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W h a t Is in Thine Hand?

Some ten years ago at a meeting of the American Home Economics Association, Miss Bevier asked this question of home economists. She said: " I t occurred to me that I might make this subject of revaluation both more personal and more interesting to you if I should use in con' nection with it an incident recorded in the Old Testament, out of the life of Moses and his leadership of the Children of Israel. " T h i s incident has to do with the question the Lord asked Moses when he objected to undertaking a certain piece of work. 'And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. And the Lord said unto him, What 1 is in thine hand ? "So I propose this question, too; what is in your hand for the homes and for the welt are oi your community or state?

"You have t (ted knowledge of how to

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and maintain health, how to care for child life,