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THE TESTING"^" '
OF GIDEON
A S70IT OF THE FEIIOD OF THE JUDGES
1H ISRAEL
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SERMONETTE. +
“Throw down the altar of 4
Baal that thy Father hath, and 4
cut down the grove that la by 4
•t-“ Reform was to begin at 4
home, and it was to be com- 4
plete. No use for Gideon to ap- 4
peal to the nation while his own 4
family was under the shadow 4
of the heathen altar and the +
festive grove lured to Its licen 4
tious festivities. 4
The altar to Baal which his 4,
father had erected must be ♦
thrown down. The grove which 4
he had planted must be hewn 4
to the ground. 4
Thus was there to be a clean- 4
cut, positive break with the 4
wickedness about him. ]£
Thus by his fearless and bold 4
ele
striking at the very root of 4
the idolatrous practices which 4
had crept into his nation, he 4
was to challenge not only the 4
power of the heathen god Baal, J
but he was to proclaim him- 4
self the champion of the true 4
God. 4
It took faith and great moral 4
courage for Gideon to stand out 4
against not only his father’s 4
house and his own nation, but 4
against the powerful nations. 4
which held Israel in bondage. 2
Here was the testing. 4
Had not Gideon been willing 2
to do this thing which the Lord 4
required at the first, he never J
would have been fitted to lead 4
the victorious army of Israel 4
against the foe, neither would 4
God have permitted him to. 2
He was willing to burn the 4
bridges behind him, for he knew 4
when he marched with God 4
there was no retreat. He knew 2
that deliverance lay before them 4
and not in compromise. 4
Many a man fails of the 4
high commission of God just 2
here. He begins by compro- 4
mists. He is anxious to lead a 4
victorious army, but he is fear- 4
ful lest the line of retreat be 4
cut off. 4
God must needs test Gideon 4
before he could commit fully to 2
his hands the task before him. 4
This testing wrought a two- 2
fold work upon him. It identi- 4
fied him absolutely and irrevoc- 2
ably with the cause of right- 4
eousness, and it brought to his ^
heart a revelation of the majes- 4
ty and holiness of God. 2
A low conception of what j
God requires of his followers ^
proves disastrous to many a re- j
former. It leads to compromise I;
with evil. It results in half- j
hearted endeavor. It is the bird .j
whose vision is the keenest that
flies the farthest, and it is the
Christian whose spiritual per- |j
ceptions are highest who ac- •
complishes most for God. ^
Endure God’s testing, for with «■
It will come a revelation of God J
and an appreciation of what it •!
means to stand with him. j
THE STORY.
GIDEON returned to his home In
all the enthusiasm and elation
which comes to the heart of a man
after the conception of a great en
terprise and the realization that he is
the one upon whojp the responsibility
•of leadership rests. The words God
had spoken to him that afternoon
rang through his soul, and he scarce
ly knew whether his feet touched the
ground or not as he hurried back to
make preparations for the campaign
before him. Had not God called him
a ‘‘mighty man of valor?” and had
he not said that he. Gideon, should
“save Israel from the hand of the
Midianltes?”
He could scarce check the ahout of
elation and joy as he passed along
the familiar way. and he was tempted
more than once as he passed some
neighbor to proelam the deliverance
he had been sent, to achieve. Put
wisely he refrained only confiding,
after he had reached the seclusion of
his own home. In one- of his serv
ants whom he could trust.
Late they had sat talking over all
Iho wonderful experiences of the aft
ernoon, and then had began laying
plans as to how test to carry out
God's will.
"We must needs raise a great army,
for the »-nemy is strong,” exclaimed
th«> servant, enthusiastically.
“Yes ' assented Gideon, slowly and
thoughtfully. “But how shall we do
this? Suppose the people will not
come up to our support?”
"Ah. never fear, they will rally
when th • story Is told them of thy
■rail to leadership, as thou hast told
It to mo," was the encouraging re
joinder. “Lot certain chosen ones
of thy servants whom thou cans! trust
be selected as'messengers," he con
tinued
This plan Instantly met the ap
proval of Gideon and the servant de
parted to bring together those whom
Gideon had named, while the latter
nat deep In thought considering where
be would flrat make the assault when
be had gathered his army.
