» v _ = _ - _.gave .by _the lilssuylst on snndny. tn.. r »rdol‘t`fl‘er and iconoclsst or image- I , . d t _lle stem but iso ell ` f _ i ,- ` - :_ `~: ' \" " __ __ _‘_ i 4 ""` llild tllli firm founliatlorlvof _ _I ' _ - __ _ _ _ _. __ _ .-,* ~ _ ; '_ - x ‘ I your han 7 l l Ymgmmy l F sweet ~ heart._-_ For ['11 , ._!!“l!1llt9!`- -1 I 3 IE GE? . . ~ , - .»._, In _L.___.,§__ . ______.________ _ , . l _ t°' '“"-¥ l’ FIRST OF ALL "`1'i1ll_w.e=r.Nwv= .- _ _»>cHAl1_1p1Yrr7rowN, CANADA. SAQURPAY nl-:rl or i lun Hui svDflscuss_cmEoN lcollocllsls llln llulll (The following Essay was read be-c the Young Men's Guild at Men _ _ _yltll Prenldont L.:-1. col nn. Mxuifwl _Of "I8 U. Bank 0! Com- mence. presiding.) . §y__le_grrll H. Gordon, Teacher. ' _iflplil _e plume: "_I._,oo-Loo.") ’ fél;._:‘:lllfti_hene¢a ilsriod logstsel-_fdom _ ' o owe n' a or of “Isrbelites s time glhlwhlllng in . ts, when the camp of the tribes, _half-§>_astoral, cluster- ' ' ‘auont tie ranamonle, _moved /with it from point to point through the desert. But now the march was over; tl1_o~1_n_omads had .become set- Npiéel _Wnfopeniugf the story of the "‘Ju gi," W6 had ourselves in a war- atmosphere. At once we _are plunged into military preparations; the _popular heroes are. those who -_ the unclrcumscised hip and For forty years peace reigned in Israel tter Deborah and Borak had dtliverell 'the Israelites from the yoke of Jabin' and Sisera. After this pe- riod 0! rest from strife, the Hebrews _ _o_i”_tll`en- dlnonedlenoeto Jn- hgvgll -*were for seven years so sorely by a confederation of Arab tri s (composed of the Midianites, Amalekites and other nomadic tribes) thatthey were forced to seek refuge in the cover of the hills, in torrent gullies and in stronghoids on hill lllirelahd sword spread terror on every hand. Their crops were de- stroyed, their country was laid -waste. ~I§_‘fthbir'degpair help is sought from Jehareu and e prophet ln nent. 'rue prophet, Jewish legend says it was Phinehas, reminds them of how God "hid 'thkeii 'tlle"IsraeIites `eut» of the _bblldige of; the Egyptians, and he their administers the stern reprooi: ”B_pt you havenot obeyed J ehovah.". The go pf the I-lebrews seems to have Bell spent upon a short ladder ilfgoing up,'in'oolging down; in going t by their great leader's side beyond s the stream, a chosen band proved fit molishillg the watch-tower the pride "'*°-e- 3, _ l "*-* "-. ‘ K the well of Herod at which they were and A _ _ encamped means 'jj:rembling" or they are, because they`had killed his th’ °°_“°"1 °id° °f “W Arm- ‘"4 "fear." By morning. twenty'-two brothers, slain by Gideon‘| own hand, . 1 X _ _ Th e Hebrew people had deserted the camp called by Gideon, they gained a great ' The remaining ten thousand (10 victory over the fleeing host and . _. 000) are tried by the test of the killed two sub-chiefs Oreb _(the Crow) M* _ _ stream of water which flows between and Zeeb (the Wolf). One _hundr_ h` ‘ ’ 1 cou Nl their camp and that of the enemy's and twenty thousand (120 000) men in Nine thousand, seven hundred (9 700) all kneel or lie down to take a long and alert and under self-control, do not an _ - a kneel but lap the water and pass over Gideon’s “faint yet pursuing' army trucuon of vayuaby, mn", M,-“_ the stream. The three hundred who which had passed over the Jordan is 5(-h lapped separate themselves and are av for the work that is to ba done. The of 0 thers are left behind as a. reserve. ' Of t e t t t t C h y strengthened in courage. al his son Jether failing to do so, d Pennel to furnish provisions /to B enged on his victorious réturn by A rgin the seventy-seven elders, de- Pennal and decimating the men thousand (22,000) or two-thirds of the e msn of Ephraim being now dum yntardu . aa nan of the wandering races ofthe u ert. The slaughter became in the c of Jehovah. On his return from c_ampaign the people expressed engage in c'ivil war before his roy- WM it “F95 directed- power could be firmly established, S After midnight, the surprise assault a-nd also Gideon looked on the priest- began. Israei` represented by the ll' three hundred chosen men. divided in- strong but not spiritual rellgiollsness ture and U15 VYOTBMP 0f H cfwtufe by o r three companies, not on the ord- is oi'l‘lce as his proper calling. A fl the chief note of Gideon’s charact- me in the woods on the shores of tht First Dartmouth lake caused some the Fleming park pretty close to the Roald eaten _ came this side so that the tire W8l‘e killed, Bild U16 Felnhlllillg Hi- wah extmguiéhed wnhqut mat.