St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-11
tOD'S WARMING CALL
we Of the Prophets Of Old Voice.
a Message for To-day.

-, .ne Prophets Of Old Voice.
a Message for Today.
the "Hishway and Bxw.~,
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tainty of Meeting God -.
'ne Need Of Preparation
1Sa2' by A. N. Kellogg N~v..
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Amos 40 2are to meet thy God
a Message for To-Dav-rb.s.
words are addressed to Israel nv tho
popnet Amos, after the nation has
persistentlys refused to hear and
need the message which God bas
ssn' unto them. The days of grace
NJ past and judgment has fallen.
~ longer does God stand pleading
.lat Israel will repent and turn from
AUS sin' but the thunder-tones of His
. mla1n send forth the message:
rrepare to meet thy God" In these
i've snort, simple words flashes the
Keen, two-edged sword of Gods
spirit, and, falling, pierces "even to
.ne dlvldingDasunder 90 soul and
ep,,lt: God has patiently borne
with His people. He has sought by
every circumstance Of lie to arouse
tnem to sense of their obligation
70 Him. He sent scarcity of food
ana famine, yet have ye not re-
turned unto Me-" saith the Lord. He
sent drought, and then let rain fall
on one city and not on another,
upon one piece of ground, and not
upon another section lying adjacent
thereto, so that two or three cities
were compelled to go unto one city
20 drink water, 'tyet have We not re-
turned unto Me- saith the Lord.
He sent the mildew and the blasting
upon the growing grain; and sthe
devouring worms ruined the gar
dens and vineyards and fig and olive
trees, yet have We not returned
unto Me-" saith the Lord. The
pestilence of disease had swept over
their land, and in conflict with the
nations about the young men had
been slain with the sword, and the
scandals and evils growing up out
of the military camps had shocked
the whole nation, yet have We not
returned unto Me-" saith the Lord.
The iniquity of some in the nation
was so great that God had to de-
stroy them as He overthrow Sodom
and Gomorrah, and those who es-
capped the fire of Gods wrath were
as brands plucked out of the burn
ing, "yet have We not returned unto
Me-" saith the Lord.
Therefore (because all this is
true) thus will / do unto thee, O
Israel: and because i will do this
unto thee, prepare to meet thy God,
o, Israel"
''For, 10, He that formeth Che noun
tains, and createth the wind, and de-
clareth unto man what is His
thought, that maketh the morning
darkness, and treadeth upon the
high places Of the earth, the Lord,
the God Of Hosts. is His name"
This is the message which God
sent to His self-willed and self-seek-
ing children by the hand OF His
prophet Amos. We read it. We
readily see the iniquity and sins OF
the children of Israel. We marvel at
their indifference to the solemn
warning and pleading of Cod. We
see them rejecting the message of
Gods prophets and doubling the
truth of their words. While the ter
rible judgments of Gods wrath are
hanging over them they refuse to be-
lieve anything but that they will con-
tinue to eat, drink and be merry and
Weld to every desire in the days to
come, as they have in the past. We
see the certain judgments OF God fall
upon them after they have persist
emily and willfully refused to hear
Gods last call. We see the awful
scourge of war sweep over the land,
We see the wives and children, the
young men and maidens wearing the
yoke of their conquerors and going
into captivity, all coming to pass just
as God said it would. We see all this.
We know that when God speaks it
shall surely come to pass, notwith-
standing the ease and luxury OF our
homes, and the influence Of our friends,
and the prominence of our position in
society. and our business and profess
sional success, and the size OF our bank
account; Notwithstanding our vigor
of health, and our fullnesa OF Joy as
we delight ourselves in the attractions
and luxuries of the. world. We know
that nothing we have or are, that
nothing which our friends have or are,
that not even the loved ones in Heaven
who are awaiting our coming can
change one jot or little OF Gods word
and prevent His judgment falling upon
us if we refuse to hear and heed. And
knowing this, let us stop in the mad
rush of life and reason together out
of Gods Word, SO that we shall not be
caught as a thief in the night whea our
Lord comes and exacts final acnount-
ing with US.
Face to Face with Eternity.-Ip you
realize that you are face to face with
eternity, that but breath is between
YOU and death? Not day goes ~ but
some experience in our own lives. some
item of news, brings this fact IL our
attention, and God would driSs it
home to our hearts if we woulG ''nly
let Him. There is no period in II sife
upon earth when the soul can sa. at
it is not face to face with etc y.
AS well might the tiny mol e,
which has to be searched out vii tle
microscope to be seen, boast its Il #
its size while the great earth supper 5