Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
SINS OF NATION ARE.
FAITHFULLY RECOI NrED

II = kind Of Judgment day that wc
Ihoy. as ~" read. In q long roll tn"
sins and. trauscrcssions are rccountrd
turtV sc fairly trcmblc a. we read,
Though ZOO Years have passed since
Amos spoke some one has said that
every day ought 10 be a Judgment day
for tho Christian. God speaks through
every human experience. through joy
land sorrow aliiS". our sins stand out
lin The light OF Ills glorious purity.
land unless ~ confess them and seek
1.-The pardon Of Christ they viii press
Ius down TO the depths. Let Us judge
ourselves nov. that Ne be NO; Judged
.bv the Lord Il Cor. Xi 30. II *
1cnmrortinr for us 10 tell God how poor
land needy We are for lie stands ready
ito forgive il We tell Him We arc sorry.
IWho has not known the peace OF heart
(which comes when. weary ana gri-v"d
with himself. the cry has been sim
tccrciv uttered. Cod DC merciful to me.
t, sinner" and tn. christ has ans wercd.
Thy sins are forgiven: go IN peace"
Bat Il We Try TO excuse our faults,
and If We claim that we are moral
land upright and better than most peo-
Iplc. then We grow hardened. II is
strange that God has to use extreme
measures TO bring us TO KNOWLEDGE
Iof our need OF Him He had to knock
saul down before he could make him
lIlis disciple and send him to preach
has to send war and destruction upon
nations 10 bring them To their knees
in ncnitencc and faith.
BEAlTIFI EXAMrI.E
| Or HEBREW DIRGE
! Ia Amos's prophecy we have y beau
ltful example Of what is called the
Hebrew dirge. IT is like the sonata
!PathetiQue OF Beethoven or o: Tschai-
ikowsky. heavy with minor chords. yet
heightened by the tones OF PRAYER and
iexalted by the suggestions of triumph.
SO wrote jeremiah in his ''I.amenta-
lions" Amos keeps him company. I;
lis good for us to have such a cry
utt cred for us which We can make our
own, even AS it Is good in music TO
have the light and meaningless sounds
of cheap popularity replaced by the
deep pathos Of real harmony. We need
Ito weep al times, no. the tears Of
bitterness. but the tears of sorrow. and
vet sorrow which has hope in spite
of the fact that we have grieved by
our sins the Father who loves us If
only Israel had repcnted as Nineveh
rd;h when Jonah preached, how different
her history might have been: We
sometimes want our ministers to
Iprophcsy smooth things, while we need
Iuui.c often the thundcrbolts OF warm
ling and the lightning flashes Of wrath
Hest We grow easy and unconcerned
concerning our spiritual and moral con-
Idition.
AMOS HEGS PEOPLE
TO SEEK THEM GOD
How splcndidly in the nth chap,cr
Amos begs the people 10 seek God In
flour great arguments Seek for He
Ialonc can save Seek. for lie has no
ipaticncc with unrighteOusncss Seek.
Nor IIe Is powerful in the heavens and
lupon earth. Seek. for Nc is merciful
lrhosc today are the four great nm
Ipeals brought TO men. There is no
salvation save through Christ. There
lis wrath for those who willfully choose
their own destruction. lie who con-
trolls the heavenly bodies must be
feared. He who made us loves us and
sent His Son TO save us. Sometimes
lone appeal touches and sometimes
tanother. but through them all the dear
Fathers voice sounds so tcndcrly,
lrSeek Me, seek Mol"
Somehow in nil the prophecies, and in
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