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THE REPITRLICAN-RECORD HARE OKLAHOMA
One ILasd
BT
FREDERICK PALMER
(Copyright 1914 by Cbarks Scribner's Sotu
44
SYNOPSIS
At their home on the frontier between
the Browne and Gray Marta Oalland and
her mother entertaining Colonel Wetter
IIiht of the Grays see Captain Ianetron
of the Itrowrm injured by a fall in hi
aeroplane Ten year later Westerling
Cioininal vloe hut real chief of tafT re-en
torre Houtli ha Tlr and meditate on war
Marta tells him of her teaching fluid
the follle of war and martial patriotism
and beg him to prevent war while he i
rhlef of talT‘ lanstron rail on Marla
at her home She tell lansimn that h
believe Feller the ftardener to he a py
Lauatron confesses It is true and show
her a telephone which Feller has con
cealed in a aeeret phmshko under the towe
for uh to benefit tho Browns In war
etnerKeneies Iantroti declare his love
for Marta Westerling and the Gray pre
mier plan to ue a trivial International
affair to foment warlike patriotism an
trike before declaring war Fartow
Hrown chief of staff reveals Ids plans to
Lanstron made vice chief The Gray
army crosses the border line and attacks
Tne Browns check them Artillery in-
fantry aeroplanes and riiriKihle enaye
Marta has tier first yllmpse of war In it
modern cold scientific murderous bru-
tality The Browns fall hack to the Gal-
land house Marta sees a night attack
Tho Grays attack In force Feller leave
hi secret telephone and goes hack to hi
guns Hand to hand fighting The Browns
lall hark again Marta ask Lanslron over
the phone to appeal to Fartow to slop tho
$ghting Vandalism in the Oalland house
Vsterllng and his staff occupy the Oal-
land house and he begins to woo Marta
who apparently throws her fortunes with
the Gravs and offers valuable information
She calls up Lanstron on the secret tele-
phone and plan to give Westerling Infor
rnation that will trap the Gray army
Westerling forms his plan of attack upon
what he learns from her The Grays take
Bordir
CHAPTER XVI— -Continued
“This is like you — like whal I want
you to be!’’ he said “You are right”
He caught her hand inclosing it en-
tirely in his grip and she was scu-
mble in a kind of dazed horror of the
thrill of his strength "Nothing can
stop us! Numbers will win! Hard
fighting in the mercy of a quick end!”
he declared with his old rigidity of
five against three which was welcome
to her “Then” lie added — “and
then — ”
“Then!” she repeated averting her
glance “Then—” There the devil
ended the sentence and she withdrew
her hand and felt the relief of one es-
caping suffocation to find that he had
realized that anything further during
that interview would be banality and
was rising to go
“I don t feel decent!” she thought
“Society turned on Minna for a hu-
man weakness but I — I’m not a human
being! I am one of the pawns of the
machine of war!”
Walking slowly with lowered head
-as she left the arbor she almost ran
Into Bouchard who apologized with
the single word “Pardon!” as he lifted
his cap in overdone courtesy which
his stolid brevity made the more con--spicuous
'Miss Galland you seem lost In ab-
straction" he said in sudden loquac-
ity “I am almost on the point of
accusing you qJ being a poet”
"Accusing!” she replied “Then you
must think that I would write bad
loetry”
“On the contrary I should say ex-
cellent — using the sonnet form” he re-
turned "I might make a counter accusa-
tion only that yours would be the
epic form” answered Marta “For you
too seem fond of rambling”
There was a veiled challenge in the
hawk eyes which she met with conv
rnonplace politeness in hers before
be again lifted his cap and proceeded
on his way
were sinking deeper under a heavier
frown His duty being to get Infor-
mation he was gaining none His
duty being to keep the Grays’ secrets
there was a leak somewhere In his
own department He quizzed subordi-
nates be made abrupt transfers to no
avail
Meanwhile the Grays were taking
the approaches to the main line of
defense which had been thought rela-
tively immaterial but had been found
shrewdly placed and their vulnerabil-
ity overestimated The thunders of
batteries hammering them became a
For the next two weeks Marta's role
resolved itself into a kind of routine
Their cramped quarters became a
refuge to Marta in the trial of her
secret work under the very nose of
the staff With little Clarissa Eileen
they formed the only feminine society
In the neighborhood On sunshiny
days Mrs Galland was usually to be
found in her favorite chair outside
the tower door and here Minna set
the urn on a table at four-thirty as in
the old days
No member of the staff was more
frequently present at Marta's teas
than Bouchard who was developing
his social instinct late in life by sit-
ting in the background and allowing
others to do the talking while he
watched and listened In his hearing
Marta’s attitude toward the progress
of the war was sympathetic but never
Interrogatory while she shared atten-
tion with Clarissa Eileen who was in
danger of becoming spoiled by officers
w ho had children or their own at home
After the reports of killed and wound-
ed which came with such appalling
regularity it was a relief to hear of
the day’s casualties among Clarissa’s
dolls The chief of transportation
and supply rode her on his shoulder
