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TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920.
WOODMENPOUR
COW INTO SOUTH
Delegates Count And
They’re Coming High
This Year
by harry b. hunt,
1".. A. Staff Correspondent
MONTGOMERY Ala., April 13.
All the prosperity in the south these
days is not due to 40-cent cotton and
22-cent cane sugar. Something else
is putting ready cash into circulation
down here on a scale rivaled only by
war-time expenditures.
Any man on the street will explain
to you with a wink that it is “Repub
lican prosperity.”
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prosperity’’ under a Democratic ad
grasp how there can be “Republican
mini.-tration, he w 11 then proceed to
explain. What he means by “Repub
lican prosperity/’ he will tell you, is
the increase in circulation medium
in the south due to the efforts of cer
tain Republican gentlemen rtf the
north and their financial backers, to
win the favor and support of south
ern delegates to the G. 0. P. national
convention. And that increase, he
will tell you, is some sizeable figure
this year!
Alabama “Expense.”
Take, for instance, the case of
Alabama. Alabama will have 14 del
egates at the Republican national
convention. Those delegates, at what
even Republicans in Aalabama declare
to be a conservative estimate, are
going to cost more than SIO,OOO
each. The Wood campaign alone in
Alabama, it is declared by his oppon
ents, who have been unable to keep
pace with his expenditures, will run
close to if not exceed SIOO,OOO. Low
den and Harding expenditures, how
ever, also will reach a tidy sum—-well
into the tens of thousands.
Reproduce those figures even in ap
proximate amounts in Georgia, Mis
sissippi, North and South Carolina,
Louisiana and Tennessee, not to men
tion the also southern, but scarcely
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politically similar states of Florida,
Texas, Arkansas and Kentucky, and
you begin to realize just what this
“Republican prosperity’’ in the south
amounts to.
None of these states, of course, are
expected to contribute to the success
of the Republican election next fall.
They will go solidly Democratic, un
less party lines are wrecked in the
meantime by some such action as the
naming of Herbert Hoover on a coali
| tion ticket. But for convention pur-
I poses, a delegate frm the Democratic
i south is just as valuable as one from
I rock-ribbed Pennsylvania. And the
j game of getting them is more sim
ple!
Wood Money.
Beside expenses incurred in adver
tising, maintaining local headquar-
I ters and workers and distributing lit-
I erature —all on a lavish scale —large
sums of Wood money have been dis
tributed direct to individuals.
“I, myself, have personal knowl
! edge of five checks for SSO each re
| ceived by Birmingham men from
Wood headquarters,’’ an Alabama
I Republican told me. “And a letter
I with each said: ‘MORE TO FOL
LOW.’ "
“Six men who were candidates as
J Republican delegates from North
Carolina,” another Republican says,
“came to me and told me they had
! been offered SI,OOO each if they
would pledge themselves for Wood.
1 told them to take the money.”
This flow of political money into
I the south is indeed “Republican pros
i perity,” in that it benefits principally
| the comparatively small number of
i Republican adherents. The major
■ population, which is Democratic, ben
. efits only indirectly by the general
I stimulus to trade. It is money that
; changes hands rapidly. Easy come,
l easy go.
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(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright. 1920, Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR APRIL 18
THE VICTORY OF GIDEON’S BAND.
LESSON TEXT—Judges 7.
GOLDEN TEXT—There is no restraint
to the Lord to save by many or by few.—
I Sam., 14:6.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL - Judges
S.l-40; 8:1-35.
PRIMARY TOPlC—Gideon and HU
Three Hundred.
JUNIOR TOPIC—How Gideon Won a
Victory.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
—Victory by God’s Help
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—One With God a Majority.
So grievous was Israel’s affliction
that they hid in dens, caves and
strongholds (Judges 6: 2). In their
distress they cried unto the Lord, and
again he heard them and sent deliver
ance. The angel of the Lord appeared
to Gideon while at the post of duty.
God always calls men who are doing
something. Gideon’s hesitancy when
called was not due to unbelief, but to
modesty and cautiousness. When once
he was convinced of duty he was
courageous and enthusiastic.
I. The Opposing Army (v. 1).
Gideon and his army arose early on
that eventful day and encamped by
the spring of Harod. Over against
them was the host of the Midianites In
battle array. His army was insignifi
cant tn comparison with the Mfdian
ites.
11. The Sifting of Gideon's Army
(w. 2-8).
At Gideon’s call 32,000 men respond
ed, ready for the struggle. This
seemed a small army to go against the
Midianlte army, 135.000 strong, but
God said this was too many lest they
oe led to boasting and self-confidence.
Their real danger was not in their
small army, but In their pride. All
that were faint-hearted were allowed
to go back, leaving only 10,000. There
were 22,000 cowards in that group of
men, and, worst of all, they were not
ashamed to confess it. Still this was
too many. When God was through with
his sifting process only 300 remained.
The 10,000 were brave men, but not of
proper quality and fitness. Those who
lapped the water showed alertness
and watchfulness. This test revealed
the quality and fitness of th« men
whom God would use to win victory.
111. God Gives Encouragement to
Gideon (vv. 9-15.)
God bade Gideon go down to the
Midianlte camp, where he would hear
something which would cheer his
heart and strengthen his hands. When
he came near he heard a man tell a
dream, which was that of a barley cake
tumbling into the camp and smiting it
He also heard the interpretation given
to that dream, which made Gldecn to
be that cake. This greatly cheered
bis heart and strengthened him for his
work, and caused his heart to burst
forth in praise to God. A barley cake
is a very insignificant thing, a very
cheap affair in itself, but with the
hand of God upon It, it would be suffi
cient to spread consternation upon the
Midianites and bring destruction upon
their armies.
IV. God Gives Victory to Gideon
(w. 16-23).
His army was very insignificant and
his weapons most worthless. H!s at
tack was unique. The whole matter
was of faith (Heb. 11:32). The ground
of his faith was Goffs word and the
token which he had given him. God
does not ask us to go forward without
good ground upon which to rest our
faith. Gideon with his 300 men formed
into three companies, each man being
provided with a trumpet and with a
lamp concealed within a pitcher. Thus
armed, they surrounded the camps of
the Midianites. They were all instruct
ed to keep their eyes upon their leader
and imitate him. We, too, are to keep
our eyes on our leader, Christ, and to
ever do as he does. At the proper mo
ment they blew their trumpets and
broke their pitchers, giving opportun
ity for their lights to shine out. This
awful crash of breaking pitchers, fol
lowing the sound of trumpets, accom
panied by the shout, “The sword of
the Lord and of Gideon,” threw the
Midianites into a panic, causing them
to fight among themselves. One hun
dred and twenty thousand were thus
slain, leaving but 15,000 of that mighty
army (Judges 8:10).
In making the application to our
selves in this age, we can think of the
sounding of the trumpets as represent
ing prayer, or calling to God; the
torches, as the light of the gospel: the
pitchers, our human nature; and the
whole, as this treasure in earthen ves
sels. Only as the pitchers were broken
to allow the light to shine forth, and as
we sound loud and long the trumpet of
prayer can we expect victory.
Doing the Will of God.
The end of life is to do the will of
God, whatever that may be; If we
could have no ambition past the will
of God, our lives would be successful,
for the maximum achievement of aty
man’s life, after it is all over, is to
have done the will of God. —Professor
Drummond.
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Say not unto thy neighbor, “Go and
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when thou hast It by thee. —Persian
Proverb.
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