New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-04-22

GOLDEN TEXT-For where your treas
ure is. there will your heart be aiso.-
Luke l2:34.
REFERENCE MATERIAL Prov. 80
&. 3; Matt. 6:19-34; 1922; Luke SPA; l2:l3-3A
i Tim 6:6-lO. 1918.
PRIMARY TOPIC-A Kind Woman
II Kings 4:S-l1.
JUNIOR TOPIC-What Two Men Dit
With Their Money.-Luke ~i2:15-2l: Act
4:36. 81.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Earning and Using Money.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Psoblems of Poverty and Wealth.
.. Wealth in the Hands Of the Few
lisa. 5:S).
!. Join house to house" ". 81.
2. Lay field to field" ". 81.
The avariciOus greed of these men
caused them to enlarge their estates
at the expense of their neighbOrs. In
agricultural districts 1t took the form
of land-grabbing and the eviction OF
the small proprietor, and in the CON-
mercial centers the crOwding out of
h small concerns by the large cor
poratiOns. God hates the spirit of
avarice. He hates the greed that is
creating the inequalities in the eco
nemic and social order today.
u. Methods Employed in the Ac-
QUESTION OF Wealth (AmOs SAG.
i. Swallowed up the needy" ". ~.
Swallowed up" literally to
pant after, like a beast after its prey
with eagerness to devour. Many to-
day get rich by swallowing up the
needy. This is done by the money
vender who finds a nan In straitened
circumstances, loans him money at an
exorbitant rate of interest. f~OreclOses
the mortgage at the critical hour, tax
ing possession of the mans property.
?. ITO make the poor of the land
TO fail' ". A.. They were grasping
after the houses and lands of the poor.
and in order 0 accomplish this they
impoverished them In every way pos
sible so as to root them out Of the
land. This they doubtless did by
Withholding from them their lawful
wages, an example of which we find
In james 5:4, and placing e%xorbitant
taxes upon them and cheating them
in the courts.
3. Begrudged the loss of holy days
". 81. They were restlessly impatient
because of the restrictions of those
days. Though Outwardly conforming
10 the Sabbath they were seeking all
the while to CONNIE realize II. Many
today go to church for the sake of
responsibility while impatiently wait
ing for the day to pass In order to
10 pursue their business.
4. Dishonesty In business dealings
". 81. Q) They made the ephah
small Their measures were less than
the price paid for. (2) They made
the shekel great. The shekel being
the coin used to pay bills, the mer-
chants put into circulation overweight
shekels thus getting a higher price
for their grain. The purchaser was
thus cut on both sides. (3) Faisifed
their balances. Even the scales by
which the gold and silver were
weighed had been tempered with, max
ing them guilty of cheating In three
ways.
8. They bought the poor for silver
". 81. The poor were reduced to
such poverty by the above means Of
cheating that they were obliged to sell
themselves into slavery, even for a
pair Of shoes.
@ They sold the refuse of the wheat
". 81. In time of famine they even
sold to the people that part Of the
wheat which was intended for the
~. Coos Judgment Upon Them
tAmos 81; CT. lisa. SO, 100.
God says Il will never forget" Not
one act Of greed and oppression will
escape Gods notice.
1. Many houses shall be desOlate.
They obtained their houses by wicked
and they should be removed
from the land, thus not being able to
them.
2. The land unproductive ". 1O).
~. A Picture Of a Rich Man and q
Beooar duke 10 1925.
i. Their lives. ~ The rich man.
He had much goods. He operated in
he highest society. (2) The beggar.
He not only was poor, but helpless.
He had no place in the social order.
He had no n to feed him, nor any
to care for his sores except as
he dogs licked them.
2. Their deaths. (1) The rich man
vas taken by death. He seems TO have
a great burial. (2) The beggar.
There is nothing told as to what was
lone with his body when he died. Per-
,aps the very dogs who licked his
ores fed upon It.
8. Their d~estinies. ~ The rich
nan lifted up his eyes in hell. The
was carried by the angels into
bosom. (2) What deter
mined them. The future life grows
ut Of the present. The rich man was
Interested In the things of this life, /,
o selfish that " when the Door ,
eggar was laid at his gate he gave .
i'm no attention. he not only lacked /.
be Kindness Of seeking opportunity ,
do good. but refused the one Cd .
ortunity that was thrust before him. .
81 Their ~Rxedness. Their destinies .
ere determined by their actions while .
live. and after death there was no ,
disability Of a change. The rich man ;
fled up his eyes in hell. In addition =
, the suffering of hell he had the
nguish Of neglected opportunities. =
lis memory was still active.