Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For Apri! 27.-The Books of Amos and Hosea
BY DR.. MARION MICH. HULL

them. saith the Lord thy God but
that is another story which we nave
not time for now.
Israel and America
The thing that interests us partlc-
ularlv is the parallel which is on the
verv face of it between Israel ana
America. America today is the rich
oct nation in the world. During the
Ia st twelve years our savings edepos-
tie have increased from SIS, 2S,0O0,O00
to S1S.373,0O0,0 900; our insurance COM
NAMES during the past two years
are increasing their assets at the
rate of 100000, 900 year; our peo-
nle Increased their own savings more
than 81 900 100000 during the last
two wears; we own ninety per cent OIL
the automobiles of the world ana
bought over 5000, 900 of them IN the
last two years.
With increasing wealth nave coille
TO light countless instances OIL OPP
nression of the poor, greed Tor gain
making men stoop to anything
craft. brides, and injustice. And
these have been, as in Amos uay,
among the notable men" of the ma
ton. as well as among the less Wen
known. Big business squeezes little
business. utterly Indifferent as 10
the results so long as he has MS
pound of flesh.
America is living luXurlously. WIN
roy, houses and summer homes; FIof-
ida in the winter and the Aolron-
dacks in the summer. Ivory pal
aces; living upon sillIen couches; eat
ing lambs of the flock; drinking VINE
in bowls. Everybody gone pleasure
mad. And withar having form OF
o.odliness. but denying the power
thereof. Never was there more pune.
tilious observance Of the forms or
religion: but Journalism is increasing.
Hear what God says: Il hate, L de-
snise YOUR sacrifices and your burnt
offerings. Take away from me
the noise of your songs; for VIII not
hear the melody of your viols. g.
Now, what is going to be the out
come? There can be but one-Amer-
lea must fall as Israel fell and as
Judah fell. Babylon, Greece, Rome
grew wealthy and Indifferent ana
luxurious, and immoral, and fell.
Why should America expect any
thing else if she continues in the
same course that these other nations
have followed? All the more reason
why America should fall, for her
opportunities and her responslblll'
ties have been greater. America
must turn if she would continue.
But Ghow is America to turn?
America is nothing more or less tnan
the composite Of ITO 100000 souls.
The majority Of these will follow
the leadership Of others. A few firm
souls in every community who Will
stand unflinchingly for, the right at
whatever cost can stem the tide ana
lead the nation back to God. Inc
responsibility therefore is primarily
on the individual one. The nope OF
the nation is in the individual You
must get right inside; and then the
things about you will get right. 1t
is foolish to think that improving
the circumstances Of a man Will
make him right. Prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of strong
drink is right, but it does not make
men right. Our nation is dry legal
ly and actually in some spots; ouL
the down grade has been more rapid
in the last ten years than ever be-
fore-not because Of prohibition but
in spite of it. The way to make the
nation dry is to make the individual
dry, and Jesus Christ in his heart
can and does accomplish this. Win
a man for Christ, and it doesn't
make any difference whether there
is a law prohibiting the sale of
LIQUOR or not, he will not want the
stuff and he will not buy it. Win
a man for Christ. and he will not OPP
press the poor, or be governed by
greed or graft. Win a man for
Christ, and he will not spend money
selfishly, regardless of the needs of
others. Win a man for Christ and
he will not offer sacrifices and songs
that God will despise.
The solution of the problem is IN
the individual. The solution is you,
yourself. Are you a Christian? Are
you a learner of Him who was, meek
and lowly? Are you a follower of
Him, who, though He was rich, yet
for your sake He became poor that
YOU through His poverty might be
rich? Is your life surrendered who'll
IL to Him? Is He your Savior? Is
He also your Lord?
Oh for your own sake, for the
sake of America, for the sake of Him
Who loved you and gave Himself
for you, yield your life and all to
Jesus Christ!