Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-22
LESSON FOR APRIL "a
POVERTY AND WEALTH.

Adht AVs1o-Go.
GOLDEN TExT-For where your treas
ure is. there will our heart be also
luke 1924.
REFERENCE MATERIAL = Prov. 90:
Q. .; Matt. i6:1s-S4: 1922; Luke 6:24: n;lS-s4;
/ Tim. 6:6-10. Ills. ...ts t..
PRIMARY ToPIC-A Kind Woman
II Kings Ash.
JUNIOR TOPIC-what Two Men Did
With Their Money.-Luke ~12:l6-2l; Acts
4:se. 81.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Earning and Using Money.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Problems of Poverty and Wealth.
I. Wealth In the Hands Of the Few
Elsa. 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 la~nd-grabbing and the eviction Of
the small proprietor, and In the COM
mercial centers the crowding out of
the small concerns by the large cor
porations. God hates the spirit OF
%avarice.
u. Methods Employed In the 40
QUESTION Of Wealth (Amos $40.
1. Swallowed up the needy" ". A..
Swallowed up" literally means to
pant after, like a beast after its prey
with eagerness to devour. Many to-
day get rich by swallowing up the
needy.
2. ITO make the poor of the land
to fail" ". A.. They yer grasping
after the houses and lands Of the poor,
andFh qrderytegaccomplish this they
imteSershed them In every way pos
sihle 50 Jas to root them out Of the
la14l.. This they doubtless did ~
Withholding from them their lawful
wages, Jan example Of which We find
In James 5s4, and. placing exorbitant
taxes upon them and cheating them
In the courts.
8, Begrudged the loss of holy days
". 81. sThey were restlessly impatient
because, of the restrictions of those
days. Though outwardly conforming
to the Sabbath they we're seeking all
the while to CONNIE rcialize 1t. Many
today Ego to church for the sake OF
Responsibility while im~patiently walt
ing for the day to pass in order to
to pursue their business.
A Dishonesty In business dealings
". 81 st1) They made the ephah
small. Their measures were less than
the price paid for. t2) They made
thS16t<kA sGreak The shekel being
the epiuhS& 10 pey bib, the meS-
chahts pYt into circulation overweight
shskeH niiuS getting q higher price
for tfieff gram. The purchaser was
thus cut on Both sides. t3) Falsihed
their balances. Even the scales by
which The gold and silver we're
weighed had been tempered with, max
ing them guilty Of cheating In three
ways. IS
5. They bought the poor for silver
". 6e.,il The poor were reduced to
such poverty BY the above means OF
cheating that they were obliged to sell
themselves into slavery, even for d
pair defoFlDC
@ 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
cattle.
III. Gods Judgment Upon Them
(Amos ST.; CT. lisa. 5:9, 10Y.
God says 81 will forget" MOI
one act Of greed and oppression VIII
escape Gods notice. :
1. Many houses shall be d~esolate,
2. The land unproductive ". 10l,
~. A Picture Of a Rich Man and 3
Beggar duke 16 :19-25).
Il Their lives. a. The rich man
He had much goods. He operated Il
the highest society. f2) The ,beggar
He not only was poor, but helpless
/ He had no place in the social order
2. Their deaths. "a The rich maj
was taken by death. He seems to hav,
had az great burial (2) The beggaf
There is nothing told as to what wa,
done with his body when he died. PEI
haps the very dogs who licked hi
sores fed upon it.
g. Their 'destinies. . ~ The ricI
man lifted up bis eyes in hell. TIN
beggar was carried by the angels int!
Abraham's bosom. (2) What detet
I mined them. The future life grow
our of the present. The rich man wa
interested in the things Of this lifS
sof selfish that even when the pod
fbeggar was laid Al his gate he CAV
him. no attention. He not only lackd
the kindness Of seeking opportunif
to- do good, but refused the one Of
p~ortunity that was thrust before hin
(3y Their fxedness.' Their destiniS
were determined by their actions Will
alive. and after death there was 4
possibility .of e change,
Lesson From Singing Birds.
In the deepest night of sorrow Cd
"A &fxaa he 20 mich TO he ankfu ri