-in thousand (15 000) ded to Karbor. almqm ‘ ' . _ leisurely draught but three hundred This remnant of the mighty host was " ` (800) bending swiftly down carry wat- later attacked by the Israelites s/nd er to their mouths in the hollow of completely defeated. . the persons" worked yesterday afternoon in hand These men in wise haste, The refusal of the men of Buccoth Dartmouth lake in a hard Bgllt to The center of the fire district was' _ d th ed di t in t ' and Phurah heard a man in the vah’s victory as he himself acknow- gn ey wwe 2 n B opp g he on enemy's camp relating to his com- lodged-hall this special significance, panion the dream of the cake of bar-- that it ended the incursions into ley bread-such\liread as Israel had C been reduced to, the bread of poverty C195 -that tumbled into the host of Mid- literature of Israel a symbol of the ion, and the other man giving the destruction which must overtake the interpretation that it was the sword foes of Gideon who was by God’s aid to the destroy the Midlon’s camp. As the _lilllll result of this reconnoltre, which prov- _title of Kingf; but he refused from ed, that the camp of the foe was full motives of caution as he would have of doubt and fear, Gideon was great- to l lake, 200 yards distant; This was them with brllsh. At` nightfall it_' looked. ns tho the danger were past but towards midnight ten or a- dozen men were still engaged in the r desire that heiwould assume the one fighting operations. _ HALIFAX, July 4-Forelt ilrel ply A blaze occurred in the woods ot em orlal tower ents nearby e to the place and some help A crowd of nearly one hulidred' th‘e woods on the shjorea af the ve the camps and prevent the de- e fire department rendered assist- nee during part oi' the afternoon. back-of J amesf Harrison'a_ place. Mr. Isnor, Mr. Creighton. Mr. Starns the city. _ R Guided by the great Jehovah, Glde- The great victory of Gideon-Jeho- nd other campers strove valiantiy rogress of the ilre. Water had to be carried from the sed with eflectl Another method off ornhating the iiames'was\to beat ».....»----».~v.,.~.,, Gi-deon ‘may have understood the econd Commandment only as forbid- ing the llse of an image of any crea- alis of an image. We know that n leaned by oldoon: they blow their er. we nnnli now treat or Gideon tnethe Chefubim in the Holy Ui Hellas rllm eta on every side of the enemy's E P _ campv; they shout their war~cry: “The Of the ld taken from the Midiovn- Of Sword! for Jehovah and l)_i¢l00¥l!" it hey break their pitchers and the o cclesiastic. (S go _ ea he made an epbod (idest, 5 kind U0 orches which were concealed in thcm Dri0B'bB) and Placed it in Ophrah HB B. W” lloy snnn ln the elr. ‘ S ymbol or sign of Jchovah's presence 0 We are told that the stars in their among the people. When it is sup- 'W8 ourees fought against Sisera, and p osed that Gideon fell away from his U n lights of Heaven may also be said first iaith in making this image the G anctum Sanctorum) were symbolic the Thummim (Hebrew “p rfec- na") of creation and throughghela l llnen nnrplloo worn by the Jewinn the greatness of the Supreme Heins s realized. Bo it was with Gide-. n's ephod or symbolic image, which s however by the northern tribes sed in seeking oracles from Thai' rand Architect. But this snhod' mpdtg ptlamtgn c°"i'tiggt ‘1°wh t° dai" to have battled against the hewilder- error lies in overestimating his spiri- Df0"¢d `“ 50919 £0 Gid°0¥l. Perhaps (it~ *.5 . ~r7 95.- ° 9°" ll mm' 8" in od and panic-itricken Mldionites. The tualltv at the earlier stage. We must is 9‘“`mi5"d) in the WHY Of brillgilllf' " °.'1l\>i“¥ °8_“"f ‘“"’ *“°“ "°"’°°”‘““¥' oonlpleto rout and sight ortho .trees not tlllnk that nt nny time tno non in wealth and creating a spirit of’ mu" dw" °‘ heaven' 'foil d th t d and d rin of a symbolic image would have secln- Rvaflcci f0l‘ H1050 Wh0 8»DD\i°l1f»0 him 'Ammg th” hm” °' M°"°"°h at _nigl?l.mlattaclg. ugtxlllig lords- thereawai ed-wrong to him. It 'was not against 8° 9- fevmllef b¥`0‘-‘Shi gif"-B with ophnh *wed Gidwn the 5°" °‘ Jmwh dreadful bloodshed. Their two chiefs images but against the worship of .tm Am`°@"t°' To Bmw" Whm’ 5°' Zibeb and Zalmuna were captured: ‘false and impure gods that his zeal ..