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PAC3 E-V14 .. i t I , i W of 'U fSVt " I JBJC3 , " f Ezr.irc2D, w. a, rrrjAT, JTJN3 4, su Penjuimais Church Services AMOS CONDEMNS SOCIAL . INJUSTICE -: ' ? ' ' $ lW . - V; -;'':. International Sunday School Lesson for June 6, 1954. Memory" Selection: "Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so the Lord God of hosts, will be with yon." Amos 5:14. h'i ,' j Lesson Text: Amos 7:10-17; 8:4-8 " About twenty-six centuries ago, Amos wrote one of the earliest books of prophecy.. It was just about a cen tury after the time of Elijah. As you probably know, the prophetical works of the Old Testament are divided into four Major Prophets and twelve minor i Prophets. . Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel, constitute the first group, and, of the latter, Amos, Hosea and Micah, with Isaiah, constituted the four great prophets of the Eighth century B.C. This distinction between the "major and "minor" prophets is purely arbitrary,, based on the volume ; of writings. S;; f-":. ." . Amos was a shepherd and farmer, living at Tekoa,-a little village six miles south of Bethlehem., Ha . trained as a prophet and belongs to tnat select company of great men in the Bible who were hnmMn wnrlrora Amos cared for a special variety of sneep and was also a dresser of syca more trees, which bore a small fig i This was pinched to haste its ripen. ing. aenee, Amos was known as a "fig-pincher." The Book of Abim fa Jt. vapv Inner : but it is our first literary monument - 01 its tana. - The Book, according to ev. ueorge iu, Fetrie, "has not the charm of poetry, but it has the fas cinating Dower of oratorv; not of the schools, but of nature; not ornate, iut ragged. The illustrations of the Book are objects of nature and scenes familiar to. plainest country uie. ui au the prophetic Books, this is the one which the plain, unlettered laborer1 on the farm, in the field or forest, may" most easily read." The author of the Book was an able writer, however Professor Bernhard Duhm says: ."Amos speaks with un polished plainness. But he can handle his language with a master's skill every sentence is full nt moantna- and every word strikes the mark. This reforming soul belonmi classic writers of Israelite literature." Although. Amos lived in the, country he understood the, life of hid age. ,He saw the wickedness of the cities when he earned his. products to market, and he also saw many other evils, as Rev. : Bernard C. Clausen enumerated them: "Unscrupulous judges condemned the : innocent for paltry bribes. The rich grasped the small possessions of the poor. Prices were fraudulently in creased and measures were fraudulent ly diminished, and bad grain was sold as good. ... xhe most shameful licentiousness was practiced. Idolatry, with its bes tial immoralities, wan nimnnnt b. ? erywhere Amos saw wasteful luxury ; ana extravagance,-the more disgrace ful in contrast with the wretched pov erty of the people among whom he uvea. ..'. !. . . Amos spoke out for social justice and he uttered a plea which the world ' has not yet heeded. He tells those who have become rich by taking ad vantage of their fellowmm that. 1. though they build fine houses, they snail not dwell in them. He condemns without fear the, social evils of his day. "The passion of Amos' soul is for the establishment of social justice," ; according to .Prof. J. E.:McFayden, "and as his denunciations and threats fell upon the heads of those who frus trate that, whether by incidental cruel ty, or as here, bv dellberata vinis. tion of the principles of equity in the courts of justice. The worst of f erid- ers were those who poisoned justice at its source, those who, by their venal decisions, made it a bitter thing for , the poor man when it ousrht to haw been' sweet, and who laid righteous- : ness prostrate upon the ground when ' she ought to have been erect and smil ing." , ; ' ; Amos sought to make the religion tof Israel a sincere one. ' Speaking for Jehovah, he told the people to "seel good and not evil" and, with empha sis, "hate the evil and love the tmnA ' As for the formal religious ceremonies he points out that these mean noth ing to God -unless the 'people live righteously. Outward formal worship will not be acceptable to God and he appealed to his hearers to "let justice rou aown as waters, and righteous ness as a miarhtv stream." The nrenrh- ing of Amos was not appreciated -by the kind and the priests-of Israel and they sent Amos "back home where he ' wrote his immortal little book. . . The writings of Amos are immortal words, says J. E. McFayden: "They express in imperishable form the es sence of religion, the simple demands or uoa upon men. The justice, the righteousness for which Amos here pleads, is a social thing; it is tender regard for the poof1, hatred of the evil (CoiilLi&ea on Page Two); ' mmm 'r ,ju 4 Ifili Two Uttle girls left alone! It sounds, like the 7"" beginning ol a sa4 ftory.. . " But look again.- There are eertainly no tears. There is a comfortable home; and pretty clothes. ' But these children have been given a great deal more than the ordinary comforts of life. There in the older child's hand is a book, "The Story of Jesus.". How reassuring to see that they have been given the advantages oil a Christian training. Somehow all doubt has been removed from our minds. We feel that these little girls will be safe not only during this one evening, but through their entire lives. ,,v--'' . ' i - All of ss want our children to be shielded from life's hardships and temptations, but we can guar antee no such protection. Our surest course is that we rear them in a Christian atmosphere, sending them to Daily Vacation Church School and taking them to the services of the Church regularly. Then, and then only, will we know that we have done everything in our power for their future success, happiness and salvation. THF CHUHCH FOB All . AU FOB THE CHURCH f on orlh (or th bufldino ol eharoct.r ondoooddtliM.hli ft uV- " v-aureli Mithr T.T.; ovHuat oo can "r P.rn .hould rwlarlr and .up. Port Ih. Church. Thoy ant (1) ol h . enaunityandBotlon. (4) whteh n,U hta moral and mal i j O.W 1S-M S.turd.r Vl, jj i'l THIS PAGE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING FIRMS: Lynch Funeral Home PUONB 2811 , , HERTFORD, N.C CANNON PHONE 2511 CLEANERS DEPENDABLE SERVICE Simon's . OUTFITTERS FOR THE FAMILY , Hertford Livestock & Supply Co. PHONE 2501 HERTFORD, N.C Robertson's Cleaners PHONE 5721 . 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