the chief of tactics played hide-and-seek
with iier the chief engineer
built her a doll house of stones with
his own hands and the chief medical
officer was as concerned when she
caught cold as if the health of the
army were at stake
“We mustn’t get too set up over all
this attention Clarissa Eileen my ri-
val” said Marta to the child “You
are the only little girl and I am the
only big girl within reach If there
were lots of others It would be dif-
ferent" tiouebard vm ioein- flesh his eyes
routine of existence like the passing
of trains to one living near a railroad
The guns went on while tea was be
ing served they ushered In dawn and
darkness they were going when sleep
came to those whom they later awak
ened with a start Fights as desper-
ate as the one around the house be-
came features of this period which
was only a warming-up practice for
the war demon before the orgy of
impending assault on the main line
Marta began to realize the Immen-
sity of the chessboard and of the
forces engaged in more than the bare
statement of numbers and distances
If a first attack on a position failed
the wires from the Galland house re-
peated their orders to concentrate
more guns and attack again In the
end the Browns alwuys yielded but
grudgingly calculatlngly never be-
ing taken by surprise The few of
them who fell prisoners said “God
with us! We shall win in the end!”
and answered no questions Gradually
the Gray army began to feel that it
was battling with a mystery which
was fighting under cover falling back
under cover — a tenacious watchful
mystery that sent sprays of death Into
every finger of flesh that the Grays
thrust forward in assault
“Another position taken Our ad-
vance continues” was the only news
that Westerling gave to the army his
people and the world which forgot
its sports and murders and divorce
cases in following the progress of the
first great European war for two gen-
erations He made no mention of the
costs: his casualty lists were secret
The Gray hosts were sweeping for-
ward as a slow irresistible tide this
by Partow’8 own admission He an-
nounced the loss of a position as
promptly as the Grays its taking He
published a daily list of casualties so
meager in contrast to their own that
the Grays thought it false he made
known the names of the killed and
wounded to their relatives Yet the
seeming candor of his presB bureau
included uo straw of Information of
military value to the enemy
Westerling never went to tea at the
Gallands’ with the other officers for It
was part of his cultivation of great-
ness to keep aloof from his subordi-
nates His meetings with Marta hap-
pened casually when he went out into
the garden Only once had he made
any reference to the “And then” of
their interview in the arbor
“I am winning battles for you!” he
had exclaimed with the thing In his
eyes which she loathed
To her it was equivalent to 6aying
that she had tricked him into sending
men to be killed In order to please
her She despised herself for the
way he confided in her yet she had
to go on keeping his confidence re-
turning a tender glance with one that
held out hope She learned not to
shudder when he spoke of a loss of
"only ten thousand” In order to rally
herself when she grew faint-hearted
to her task she learned to picture the
lines of his face hard-set with five-against-three
brutality while in com-
fort he ordered multitudes to death
and in contrast to recall the smile
of Dellarme wlio asked his soldiers to
undergo no risk that he would not
share And after every success he
would remark that he was so much
nearer Engadir that position of the
main line of defense whose weakness
she had revealed
“Your Engadir!” he came to say
“Then we shall again profit by your
information that is unless they have
fortified since you received it”
“They haven’t They had already
fortified!" she thought She was al-
ways seeing the mockery of his words
in the light of her own knowledge and
her own part which never escaped
her consciousness One chamber of
her mind was acting for him a sec-
and chamber was perfectly aware that
the other was acting
"One position more — the Twin Boul-
der Redoubt it is called" he an-
nounced at last “We shall not press
hard in front We shall drive in
masses on either side and storm the
flanks”
This she was telephoning to Lan-
stron a few minutes later and having
in return all the news of the Browns
The sheer fascination of knowing what
both sides were doing exerted its spell
in keeping her to her part
“They’ve lost four hundred thousand
men now Lanny" she said
“And we only a hundred thousand
We're whittling them down" answered
Lanstron
"Whittling them down! What a
ghastly expression!” she gasped “You
artr as Baa vmerllng na i m
worse than either of you! I — I an
nounced the four hundred thousand as
if they were a score— a score In a
game in our favor I am helping
Lanny T All my sacrifice Isn’t for
nothing?” she asked for the hun
dredth time
"Immeasurably You have saved us
many Uvea!” he replied
“And cost them many?” ahe asked
“Yes Marta no doubt” he admitted
“but no more than they would have
lost in the end It is only the mount-
ing up of their casualties that can
end the war Thua the lesson must
be taught”
"And I can be of most help when the
attack on the main defense Is begun?”