(Cont.inued on D580 3~) ofetly' tllrcélllng wheat'il1 a cove ___._»_._._»_-_-_-_~rs;-_»¢_~;-_-I-“_#_-_-_-_-.~.-_-5.:~=--1--~==Yif-ff-------f--<==f=-f--<>-1'-'-'-'-'-'--off--‘-'-'-'-'-‘-‘==-'-1'--rf-'-‘-'-'-'-'~'~'-'frffi-i-ia-21-`-1'-'--‘-‘-'-=-‘-'=-'-~-~~A------>----»-=- - --~ -- - - ___ -- there appeared near him under an CG .-- ly ~ I . ‘“' - "' ` "\-~ s »» --~ ~ all %dilsm° tv Fe H1 » "A ~wo_man‘ always wants a ‘l§ __ reason, butnever gives one". So Wes are going to tell you 'lj lust wily “D`e_#_v`er’° Flour is a bread flour and 'a pastry- Hour _ -as good for one' as for the § . otllcrf-4514' 6;!! far balll. »l= onfnrin Fel/ H/an-1 in the l_nost1nng-irious wheat in the worlde- rich in fl-esh and _F ` streligth Building qualities and » Wltli Ffllll rlcll' ilavornnd splen- Clld pastry making _ ualities. . . 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S. _ ` Travelling Salsa lien! if nr.‘¢.';;:lne...:';.-f°.e::.;“:‘:*:.:; . GHS T112 Y@aIS R011 O12. "°i%n‘i‘l‘j,’}“P‘°“.ll°"uann.“ '°":l5llf" end. _ _ ' » -' _ if _‘E f al _ ' _ _ - ‘ y __ _ _ ~-.\.e on - md to mm _ ___m md _ esfth mm,” n.....,,lly lJAlsYLl:orl»..u.lrl1=sRsdN`br."‘/Kl¢iE`lEIl‘-5 . i n s _ . . . th . tl; _ ni lltl me f lo 1"* EDGAR SELDBN. "I Fleece and l»°<|°f°°""’“"°*|P’°§f“°"°" _ -. ' rue: dlvlll; nnieieensgnr tllell lllllnlnlied ’ THE PEARL MAIDEN. M“”f° "7 him that he Gideon, should' save Is- v§1l0`H0d‘9 New York Theatre, New York MELVILLL .l-GIDEUNI nel. _uogoét Gideon wee nstonndod that he should be divinely appointed to deliver the suffering Israelites, and ~| I. -- o is is-L --t-»'*“~“f."=.s ga l n lt l 'tl _ kd 1 ` '_ '_A G 7 o"" Y 1 H' 5:: p:gd"';r_°?;st°nuf'Etethe ‘$183 lit you lee, _...___ can't you hear, ___~ _ Wqgfg; wg. was in very deed the messenger of ` 'GW 13° ,¢-l.‘l|»-<-- ~J“9t‘ 03° HUM ------i. A116 bc- God; When G,ideon’s present of skid and I _\ `n 'r _ _ _ i __ __ l an- . 1 _- , _, . _ ___ it unleavened cakes had been laid on a ‘ '£13' H rock, the angel touched the offering P ' ' ,4’ with his rod, iira at once came out » _- ___ , of'the' rock and consumed the flesh t ~ ,g _ r _ V _i E - anlll cakes. Then the angel vanished. » ‘ " ' ‘ l An altar .was built' there by Gideon and called Jehovah-Shalom. Now there came a test to be ap- plied to Gideon, and he appears 88 a breaker. By God’s warrant, he with gd faithful men pulled down 'at' mit' aal’s altar, the symbol of Israel's infidelity, and cut down the ¢l‘bve" or great wooden mast of Ash- erah, the sign of Israel's degrada- ~tiolf,5 _ He next odered on the new ul- ~ta`r 'df-Jehovah a burnt sacrifice of a 'seven year old bullook. To overturn merely is no service: Gideon not only ln he morning, the men of the city dl»limverq¢1_p'lle}f.` had been done and sought to kill Gideon. But his father Joadiiu defending his son exclaim- .eea "‘ lflaanl be n god let nlnn plead for himself!" and he threatened death to those' who should protest for ; _- ll eh the name A r wp (' gll`_~lll` is "The _ .""’." to ' by-ut. asf which means . l " y "peei'e lullesonlst-" s; or_tf?¥ene from Hea- illrg' symgog bgdaillyw that God `sl‘a§l', l _ as encour- . .. o;_ _iyferfl flew.-vnlnll ln to no ___f 1 .. W;-ning while tliethreelllng- an-....“°:.;:.;.:°:: sr:-:as ij, _ testing the nlvlno pron- ' _ revel. Wool. as H8005 woilld, under ordin- ary ions, receive a plentiflll de- posit .`i.___dgw, blit' so would the sur- rounding grass and soil. The second diesels was still more remarkable. ~_="fT:Z §__ _.tip ik e ‘l . __ gn _ |153- _. stand part ; st I'd eay, ___ while 4 a, _ _ in ff nu/n 1.-_ am.-a-in-n » . . \ 'll 1 l_ I I. | "T I Ii 'ul / ll =El. ni ._ _ ,_ s _ .. E Y I _-| ‘il_ _ #_ ~. _i ll ll __.-_ ~_._.»... -vs-swans-li-s~v-sri -fs mgy, ” While I yny., _ _Yon’xe my lf=l _| _“ll . 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