The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-18
LESSONS TAUGHT
BY PROPHET HOSEA
Rev. Carl H. Veazie Points Out
Great Truths Learned From
Bitter Experience.
LONG FIGHT AGAINST SIN
ACTING PASTOR TALKS FROM
OLD TESTAMENT.

Taking for his subject "Thc Mes
sage OF the Prophet Hosea" Rev.
Carl II. Vcazie. acting pastor OF the
Phillips Congregational church. de-
livercd an interesting sermon yester-
day on life sufferings of this charac-
ter Of the old Testament In part.
Rev. Mr.. Vcazie said.
The message Of the Prophet Hosea
Is one that o. particularly rich and
wonderful to US because Of the fact
that though he is one Of the earliest
prophets In the history Of Israel
whose writings have come down TO US.
he As The first clear teacher OF the
grace Of God IN the Old Testamef 2.
He is Isracrs first evangelist and he
gives such n clear and beautiful pic
turc of the love and grace of God that
~ has scarcely been eQualled until the
time of Jesus. Hosea was pre-cmi-
ncntly a preacher of love, yet I'm no
sense could he be said to be weak and
sentimental. FOR he lived at a time
when his nation was going rapidly to
ruin and destruction and had left all
law behind I'm its mad rush toward sin
and profliEaCy. and he denounced the
sins OF his people I'm the most awful
terms. telling them the terrible pun
ishmcnt that is sure 20 come to them.
and yet ne pictured God as the loving
husband Of the nation. still waiting to
receive them NJ they viii only return
and repent. His predecessor. Amos.
taught the lesson that God is just:
Hosea adds Cod is love. and he learns
this lesson and makes IL known in a
most wonderful way.
Hosea. n poet Of the most sensi-
tive and loving nature. and priest OF
God. had married woman whom he
undoubtedly thought was pure and
good. for ne loved her with his whole
heart The home had been a happy
one. and little boy soon came 30
brighten it. who was named Jesreel.
But Do was time Of the most awful
profiiEacy in Israel. and the sin Of the
nation entered the home Of the
prophet and robbed him Of his wife
and her love.
own Home Robbed.
"Tt must have been "a terrible shock
when ne first realized that his wife
had been untrue 20 him, and yet he
bore his trouble manfully. and did his
best to win her back by his own love
and devotion. No doubt he had been
preaching against these very things
IN the lives Of others. but now III was
an entirely different matter when this
Elm had entered the sanctuary Of his
own home. The struggle Of his heart
o. shown by the name that he gives
10 TIE ItlAf XIII VINO came AT TINS
time. 'Un-lovcd.' and later on. when
the next baby was born. he called his
name 'No-kin-of-mine' Through all
these years OF love and devotion TO
his faithlcss wife ne was unable 20
win her love In return. and at last she
was compelled to leave his home.
She went from bad to worse. till at
last she was sold into slavery. and
then her husband went and bought
her for the price of "a concubine.
brought her to his home and tried to
make her pure again.
Prom this sorrow I'm his own life
ne learned the lesson of how God felt
toward his sinful people His sad ex-
pcriCnce began to affect his preach
iug- He had long known that Israel
was the people Of God and that they
had been uufaithful TO him and
Einned against his love. but now he
began 70 realize what that meant; his
own heart taught him the love and
sorrow OF the heart Of God toward his
fdithlcss people. And thus Hosea
gives 60 us one Of the Erandcst pic
lures Of the rcdceming love Of God
and the power Of that love to save
when an else falls"