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March 6.
JESUS USING MEN
LESSON FOR SUNDAY,
MARCH 17TH.
(By A .B. Curry, Jr.)
GOLDEN TEXT; Freely ye received,
freely give. Matt. 10:8.
LESSON: Mark 6:7-13, 30.
7. And he calleth unto him the twelve
and began to send them forth by two
and two; and he gave them authority
over the unclean spirits. 8 And he
charged them that they should take
nothing for their journey, save a staff
only; no bread, no wallet, no money in
their purse; 9 But to go shod with
sandals; and, said he, put not on two
coats. 10. And he said until them,
wheresoever ye enter into a
there abide until ye depart thence.
11. And whatsoever place shall not
receive you, and they hear you not, as
ye go forth thence, shake off the dust
that is under your feet for a testimony
unto them. 12. And they went out,
and preached that men should repent.
13. And they cast out many demons,
and anointed with oil many that were
sick, and healed them. 30. And
the apostles gather themselves to
gether unto Jesus; and they told him
all things, whatsoever they had done,
and whatsoever they had taught.
(American Revised. Copyright by
Thos. Nelson & Sons).
This lesson about the sending out of
the twelve should be connected with
the passage in Mark 3, where the
twelve were first chosen. Turn to that
passage and notice that it is said in
3:15 that he ordained these men “that
they should be with him and that he
might send them forth, etc.”
Following this program, the twelve
have now been with him for some
months. Now he sends them forth for
the first time. Notice too that 'Jesus’
instructions to them in our lesson cor
respond with his original idea in
choosing and training them, as stated
in Mark 3:14, 15. Get the logic of the
order here: they must first be with the
Master before they attempt to repre
sent Him and His cause to the world.
It is because this is still true with his
followers today, that we emphasize
Biblo study and prayer, through which
we come into companionship with
Jesus.
At the close of Jesus’ earthly career
these same men were to be sent out
again when he gave them the Great
Commission: “Go ye into all the world
and preach the Gospel.’’ The present
journey was therefore a sort of trial
trip for them. They returned from it
to be with Jesus again and learn much
more about him before he should leave
diem and send them out to win the
world.
Get this lesson from the following
standpoint also: This work of the dis
ciples was a real help to Jesus and his
cause. Galilee heard the message and
was more deeply stirred than ever be
fore- We shall see that it was follow
ing this that the greatest multitudes
flocked to Jesus, and wishes to make
him their king. We are all needed to
help Jesus.
This organization for a great ad
vance follows the discouraging story
of Jesus’ rejection at Nazareth, his
own home town. Read about that in
Chron. 6:1-6. But Jesus did not quit;
he only organized his forces for a still
greater effort to win Galilee. There
is a great suggestoin for us here when
we are tempted to give up the fight.
Questions to Discuss.
1 Why did Jesus give the disciples
such instructions as those in verses
8, 9?
2 Why were they given the power to
perform mighty works?
Practical Points.
1. The value of team-work—they
Went two and two. When Dan Craw
ford started into Africa alone as a
missionary, an old missionary said to
him: “You do not go alone, your life
and your lip go together at the mouth
of these two witnesses every- word
shall be established.”
2. When the twelve started out to
preach their first word was “repent.”
This was John the Baptist’ message,
and also the initial message of Jesus
himself (1:15). Repentance is funda
mental in preparing the way for the
coming of Jesus.
3. The disciples did not wait to
begin work until they understood all
about Jesus. We shall see that they
had much to learn after this. But
tb.ev acted upon what they did know,
fnd in the very doing they came to
! now more.
bno thing which the twelve learned
1 in'nc was that Jesus not only pos-
3 *cd this mighty authority in him
? but that he could delegate power
t others, so that they could do in his
; —p things before impossible. Ts this
f ’'"ahcut Jesus meaning what it
n. g-ht in your life? What can a man
f- : n the army to spread the fame of
Jesus as Saviour and King?
AMERICAN LIBERTY
As the brooklet onward flows
To the distant mighty sea
Softly touching all that grows
Imparting life and liberty.
Thus to America, life was given
That the nations of the world should see
An ideal which illumned the path
Os world democracy.