“Yes”
“And when Westerling finds that my
information it false about Engadir —
then — ”
She had never put the question to
him In this way before What would
Westerling do If he found her out?
“My God Marta!" he exclaimed "If
I'd had any sense I would have thought
of that In the beginning and torn out
the ’phone! I’ve been mad mad with
the one thought of the nation — Inhu-
man In my greedy patriotism I will
not let you go any further!”
It was a new thing for her to be
rallying him yet this she did as the
strange effect of his protest on the
abnormal sensibilities that her acting
had developed
"Thinking of me — little me!" she
called buck “Of one person’s com-
fort when hundreds of thousands of
other women are In terror when the
destiny of millions is at stake! Lanny
you are In a blue funk!" and ahe was
laughing forcedly and hectically “I'm
going on — going on like one in a
trance who can't stop if he would
It's all right Lanny I undertook the
task myself I must see it through!
After she had hung np the receiver
her buoyancy vanished She leaned
against the wall of the tunnel weakly
Yes what If she were found out? She
was thinking of the possibility seri-
ously for the first time Yet for only
a moment did she dwell upon It be-
fore she dismissed it in sudden reac-
tion "No matter what they do to me or
what becomes of me!” she thought
“I'm a lost soul anyway The thing
is to serve as long as I can — and
then I don’t care!”
'suggestion of criticism by repeating
that the defensive always appeared to
the offensive to he better informed
than itself But this time Westerling
let the conversation run on without a
word of excuse for his favorite
Each fresh reproach from the staff
whose opinion was the only god he
knew waa a dagger thrust to Bou-
chard At night he had lain awake
worrying about the leak by day he
had sought to trace It only to find
every clew leading back to the staff
Now he was as confused In hla shame
as a sensitive schoolboy Vaguely
In his distress he heard Westerling
asking a question while he saw all
those eyes staring at him
What information have we about
Engadir?”
I believe It to be strongly forti-
fied!” stammered Bouchard
"You believe! You have no Infor-
mation?” pursued Westerling
"No sir" replied Bouchard “Nothing-nothing
new!"
“We do seem to get little Informa-
tion" said Westerling looking hard
at Bouchard In silence — the com-
bined silence of the whole staff
This public reproof could have but
one meaning lift should soon receive
a note which would thank him politely
for his services in the stereotyped
phrases always used for the purpose
before announcing his transfer to a
less responsible post
“Very little air!” Bouchard replied
doggedly
“There is that we had from one of
our aviators whose machine came
down In a smash Just as he got over
our Infantry positions on his return
said the thief aerostatic officer “He
He got no further Ills words were
drowned by the outburst of one of the
younger members of the staff who
had either to laugh or choke at the
picture of this deep-eyed spectral sort
of man known aa a woman-hater in
his revelation of the farcical source
of hla suspicions
"Why not Include Clarissa Eileen f“
some one asked starting a chords of
satirical exclamations
“How do they get through the line?”
“Yes past a wall of bayonets ?"
"When not even a soldier In uni-
form Is allowed to move away from
hla command without a pass?”
“By wireless?"
"Perhaps by telepathy!”
"Unless” said the chief of the aero-
static division grinning "Bouchard
lends them the use of our own wires
through the capital and around by the
neutral countries across the Brown
frontier I”
"But the correct plans and location
of their forts and the numbers of their
heavy guns and of their planea and
dirigibles — your failure to have this
Information Is not the result of any
leak from our staff since the war bo
gan" said Turcae In his dry pene
(rating voice clearing the air of the
smoke of scattered explosions
"All were staring at Bouchard again
What answer hnd he to this? He was
In the box the evidence stated by the
prosecutor Let him speak!
