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LESSON VIH
Hannah; Godly Motherhood
1Sainuel1:1-2:10
Printed Text, 1 Samuel 1:9.18;
2;1-5
Golden Tet "Her children rise
up, and call her blessed.' Pro-
verbs 31;28,
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time The events of this lesson
cannot be definitely dated, but fell
possibly between 1170 13,0, and 1140
B.C.
Place — Ramathaim-zophim was
situated in Benjamin; see the les-
son, i'or further explanation. Shiloh
was a city in Ephriam on the north
side of Bethel.
It is quite remarkable how many
women of pious homes, in both the
Old and New Testaments have been.
for many long years childless, Sar-
ah (Gen. 16:1), Rachel (Gen. 30;1),
Manoah's wife (Judg. 13:2), Elisa-
beth (Luke 1:7). And get God, in
preparing Samuel to do a great
work in Israel, was also preparing
Hannah to be the mother that a
great man such as Samuel would
need. God had to get a woman be-
fore be could get a man, Hannah
had in her the making of the wo-
man he needed. God honored her
by choosing her, but she must be
changed before slie could be used,
and so there carne those years of
pruning and sifting and discipline,
9. So Hannah rose up after they
had eaten in Shiloh, and after they
had drunk. Now Eli the priest was
sitting upon his seat by the door-
post of the temple of Jehovah. 10,
And she was in bitterness of soul,
and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept
sore. Trouble will do one of two
things to a believer; it will either
harden his or her heart, or it will
bring that oue to God, Hannah is
led. to the throne of grace by the
agony that is in her heart. The
word "Shiloh" means "rest." It
continued to be the religious center
of the entire nation until after the
loss of the ark in the disastrous
battle of Ebenezer (see der. 7:12),
When Hannah had come up to Shi-
loh to worship, she found Eli the
priest there lazily idling away his
time before this sacred object that
had been committed to his care.
The fervor, beauty, and efficacy of
Hannah's prayer did not depend on
`,he purity of any priesthood.
Pledged Sy A Vow
11. And she vowed a vow, and
said, 0 Jehovah, if thou wilt indeed
look. on the affliction of thy hand-
maid, and remember me, and not
forget thy handmaid, but wilt give
unto thy handmaid a man -child,
then I will give him unto Jehovah.
all the days of his life, and there
shall no razor come upon his head.
The prayer which Hannah offered
was in the form of a vow in which
she promised God that, should he
grant unto her the privilege of be-
coming the mother of a son, she
would dedicate that son to the life
of a Nazirite as long as he lived.
"The Naziriteship included three
things the refraining from intox-
icating
ntoxicating drinks, the letting the hair
grow, and the avoiding all ceremon-
ial defilement by corpses even of
the nearest kin. These strange res-
trictions and customs had an inner
signification. The untouched hair,
which here is especially mentioned,
was a public protest, that the con-
secrated one had determined to re-
frain from intercourse with the
world, and to devote the whole of
his strength and fullness oe life to
the Lord's work.
1w. And it eaiue to pass, as she
-continued praying before Jehovah,
that Eli marked her mouth. 13. Now
Hannah, she spoke in her heart;
only her lips moved, but her voice
was not heard: therefore Eli had
thought she had been drunken. 14.
And Eli said unto her. How long
wilt thou be drunken? put away
thy wino from thee. 15. And Han-
nah answered and said, No, my
lord, I am a woman of a sorrow-
ed ful spirit; I have drunk neither
wine nor strong drink, but I poured
out my soul before Jehovah. 16.
Count not zhy handmaid for a wick-
' ed woman; for out of the abund-
ance of my complaint and my pro-
vocation have I spoken hitherto.
Eli here supremely shows himself
to be -utterly -unfit for the priest-
hood. When a man who is supposed
to bo devoting his life to spiritual
things, to the care of souls, to lead-
ing others in spiritual growth, is
unable to tell the difference be-
tween a woman pleading with God
in prayer and a woman drunk with
wine, he should let some one else
come iii and do what he is thereby
proving himself incapable of and
unfit for doing,
A Most Earnest Worsn;pper
17. '.Chen .Eli answered and said,
Go in peace; and the God of Israel
grant thy petition that thou hast
asked of him. 18. And she said, Let
thy )handmaid find favour in thy
sight, So the woman went her way,
and did eat; and her countenance
was no more sad. Yet when Eli
comas finally to recognize that the
woman whom he bad so falsely ao-
cused of intemperance was probab-
ly the most earnest, devout wor-
shipper who had come up to the
house of the Lord for many a day,
he had the grace to bestow a bles-
sing upon her, and to add his own
hope to hers, that hor petition soon
would be granted.
Shortly after Samuel's birth his
father wont up to Shiloh to offer an
early sacrifice and to perform • a
vow which he had made, which also
shows that not only his wife but he
also had made a vow concerning
the birth of a son (cf. Deut. 12:11).
Song of Thanksgiving
For the mercy and loving -kindness
which the Lord had showed unto
her, Hannah utters her thanksgiv-
ing in a song which reaches far
beyond the occasion which gives it
birth, and rises into the region of
prophecy.