"We must take them unawares and
strike a Mow before they know that
we have gathered an army.” he said
half aloud, as he ran over the plans
in his mind. Rut whit was that!
"Take thy father's young bullock,
even the young bullock of seven years
old. and throw down the altar of Raal
that thy father hath, and cut down
the grove that is by it,*’ came a voice
out of the darkness.
Gideon looked around with a start,
fear and dismay struggling for the
mastery. And while he itrove to
gain control of himself, the voice con
tinued:
"And build an altar unto the Lord
thy God upon the top of the rock Id
the ordered place and take the sec*
ond bullock, and offer a burnt sacr>
flee with the wood of the grove which
thou shalt cut down ”
As Gideon listened he became con*
soious that it was the voice of God
speaking to him. Rut what bold
thing was this which he was com
manding him to do. Not only would
It arouse hostility among the mem
bers of his own household and thdse
of his own people, but it would warn
the enemy and put them on their
guard. If it did not lead to an itume
diate attack.
And how could he expect to win
the Bupport of his people tn the face
of such difficulties and dangers? How
much better It seemed, he reasoned
to himself, to secretly raise an army
and fall upon the enemy unawares
and overcome them. Then, would
be time enough, he thought, to throw
down the altar of Baal and to build
an altar to the God of Israel.
Hut. came back the answer to his
conscience, can God give you the vic
tory while yet the high places of
Baal remain in the midst of Israel?
Where should reform begin If not In
your own household? How could you
go out and claim that the God of Is
rael was with you while yet your
father's household Is under the shad
ow of the altar of Baal and the
grove? Thus his heart reasoned, and
soon he saw that God’s plan, and not
his. must be followed.
When he yielded to this conviction
he arose and hurried to the place
where it had been agreed he should
meet his servants. It was with some
misgivings that he came before them.
How would they receive this new
plan? Would they stand vit.l him?
These questions troubled him as ho
faced them, hut as he began faithfully
and courageously to relate all that
the Lord had said that he should do,
he gained confidence and when he had
finished speaking without waiting for
reply, he turned to go, saying, simply:
“Come, Jet us do our work quickly,
lost the morning's light find our
courage fail us. and the friends of
Baal prove too strong for us.”
And his servants, ten in number,
rose to a man and went forth with
him. and ere the first rays of light
wrere gilding the eastern sky, the
trees of the grove lay prostrate on
the ground, the altar of Baal was In
ruins, and the flesh of the bullock
lay smoking upon the altar which had
been erected to the God of Israel.
Silently and quickly the little band
dispersed, each man in the direction
agreed upon.
No small stir was made when the
people of Ophrah discovered upon the
morrow what had been done, and
when it was rumored that Gideon had
wrought the rash deed, they demand
ed that he be brought forth and
killed.
Then It was that .Toash. the father
of Gideon, awakened to the sin which
he had committed against God in per
mitting the altar and grove to Baal
to be erected upon his land, stood
boldly forth and declared:
“If Baal be a god, let him plead for
himself?”
uiese woras ino people pave a
shout of approval, and the spirit of
God coming upon Gideon he blew
his trumpet and the people were
gathered after him. Meanwhile his
messengers had gone unto the tribes
of Asher and Zebulun and Naphtall,
and in response to their call a great
company of fighting men were brought*
together, fully 32.000 men.
When word of these things reach
ed the Midianites they were wroth,
and swore that Haal their god should
he avenged with mighty slaughter,
and they sent word to the Amalaklfes
and to all the neighboring peoples on
the east of the rebellion which had
broken out among the Israelites. In
response thereto a great army was
gathered together, and It 'ame and
encamped In the valley of Jezreel.
which when the men of the army of
Israel saw many of them began to he
afraid, which thing troubled Gideon
greally. ‘ Surely,” he said to himself.
“If God would give Israel the victory
there must be other spirits in the
hearts of our people.”
And that night Gideon sought the
Lord and said:
“If thou wilt, save Israel by mine
hand, as thou hast said, behold. I will
put a fleece of wool in the floor; and
If the dew he upon the fleece only,
and If It be dry upon all fhe earth be
side. then shall I know that thou wilt
save Israel by mine hand as thou hast
said.”