—Mechanic A. C. Miller, Battery 103th
F. A.
TRENCH AND CAMP
General Gorgas Asks For Plain Speaking
About Venereal Disease
(By Major General Wm .0. Gorgas,
Surgeon General of the American
Armies).
(General Gorgas is one of the most
distinguished medical officers in the
world. He cleaned up Havana and
made that former pest hole of yellow
fever one of the healthiest cities in
the world. He surpassed even this
record as chief sanitary officer dur
ing the construction of the Panama
Canal. The present article Is not
written as a great medical man would
write for scientific men, but to put
in plain A. B. C. language for the or
dinary reader the great danger to civ
ilization what venereal diseases con
stitute).
When there is an outbreak of meas
les or of pneumonia or of spinal men
ingitis in any of the army cantonments
the entire country becomes worried
about it.
But there is a constant and more
deadly drain on the vitality of our ar
my, and no one becomes excited about
it.
The newspapers do not mention it.
People do not discuss it. By com
mon consent .nothing is said about it,
and it is kept a secret.
,1 refer to the plague of dis
eases. To speak in plain English, I
refer to syphilis and gonorrhea.
Other diseases take their hundreds.
These venereal ailments take their
thousands. It is estimated that since
the war began the total equivalent of
60 divisions of one of the armies of
the world were temporarily withdrawn
from the sighing because of these ail
ments-
During the first 18 months of the
war one of the great powers had more
men incapacitated for service by ven
ereal diseases contracted in the mob
ilization camps than in all the fighting
at the front. And there is this, dif
ference between those wounded in the
fighting and those etiicken with these
diseases. The womded man transmits
no terrible heritage to his children.
The poison of syphilis goes on rnd on
for generations.
Look at our own army. In the 12-
week period ending December 7tli, last
there were reported, from the 31 ian
tonments 21,742 new cases of venereal
diseases.
In other words, we had almost an
entire division of our army on the sick
list.
This involves not only loss of time,
bnt the cost of their hospital confine
ment, the medicines, and the time of
the doctors.
That is not all. In many instances,
the disease will relapse after the men
have been transported to France and
presumably put in condition for ser
vice against the enemy. This train
ing and transportation would cost the
government about $1,500 per man. If
he is unfit long before he has faced
the Germans, the money is sheer waste.
But there is more than that. There
is a sheer waste not only of the. money
spent to make him a soldier, not only
of the men himself, but of generations
yet unborn. To show how serious this
condition is, let me cite some figures
for the 12-week period ending Decem
ber 7th, -
THE FEET OF THE SOLDIER
“Trench Feet” or “Frost Bite”
By Geo, E. Jones.
(Univesrtiy of Pittsburgh, Pa.)
“Frost-bite," as applied to foot trouble
arises from prolonged contact with mois
ture or cold water, such as men in the
trenches and those operating in lowlands
and marshes are subjected to in cold
weather. Another term used to desig
nate the same trouble is “Trench Feet,"
the term itself indicating the origin of
the trouble. This malady caused seri
ous trouble in the first and second win
ters of the great war. For example in
January 1915 two brigades of English
infantry were out of action because of it.
In the Crimean war in the vear 1854-55.
there were 1924 cases of such “frost-bite
with 456 deaths. In that year, the
trenches were flooded, the clothes were
dripping, the tents leaked and wet blank
ets were used. These bad conditons
were remedied in 1855-56, with a result
of but 474 cases and only six deaths. As
the temperature was about the same for
both years, the important part played
by moisture is clearly seen.
Miller, from his observation of 3<6
cases of “frost-bite,” discovered that
there was freezing at the time and in 6.j
cases out of 100, that all were wearing
short boots with more than one pair of
socks, and most of them were wearing
puttees; that there was a change of color
of the feet to red, blue and black noticed
by the soldiers in 58 per cent of the
cases, paleness in 42; numbness, 23; pain.
9. and swelling, 10. All had been stand
ing in mud or water and mud.
“Trench Feet," “frost-bitten,” result m
such a condition of the foot that the ar
terial circulation is interfered with.
