Zurich Herald, 1938-09-01, Page 3Sunday School
Lesson
LESSON X
SAMUEL; SPIRITUAL REVIVAL
I Samuel 7:1-17
Printed Text -1 Samuel 7:3.13
Golden Tent,—Direct your hearts
onto Jehovah, and serve him only.
1 Samuel 7,3,
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Titne.-1121-1101 B.O.
Place.—KKiriatlt-jearim was lo-
cated about seven and one-half
miles from ,lerusalem; Mizpah was
in the tribe of Benjamin, and may
be what is now known as Mount
Scopus, immediately north of Jeru-
salem; Ebenezer was also a few
Miles north of Jerusalem, between
tb.e cities of Mizpah and Shen,
though we do not know its exact
location,
3. And Samuel. Where had
Samuel been all of these years,
and what had he been doing? How
we should like to know definitely!
Already his fame as a prophet had
spread throughout the land, and the
Israelites, though depressed, were
inclined to listen to his words more
than to the words of any other
leader of their day.
Levite, Nazirite, prophet, he pos-
sessed every qualification for at-
tracting respect and acting as
teacher. A life of holiness and
self-denial, consistent in every par-
ticular, well known to all Israel,
carried with it an authority that
could not be acknowledged by ev-
ery real Israelite. Spake unto all
the house of Israel, saying, 1f ye
do return unto Jehovah with all
your heart, then put away the for-
eign gods and the Ashtaroth from
among you, and •direct your hearts
unto Jehovah and serve him only;
and he will deliver you out of the
hand of the Philistines. At Ra-
man, where his influence was great-
est, he raised an altar• and per-
formed the worship of Jehovah
with such faithful Israelites as he
could find to join him. Steadily
and warily he won his way into the
hearts of his countrymen. With
unwearied zeal he went lip and
down among them from one end of
the land to the other reproving,
rebuking, exhorting. He recalled
to mind their ancient glory, infused
into their hearts the long -forgotten
ideas so familiar to their fore-
fathers --the special providence
that watched oyer them, the guide
onceexercised, the prosperity eon-
sequent upon obedience, the pun-
ishment that followed the infringe-
ment of divine commands,
Paganism Put Away
4. Then the children of Israel did
put away Beeline and the Ashtar-
oth and served Jehovah only, It
is a great day for any family, for
any man, for any nation, when
strange gods, false deities, idols
of every kind, are definitely put
away,
5. And Samuel said, Gather all Is-
rael to Mizpah, and I will pray for
you unto Jehovah. "Mizpah" means
watch -tower, and was the meeting -
place of the national assembly. It
was located in the tribe of Benja-
min,
6. And they gathered together to
Mizpah. And drew water, and pour-
ed it out before Jeohvah, and fast-
ed on that clay, and said there, We
have sinner against Jehovah. And
Samuel judged the children of Is-
rael in Mizpah.
The pouring forth of water may
have implied that they poured
from their full hearts fruits of peni-
tence and tears; that they desired
by the heaviness of their grief to
wash their laud free from the ac-
cumulated evil of the past years.
Isere is probably the first time in
twenty years that Israel made a
public confession of her sin.
'Defeat of the Philistines
7. And when the Philistines
heard that the children of Israel
were gathered together to Mizpah,
the lords of the Philistines went
up against Israel. And when the
children of Israel heard it, they
were afraid of the Philistines. 8.
And the children of Israel said to
Samuel, Cease not to cry unto Je-
hovah our God for us, that he will
save us out of the hand of the
Philistines, 9. And Samuel took a
sucking lamb, and offered it for a
whole burnt -offering unto Jehovah:
and Samuel cried unto Jehovah for
Israel; and Jehovah answered him.
How altogether different is the
condition of Israel now from what
it was twenty years before this
when they suffered defeat at the
hands of the Philistines! Then
they had only the symbol of God's
gracious presence, now they had
the reality. Then their spiritual
guides were the wicked Hophni and
Phinehas; now their guide was
holy Samuel.
10. And as Samuel was offering
up the burnt -offering, the Philis-
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purr like kittens, no species is known that can utter more than •
the commonly known hissing sound. Of course_, rattlers can rattle
their tail rattles, and some species cam " swishing, sound
with their scales;
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WARING'S 20 -VOICE CHOIR
On October 8, after an absence
of nearly two years, Fred Waring
and his Pennsylvanians return to
the air augmented by an capella
choir of twenty men. Waring
plans to use youthful college glee
clubs or other similar semi -ama-
teur experienced voices. Arias
from operas as well as th
best
eld
in semi -classic and popular
will constitute the basis of this
new male choir singing.
TOSCANINI TO CONDUCT
Comprising one of the most
complete schedules in the history
of Metropolitan Opera, Great
Plays and the NBC Symphony Or-
chestra, Arturo Toscanini will di-
rect 12 of the orchestra series
,which begins October 15th.
