Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20


| Tim. 6:6-1O, 1919.
PRIMARY ToPIC-A Kind Woman
Ii Kings 4S-ll
JUNIOR ToPIC-what Two Men Did
With Their Money.-Luke l2:l5-21. Acts
4:s6. 81.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Earning and Using Money
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Problems Of Poverty and Wealth.
|. Wealth in the Hands Of the Few
lisa. 5 80.
!. Join house to house" ". 81.
2. Lay field to field" ". 3.
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-grabblng and the eviction of
the small proprietor and in the com
mercla eenters the crowding out of
the small concerns by the large cor
poratlons. God hates the spirit of
avarice.
II. Methods Employed in the Ae-
QUESTION of Wealth (Amos S:4-6).
/. 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.
,. ITO make the poor of the land
to fail" ". ~. They were grasping
after the houses and lands of the poor,
and in order to 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 8 a, and placing exorbitant
taxes upon them and cheating them
in the courts.
8, Begrudged the loss of holy days
". 81. They were restlessly inpatient
because of the restrictions of those
days. Though outwardly conforming
to the Sabbath they were seeking all
the while to cOmmercialiZe 1t. Many
today go to church for the sake of
responsibility while impatiently walt
ing for the day to pass In order to
to pursue their business.
4. Dishonesty In business dealings
". 81. ~ They made the ephah
small. Their measures were less than
the price paid for ~ 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
weighed had been tampered with, max
ing them guilty of cheating In three
ways.
5. 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 6
pair of shoes.
They sold the refuse of the wheat
| ". g.. In time of famine they ever
sold to the people that part Of ths
wheat which was intended for thu
cattle.
III. Gods Judgment Upon Then
(Amos S:7; CT. lisa. %, 10Y.
God says 81 will never forget" No
one act of greed and oppression viii
escape Gods notice.
!. Many houses shall be desolate
2. The land unproductive ". 1O)
". A Picture Of Rich Man and ;
Beggar duke 16:19-25).
/. Their lives. ID The rich man
He had much goods. He operated il
the highest society. (2) The beggar
He not only was poor, but helpless
He had no place in the social order
2. Their deaths. ~ The rich ma
was taken by death. He seems to hav
had great burial. (2) The beggar
There is nothing told as to what wa
done with his body when he died.. Per
haps the very dogs who licked hi
sores fed upon it..
8. Their destinies. ~ The ricl
man lifted up his eyes III hell. TIL
beggar was carried by the angels int
Abraham's bosom. (2) What deter
mined them. The future life grow
out of the present. The rich man wa
interested in the things of this life
SO selfish that even when the poo
beggar was laid at his gate he CAV
him no attention. He not only lacke
the kindness of seeking opportunit
to do good, but refused the one OF
portunity that was thrust before hin
(3) Their fixedness. Their destinie
were determined by their actions Will
alive. and after death there was n
possibility of change.