Thus in cases of blisters, bruises, in
juries caused by friction of too tight
shoes, or dirty socks, or holes in the
socks or shoes, the healing of the wound
is seriously interfered with and the dan
gers of infection are greatly increased.
As a result of this impairment of cir
culation the tissues die and decay and
gangrene often follows. Temoin found
that the toes often became gangrenous
among the French troops.
If due precautions of a rather simple
nature are taken, gangrene can, in most
cases, be prevented. As with numerous
ailments,, it so happens that the employ
ment of a certain means will help in
many other respects, for the feet of the
soldier are a fundamental part of his
whole fighting efficency. Physicians have
for years been pointing out that the im-
In the regular army figured on the
basis of an annual rate for purposes of
comparison, 8.8 per cent per year of
the men had venereal diseases as com
pared with 1.34 per cent who had other
communicable diseases —that is, pneu
monia, dynentery .typhoid, para-ty
phoid, malaria, meningitis and scarlet
fever, but not including measles.
In the federalized national guard
11.52 per cent per year have venereal
diseases as against 3.98 who had oth
er communicable diseases.
- In the national army 16.25 per cent
per year had venereal diseases as
against 2.38 who had other ailments.
And these men of the selective draft
very largely bot these diseases either in
their home communities or en route to
the cantonments.
I am not discussing this matter from
the ethical or moral standpoint, but
from a health standpoint. When a
man is serving his country' in the ar
my, his health is the country’s busi
ness. And when he Is back home, if he
is a danger to his community, to his
wife when he marries, and to his chil
dren and his grandchildren, then his
ailments become very much the com
munity’s business.
We usi?d to put the soft-pedal on all
talk about tuberculosis. People who
had it used to talk of having “bad
colds” of “racking coughs.” Finally
medical men got the public aroused to
the dangers of tuberculosis. The re
sult was that laws were passed for
bidding public drinking cups, and
spitting in public places. This, with
other preventive measures, has brought
down the death list from the white
plague.
The black plague, which has come
down the ages, is still taking its terri
ble toll. With Anglo-Saxon mock
modesty we have refused to speak of
it.
But the war has opened many eyes.
In English newspapers and magazines
you see advertisements calling for con
tributions to societies which are fight
ing the spread o( syphilis. The name
of the disease and its terrible nature is
openly discussed and the names of
bishops of the Established Church are
signed to these advertisements.
If we wish to accomplish anything
over here, not only for our army, but
for our citizens in private life, we will
have to empty a large dose of truth
and plain speaking.
The young and ignorant must be
taught. Laws of quarantine must be
originated.
We shut up an adult or child with
measles for a period of three weeks, so
he may hot spread it among his neigh
bors. We allow the syphilitic to go his
way undisturbed. He drinks out of
cups that may not be well scalded and
that may be passed along to us —laden
with the most deadly' germs. We do
not allow a leper to go about unre
stricted. We do not allow him to
marry. But we place no restrictions
whatever upon the syphilitic. That
is why I say It is a matter of educati
ing the public and of getting them
used to plain speaking.
Only by talking straight and telling
the truth will you be able to arouse
the American people so they will fight
the dangers to the race.
proper shoe is responsible for nervous
trouble, disorders of visceral organs as
well as foot pains. Hence our army au
thorities do well to insist on proper fit
ting with proper kind of shoe.
Boots should tit with comfort, not too
tight, not too loose; friction should be
avoided; soften the leather with “dubbin”
or oil; this also helps to keep out water;
remove nails or seams inside the shoe:
the socks should fit properly (dirty, badly
darned, holed or thin socks are bad);
lace the shoe properly.
Mayo Robson recommends in “cases
of frost-bite," i. e. "trench feet,” the
following: gentle rubbing with snow or
cold water in a cold room whose, tem
perature is gradually increased; gentle
rubbing with oil of turpentine or spirits
with soap and liniment. Raise the leg
after the rubbing, prevent any binding,
swathe the foot in cotton —wool —keep
it dry and stelile. i. e. free from dirt
and the sources of infection.
