...even to make the poor of the land to * Isaiah Iviii. 10, 13. t Jer. xvii. 19—27. t Jer. vii. 22, 23. fail, saying, When will the new moon be gone that...corn, and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat!* The prophet Ezekiel follows. He lived later than Jeremiah and Amos. The Babylonish captivity had notv...

...natural bias of the heart and affections to worldly things, rather than religious exercises, Amos viii.5. "When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell...corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat?" Q. 10. What is the evil of drowsiness, particularly in hearing the word, or joining in prayer and praise...

...God against the, oppressors of the poor : " Hear this,"safd I, when I heard of the death of STEEL. " Hear, this, O ye that swallow up the " needy, even to make the poor of the " land to fail ! I will turn yoor feasting/ " into mourning, gaith the Lord God " and your songs into lamentations."...

...week. They are likerninded with those spoken of by Amos 8: 5, 6, who said " when will the new-moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath that •we may set forth wheat, making the epha small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit." Were it not, that the laws...

...reproaches the degenerate people with an impatience of the holy services of the Sabbath and other festivals: "Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to ' * Isaiah Iviii. 10, 13. f Jer. xvii. 19-27. Fail, saying, When will the new moon<be gone that we...

...the, oppressors of the poor: "Hear this, "said I, when I heard of the death, of STEEL,. " Hear tlus, O ye that swallow up the " needy, even to make the poor of the " land to fail ! I will turn your feasting " into mourning, saith the Lord God " and your songs into lamentations."...

...the oppressors of the poor : " Hear this," said I, when I heard of the death of STEEL. " Hear t his, O ye that swallow up the " needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail ! I will " turn your feasting into mourning, saith the Lord God, " and your sontjs into lamentations."...

...has been taken. It was boldly uttered by some of old. " When will the New Moon be gone," they said, "that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat ?" Few now would speak thus unequivocally, especially tinder a profession of piety. Yet does not conduct...

...pleasantness; but if we must speak out our own experiences, Mai. 1:13. " O what a weariness is it?" Amos 8:5. Now was the devil put to flight, and in his atead,...the angels came and minislered unlo Jesus," (ie) We feel a sweetness in these present enjoyments of the world; but as for holiness, grace, religion,...

...Alas ! dear friends, do not your vacant seats too often proclaim that the language of your hearts is " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ; and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?" Do they not proclaim at our weekly meeting, " Is not the Sabbath enough? Do we not hear enough of...