Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-08


Golden TcNt--Wine is a mockcr.
strong drink brawlcr And
Whosoevcr crrcth thereby Is not
Wlsc.--IroVcrbs Xxx. !.
Amos Warns Israel
Ii is to be regretted that the words
minor or less have been used to
designate the twelve books with
which the Old Testament closes. Those
ininifying terms, certainly not given
by Inspiration. may perhaps i'm par,
account for the too general neglect
or this portion OF the sacred scrip
u, references is. OF course. not
Dreylty OF tho writings. From lit
erary. doctrinal or spiritual stand
p"'"i ! ohey are TO be much admired.
VI joel. Tor example. IL has been
saiI ms style is clear and elegant:
OF Hosea, he is pathetic, animated
sublime; OF Micah. he has the poetic
beauty OF Isaiah and the yiror of
Hosea. Nahum Is surpasscd br none
IN suhiimity or description. his book
consists Of singl. poem. which
nprhs with solemn description Of
ne attributes and dUings of jehovah
Maih!hiS language Is pure. vigorous
ana beautiful: his reasoning concise
n nnW G 60 ,h ,, Amos IS The peer OF
was OF lowly origin and has been
Saiicd the peasant prophet lie lived
IN me rough hills OF Judca mt the
edge OF the great desert. He vas
unframed in amy school. saying of
himself. NO prophet !. no prophets
DISCIPLE ,, l." He. calls himself one Of
me nerds men OF Tckoa. Part Of his
ruStic occupation was to gather the
IruIt OF the sycamore To find \
itarket he must needs 20 into lie
M,mrnnm Of Israel. There he a.
SrrNtu inc dcEencracy OF the pco, .,
IN ms return and in the solitl...
OF me wilderness lac mcditatcd mon
what he had seen Ills heart WIS
stirred. IL" must needs rcbukc tho
q In
not. In his own strong inngung"
ne says; The Lord took me as
,".."Wsd IN" hock and the Lord said
Hmtp me Go prophecy 10 my people
Israel. great critic has not hest
lated to compare Amos To Dante.
I I,'i one has called this period the
v"usc 81 It's glory and also the near
mess OF its winter Of dcsolation All
"a. territory and sDlendVr lost had
been rcgaincd But the wealth SUD
denly acquired was the SPOIL of war.
not the reward ni peaceful arts With
riches so gained came temptation 10
oppression ana luxury. Tho face or
thS poor was ground, ordinances of
i.liEi"n esteemed burdcusumc. Idle
mess luNury. extravaganza became
general Literature will be searched
M vain Tor Il more graphic dcscrlp-
tioh OF self !ndulIcnt pcoplc Nln-
renee is cnthroncd. day OF reckoning
rno1uSht indefinitely postponed. they
laden banquet tables. using for liz
noble purposes tho musical ins,rI-
incnts which David invented for Tho
wine cups for capacious bowls How
could such scnsuality perceive tn"
mora havoc OF their country? They
"" Were no, srieved for the amlIc,lon
speaks their doom. The banquet be-
TORE which they lounge shall sud
denly he swept away before they can
nHrtakc Of it, Arc they FIRST I'm lnN-
shn ,,g-
nc nrst in captivity. Their Gun OF
ini0uitv is so full that tho Lord saws.
amor the "HccilenCy Of Jacob ana
nate his palaces; Therefore will
deliver up the city with all that is
ind"r The study Lamp.
Amos Is thought to he the first to
reduce his prophecies 10 writing. In
III M solitude OF rckoa he addressed
oriSinal oral delivery show them
Sc!V"s' however. III spite OF the clab-
.rate literary finish. Chief among
causes. Daniel Wcbsters broth
or laush!nSly said they had TO send
ia mel TO school To make him as
smart as the rest OF them were nat
uraI!E. Amos did not even need the
sCh""! OF the prophets. Nature and
humanity were his university and he
was master OF arts in both :,
popular magazine some time ago had
q symposium ON III Lincoln Had
Gone TO Coiiege?' IL was surpos,"J
mat he might have been less mclan-
choly II lie had had the opportuuitv
OF recreation In the ncldS which "a
IIbcral education would have opened
10 him. But the consensus was thai
th"r" night have been an abatement
OF native force ana originality Amos
an" Lincoln arc the exceptions which
prove the rnic that school is Tho
nest place for the average hoy.
iWeniy-risht hundred years have
y 4,
IhSS 10 writing ISut the prirciDlns
which nnde-lic his splendid hook arc
nmii.nsnnhir and fundamental and So
universally and p"rpctuallv apuIi-
cable. Among them are these: on
pr"sSion and luxury will destroy any
pronic. Righteousness alone viii
cNa!t permanently. Amos shawl
lhai the "v"rhowine wealth of israc!
vas only tho phospho:csccncc uucn
decay The doom Of the kingdom
M',a only sixty wears away. Tho
hr.nccs thought they stood a, the
Amos had the iudoucuGcucn uf a scIf
Suhn"rtinE minister. He, too. had :,
'r"dr M" - PAU. the tcut-makcr.
iic has been called The Columbus
81 written prophecy lie discovered
tnat IL was not necessary to deliver
~" message orally. but that il could
mn IL, rs way I" heart ana conscience
81 new type OF prophet . Ills
considerable ana accurate knowicJrn
ni races outside Of Israel has led In
his being called tho cthnoInrIst
among the prophets Wbnt {,
lanes said Of Elijah he might ais"
nave said OF Amos. He was The s,,nc
hIhd OF man we arc a ucrfcc,Iv
norman creature In and out of hjs
rr"hhctic office. Ills function ncvrr
TOOK MIN out OF our class .rhn
rh'torichl power OF Amos has h.rr
mhcn admired. his wealth and dcn,h
or thought. vivacity and yigor, Ills
b"id antithcsis. his poctical roIc rie
ing to actual rhythm Some ono mas
plcturcspuc'v described Amos nro,r
ccy as Thunderstorm rolling over
IN" surrounding Kingdoms touchinr
iuda n and finally settling down over
Prcsrnt-Day Applications.
Amos and Lincoln are tho cxccn-
ions proving the rule that the hc.t
piacc f"r IA" average boy is i'm school
Two thousand five hundred ynars
bcior" the Invention Of printing Amos
proved tho power Of tnc press IIc
gave his message to Israel I'm writ
Ing That is still the most powcrf,,l
instrument Of reform. II hns sur
nassch tho pulpit and platform. Ma
polcnn estimated ono ncwspnpor
worth ton regiments. Tho press
forms public opinion. II prepares tho
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