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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-09-16, Page 3• o-p-4•-y-g^Sr.o.•o-A-u•1-?->ya-9-o-�.c•�-c•w-u,�-Q+h9 day Sid, o s 11 LESSON XII Ce1010t:S AND TFIEIR CONSEQUEN- CES IN A NATION'S LIFE Deuteronomy 11: 8-12, 26.32 GOLDEN TEXT—Choose you this day 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 Jor- dan River where the Israelites were. encamped in what are known as the plains of Moab (see Deut. 1: 1). "Therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I command thee this day." Happy is the man who has discov- ered that he is not meant to be a mor- ak inventor, a maker of morals—that ho has to accept a revealed morality and an offered righteousness; that Godhas been so kind to him as to arrang i 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, and go in and possess the land, whith- er ye go over to possess it." Strength here probably has a double signifi- cance—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 inevit- ably results in physical, mental, mor- al 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 poss- ession. "And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware -ante 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 prom- ised 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 land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, here thou sowedst thy seed, and wet. eredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs." ',But the .land, whither ye go over to possess•it, is a laiid of hilese, 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 fer- tile land than even Egynt, for, where- as the fertility of Egypt depended up- - on 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 aro always upon it, from the be- ginning of the year oven unto the end of the year," It is difficult not to think of the better land in this des- cription, and of our Saviour's prom- ise, "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 sot before you this day a blessing and a curse." "The blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the command- ments of Jehovah ypur Gocl, which I command you this day." We cannot but think of two other occasions in Israel's history when similar oppor- tunities for choosing right from wrong were presented to her. In this very sante 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 be- fore 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 . . . I call heaven and earth to wit- ness against you this clay that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed" (Dent. 30: 15, 16, 19). Less than a quarter of a century later, as Israel had comeeinto 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 hear- ken unto the commandments of Je- hovah 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 re- sults. , The Sacred, Mountains "And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah tee -ce.ea nr6."1,1xcc •xu-- to the land whither thou goest to poss- ess .it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal." 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Toronto' 't3 ADELAIDE ST.; W. — Suite 421 TORONTO, 2 Japs Alert For E1 hey Planes in Shanghai With Shanghai resembling an armed •caro , as, troops of Japan and China took up strategic positions in Sino - Jap conflict there, Japanese gunners;In Tae concession train anti-aircraft gun aloft. eetesetrneefell "sSuioirae'Squad" To Run Jap Blockade Prepared to die if need be in attempt to4fget through" Japanese blockade of China coast with load of 5,000 tons of sulphur, necessary hi manufacture of Chinese munitions, crew of Chinese freighter Hai Da, pose grimly for camera before sailing from Seattle: of Cypher, and near the city. of Same- lies the town of Nablus, the ancient city of Sheehem, Here Abraham camped at the oak of Moreh (Gen. 12: 6). The Samaritans believe that it was on this mountain that Abrahazi) prepared to offer his son Isaac in sad rifice. These are the two sacred• mountains of the Samaritans. While these mountains are never mentioned again after the book of Judges, it is certainly to Mount Geri- zim that the Samaritan woman in John 4: 20 points when she says: "Our fathers worshipped in this moun- tain." "Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? The word Arabah refers to that por- tion of the land o;' the west side of the Jordan River stretching out be- fore. the eyes of the Israelites who were encamped on the hills of Moab, or, in other words, southwestern Pal- estine. "For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein." "In the place of Shechem by the oak of Morel, the Lord had appeared to Abraham and promised him this very land of Palestine. It is the first re- corded promise given teethe patriarch ' that his seed should inherit that par- ticular country."