King's Business - 1922-03

I INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS (àsj&É) Keitk L. Brook» POINTS of tkeLESSON,T. C.Horton DAILY READINGS Dr. F. W. Farr ILLUSTRATIONS . W. H. Pike ELEMENTARY - Mabel L. Merrill j MARCH 12, 1922 AMOS WARNS ISRAEL (Temperance Lesson.) Golden Text: Wipe Is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is de­ ceived thereby is not wise. Prov. 20:1. LESSON TEXT Amos 6:1-8. (Read Isa.. 5:11. 12. 22. 23: 28:1-13: Hosea 4:11: Amos 2:6-8: 5:10-15; 8:4-7; Gal. 5:19-21.) EXPOSITION AND PRACTICAL COMMENT - » ////////

(1) Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! (2) Pass ye unto Cal- neh, and see: and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your bor- • der? (3) Te that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of vio­ lence to come near; (4) That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the Outline: (1) Pride of Life, vs. 1, 2. (2) Pleasures of Life, vs. 3-6. (3) Punishment for Sin, vs. 7, 8. Introduction. Every teacher should read the whole book of Amos. It has a message of tremendous value for the church and for the nation today. It is a recita­ tion of God’s dealing LESSON with His chosen peo- EXPOSITION pie. T. C. Horton Here are warnings given in the midst of Israel’s glory, a period in the history of the nation second only -to the reign of Solomon. Judgment is pronounced

stall; (5) That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; (6) That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (7) Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. (8) The Lord God hath sworn by him­ self, saith the LORD, the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: there­ fore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. upon the nations and upon Israel. The sins of the people are reviewed, closing with a promise of millennial blessing upon the people of Israel and upon their land. The prophet Amos was a shepherd— a backwoodsman —•a herdsman of Te- koah, a little village hid among the hills of the wilderness; not even a farm­ er, just a poor day-laborer, as humble an occupation as could be found. The conditions under Jeroboam . II were almjost equal to those of Solomon’s day. Jeroboam, by reason of his splendid achievements, had lifted Is­ rael to a place of glory among the na­ tions. It was in the midst of great

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