He was fairly beside himself In a
paroxysm of rage and struck at the
air with his clenched flet
“ : — — Lanstron!” he cried
“There’s no purpose In that He
iNIBMnONAlj
srawsoioo
Lesson I
(By E O SELLERS Acting Director i
Sunday School Course) 1
LESSON FOR JANUARY 10
DEBORAH
AND BARAK
ISRAEL
DELIVEi
CHAPTER XVII
Thumbs Down for' Bouchard
Haggard and at bay Bouchard faced
the circle of frowns around the pol
inlied expanse of that precious heir
loom the dining-room table of the Gal
lands The dreaded reckoning of the
apprehensions which kept him rest-
lessly awake at night had come at the
next staff council after the fall of the
Twin Boulder Redoubt With the last
approach to the main line of defense
cleared one chapter of the war was
finished But the officers did not man-
ifest the elation that the occasion
called for which is not saying that
they were discouraged They had no
doubt that eventually the Grays would
dictate peace in the Browns' capital
Exactly stated their mood was one of
repressed professional irritation Not
until the third attempt was Twin Boul-
der Redoubt taken As far as results
were concerned the nicely planned
first assault might have been a stroke
of strategy by the Browns to drive
the Grays into an impassable fire zone
"The trouble Is we are not ' In-
formed!” exclaimed Turcas opening
his thin lips even less than Usual but
twisting them in a significant manner
as he gave his words a rasping em-
phasis The others hastened to follow
his lead with equal candor
“Exactly We have no reports of
their artillery strength which we had
greatly underestimated” 6aid the
chief of artillery
"Our maps of their forts could not
be less correct if revealed to us for
purposes of deceit Again and again
we have thought that we had them
surprised only to be surprised our-
selves In short they know what we
are- doing and we don’t know what
they are doing!” said the tactical ex-
pert There the chief of the aerostatic di-
vision took the defensive
"They certainly don’t learn our plans
with their planes and dirigibles!” he
declared energetically
“Hardly when we never see them
over our lines”
’’The Browns are acting on the de-
fensive in the air as well as on the
earth!”
“But our own planes and dirigibles
bring little news” said Turcas “I
mean those that return” he added
pungently
"And few do return My men are
not wanting in courage!” replied the
chief aerostatic officer "Immediately
we get over the Brown lines the
Browns who keep cruising to and fro
are on us like hawks They risk any-
thing to bring us down When we de-
scend low we strike the fire of their
high-angle guns which are distributed
the length of the frontier I believe
both their aerial fleet and their high-
angle artillery were greatly under-
estimated Finally I cannot reduce
my force too much in ecouting or they
might take the offensive”
’Another case of not being in-
formed!" concluded Turcas returning
grimly to his point
He looked at Bouchard and every
one began looking at Bouchard If the
Gray tacticians had been outplayed by
their opponents if their losses for the
ground gained exceeded calculations
then it was good to have a scape-
goat for their professional mistakes
Bouchard was Westerling's choice for
chief of intelligence His blind loy-
alty was pleasing to his superior who
can't hear you!” said Turcas dryly as
ever
“He might through the leajt” said
the chief aerostatic officer who con-
sidered that many of bis g&Bart sub-
ordinates had lost their lives through
Bouchard’s Inefficiency “Perhaps Cla-
rissa Eileen has already telepathically
wigwagged It to him”
To lose your temper at a staff coun-
cil is most unbecoming Turcas would
have kept his If hit In the back by a
fool automobillst Westerling had now
recovered his He was again the su-
perman in command
‘It is for you and not for us to
locate the leak yes for you!” be
said “That is all on the subject for
the present” he added in a tone of
mixed pity and contempt which left
Bouchard freed from the stare of his
colleagues and In the miserable com-
pany of his humiliation
(TO BE CONTINUED)
LESSON TEXT-Judgi'S 4:4-14
GOLDEN TEXT— The righteous crW
nl Jehovah heard and delivered the!
