The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-04-14
I. Wealth in the Hands Of the Few

I. Wealth in the Hands Of the Few
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|. "Join house to house ". -.
=. Lay field to field ". -.
The avaricious greed of these men
caused them to enlarge their estates
at the expense of their neighbors. In
agricultural districts IL took the form
of land. grabbing and the eviction OF
the small proprietor, and ia the com
mercial centers the crOwding out OF
the small concerns by the large cor
porntions. God hates the spirit OF
ayarIce
u. Methods Employed in the 40
QUESTION Of Wealth (Amos S:i-G.
/. swallowed up the needy ". ~.
Swallowed up" literally means to
pant after, like beast after its prey
with eagerneSs to devOur. Many to-
day get rich by swallowing up the
needy.
=. ITO make the poor Of the land
to fail" ". -. They were grasping
after the houses and lands of the poor.
and in order 10 accomplish this they
impoverished them i'm 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 ) 4, and placing exorbitant
taxes upon them and cheating them
in the courts.
g. Begrudged the loss of holy days
". -. They were restlessly impatient
because of the restrictions of those
days. Though outwardly conforming
To the sabbath they were seeking all
the while To commercialiZe II. Many
today 20 to church for the sake OF
responsibility while impatlently wait
ing for the day to pass in order to
to pursue their business.
4. Dishonesty in business dealings
". -. Cd 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 higher price
for their grain. The purchaser was
thus cut on both sides. (3) Falsified
their balances. Even the scales by
which the gold and silver were
ing them guilty Of cheating in three
ways.
). They bought the poor for silver
". 6). The poor were reduced to
such poverty by the above means Of
cheating that they We're obliged to sell
themselves into slavery, even for q
pair of shoes.
q 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.
~. Gods Judgment Upon Them
(AmoS 81; CT. lisa. so. lO).
God says 81 will never forget" Not
one act of greed and oppression will
escape Gods notice.
/. Many houses shall be desolate.
.. The land unproductive ". 100.
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Beggar duke l6l925).
l. Their lives. % The rich man.
He had much goods. He operated in
the highest society. (2) The beggar.
He not only was poor, bur helpless.
lie had no place in the social order.
.. Their deaths. u The rich man
was taken by death. He seems 10 have
had Il great burial. GU Tho heggar.
There Is notSng told n To- what was
done with his body when hc died. Per-
haps the very dogs who licked his
sores fed upon IL.
3. Their dcstnie-, D The rich
man lifted mp his eyes in hell. The
beggnr was carried by the angels into
Ahraham's bu>om. CD What deter
mined them. The future life grows
our Of the present. The rich man was
/ interested in the things of this life,
"a selfish that even when the poor
| h,ggar was laid al his gate he gave
/ him no attention. lie not only lacked
the Kindness of seeking opportunity
to do good hut refused the one OPP
portuuity that was thrust before him
CD Their tiNedneSs. Their dcStnies
were determined 10y their actions while
alive. aud after death there was no
a