they go home to their aged father without the lad, what will they do but bring their father quickly with sorrow to the grave. Judah's Self -Sacrifice The plea that now pours from Judah's lips is considered "one of the masterpieces of Hebrew com- position." Its simplicity and its manifestation of strong emotion, of vibrating °compassion, of un- uestionged earnestness:, make it worthy to be compared to the great pleadinee of history. First, he acknowledges that they are guilty, and that their guilt is dis- covered. Then he proceeds to tell hire in a moving way of tho aged father, of the brother who has died, anti of the great love which the father- has for the little one, Benjamin, The child of his old age."Judah vividly deeeribcs to Joseph the scene in the parental home as the old man, with great reluctance and sorrow of heart, allowed them to take Benjamin down: into Egypt, persuaded, how- ever, that he will never see his has never been eclipsed, and s•i- dons rivaled, After words so • c- quisitely beautiful and profound- ly pathetic, it was imposelble tor Joseph to doubt that a omp!. change had passed upon his breth- ren, and in particular upon Judah, since the day when he had elo- quently urged, and they had wick- edly consented, to sell their broth- er, Joseph, into Egypt. The word here translated ea nes ty refers to one person p gi g himself that another person will de a certain thing in the future, as lee promises to do, or he, the sure- ty, will offer up his own life s.s a penalty for failure. dod In Our Lives God is in all the events of our lives, Many of us are ready' enough to admit that he is in the prosperous things, but when trouble comes upon us we at- tribute that solely to others, and in that way we lose the comfort which otherwise we might have enjoyed under its endurance. The mercies of a lifetime are often ignored by us under the bitter- ness of .a single trial; and God, who has been our friend for years, is forgotten altogether, while we passionately condemn some others as the authors of our affliction. but we shall never find consola- tion that way. Th efirst thing we ought to say regarding every trial is, 'It is the Lord! No matter what may have been the human instrumentality through which we may think our trouble has come upon us; no matter what may have been the material causes whish have apparently operated against us—in and over all human actions and all material operations there is God. His providence is univer- sal and supreme, and the first thought of our spirits should be, 'It is the Lord.' Then that will steady us; for did he not give his own Son to die for us on the oross? Has he not shown his kindness to us in multitudinous and unmistakable ways through- out our lives? Can it be, there- fore, that he means anything but good to us in anything, even though it should be a terrible af- fliction? Thus, so soon as we trace a trial up to God, we are on the way to comfort and support under it. For there are not two Gods — one of providence, and one of redemption. Jehovah is one, and he who `so Ioved the world that he gave his only -be- gotten Son, that whosoever be- lieveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life,' is at the sante time he who orders our lives and sends and superintends our affliction. We may, therefore, have absolute faith in his good- ness, not only in. spite of trial, but through trial. 32. "For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33. Now therefore, let they servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord! and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34. , For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with mot lest I see the evil that shall come on my father." Finally, said Jud- ah, he, himself, had become sure• ty for the lad to his father, and he pled with Joseph to allow him, Judah, to remain as a bondman in place of Benjamin, so that Ben- jamin could go up with his bre- thren to Jacob at Hebron. The sublime heroism of this noble act of self-sacrifice on the part of Judah it is impossible to overestimate. In behalf of one whom he knew was preferred is a higher place in his father's af- fection than himself, he was will- ing to renounce his liberty rather than see his aged parent die of a broken heart. The self -forgetful magnanimity of such an action THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson TVO(O SGQU NDS ITS NAME SIMPLY BY /7-5 Ti -FE. WORD MAILARJA C.MES FROM MEANING "e A/Q: r BEFORE MOSQUITOES WERE FOUND TO BE C RRYINC3 THIS FEV e /OMAN THOUGHT IT WAS CAUSED ° AO A/rZ ARJSiN'� FROM .41Ali' ' . e : �fii '4 `,1 i 6ERN9•c_ v (5UU) ortom ��jj YOU RAH ER. . lwi�.L y BE.A a I L1JON 1Q,•E 1N O, J LA,\ v, OR. IN THE ANSWER: In the English • mttbodof numeration there are a. rr.il]ion millions in a billion . , :'.1,000,000/000,000. In the United States, a billion is only a thbusalid millions . Nkral ': Mushrooms that grow' a insect% POP—Pain in the Purse Now Y\11-1/ST OP ? SAME OLD /S THE OU ,_ I✓, COMPLAINT �'L ,may,44...::, s.i '71r ALIO ORT DIALING WITH DAVE This is the newest picture released of the Happy Gang—and the miles of