out of all their trouble— Pa 34:17 R V
NOTHING NEW IN JOKE LINE
Foolish Is the Humorist Who Would
Insist That This “Has Never
Been Sprung Before”
Bouchard Faced-the Circle ef Frowns
was In a dying condition when we
picked him up and as he was speak-
ing with the last breaths In his body
naturally his account of what be had
seen was somewhat Incoherent It
would be of use however if we had
plans of the forts that would enable
ue to check off Ills report intelli-
gently” Yet what' evidence have we that
Partow or Lanstron has done more
than to make a fortunate guess or
show military Insight?” Westerling
asked "There is the case of my own
belief that Bordir was weak which
proved correct"
“Last night we got a written tele-
graphic staff message from the body
of a dead officer of the Browus found
in the Twin Boulder Redoubt” said
the vice-chief “which showed that in
an hour after our plans were transmit-
ted to our own troops for the first
attack they were known to the en-
emy” "That looks like a leak!” exclaimed
Westerling “a leak Bouchard do you
hear?” He was frowning and his lips
were drawn and his cheeks mottled
with red iu a way not pleasant to see
Stiffening in his chair a flash of
desperation in his eye Bouchard's
bony long hand gripped the table
edge Every one felt that a sensa-
tion was coming
"Yes I have known that there was
a leak!” he said with hoarse painful
deliberation “I have sent out every
possible tracer I have followed up
every sort of clew 1 have trans
ferred a dozen men 1 have left noth'
ing undone!”
“With no result?” persisted Wester
ling impatiently
"Yes always the same result: That
the leak is here in this house — here
in the grand headquarters of the army
under our very noses I know it is not
the telegraphers or the clerks It Is
a member of the staff!”
"Have you gone out of your head?”
demanded Westerling “What staff-
officer? How does he get the infor-
mation to the enemy? Name the per-
sons you suspect here and now! Ex-
plain if you want to be considered
sane!"
Here was the blackest accusation
that could be made against an officer!
The chosen men of the staff tested
through many grades before they
readied the inner circle of cabinet se-
crecy lost the composure of a council
All were leaning forward toward Bou-
chard breathless for his answer
“There are three women on the
grounds” said Bouchard “I have been
against their staying from the first
A reader of the Docket In New York
city cut out the Item relating to the
disolution of partnership in which
one partner makes the statement that
“those who owe the firm will settle
with him and those that the firm owes
will settle with Mose” and sends
back td us with this notation: “This
was an ord chestnut when I lived In
— which was In 1855”
To this charge we enter a plea of
confession and avoidance We con
tend that the courts wilT take Judicial
notice of the fact that there Is nothing
new under the sun and In our judg
ment the Jokesmith Is well within-
his rights in resurrecting a Joke
which was old in 1855
The Incident brings to mind the fob
lowing story: “The editor of a Minne-
sota newspaper back in the ’80s con-
cocted the following: ’Yon Yonson put
four sticks of dynamite In the stove
last Sunday to thaw them out! The
handles were nickef plated and only
cost $10’” A professor of English
literature in an eastern university
wrote a very interesting article on
this Joke claiming that ft represented
a distinctly American brand of humor
and that it could not have happened
in any other country or at any other
time
But alas for the professor of Eng-
lish literature — for there is nothing
new under the sun Reference to II
Chronicles Chapter 16 Verses IS and
13 produces the following:
12 And Asa In the thirty and
nfnth year of his reign was diseased
in his feet until his disease was ex-
ceedingly great: yet in his disease
he sought not to the Lord but to the
physicians
13 And Asa slept with his fathers
West’s Docket
There are two Inspired accounts o
this victory one in prose (ch 4) am
one In poetry (Judges 5) They prs
sent different views of the aamt
event Israel (had beet oppressed foi
20 years under Jabln and Slsera hii
chief captain (4:2) though It ' seemi
to have been that the northern tribe!
of Naphtall Asher and Zebutun tb
Galilee of Christ's day were chiefly
concerned
Mother In Israel
I Deborah's Call to Service vv 4-9
As the people forsook God he forsook
them and they became easy prey If
we withdraw from his service we also
withdraw from hla protection Al-
though Joshua bad burned Hazor
(Joshua 11:1-11) yet because of Is-
rael’s backsliding it Is now strong
enough to become the ruler ft is so
with sin — allow it to exist and it will
conquer ’ When however Israel re-1
pented and cried unto God (v 3) he
raised up a deliverer and in thia case
It was & "mother in Israel” (chi 5:7)
The word Deborah means “bee” and
it is suggested that “she answered
her name by her industry sagacity
and usefulness to the public her
sweetness to her friends and- sharp-:
ness to her eneinies" (Matthew Hen-i
ry) Iier husband’s name is given
but none of his- achievements Frora
her dwelling place at Jebus as she
Bat beneath a palm tree she gave forth !
