(iii) A FORGETFUL AND UNGRATEFUL ORDER. LOSS Of Memory Is One Of The Saddest Afflictions Of Those Who Would Do Away With SUNDAY. THE Greedy Business-men In Our Text Had Shockingly Bad Memories. THEIR Complaint Was An Act Of Base Ingratitude. CONSIDER The Historical Background Of This Prophecy Of AMOS. WHAT Were Things Like? THE BOOM Was On In ISRAEL, JEROBOAM II Was On The Throne. THE STAR OF ISRAEL Had Reached Its Zenith. PEACE Reigned At Home And Abroad. THE ASSYRIAN LION Was Confined To His Lair, And The SYRIANS Were Too Exhausted For War, With The Result That ISRAEL Enjoyed A Season Of Unprecedented Peace And Prosperity. READ AMOS Sermons And Note In What Luxury The Merchant Class Lived. THE PROPHET Waxes Eloquent Upon Their Beautiful Ivory Palances, Their Summer And Winter Homes, Their Impressive Fortifications, Their Teeming Market-Places. THEY Had Never Had It So Good. BUT, In The Midst Of All Their Prosperity, They Had Forgotten GOD, their Preserver And BOUNTIFUL PROVIDER.
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