The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10

abstincnce from drlnlD Of your
young men. Eut zoe, you made the
Na1Oritcs drink wine, ana com
mandcd the prophets snylng, 'lu
not preach tD u.s. You rniuirrI Zoo
tho sius OF the nations ana the de-
Hructl0p that viii como 10 iIrm
But. behold. I. Jehovah GOD Wlli
oarry ynu or 10 Judgment 500 cEilr.
~ fhc shcFVcs of the harvest Hr"
carried away boo the cart tY be-
ground and eaten. Flight shall De
cut or from the rwiu. and The
strong shan not show his strength
nor shall the warrior rIVo h.H lir
what change hue come over tho
faces Of tho prCUrh0r'H iiHtrurrr. TO-
hnd denounced their foes Now Doc
dcuouucoa them. lIo declares that
their sins had been Erc1'ly argrhyui
rd by the privileges which they bud
enjoyed 'rhoy hnd aeon the Amor.
ties destroyed before them for the
very sins which they thom9"iy'9 Ind
subsequently committed They had
boon brought mp out ~ Egypt and
40 knew tho power ~ Jehovah IhDy
had corrupted the righteous gud ~.
fenced the ministers " God And
now the sentence against them was
that ~ oppression ana 'iudgmoui
from which there should be mo- poe
NINlllfN OF 'N'hiif'. ll'N NI''''I'
know that the Judgment uf God war
as sure ne the light ~ day
Empty Observance.
Amos roughly divides his audience
into two classes. the first of whom
Are tho hypocrites, who desire tine
day OF the Lord" but whose lives
are themHcivcs stecpcd In pin They
we're rolgionists who kept fenste. OBJ
served solemn assemblies, brought
burnt menl and peace offerings, sang
songs md made melody with viols,
but who neverthelesq were living the
lire OF Gin. Win TREMENDOUS fore"
the prophet described Gods attitude
towards such: 81 hate. I desplse your
fcnsts .nnd 7 will take no delight in
your solemn assemblies. yen,
though you offer me burnt offerings
and meal offerings, ! will not ac-
cept them; neither will ] regard the
nence offerings Of your rat boasts
Take thou away from mo the noise
~ thy songs, for I win not hear tho
melody of thy viols. "Jchovah'H call
was for Justice and righteousness An
empty worship he did not want A
nero ritual was not 10 his l!klng'
God wanted Justice to roll down like
waters and righteousncss as q mighty
stream. Tho day ofthe Lord' for
the hypocritcs would be one or
darkness and destruction The soc
und class were the Indifferent those
"At ease I'm zion" The prophet de
scrihcd them ns living In Injury aud
abandoned 10 anlmalism, declaring
that against them Jehovah would
proceed I'm swift and terrible iudE-
ment, The Judgment OF God VIII
search out the wicked.
Whore the nations had succumbcd
Il was not liiteiy that Israel would
escape. All that could save the peo-
Pile OF Jehovah was n Epecinl inter
vention of Jehovah himself Had Is
racl any reason 10 hope for q .spc-
clnl intervention? Amos in NIL hon
esty could find no such ground. An
essential condition for intervention
must he n conformity TO the will or
God. But this was conspicuouslY
lacking. Moral corruption, disohodi-
ence 20 the plain demands OF con
science, mans inhumanity to man.
deadness 10 moral lssues--ihese were
tho features OF the situation that
stared him I'm the face, And vet
with all the thought came 10 Amo9.
"Perchance, Jehovah, the God Israel
,ney pity the remnant OF Insoph if
We viii only hate the evll ana lQvc
tho good, ana establish Justice In the
gate" This was the message or
Amos. this was tho word OF God,
given 20 sin cursed nation, whose
cities were vile and corrupt where
oppression abouudcd, and injustice
reigned supreme. this was the mos
sage: let Justice roll down nke
waters, and righteousness as Nigh
~ stream" Corruption must give
way to Justice. ain must give way TO
righteousness In Israel.
How About America?
But IL there no message here for
usY while other nations bow be-
fore the awful burden which IL
theirs. we move along our prosperous
way, indulging in the luNuries or
life. content to know that we es
cape the hell on earth the nations
know. with eagle eyes we cast our
gaze across the sea aud secretly re-
tOice In tho sorrowS OF our neiBhpurs
Sin abounds there ana sore attlictlnn
IA their lust desert. VIZ tcrt rttfu vi
| that.
Did not Belgium under Leopold
| treat the slaves of the Congo Win
! inhuman cruelty? Did not Russia II
| the former days crush boneath hei
mower. and hold In almost sl2Hcry
| denying them the righta of men, the
Jews who were within her sovereign
realm2 Does not Turkey massacre
! the Armenians ana 80 leave th'
| strain OF innocent blood upon hol
garments through countless ages
Was 4 net the greed of tho natinni
that plunged them into most nor
ribls war whore millions laid dowr
their lives To uphold the majesty o
the state? Long patient with them
lust God now brought fire upo'
them, that they might suffer the JUS
penalty OF their sins, How sure "'
feel Of that How we rejoice that j
is the other nations and not us!
hut the words of Amos hurryini
down the centuries would not dweI
alone upon the nations. Hear hin
say TO us, "I'or the threefold, yea
the fourfold guilt OF America | can
not hold back Its sentence; 10
though the nations sins be great
your sins are greater yet. You poin
to your prosperity and believe tina
It proves the approval or the divine
Yet sin abuunds You crush tht
roor that you may have wealth fn
Robert Hunter In his book ON puN
erty says that after studying all IN
statistics aud sources Of information
to be had, he concludes that ther'
are no fewer than ten million per
sons In actual poverty I'm the United
states, not In distress, but IN such
state that one days loss of worl
, would reduce them 10 pauperism.
e our own Inlquities.
2 You deprive the workman OF hi
: | reward, giving to him a mere pit
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