One of the English army orders sug
gests the following “Frost-bite" is liable
to occur (1) when boots and puttees are
too tight; (2) when the genera! circula
tion through the body is less than nor
mal; and (3) when socks, boots and put
tees are wet. The best precautions are
(1) boots should not fit too tightly, but
should be at least a size too large. When
boots are worn, it is well to wear two
pairs of socks, although this is danger
ous if the boots are small, as it leads to
pressure on the foot. Puttees should
never be applied tightly. (2) The general
circulation can best be kept up by keep
ing the body drj' and warm. A mack
intosh sheet worn over the great coat
Is of assistance where no water-proof
Is available. Officers should see that
dry standing is provided in the trenches
whenever possible by means of drain
age, raising the foot level by means of
fascines of brush wod or straw with
boards on top. or by use of pumps where
they are available.
The soldier can add much to his com
fort and efficiencj' by washing the feet
daily in cold water and drying them
thoroughly. In the early stages of train
ing. when the feet are soft and tender
soaking them in a bucket of cold water
to which has been added a little perman
ganate of potash, or alum powder, or ;
salt or salt petre, has proved helpful.
Where water is not available for wash
ing the feet and socks, thorough rub
bing of the feet and of the socks will
loosen and remove part of the dirt. . In
the case of blisters, let out the fluid with
a clean needle, sterilized by passing
through a match flame. Do not remove
the superficial layer of skin. Keep the
toe nails cut short. Protect corns by
strippings and in case of open sores con
sult the army surgeon as soon as pos
sible.
ENGLISH-FRENCH
COMMANDS
(This useful translation of military
commands in English and French terms
has been compiled by Mrs. George Hora
tio Gorham, president of the Army and
Navy Foreign Language League, the
headquarters of which is in Washing
ton.
ROUNDS
RONDES
Officers’ rounds.
Monde o’officlers.
N. C. O.’s rounds (nori commissioned).
Ronde de sous-officiers.
Grand rounds.
Ronde znajor.
Officer or N. C. O. of the rounds.
Officer cu sous-officier de ronde.
Night rounds.
Ronde de neiet.
Check rounds.
Contro ronde.
To he on one’s rounds.
Eire de ronde.
To make rounds,
Fairo la ronde.
Halt!
Halte-la!
Who goes there?
Qui vive?
Advance one and give the counterword.
Avance a I’ordre!
CAVALRY
CA VALERIE
In motion.
En marche.
Right wheel.
A droite.
Left wheel.
A gauche.
Left about wheel.
Demi-tour a gauche.
On the haunches, right turn.
Cavaliers, a droite.
On the haunches, left turn.
Cavaliers, a gauche.
At rest.
Sur place.
Draw swords.
Sabre, main.
Carry swords.
Presentez, sabre.
CAVALRY
CAVALERTE
Slope swords.
Portez, sabre.
Return swords.
Remettez, sabre.
Advance by sections, from the right
march.
Par la dioite par quatre.
Tho squadron (or regiment) will ad
vance, march.
Escacron (on regiment) en avant.
Pace!
Au pas!
Trot!
Au trot!
Canter!
Au galop!
Gallop!
Au galop allonge!
Chargez!
Charge!
Leading section, right wheel, march.
Premierpeloton, oblique a droite.
Rally (after the charge, to reform squad
ron).
Rassem blem ent.
ARTILLERY
ARTILLERIE.
Form line.
Fonnez—vous par groupes.
Advance in battery column, from the
center, walk, march.
Alignement sur le centre -et en avant.
Advance in column.
Avancez par colonne.
Right, take ground.
Obliquez.
Action front.
Feu en avant.
Action rear.
Feu en arriere.
Stand fast.
Halte au feu.
Halt!
Halte-la!
Who goes there?
Qui vive?
Advance one and give the countersign
Halte-la, avance au ralllement.
(Concluded Next Week.)
HOW SHE WOULD FIND IT OUT.
Willie and Jack are two youngsters
who are juigilistically inclined. The
other day the following conversation
took place between the<p:
“Aw,” said Willie, “you're afraid to ’
fight; 'that’s all It is.”
“Naw, I’m not.” protested Jack, “but
if I fight my ma’ll find it out and lick
me.”
“How’ll she find It out, eh?”
“She'll see the doctor goin’ to your
house.”
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