her wisdom and judgment to the pco- I
pie who brought their difficulties be-
fore her (Ex 18:13' Deut 17:8-12) j
Judgment of sin- always precedes any
manifestation of grace (I Cor 11:31 i
32) Deborah the- judge recognized j
the gravity of the situation for she
was not only a judge but a prophetess j
by divine appointment (II Pet 1:21) j
When she called Barak at once- recog- j
nlzed her note of authority (v 6) ‘
Deborah gave Barate explicit instruc- j
Would Handle Wheat in Bulk
Australian wheat at the present
time is transported in hags a system
which involves not only a considerable
cost but is also uneconomical in the
use of labor In consequence the gov-
ernments of New South Wales and Vic-
toria are considering proposals for
handling it in bulk based upon the re-
ports of engineers who made inquiries
as to this method in Canada the Uni-
ted States and South Africa The ex-
perts also say that the change would
result in a large extension of the
growing areas It is understood how-
ever that the steamship lines which
have been approached on the subject
are not agreed that under existing cir-
cumstances the shipment of grain in
bulk is practicable though it is be-
lieved that if adequate supplies were
guaranteed the necessary space would
be readily forthcoming
hitherto had promptly silenced any j 1 — ’’
Arrest for Debt
While imprisonment for debt as it
at oie time existed in English and
American law by which a debtor
might be anesled and imprisoned for
mere liability to pay his creditor no
longer exists in the United States the
statutes of the majority of the states
provide for the arrest of a defendant
in a civil action under certain condi-
tions such as fraud or torts or soy
bulemect etc
tion and direction Tiv this chapter
only the two tribes' most interested
are-mentJoned (5:17 18)
Bold Sagacious Leader
II Barak’s Conquest of Siserav w
1C-16 Brxak was a- bold' sagacious
leader and chose one- of the world’s
: best and most famous battlefields Es-
' draelon Barak led- his men to- Mt
I Tabor from which could' be seen1 th®
whole- region where- Si'sera’s armies
j were spread out upon the plain From-
chapter 5 it appears that some came
i to the battle from- the- tribes of
Manasseh and Issachar- (5:14 15)' and:
that others were expected' who failed
to obey tile summons (5c 15 17) From
the slopes of Mt Ta-bor Deborah' and
Barak saw Sisera and his Iron char-
iots advancing across the plain Ono
of the descendants of Hobab Moses?
brother-in-law (Num 24': 22 R V m
and Judges 1-:16)- had revealed- Dis-
place of Barak’s camp- (v 11) Heber
should- have been In- the land of Jludah
and Simeon and not In such close
proximity to the enemies of IsraeL
Josephus says that when Barak saw-
Sisera'S army drawn up and- attempt-
ing to surround' the mountain of h's
encampment his heart failed him and
he determined to "retire to a place of
greater safety Deborah however
urged Barak to attempt the battle
“for this is the day in which the Lord
hath delivered Sisera into thine
hand” The tiling was as sure to be
done as if it were done already As
we read verses ft and 13 together
with 5:17-19 it would look as though
Sisera seemed to have the advantage
against Barak and his ten thousand
men Sisera did not however count
upon Barak’s powerful ally — God “Is
not Jehovah gone out before them?”
Deborah had enthusiasm and zeal but
needed Barak’s action She depended
upon the ure word of Ged and was
devoid of fear (Rom 8:31) She knew
that victory was certain for God bad
said so (r 7 Her charge “Up
Barak!” was a clarion call nd served
to nerve the entire army of Israel
Verse 15 tells us who It was that won
the battle that day (see also 5:20 21
Josh 10:10 T Chron 15:15-17) Even
the stars fought against Sisera mean-
ing that God turned be elements to the
advantage of Israel's army Showers
of meteors have been recorded in this
land in recent times and 5:21 tells of
the floods of water that "swept away”
overthrew the chariots of Sisera The
word discomfited” we are told
scarcely uggests the sudden terror
and confusion which e)l upon Sisera’s
army Like all of God’s victories it
was most complete
A bravi outraged woman executed
sentence which some male member
of her am’v would certainly have
been bound to carry ouL
The “curse of Meroz” (5:23) is that
bestowed upon th shirker thi cow-
ardly and Idle It is the curse of use-
lessness the causes of which are
cowardice false humility and indo-
lence The work of the Avenger is a
necessity
Evil stalks the world on the way to
execution though wrong reigns it
must and will lead through the power
of the highest to Christ’s glory (Eph
6:12 Rom 8:37 33)
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