And It was so; for he arose tip
early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringing the dew
out of the fleece, a how]full of water.
And Gideon said unto God: “Let not
thine anger he hot against me. and I
will speak but this once: Jet me
prove, I pray thee, but this once with
the fleece; let It be dry only upon
the fleece, and upon all the ground let
there be dew.” And God did so that
night, so that Gideon knew the I^ord
was surely with him In the great con
fl»ct which lay before him.
Poor.
How poor are they that have not
patience.—Shakespeare.
HOME VS. THE CITY
THAT IS WHAT THE HOME-TRADE
PROBLEM AMOUNTS TO.
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
If You Are Sending Your Dollars to
the Mail-Order Houses You Are
Battling Against tho
Home Town.
(Copyrights. by Alfred C. Clark.)
A far seeing, provident business
man will not pursue a policy which
is subversive of his best interests. 1
He will not destroy his own house,
neither will he jeopardize his busi
ness. He will observe the golden
rule, not only In theory, but in prac
tice. and its practical observation was
ue\er more needed than at the pres
ent time. Men dream about the
“Golden Age“ and yet. ofttlmes pur
sue a policy which renders the dawn
of that age an impossibility.
>\ithin the horizon of every coun
try resident there exists an evil which
Is yearly assuming greater propor
tions. We lefer to the mail order
business which last year amounted
in money sent to Chicago alone to
$200,000,000. Two hundred million
dollars diverted from its legitimate
channel. Two hundred million dol- i
lars sent out to enrich those who
were not needy, while those at home
sorely in need of support were passed
by coldly; the local trade was im
poverished Just to that extent. This
golden trade reviving stream Bhould
have remained within Its own chan
nel, thus enriching its own soil, and
causing desert places to bloom and
blossom.
Many unemployed would have been
engaged at living wages, households
In a certain rural community, this
.5(Tidal order and warning was issued:
“L nlcss bad roads are fixed thore
will be no rural delivery at all.** It la
Impossible to put roads In repair with
out money. This lack of means can
not be traced to poor crops, for the
harvest just gathered In has been
superabundant. Men cannot support
and build up business concerns in dis
tant cities without sacrificing the
local good. Is It fair to establish the
city by depriving the country of Its
Just support?
Many hold forth the idea that the
country is the feeder of the city.
This Is only partially true. That dtte
trlne has been preached till the text
Is threadbare. It would be much
wiser for men to get a new text and
talk and work the country up. then
allow the city. Including Us mall or
aer Octopus, to work its own prob
lems awhile. This. Instead of being
selfishness, would be the finest order
of common sense. A more marked
feeling of brotherhood interest is
saidi.v needed in the country on thld
particular point.
The rural population complain of
lack of facilities and conveniences; In
order to obviate this, let $200,000,000
this coming year be disbursed among
country merchants, among the hum
bler storekeepers, then observe what
will follow. The Improvements would
be marked. Social conditions would
be greatly ameliorated. A new order
would maintain In the home and over
the broad acres of the farm and best
of all. the social spirit of brotherhood
would be felt as never before.
Listen to these thoughtful words
from Got. Folk, of Missouri; "We
are proud of our splendid cities, ami
we want to increase In wealth and
population, and we also want our
country towns to grow. \ve wish the
city merchants to build up, but also
desire the country merchants to pros
per. I do NOT BELIEVE in the mall
■ *
The batteries of the catalogue houses are carrying destruction to the
smaller cities and towns. Are you helping In this worh of hurling destruc
tion at the local schools, churches and industries? Are you assisting in the
distribution of mail-order literature and sending ammunition in the way of
home dollars with which they will continue the campaign?
would have been cheered and hearts
warmed; but no. It went to swell the
dividends of surfeited, boastful city
concerns.
The live and let live doctrines was
overlooked; its old-fashioned whole
somenesH was utterly disregarded.
The country merchant would have
been engaged in his dally struggle
instead of battling at long odds
against ostracism, adversity, big bills
and meager receipts.
Think of $200,000,000, ye who cause
the catalogue houses to flourish as the
cedars of Lebanon, and the green bay
tree; remember that their prosperity
is at the expense of your brother, the
local merchant, and local progress.