—(Cf. Deut. 4: 5, 6.) Newest Star Is Brighter Than Saga A new star 500000,000 times brighter than the sun has flashed 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 Zwicky of California Institute of Technology. Dr. Walter Baade of Mount Wil- son ;Observatory said that the new supernova is apparently the most lu- minous of 15 known to science. He estimated the star is about 10 tinges. brighter than the average supernova and 50,080,0.00 tiles as bright as the sun. Sea gulls migrate all the way fro the Pacify Coast to 'Y'ellowsteafe >jai'k to feed ,r1th the animals there. All lttO protected by Park laws, The female tarantula hides her egg cocoons isi silk -lined furrows. So coix- fident Is she of her ability to protect the coeoons that she takes them with her on hunting trips. Fa Movie adio By VIRGINIA DALE Once,more Rudy Vallee has shove that he is the greatest' talent scout in the radio business. Tommy Riggs, the two -voiced personality who has been appearing on his program the last few weeks has made an outstand- ing success, and will soon have a pro- gram of his own. The brash little girl that Mr. Riggs plays with suck devastating humor promises to be as popular one of these days as is Charlie McCarthy, the fa- mous ventriloquist's dummy. Inciden- tally, the people whom Vallee started on the road to success in radio ought to get together and put on a gala program as a tribute to him. It would include suck headliners as Walter 0' - Keefe, Bob Burns, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and Tommy Riggs. And what a program that would be! 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 vIuni. As crusader for the oppressed, as the most eloquent and .forceful plan of Mona Barrie is the latest screen halls •to..seek.a_.ekange from Holly - 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," 1n which Mona plays her first real comedy role. wood on the New York stage. While James Cagney rehearsing for "Vir- ginia," 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. 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 angl- ing for your attention. Irene Wicker, the greatly -beloved singing lady; moves to the Mutual network early in October offering a series of orig- inal rifiinal sketches with music. Jack Ben- , ny returns to the air at the same time. Up in Dennis, Massachusetts, Ger- trude Michael appeared on the stage Gertrude Michael in a play of early Colonial days Midi 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- lause from her old Broadway friends. Tliey were saluting her courage in win- , ning a two-year bat- tie attle with serious ill- ness as well as her fine skill as an ac- tress. Margaret Tallichet, 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 Tallichet play- ed 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 train- ing. She appeared at the Mt. Kisco theatre opposite no less a personage than Henry Fonda and proved conclu- sively that she needs a lot more train- ing before she can play big roles. ODDS AND ENDS -- After trying to borrow Kenny Baker, or John Payne, or Jimmy Stewart, or Cary Grant, or Dick Arlen, the producer of Lily Pons' next picture has finally gi- ven up the search for a new leading man and given the role to Gene Ray- mond 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 Eur- ope. All through the making of the picture he quarreled with the direc- tor and objected to his lines and felt utterly dismal over what he expected would be the flop of the year Joan Crawford likes to run her pic- tures 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 -i larious imitation of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy to amuse his friends between scenes at the seudio. Manhoba Butter Leads In Exhibition Showing TORONTO.— Manitoba exhibitors noted for their wheat production, in- vaded the banner Province of the country with butter displays and took every major prize award and practi- tically all minor prizes at the C.N.E. show. Out of 854 awards, Ontario gain- ed but 15, Manitoba led the parade, with Alberta a close second. In the first .section not one Ontario exhibi- Waras:m.' irwi "'lean-agets''iv-a-rte e -in—.,,,,...»,.,__— to the second -prize list. In the second section, the banner Provincial representatives placed two in the first brackets and three in the second class. Winner of the Sweepstakes Silver Cup for the highest score in creamery butter was the Gladstone Creamery, Gladstone, Man., with a flavor score of 42,4 and total point score of 07.4. The Most Dangerous Hour The most dangerous hour in New York's streets is between 7 and 8 p.m., according to an analysis of traf- fic accidents just completed by the Safety Bureau of the Police Depart- ment. During the six months period end- ing June 30, there were 1,102' traffic injuries between 7 and 8 p.m., as compared with 1,112 between 5 and 6 p.m. The next most dangerous hour. Between 8 p.ni. and midnight the streets—become far safer, only 522 injuries being reported in that four-hour period. BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—A couple entered the emergency hospital with a barking dog. "He barks all the time and we can't sleep," they explained to a physician. "We want you to give him a sleeping powder." The physician couldn't see it as an emergency, and the couple left wit) the dog—,still barking. .tai; .::;