1. And Ilannah prayed, and •said:
My heart exulteth in Jehovah;
My horn is exaitgd in Jehovah;
My mouth is enlarged over mine
enemies; •
Because 1 rejoice in thy salva-
tion.
The word "horn" refers first, of
course, to oxen, whose strength Iies
in their horns. The word was a fav-
orite Hebrew symbol, which had
come to mean simply "strength" or
"power." The phrase "to exalt the
horn" means "to raise to a position
of power or ,dignity." (Ps. 89:17;
148:14).
2. There is none Holy as Jehovah;
For there is none besides thee,
neither is there any rock like our
God.
God is frequently compared to a
rock, which is, of course, a meta-
phorical way of ascribing to God
strength, faithfulness and un -
changeableness.
3. Talk no more so exceeding
proudly;
Let not arrogance come out of
your mouth;
For Jehovah is a God of know;
ledge,
And by him actions are weighed,
Undoubtedly Hannah is here re-
ferring to the sneers cast at her
by her husband's second wife dur-
ing the barren years before Samuel
was born, his birth bringing to an
end cutting remarks about her own
childlessness.
The song rises now from a con-
sideration of God's goodness to
Hannah and her immediate family
to a consideration of God's good-
ness to all of Israel, and closes
with a marvelous paean of praise
to God regarding "his King" and
'his Anointed," which, we bleive,
can refer to none other than the
Lord Jesus Christ.
Hannah was a woman of faith,
i.e., faith in God, manifested by her
constant prayer to Jehovah. She
was a woman of infinite patience
and tenderness, for we do not read
01 a single bitter, hasty word that
escaped her lips during the days of
her great trial and insulting perse-
cution on the part of Peninnah.
Hannah was a woman who consid-
ered it the very greatest honor that
a son should be given ,to the service
of the Lord for a perpetual minis-
try in the temple of Jehovah.
Shave Often and
Save Your Shirts
Other things being equal, the
ntan whose shirts last longest is
the man who shaves most fre-
quently, J. Fred Oesterling, re-
search assistant in textile chemis-
try at Pennsylvania State College,
said last iveel.
"Neck whiskers, if they are not
shaved off every day, abrade the
fabric of the shirt at the collar.
Of course, this lessens the life of
the collar and of the shirt as a
whole," he said.
Research at Penn State has
shown an ordinary shirt can be
washed and ironed 25 to 30 times
before it shows pronounced signs
of wear, Some have been washed
and ironed 50 times, but they
were not worn between washings.
Home Should Be
Run Like Business
Something Wrong When The
Current Expenses Exceed
Income
The wornan who enters upon the
enterprise of homemaking assumes
definite economic obligations. The
home is an investment --in part,
financial investment. If the home
is maintained on a paying basis,
then it is a sound financial invest-
ment; if on a losing basis, there Is
something which needscorreeting.
Should the question arise: "How
does one know when her home
ceases to be on a paying basis?"
The answer is; "When the current
expenses are .not compatible with
laconic, and the balance sheet at
end of month shows financial lose
instead of gain." No business un-
dortaking could hope to succeed if
those in authority did not under-
stand the technique and fundamen-
tals involved. Tho same laws ,
which make a business organization
successful are essential to the pros-
perity of a home.
Find Where The Leak Comes
In order to place a home on a
busiuessllke basis one Trust deter.
mine what portion of the assets
shall be set aside for =rout house'
hold ezepenses, such as: rent, food,
clothing, fuel, gas, and electricity.
If at the end of the month the re-
sources are in excess of the ex-
penditures the home investment i$
Sound, can only be consist-
ently and successfully accomplished
through a budget plan which en-
ables one to look at facts squarely,
and helps to prevent the leakage
that frequently occurs in household
expanses.
Refrigerator Tips
Deep food in covered contain-
ers. Remove paper bags or paper
wrappings from food before stor-
ing in refrigerator. Clean veget-
ables and wrap in waxed paper or
some of the new transparent bags;
wash the inside of the refrigera-
tor thoroughly with a mild wash-
ing soda solution at least once a
week; defrost automatic refriger-
ators regularly, or when the unit
is frosted no more than a quarter
in. Do not overcrowd. Refrigera-
tors give best service when there
is a free circulation of air
throughout.
Are You Listening?
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TOSCANINI RETURNS
Arturo Toscanini, noted leader
of the NBC Symphony Orchestra,
will return to the air on October
15th with a new series of pro-
grams. If you remember, it was
Toscanin4 with his gifted baton
who brought such favorable com-
ment to the NBC Symphony Or-
chestra in his first programs Iast
year. The new series will consist
of at least 12 programs conduct-
ed by the famous maestro. In ad-
dition the orchestra will make a
tour of several American cities.
For lovers of symphonic music
we highly recommend Toscanini's
new Fall series (commencing on
October 15th).
CONGRATULATIONS
Don Ameche, popular young
screen and radio star, is scheduled
to return to the Chase and San
born hour on September 4. The
young singer and actor recently
underwent an emergency appen-
dix operation in Holland while on
a European vacation. He is recov-
ering very well and will be back
to please his thousands of radio
fans on September 4th for cer-
tain. In regard to this program,
we feel laurels are due to Edward
Arnold for his splendid work in
Don Ameche's place. Congratula-
tions — Edward Arnold!