WALTER DAMROSCH BACK
The famous NBC "Music Ap-
preciation Hour" will be present-
ed for the 11th season under the
direction of music counsellor Wal-
ter Damrosch.
METROPOLITAN OPERA
For the eighth consecutive year,
radio will again afford listeners
the opportunity of enjoying the
greatest music dramas right in
their own homes. Each Saturday
the NBC Networks will carry a
complete performance by the
world's outstanding artists, direct
fro n the stage of the Metropolitan
Opera House.
"BANDWAGON" FOR DANCERS
From the smooth strains of Guy
Lombardo to the swing arrange-
ments of Benny Goodman, a live-
ly new NBC Red Network program
starts Sunday, September 4th.
Other big names for this series in-
cludes Lopez, Duchin, Bernie, Dor-
sey and Kemp, thus giving a corn -
pieta picture to listeners of to-
day's popular music—Hot, Sweet
and in between. This replaces the
"Interesting Neighbors" program.
"PIPE FOR BERGEN"
No matter where Bergen and
Charlie McCarthy spend their va-
cation late this month, NBO
"Mikemen" will be there with a
microphone and "Pipe" him (as
they call it) into his usual Sunday
night broadcast.
NEW RADIO SETS
The latest contribution to "Mag-
ic of Radio" is the spreading out
of short-wave bands so that what
previously had to be cramped in-
to two bands has now been ex-
tended to five channels—thus pre-
venting overlapping of stations—
making short-wave reception as
easy to tune in an local reception.
This is a feature of the new
1939 DeForest Crosley, Music
Master, Symphony Series.
tines drew near to battle against
Israel; but Jehovah thundered
with a great thunder on that day
upon the Philistines and discomfit-
ed them; and they were smitten
down before Israel. The -word here
translated "discomfited" expresses
the idea of a confusion resulting
from sudden panic.
11. And the men of Israel went
out of Mizpah, and pursued the
Philistines, and smote then', until
they came under Beth -car.
"Stone of Help"
12. Then Samuel took a stone,
and set it between Mizpah and
Shen, and called the name of it
Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath
Jehovah helped us. The exact lo-
cation of Ebenezer, the word mean-
ing "the stone of help," is not
known, but it must have been situ-
ated a few miles north of Jerusa-
lem between the cities of Mizpah
and Shen. Ebenezer was the exact
place, where, twenty years before,
Israel had suffered defeat at the
loss of the ark.
13. So the Philistines were sub-
dued, and they came no more with-
in the border of Israel: and the
hand Jehovah was against the
Philistines all the days of Samuel.
" Prom this time Samuel was cer-
tainly without any question the su-
preme leader of Israel, and so he
continued to be down to the time
of his death. There is a lesson
here for every child of God; when
we really turn to God in confession,
willing to yield to hint, and he wins
a victory for us in our life, as he
absolutely can on every occasion,
we not only recover all the terri-
tory in our life which had been lost
to the eneme. but we gain even
more.
A Wonderful Leader
Samuel is worthy to stand at the
side of Moses. It is not without
reason that he has been regarded
as in dignity and importance occu-
pying the position of a second
Moses in relation to the people. In
his exhortations and warnings the
Deute.ronomic discourses of Moses
are reflected and repeated. He de-
livers the nation from the hand of
the Philistines, as Moses from Pha-
raoh and the Egyptians, and opens
up for them a new national era of
progress and order under the rule
of the kings whom they have de-
sired.
Claims Crime
15 "Necessary"
Psychologist Says It Keeps The
World Away From Savagery
—Moral Acts Those in Ac-
cord With Public Welfare
A prominent psychologist as-
serted last week if there were no
law breakers and all laws were
obeyed the world would revert to
savagery.
In the law -breaking class he put
the Christian marytrs,
The psychologist — Dr. Knight
Dunlap, professor of psychology
at the University of California at
Los Angeles — championed the
"necessity" of crime in an article
for the forthcoming (September)
issue of the California NIonthly,
publication of the University of
California's alumni.
Some Laws Are Wrong
Dr. Dunlap argued that there
was nothing really wrong about
violating a "bad" law and that the
"crime" involved might even bene-
fit society in the end by contribut-
ing to the elimination of the im-
proper statute.
"If we assume that it is one's
duty to promote public welfare
and to avoid acts against public
welfare," he said, "we can hardly
avoid theconclusion that under
certain circumstances it is one's
duty to commit crime. This situa-
tion arises because there are laws
which really are detrimental to
public welfare."
Divorce Procession
A young woman accompanied
by two women friends drove
through Indianapolis, Minn., trail-
ing tin cans, old shoes, and ribbon
streamers from her car. A large
notice read: "JUST DIVORCED".
All woollen goods manufactured
in Japan for domestic consump-
tion must be part fibrous material.
Chinese investments in 15 of the
28 provinces of the Philippines
have just been found to total $27,-
796,000, while those by Filipinos
aro only $15,857,000.
