Bless his counsels, his undertakings, and his work; strengthen his kingdom by Thine almighty hand, and give him victory over his enemy, even as Thou gavest Moses the victory over Amalek, Gideon over Midian, and David over Goliath.
She listened to every word about the victory of Moses over Amalek, of Gideon over Midian, and of David over Goliath, and about the destruction of "Thy Jerusalem," and she prayed to God with the tenderness and emotion with which her heart was overflowing, but without fully understanding what she was asking of God in that prayer.
There is nothing about Tabor (except we concede that it was the scene of the Transfiguration,) but some gray old ruins, stacked up there in all ages of the world from the days of stout Gideon and parties that flourished thirty centuries ago to the fresh yesterday of Crusading times.
The plain of Esdraelon--"the battle-field of the nations"--only sets one to dreaming of Joshua, and Benhadad, and Saul, and Gideon; Tamerlane, Tancred, Coeur de Lion, and Saladin; the warrior Kings of Persia, Egypt's heroes, and Napoleon--for they all fought here.
Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand; They whom I favour thrive in wealth amain, While virtue, valour, wisdom, sit in want." To whom thus Jesus patiently replied:-- "Yet wealth without these three is impotent To gain dominion, or to keep it gained-- Witness those ancient empires of the earth, In highth of all their flowing wealth dissolved; But men endued with these have oft attained, In lowest poverty, to highest deeds--
Gideon, and Jephtha, and the shepherd lad Whose offspring on the throne of Juda sate So many ages, and shall yet regain That seat, and reign in Israel without end.
Well hast thou spoken, Sir Knight, until the God of Jacob shall raise up for his chosen people a second
Gideon, or a new Maccabeus, it ill beseemeth the Jewish damsel to speak of battle or of war.''
The leaders visited retired President Daniel Moi before holding a closed-door meeting with
Gideon.
In promoting the old testaments and the new gospel today my understanding is there are more than 270,000
Gideon members who are active in this important task in many countries in Africa, India and other nations where they are welcomed, or course not always the case in some respects, but nonetheless it's a very worthy cause.
In 2008,
Gideon joined the cast of the MNET TV series, Tinsel and has been a regular to date.
From the start, our vision was clear, but
Gideon infused his incredibly creative styling to turn these pegs into reality.
Gideon is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience building tech companies through his expertise in investor relations, sales, and marketing.
Gideon said Robert was freed from detention at around 6:30 p.