Then ask this pertinent question: Can
we afford to play the game longer;
can we longer stultify local Interests?
This great evil affects every farm
er, teacher and work hand, every
home, every school, every chtifch in
every country community. It also
touches the interests of the physician,
preacher and pedagogue. it really
robs the country merchant before his
eyes, in a heartless way. He sees the
freight yard crowded with consign
ments to individuals from great cata
logue houses, and sadly does he look
at hla country store with Its stock
accumulating, for want of trade, and
thus decreasing in value every day.
Sadly too does he look at the refuge
of bankruptcy hourly being hastened
because his townsmen prefer the cata
logue house with Its ubiquitous cir
culars. Those train loads of goods
were bought with money that should
have found Its way into the honest,
hand of your local merchant, who has
the good of ymir locality at heart, and
who is expected to contribute liberally
and continuously to very moral and
benevolent institution In your midst.
Then likewise remember this, that of
«•) the millions thus sent to swell the
coffers of houses in great cities, not
one cent will ever return to bless your
community; to clothe the naked, to
t>;vd the hungry or to educate the :
j :xnorant l
This is certainly a misguided, 111
a-lvisod policy; if self preservation Is j
I the fiist law of nature, the fact Ju#t
vtated should cause love? of *his
country to think. Continue <his policy (
and what follows? The value of f*al i
estate decreases, local improvement*
I cease, material progress stops, the
whole country suffers.
The money of a community repre
sents In a business sense Just so much
possibility, and every honest occupa
I tlon Is injured In proportion as that
U withheld or sent elsewhere.
order citizen. If a place Is good
enough for a man to live in and to
make his money in. It is good enough
for a man to SPEND HIS MONEY
in. Patronize your own town papers,
build them up, and they will build
your town up in increased trade and
greater opportunities.”
These are the words of wisdom and
foresight from a prudent* patriotic
man. As it is to-day, these words aro
expressive of the opposite of what
should lie in many a country district.
The mall order citizen may think he
is gaining; the truth is he is sawing
off the limb upon which he sits. Dis
aster only can follow. The mall or
der citizen makes his money locally
and scatters It abroad in a field where
it is not needed; this is unfair to both
the town and to Its merchants. This
shortsighted citizen complains of the
size and character of his town paper,
at the same time he pursues a policy
which tends to destroy both. Then,
pubii hers ought to be careful how
they exploit and give publicity to tho
mail order houses; even If they aro
paid well for the space. It reacts dis
astrously on the town's best pros
pects.
I>et men stand by the local mer
chant. let them protect his Interests,
for they thus further their own. The
town that made the man should ho
made by the man. This is fair to all.
I^et men ponder we!! this truth, that
we are all Interdependent; that the
vein of brotherhood underlies the en
tire social and commercial fabric.
That together we stand or fall; that
the good of the country demands loy
alty and practical cooperation.
A llTIII'H Vf KROWPEW.
Fortunate Men of Prominence.
Admirers of great, rich or famous
people often bestow their wealth upon
the objects of their regard. The Ger
man emperor heads the list of lucky
one* so favored. His receipts In
money and real estate during the last
ten years would, it Is said, make a
millionaire envious. Following prece
dent. a Hamburg merchant, prince left
more than $1,000,000 to the emperor's
chancellor, whom Kaiser William Im
mediately created "Prince" liuelow.
William Jennings Bryan recently
came by wealth In the same way. In
England Ix>rd Allerton i.hs received
$100,000 from an udmlrer of his public
career and Hr. Jameson Inherits a sum
one-flfth larger under the %/lll of Mr,
Belt. Queen Victoria was very for
tunate In her admirers, of whom the
wealthiest was Nleld, who bequeathed
to her the sum of $1,250,000. *
USES FOR NOODLES
ECONOMICAL AND APPETIZING
ARTICLES OF DIET.
Can Be Easily Made at Home If Pre.
ferred—Good Substitute for Po
tatoes—To Serve with Scram
bled Egga.
The noodle Is to the German wife
what spaghetti and macaroni repre
sent to the Italian, backbone of daily
diet. The American housewife, usual
ly quick to seize upon all good points
of foreign cookery, is Just waking up
to the economic possibilities of
noodles, which now come ready pre
pared like macaroni nnd spaghetti. In
packages and In three different sizes
of golden stripes, tine, medium and
broad.