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president of
Yale
University.
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•16 Inexpensively.
17 Tardy.
18 Striped fabric.
20 Local
position.
• 21 Male ancestor.
22 To expend
money,
23 Lacking.
stiffness.'
25 Child. 42
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26 Cavity. 46
27 Auto.
28 You and me. 47
29 Artifice. 49
30 In that 50
manner. 51
31 Church group•52
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34 Eluded.
36 Card game. 56
38 Short letters. '
39 Postscript. 57
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7 Chief
commodities.
8 To scrutinize.
9 Sound of
inquiry.
10 Affirmative,
11 Correspond-
ence.
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colleges-.
14 Railway.
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gatherer.
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formerly - -1
at Yale.
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29 Walks through'
water.
31 Father.
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in ----.
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prickle.
47 Duet.
48 To put on.
50 Natural power
51 Street.
53 King of
Bashan.
55 Dye.
Says the King
Coming in 1939
To Canada and U. S.—Liver-
pool Paper Declares Trip
`Almost Certainty'
The Liverpool Post in its London
letter last week said the Ding and
Queen will "almost certainly" visit
Canada and the United States dur-
ing 1939, although no plans have
ye't been discussed and no invita-
tions issued.
It was understood, the column
said, that Lord Tweedsmuir, Gov-
ernor-General of Canada, mention-
ed unofficially the possibility of a
visit though an invitation from
Canada would come through the
prime minister.
Will Make Arrangements
The column added that Lord
Stanley, dominions secretary might
discuss arrangements with Prime
Miniser Mackenzie Icing.
At Ottawa, Mr. King recently
said the King needed no invitation
to visit the Dominion. Canada al-
ways stood ready to welcome its
sovereign,
Negroes Propose
African Homeland
Would Ask Gifts of Territory
From France and England—
Liberia as Nucleus
A demand that the British Gov-
ernment act to improve the social
and economic lot of the negroes of
the West Indies was contained in a
resolution passed at the final ses-
sion of the convention of the Uni-
versal Negro Improvement Associa-
tion in Toronto ]est week.
The resolution pointed out that
1938 was the 700th anniversary of
the West Indian negroes, and call-
ed on British authorities to rescue
them from what it termed wretched
economic conditions.
Would Improve Race
The 180 men and women dele-
gates, who represent a 4,000,000
POP—A Static Condition
---- AND IF YOU DON'T
VOTE FOR THE COLONEL
THE RICH WILL (3E RICHER
AND THE POOR WILL 4E
'POORER '
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HOW ABOUT
THOSE •
THAT
ARE
N�1'i'H�R
By J. MILLAR WATT
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NEITHERER!
membership scattered all over the
world, were in session for eleven
days, and considered mainly the
position of the race and the means
at hand to improve it. They re-
elected Marcus Garvey of London,
Eng., President -General, and Miss
Ethel Collins of New York City,
Secretary. Thomas Harvey ot
Philadelphia, was elected Chancel-
lor.
Ultimate objectives of the asso-
ciation is the setting up of a home-
land for the negroes ot the world
in Africa, with the present negro
State of Liberia forming the nu-
cleus to which would be added ter-
ritorial gifts from France and Eng-
land.
How Daylight
Saving Began
Was Adopted Generally in Eu-
rope During the Great War
—Called "Summer Time"
Daylight saving was adopted in
nearly every country in Europe in.
the second year of the War, the
idea being that, by getting people
up an hour earlier, there would
be a great saving in fuel for
lighting and heating. In many
countries, however, it was drop-
ped when war ended.
"Sumner tine" is observed to-
day in France, Belgium, the Neth-
erlands, Spain and Portugal. Sum-
mer time bills were also approved
in Canada in 1934, and in New
Zealand in 1927. The United
States seems unable to make up
its mind. Some states use it, while
others do not.
He Originated It
The idea was advocated long
before the war by a Chelsea
(England) builder, William Will-
ett. Willett was himself an early
riser, and used to ride in Petts
Wood, Chislehurst, on summer
mornings before coining to town
for business. In the evenings he
It was while enjoying these
recreations in 1907 that he con-
ceived the idea of extending the
hours of daylight available for
Leisure. IIe devoted himself to a
campaign, and in 190S Mr. (af-
terwards Sir Sibert) Pearce intro-
duced a Bill in the British House
of Commons to put the clock on by
law. At first it was laughed at,
but the Bill continued to come up
year after year with increasing
support. Willett never lived to
see the ,,.ct in force, for be died
in March, 1015. A memorial to
hin3 now stands in Tetts Wood,
Summer time was introduced
for the first time on May 21,
1916, but it was not until 1925
that the final and permanent Act
was passed.
Nurses of Ireland threaten to
organize and demand shorter
hours, better pay, greater oppor-
tunity for rest and recreation im
off -time, and pensions after long
service,