The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-09-06
cOD'S WARNING CALL.
o.s Of the Prophets of Old Voices
a Message for To-day.
py the "Highway and Byway"
,.s,chcr Emphasizing h Ger
tninty of Meeting God, and
.,. Need of Preparation.
,.rrieht, 1902, by A. N. Kellogg News
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Message for To-Day.-These
..ords are addressed to Israel by the
,ropbet Amos, after the nation has
lparsistently refused to hear and
fbsed the message which God has
Dort unto them. The days of grace
are past and Judgment has fallen.
NJ longer does God stand pleading
| ,hot Israel will repent and turn from
re- sin. but the thunder-tones of His
r,rath send forth the message:
| "prepare to meet thy God" In these
| s,e short, simple words flashes the
,sen. two-edged sword of Gods
Shirt. and, falling, pierces "even to
| tbc dividing asunder of soul and
shirt" God has patiently borne
with His people. He has sought by
every circumstance of life to arouse
,bcm to a sense of their obligation
"a Him. He sent scarcity of food
and famine, "yet have We not re-
,uroed unto Me-" saith the Lord. He
sent drought, and then let rain fall
an 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
no drink water, "yet have we not re-
burned unto Me-" saith the Lord.
lie sent the mildew and the blasting
upon the growing grain; and the
Llevouring worms ruined the gar
liens and vineyards and fig and olive
trees. yet have we not returned
INTO Me-" saith the Lord. The
bestilence of disease had swept over
heir land, and in conflict with the
nations about the young men had
been slain with the sword, and the
kcandals and evils growing up out
II the military camps had shocked
lie whole nation, "yet have we not
eturned unto Me-" saith the Lord.
he iniquity of some in the nation
vas so great that God had to de-
troy them as He overthrow Sodom
nd Gomorrah, and those who es-
apcd the fire of Gods wrath were
5 brands plucked out of the burn
be-. yet have We not returned unto
ie." saith the Lord.
therefore (because all this is
rue) thus will l do unto thee, o
Iracl: and because | will do this
nto thee, prepare to meet thy God
Israel"
"Hor. 10, He hat formeth the noun
Inns. and createth the wind, and de"
areth unto man what is His
bought, that maketh the morning
Erkness, and treadeth upon the
Egh places of the earth, the Lord,
e God of Hosts, is His name"
This is the message which God
mt to His self-willed and self-seek-
g children by the hand OF His
rophet Amos. We read it. we
tadily see the iniquity and sins OF
he children of Israel. We marvel at
(eir Indifference to the solemn
|arning and pleading of God. We
ke them rejecting the message OF
DDS prophets and doubling the
futh of their words. While the ter
bic judgments of Gods wrath art
hnging over them they refuse to be
eve anything but that they will con
nue. to eat, drink and be merry ant
Eeld to every desire in the days t.
me, as they have in the past. W
be the certain judgments Of God fal
pom them after they have persist
htly and willfully refused to hea
dds last call. We see the awfu
tourge of war sweep over the land
Re see the wives and children, tn
oung men and maidens wearing tn
oke of their c%onquerors and goln
bto captivity, all coming to pass jus
God said it would. We see all thi
Re know that when God speaks
ball surely come to pass, notwitl
landing the ease and luxury OF OF
ONES, and the influence of our friend
nd the prominence of our position
bciety, and our business and profe
onal success, and the size of our bar
%tcount; notwithstanding our vigt
health, and our fullness of JOY
e delight ourselves in the attraction
bd luxuries of the world. We kno
bat nothing we have or are, TIL
bthing which our friends have or al
lat not even the loved ones in Heav'
no are awaiting our coming c;
Pange one jot or little of Gods wo
fd prevent His Judgment falling up
If we refuse to hear and heed. A
howing this, let us stop in the m
sh of life and reason together o
Gods Word, so that we shall not
fught as a thief in the night when o
Prd comes and exacts a final accoul
3 with us.
Face to Face with Eternity.-Do y
plize that you are face to face w
frnity, that but a breath is betwe
u and death? Not a day goes by |
me experience in our own lives, so
I'M of news, brings this fact to c
fention, and God would drive
me to our hearts if we would OF
Him. There is no period in the
on earth when the soul can say Il
Is not face to face with eterni
X As well might the tiny molecr
: llch has to be searched out with
9 croscope to be seen, boast itself
B size while the great earth suppo
teeming millions of people and
rs and planets of the universe