The Cedarville Herald, Volume 44, Numbers 1-26

s m u iBSflN ! & * £ S g * g , i k .M i a w a s s L , „ .^ . LSSOM FOR APRIL f * poverty and wealth . * i j ^ £ * , * XT~rX* - Aw<» ***> TE^ ~ F o r your tr**»- uSteMUK^** *m y®ttt fawirt b* • * » - 1 MATERIAL_ Prov, « 0 : x s £ * * » . ^ * * J * * • * :» - n irPK t I u 0PIC^ * “ * TQPIC~m*t Two K«a pid | ^ j 7 Th*lr '*iQn«y,-’*Uike 12 : 16 - 21 ; Act* mr»:RMEOIA.TS and senior topic —Earning and UgiBff Money.' YOONO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Problem* ot Poverty end Wealth. f. Wealth In the Hand* of the Few (Isa, 5:8). ' 1, "Join house to house” (y, 8 ), 2 . “Lay field to field" (y. 8 ), The avaricious, greed of^tbese men caused them to enlarge their estates at the expense of their neighbors, Ip agricultural districts It took the form of hind-grabbing and the eviction of the small proprietor, apd in the com­ mercial centers the ^crowding out. of the small concerns by the large Cor -'1 poratfous; God hates the spirit of avarice., v , H, Mathoda Employed ?n the Ac­ quisition of Wealth (Amos 8:4-6), , L "Swallowed up, the needy" (v. 4), *‘SwaIlosced,up” literally means to « pant after, like a bghst after Its prey with eagerness to devour. Many to­ day get rich by «w,aUowittg up the, weedy. 2. "To make the poor of the land' td fail" (V.4). They'were grasping, ✓ after the houses and lands of the,poor, jand In order to accomplish this they impoverished them in every way pos­ sible so as- to root them out of the •latjd. ’ This they doubtless * did by withholding* from them•their lawful waging, an example of which we. find, Jin James 5:4, and placing exorbitant taxes upon them and cheating them' in the courts. -, 3. Begrudged the. loss of holy days (v. 5). They were restlessly Impatient because of »the restrictions of those days. Though outwardly conforming to the Sabbath they were-seeking all the '1 while to commercialize it. Many toddy go to church.foe the sake of respectability While ■ impatiently wait­ ing' for'' the day to pass in order to to' pursue their business, 4. Dishonesty in business dealing?, (v. 5). ( 1 ) They, made the ephhh small, Their measures were less than the price paid for. (2) They made the shekel great, ’ The shekel being ,J- the' coin used to pay bills, the mer­ chants put into circulation overweight, shekels'thus getting a higher^price for their grain.' The purchaser wad thus out on both*,sides. (3) Falsified . their balances. Sven the scales by *which the gold and silver were weighed had, been tamperedwith,mak- " tag them guilty of cheating in three ways. •, «'•< 5. .They bought the pjpor for silver _(v« 6 ). The poor were reduced to fsuch poverty by the above means of Cheating that they were obliged to sell themselve?- into slavery, even for a pair of shoes. (f They sold the refuse of the wheat (v. 6 ). In time, of famine they even Sold to,the people that part of the Wheat which was intended for the Hattie, 1 f , III, God's .Judgment Upon Theta (Amos 8;7;„cf. Isa. 5 ;9 ,10). God says ‘T will never forget," Not one actnbf greed and oppression will escape Gqd’s notice. ■ 1. Many houses shall- be desolate. 2. The land unproductive (v.1 10). IV, A Picture of a Rich Man and a, Beggar (Luke 18:19-25). 1. Their lives. (1) The rich man. He hhd much goods, He operated in the highest society, (2). The beggar. He not only was poor, but helpless. He had no place. In the social order. 2. Their deaths. (1) The rich man was taken by death. He seems to have had a great burial. (2) The beggar. *There is nothing told asr to what was done with his body when he died, Per­ haps the very dogs who licked his sores fed'upon it. B, Their destinies. <1) The rich man lifted up. his eyes in heil. The beggar was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. (2) What- deter­ mined them. The future life grows out of the present. The rich man was interested In the things of this life, so selfish that even when the poor beggar was laicf at his gate he gave hint no attention, He not only lacked the kindness of seeking opportunity to*do good, but refused the one op­ portunity that was thrust before him. (3) Their fixedness. Their destinies were determined, by their actions while <• alive, and after death thefe was no possibility of a change. . ......... , Lesson From Singing Bird*. In the deepest night of sorrow God gives ns so much to be thankful for that we need never ijease our singing. With all onr wisdom and foresight, we can take a lessen 1 in gladness and gratitude from* the happy *bifg that* tings alt night as if the day were not long enough to tell Its Joy.—S. T, Col­ eridge. *% B«*t to Trust. * It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to he sometimes cheated than not to trust.—Johnkon. Well to Know th* Worst, flirty thousand years ago, says a sklyjjoumal, the seas around Eng- d were at a higher level than at sent, ft is difficult to know what t b*don* about It, but It is Just as li that the matter should be men- i«d.—London^launch. 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