smiles and fun the `Gang' promised for their new 1942 fall and winter series of broadcasts, are well on their way. Their initial broadcast on September first, was a `honey,' and the plans they outlined for the pleasure of our listening ears augurs well for the sixth and greatest year of broadcasting by the Happy Gang. The time — 1.15 to 1.45 p.m. EDT daily — CBC network! Claire Wallace digs out the stories that no one else gets. She is no `armchair' reporter. She spent one day as a department store detective — that was one story! She put a sly 'want ad' in the paper, and got a story from two hundred and fifty Toronto gigolos who answered it. She ie the only woman who ever spent a night alone in Toronto's 98 - room Casa Loma. She did it for a wager and a story! And now Claire's stories are culled from thousands she digs up from across the broad Dominion. — and they are told Canada wide each Mon- day through Friday at 1,45 p.m., right after the Happy Gang. CKOC, with stations of the CBC National Network, are indeed fortunate in having that top -flits three-quarter hour period, Mon- day through Friday, from 1.15 to 2.00 p.m. Give the Happy Gang and Claire Wallace a listen. — you'll become daily friends! * * t Just a note for the serial mind- ed inded folk—and some of those who mayn't be! If you haven't heard Betty and Bob, NBC's great daily dramatic story of radio's best loved couple, catch the show from CKOC in Hamilton, daily at one o'clock. We might add the quar- ter hour to the Happy Gang — Claire Wallace period, and sug- gest that one to two p.m. front 1150 on your dial, its etase. out lletenin,g l s .. Gena Autry, cowboy hero o millions of young and old faro* both screen and radioland, Is the Army — in fact, is .a technical Sergeant In the U. S. Army Alae (lorpsl Ezra Stone (Henry, of the Alii rieh Family is also in uncle Sam.'$ forces! Rudy Vallee has enlisted; and there are rumors current th Edgar Bergen, single and in en« cellent health, has been inducted, However, they'll all still be heard —with their own shows, or guest., ing from the growing number of shows that originate in, or are produced by the various Army Camps throughout the country! Fred Allen is due back the first Sunday night in October * that being the Fourth, and for no coincidental reason, your scribes birthday. Can't think of any way he'd rather celebrate the day than turning his radio dial to either CKOC or CFRB and hearing the great and mighty Allen again. The show this year is of half hour length, and will be broadcast from 9.30 to 10.00 p.m. each Sunday evening. Further news will be forthcoming! A few notes from 1150 on the dial: The Lone Ranger is now a night time CKOC show — Monday through Friday at 'T.30 p.m.! Joe Petersen has returned to Sunday on CKOC at 1.15 p.m., and the Old Refrains are back on the air again at the usual Sunday 5.16 p.m. time. The Mystery Club, new drama thrill headliner pre- miered just two weeks ago Sun- day at 4.30 p.m., is proving a fins show. If you're within listening range of CKOC, give it an ear, especially Sunday, for an excel- lent day of variety broadcasting! Fighting Veteran 'Skipper Joseph Dixon, of San Diego, "70 years old and dying is get into the fight," is off for his third war. A veteran of the y war and commander of a troop- ship in World 1, Dixon has taken a berth as second mate on 10,000 -ton steamer on war duty. SCOUTING s Discussing the serious increase in .Tuvenlle delintjuency, Dr. Ken- neth H. Rogers, General Secretary of the Big Brother Movement, said that this presented one of the major problems of this country. Never was the need so great, he said, for increased activity among such organizations as the Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Y.VI.C.A., and Sunday Schools, upon which were placed added responsibilities in these abnormal days. To neglect these obligations will mean stead- ily increasing delinquency now, and will entail graver social pro- blems in the post-war days, Dr. Rogers said. Scout Jerry Tichopad, 14 years old, of Toronto, has good reason to remember the Gestapo. Jerry with his parents escaped from Czechoslovakia about three years ago. The Gestapo, he says, took over his scout hall for their head- quarters, and robbed the Scouts. of practically all their equipment. Jerry was able to save only two bits of his personal equipment, his belt, which he ware, and his Scout knife, v-hici, his mother placed among the k`.tchen knives they were taking with then. 'Jerry is now proud to be a Car.- adian Boy Scout. * Boy Scots of ti:a Su:ibary district are .urderg ing an Inten- sive course of trair.`.n:; to mace themselves available fer in''s-!n- ger service with _ e Sud:4ury A.R.P. orgar"izatior.. "You be used to carry mess:t••es fro;:: place to paws. and will :e €r,a::•.erl in the -ran=r^rt<.t'.or'l -er ,'c. branch." the boys an A.E.P. "I've still got t::rsre His _`Ia,esty the King told Chief Scout, Lord Somers, ' a recent visit to P- er al Flca..- quart, :n Lona.,r.. Ti;'The Nino: was shown apo; s of, self :n Bo,. Scsut u...forr. about i., years az `. 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