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ct was far too mechanical.
duced him almost to an auto
moved by an infinite will and
ing words the import of WI
himself did not as least full "
stand. The very Derivation
word prophet" should ha
rected this false notion. X
ito boil over" What the
observed in ethical conduct d
pie and moral tendencies of
and State was lodged in min
heart like water in a kettle.
Election upon it was like fire.
feelings seethed within him
they boiled over in hot dend
of evil. The Hebrew prophd
essentially the reformer Of b
He was prominently patfid
devout. Of this Amosiga
illustration. Amos; prophef
been described as a thund
rolling over all the SUR
kingdoms touching Judah, and%
ly settling down upon Israel
epoch in the history of the nortl
kingdom has been, not inapt1y,c s
it's Indian Summer" because
it's glory, and also the near
the winter of its desolation.
cient limits of the kingdom
former splendor were regaye
dor 3Jeroboam II. Wealth
denly poured into the Golfer
princes. 1t was the wealth.
quest, always attended
temptation to oppression and
You will search in vain for
graphic description of Sc
gent people than Amos give
enthrone violence at once, a
TEEN judgment deferred.
cline upon ivory divans
stretch themselves upon thei
ches-beside their banquet
laden with every delicacy q
for an ignobie purpose the
ments which David invented
worship of God. They sd
bowls for wine cups. They
finest oil in their boudoirs.
such sensualists perceive mi
be grieved for the mora
made OF their country? 81
phet speaks their doom.
quet, before which they
themselves, shall be swept
fore they can eat it. Ar
in luxury? They shall
their rank They shall
captivity also. The
iniquity is full So
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excellency of Jacob, and ha
palaces. Therefore will
up the city with all that Is Il
The Teachers Lantern
Amos of lowly origin. Xiii
him a peasant. He was 81
and fig gatherer. 1t is sui
that such an elaborate poem
come from such a source.
sor Cheyne compares Amos,t
tic, to Dante, the most polish
of his own or any other age
find a market, he went to tho VI
kingdom; there observed its fdei
eracy. On his return to his h
on the edge of the desert, de
opportunity to mediate upon "
he had seen. His heart was stir
He must needs rebuke the pee
Thus he said: "The Lord took
as I followed the flock, and S
go prophesy unto my people l
ell" Twenty-six hundred years
passed since Amos, first OF
prophets to do so, reduced his :
ings to writing. His principles, b
ever, are fundamental. They a.
today. Oppression and luxury
destroy any people. Righteous
only will exalt. Modern his
abounds with analogies. What A
was to Israel, Savonarola was
Florence. Like a prophet the
ter Numbered against the sin
his city until penitent people I
the famous bonfire of follies. "
a protest against the extreme
diligence of pleasures which
moderation are permissible,
abstinence from them is often j
fable and effective. 1t requ
sound judgment, however, to de
mine when such protest is dem;
ed. To stick to the protest a
the need of it is past is to. lose
the virtue of it. That is killing
spirit with the letter. Amos
test against the luxury of Israel
not SO much against the luxur.
itself as against the degree of
and the means by which it was
cured namely, the spoils of war
the oppression of the poor.
Young Peoples Devotional Ser
Acts Is; 36-41; 16; 1-5.
Mission Work at Home and Abr
(VD Mission Towns.
st. Paul was an accompls
traveller, a keen observer; he b
ed peril and exposure; he tray
wholesome think as far Yves
Spain. He never lost sight of
purpose or was diverted from 1t.
was nothing less than the conve1
ef-the world. Christianity is
St. Paul. 1t has an eternal g
in it. The hour it stops it-dies
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