Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-10

Lesson text Judges 49, 10.
We open now to the history Of Is
rael when a woman was mead of the
nation, After the death Of Ehud,
who had delivered the people IRON
the tyranny OF Moab, they again be-
gan to lapse into wickedness ana dis
regard of the God who had brought
them mp out of Egypt and given them
this pleasant land for an lnherltahce'
II was not long until trouble ensued'
This time il was a king OF the Ca
naanites. the race that Israel had dls-
ohedicltly failed to completely drive
ont Of the land, who extended his
heavy hand over the people of God
for twenty years. This king had
mighty general named Sisera, and
was well equipped with fighting ma
tcrial. But the children of Israel
cried unto the Lord and the Lord
gave them deliVerance through the
hands Of two women, one of whom
vas not even a Hebrew, Deborah
was the woman who judged Israel
from her seat i'm Mount Ephraim, and
the other woman, Jael, belonged to
"a tribe who because of relationship
20 the wife OF Moses, were friendly
TO the Hebrew people. A man or
the tribe of Naphtali. named Barak,
was summoned 10y Deborah TO raise
AN army and give battle to Sisera, but
this soldier of the north had case
Of what we call 'cold feet" He
agreed to undertake the job only on
condition that Deborah should go
with him His confidence in this
wise woman was greater than ms
confidence in the power of Jehovah.
Perhaps, i'm his eyes, the presence OF
Deborah stood as an assurance that
God was with him, as his forefathers
had been heartened to conquest by
the sight of the ark Of the covenant
borne into battle.
Into the Hand of Woman"
Whatever we may say Of the cow
ardice or unworthincss of Barak, he
proceeded to do what was COM
manded with neatness and despatch.
tie gathered ten thousand men from
his own tribe and that OF Zebulon in
Mount Tabor, and when he descended
to the valley of KishOn the Canaanites
We're routed and put to the sword,
even the redoubtable Sisera forsaking
his chariot to flee on foot. 1t was
here that Jael made her appearance
in the story Because of the cow
ardice of Barak, he received no honor
for the great victory, for it was re-
served for this alien woman to give
by Staying the Canaanite general
Ssera fled to the neutral camp OF
the Eenitcs and sought refuge In the
tent of Tael, whom he required to
feed him and then stand guard to
throw the pursuing lsraelites off the
track. This she pretended to do, but
when he went to sleep she drove a
nail through his head and then in
Vited Barak to come in and witness
the discontinue of his purpose, He
had indeed oVerthrown the Canaanite
army, but Jael had robbed him Of
the glory Of putting an end to lsraeIs
dreaded enemy All of this story ls
not in the text of the lesson as given,
but the concluding portion of the
chapter carries out the fulfillment of
the prophecy of Deborah to Barak
that this Journey shall not be for
thine honor, for the Lord shall sell
Ssera into the hand of woman"
Leaders OF Men.
The first thing that attracts our
attention is the value of a righteous
leader. We prate great deal now
adays about Observation-Disclosures the
individual man is supreme, that we
have learned that every man must do
his own thinking and act upon his
own initiative, absolutely independent
Of the dictation or suggestion OF any
other man. We pride ourselves on
our individual independence Of
thought and action, and it is well
we should encourage its growth; yet
such is the nature OF humankind that
never In all history has there been a
time when people did not flock to
The standard of leadership. Whether
the issue be good or bad, no cause
has ever swept on to success without
the recognized leadership Of some
master mind. History is full of such
instances, and even in our own time
we have witnessed the verification Of
his truth in the careers Of men like
William j. Bryan, Theodore Roose-
welt and the German kaiser. People
love to follow a leader, and upon the
character of that leader depends
whether the people are raised or
lowered in the scale of human prog.
ress About the only difference in
our modern methods is that of old the
leader would lose his head when the