The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10
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riaos TO greater heights than his ur-
ban brother. But here IN Amos Of
Tekoa we have a man OF the dercrt
who goes to the city, not to rise 30
tremendous heights in the CONNER
ciai, Industrial. financial or so'iHi
world. but to- make his life a great
factor I'm the moral conditions Of
the cities Of his day.
Twelve miles south OF Jerusalem.
Amos lived IN the hills OF Tekoa 81
Judah, moRt desOlate nnd hngBafd
world. AZ he looked TO the south or
the west or the north he was ,ou-
fronted by n long line OF gray limo.
stone. hills ana n pcrchnnco his
gaze should be liftod 10 the Hnst DE
was greeted with n prospect HiiH
more deaOlate, n stony lana tunt
slopcd AWAY for ~ milca 20 a depth
OF 1000 feet. upon this unUutl-
gated wilderness, whore HE is re-
duced to poverty ana danger, whore
nature starvcs the imaSiuhtion, nut
cxcitca the f1CulticB Of perception
and curiosity; with the mountain
tops and tho sunrise I'm his inrr,
Amos did the work which maj" MN
n man, heard the voice OF God call
ing him To be- a. prophet. and gath
cred those symbols and figures ~
which his prophcts message stlll
roachca us with $50 fresh ana 90 aus
tore an air.
There may be others who have
,XcoIlcd Amos iu Imagination ana
intellect, but none more ready IN
rcgponEc when the call Of the iorl
came. by the incorrupt life OF hi'
shepherd n days, by faithfulnnas 10
his every duty, by clear communion
with his Maker In the great out-of-
doors, he was trained In the hppre-
citation OF facts and causes and made
ready for his life'H great work 80 II
-sas he ccula say, With certain rnn-
fidence, "Jehovah took me from fcl.
lowing the flock, and Jehovah SAID
unto me, Go, prophecy unto my
nconle Igrncl' " Through all his
hard life, this man had Kept his
mind opcn and his Conscience clear
and uuick, and then when the word
of God came to him he know II, as
fast as he knew tho roar OF the
lion across the moor.
Resting Easy In Sin.
II was the reign OF JetoboaIn tne
Second, nearly n hundred years att
er the division OF the kingdoms un-
dor Rchcboam. There had been
no greater material prosperity In
the land since the days Of Solomon.
But now, while national prosperity
abounded on tho one hand, lniuH-
.ice. oppression, vice and strife were
prevalent ON the other. The poor
were ground down under the heel or
the rich. tho courts were corrupt
and immortality everywhere pre-
vailed. But saddcr than all the 9th
cr wrongs was the misconatructon
whFh the people placed upon mo
prosperity OF the times, insisting as
they did that u was evidence or di-
vine favor and protection. That they
thomselyea were quite unmindful OF
ali the requirements OF the law
seemed not to have occurred to
them. 80,
In. midst of the sin .hat every
where abounded there came the
desert preacher with the burden or
his message. without hesitation the
prophet threw himself into a de-
nunciation of the sins or rival ma
tions and told OF the Judgment 10
come. How the people must nave
hailed the preacher wohdertui
man OF God as they listened TO
Amos' denunciations OF their hered-
itorv enemiesi II could only S5 Il
source OF greatest qualification to
learn that the wrath OF God was
I,lndled against them. and that for
their violation OF the common dic-
tates OF humanity punishment was
certain.
Tho patience OF Jehovah had long
heon manifested unto syria, con-
tinued the prophet, hut now Tor her
cruelty. because sho had ground
down Giload with perpetual war
fare. sentence Mt last was 20 10 ~.
tered The flame would deVour' an
4.
usoplo would be driven into captiV-
itv Tho sin OF Philistia had been
that OF the slave trade, selling men
in hcrds to the Arabian markets
For mis- they were TO perish, de-
vouriug flame to descend upon
them phenecia was doomed with
the othCrs. In spite or sacred cove
ronts rnnde she had acted as IL slave
agent. Edom would suffer Tor her
aetertnlned and revengeful unfor-
, glveness. Tho children OF Ammon
had exhibited most bhhiue'eHs
cruelty, Staying pregnant women,
inflictiug injury In most ruthless
manner. that they might satlsiS
their cupldity and gain more lhnd'
Noah had manifested a most vindic.
NO hatred A three-fold burden oil
,suilt rested upon these nations ana
n ,yas ZOO late for them to reprieVe
How Israel must have reJoiced II
The approaching calamity that was
Ia come upon her hated neighbors
How she must have felt swelling
with pride that she was not M one
OF them What n wondorfut sefh'"i
THIS stranger was giving them!
Talking 10 Home Folks.
But his sermon was not yet done
Ite had told them OF the slns OF
thoir foreign foes. lie would now
tru them Of the sins OF their neigh,
nor Judah, with whom they mac
yarred again and again since th'
days of the division, when lteho'
boam refused to forsake his con,
scryative policy. Because Judah haC
despised the law OF Jehovah hnC
md not kept his statutes, but mac
walked I'm the sins OF their iathets
following n lie. she was also TO snare
The doom OF the other nations, an'
nor capital % fail at the feet or th'
rhnldean foe. Judah destroyed 10
hcr sins! How glorious! what
hero of the day Amos must nav
been ,..-,..,. 49,.
nut bark! The preacher does no
ceaso lie has not finished yet. II
has but begun, Heer him cry
have told YOU OF the sins OF IN
nations. | have told you OF tho SIN
~ Tudah. For their sins tiny shh
surely perish. Ther crimes "el
great but. behold, your crimes ar
worse. The sins OF which they M
accused are not sins or lei'sloi