GOSSIP OF THE AIRLANES
Here is another advance not-
ice — Fred Waring and his Penn-
sylvanians, who have been off
the air for nearly two years, will
return on October 8th over NBC
Red Network, with a brand new
program for Groves Brotno Quin-
ine. The show will present a group
of forty instrumentalists, vocal-
ists, comedians and other enter-
tainers.
"First Nighter" — a series of
three act dramas presented in the
mythical Little Theatre Off Times
Square, starts as a Columbia fea-
ture on September 2 and will be
heard every Friday from 8:00 to
8:30 pan., E.D.S.T.
Harry Owens who wrote "Sweet
LoiIani" (from Bing Crosby's
picture "Waikiki Wedding") was
the disooverer of the steel guitar,
It seems that he was in Hawaii
sitting on the beach playing a
guitar when a native dropped a
steel knife on the instrument. The
result was a metallic ping — and
from that to the discovery of the
steel guitar which is now one of
the essential instruments in every
band. Harry Owens and his orch-
estra are heard via NBC from
the Royal Palm Roof of the Bilt-
more Hotel, New York.
Martha Raye, that swinger of
scintillating' symphonies, and
Dave Rose, her musical arranger,
are scheduled to say "I Do" on
September 12th.
Tony Martin is returning to the
orchestra business for at least ten
weeks. At the close of the George
Burns and Gracie Allen series,
Tony will take out an orchestra
on a series of one-night stands,
Larry Clinton, the swing -heart-
ed NBC conductor -composer now
e inds composing tunes easy but
titles — oh!!! Many of Larry's
compositions rank high in the
"swing repertoire!' Some of his
well-known compositions are "The
Dipsey Doodle"; "Satan Takes A
Holiday"; "Study In Brown";
"Midnight in a Madhouse"; "The
Shades of Hades" and "Abba
Dabba."
A marked advancement which
gives a greater convenience to
radio reception is the new Mag-
netic "Finger -Tip Tuning Con-
trol" being introduced by the De -
Forest Crosley new 1939 Automa-
tic Radios this season.
By just the simple press of a
button any 6 or 10 of your favor-
ite stations respond instantly, ac-
curately and automatically.
"STARDUST" ARRANGEMENT
Music by Rimsk r -Korsakoff, Sir
Edward Elgar, Anton Dvorak and
songs from several of the most
successful United States and Bri-
tish writers of popular melodies,
will be presented Sunday, August
21, 9:00 to 9:30 p.m., E.D.S.T.,
over the CBC's national network,
when "Music for You" is heard
under the direction of Geoffrey
Waddington, with Virginia Woods
soprano; Dorothy Alt, rhythm
singer, and William Morton tenor,
as the assisting artists. Albert
Pratt, member of the violin sec-
tion of the orchestra, will provide
the violin solo, a Russ Gerow ar-
rangement of Hoagy Carmich-
ael's best known 1929 hit, "Star-
dust,"
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14 Male
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16 Supports,
17 Rodent,
18 To gaze
fixedly,
19 Eternity.
20 To catch in
a snare.
22 Baking dish.
23 Projecting
part of
building.
25 To lease,
26 Wine vessel.
28 Laughter
sound,
29 Vivid
describer,
32 To.dwell.
35 Mother -of-
pearl.
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2 Presses.
3 Frost bite.
4 Box.
5 Melodies.
6 Persia,
7 Polynesian
chestnut.
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9 Humor,
10 Wrathful,
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substance, N
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24 Large waves,
25 Extremely
violent.
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28 To annoy,
30 A disease.
31 War flyer.
33 Bugle plant.
34 Deponent,
38 Musical note.;
41 Gaiter.
42 Winter
precipitation.'
43 Taxi.
44 Eye.
45 The tip.
47 Form of "a."
49 Money.
50 Pulpyfruit,
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53 Court.
54 Northeast.
POINT PELEE, Ont.—Canada
gets Ionger and shorter every
once in a while, according to J.
H. Byrne, senior assistant engin-
eer with the Department of Mines
and Resources. He explained Lake
Erie is continually building up
and tearing down Peint Pelee,
southernmost tip of Canada's
mainland, forty miles southeast of
Windsor. The change, Byrne said,
would amount to only a few feet
in a decade.
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on the acre would amount to 3630 eubic feel of water and, since
each cubic foot of pure water weighs approximately 62,4 pound,.
the weight of this amount of water would be about ,113 tont,
NEXT: The Islands which were iscbvered and forgotten three)
times.
POP—Evidently the Audience Knows Pop's Taste
DURING MY ADDRESS,
COLONEL, R 1
MOP MY BROW
THAT'S SIGNAL
THAT INE. MADE.
A JOKI MI5
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A GI, -ASS O WATER
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By J. MILLAR WATT
YOU°D BETTER
MAKE 1T THl.
otHEF WAY ROUND,
SURE TORYoNEBURST
OUT LAUGHING —
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DRINK A GLASS
OF WATER
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