Noodle factories bear investigation,
and their manufacture is so rapid a
process that they are clapped Into
boxes before dust germs have time
to settle upon them. For the busy
housewife the ready-to-use noodle is
n boon, but if yon have time to pre
pare them yourself here Is a reliable
recli>e:
One pound sifted flour. Are raw
eggs, two snltspoouH salt, two table
spoons cold milk. Heap the sifted
flour on your bread board and make
ft well In the center of the flour. Into
this turn the raw eggs, then add
milk and Hnlt and with your hand
work the whole into a flrte paste.
Koll into a ball, then tint ten with your
bands until it looks like a thick, flat
cake. Allow it to stand thus for
ten minutes. Roll with floured roll
ing pin until It Is half an Inch thick.
Leave it thus for live minutes, then
roll again until It is no thicker than
a sheet of wrapping paper. After
leaving It thus for five minutes, di
vide the paste Into two sections and
roll eaeh until wafer-llke thin. Slice
very thin and allow them to stand
15 minutes to dry thoroughly before
using. If packed In a cool, dry place
they will keep several days.
In frying noodles do not use too
much fat and drain thoroughly before
serving.
In using propnred noodles boll
alone a few minutes before adding
other Ingredients. Drop Into boiling
salted water, cook briskly for ten min
utes. then drain In colander.
Noodles with Ham.
Cut raw sliced bam into narrow
strips. Fry In saucepan until crisp;
add an equal quantity of noodles
which have been boll«*d and fry until
the latter are browned. Serve very
hot on squares of toast.
Substitute for Potatoes.
In an emergency boll noodles ten
minutes, drain, pour into hot disband
add melted butter. Then sprinkle
with ground motzoth or crackers pul
verized, and browned In a pan with
a little blitter.
Noodles au Gratin.
Roll and drain the noodles and sllr
Into them a liberal quantity of grated
Parmesan or American cheese. Turn
into a cooking dish, pour over them a
thick cream sauce made with milk,
add a dash of paprika, cover the top
of the dish with grated cheese and
bits of butter. Bake until a golden
brown.
Noodles Bak'td 'n Gravy.
An excellent way to use the bowl
ful of r avy left from yesterday's din
ner. Remove the gr€*ase which has
gathered on top of the cold gravy,
turn the boiled noodles into a baking
dish, rubbed lightly wllh butter, pour
the gravy over the noodles and bake
until top Is brown ami crisp.
Eggs Scrambled with Noodles.
Boil fine noodles and after draining
cut into short pieces. Have ready an
equal quantity of raw eggs, Just
broken, not beaten to a froth. Turn
the noodles into a saucepan with a
bit of butter, toss until golden brown,
and then add the eggs, rooking until
the latter are firm. For those who
like cheese, the addition of a tea
spoonful of Parmesan or grated
American cheese to a cupful of boiled
noodles and three eggs makes an ac
ceptable dish.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Nothing Is better than a glass fruit
Jar for keeping cooking raisin* moist.
A little ammonia added to water col
ored clothe* are washed in will re
move dirt easily.
A damp cloth dipped In nnlt. will ri+
move egg stains from silver, or tea
stains from china dishes.
In using ammonia for domestic pur
poses on** tablespoonful to a quart of
wat<T Is about the ordinary proportion
Before attempting to seed raisins
cover them with hot. water and let
them stand IS minutes, then seeds can
be removed easily without any waste.
As an encouragement, when things
are at sixes and sevens In the bind
ne«a end of the house, one woman has
had a hoard burned with the legend.
"Fven this will pass away,” and hung
over the kitchen sink.
Cleaning Knives.
The Herman fashbm of cleaning
knives Is simpler than ours and saves
much manual labor. Take a stout
cork from a wine bottle, dip It Into the
knife powder, which must he previous
ly moistened. Place the knife I1af and
nth It with the cork. In a few seconds
the knife will be quite clean and pol
Ished. and only require wiping with a
duster.
An Emergency Glue.
Take a small piece of cold boiled
potato in the fingers and rub a pbs'G
of paper with It for about five minutes.
Vt the end of this time It win alick u
well as the strongest glue.
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