Download or read book The Expositor, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint) written by W. Robertson Nicoll and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Expositor, Vol. 21 OF all prophetic words none are more luminous or incisive than those of Amos: still, after nearly three millennia, they shine and scorch, they smite and sting. We feel them to be hurled across the ages at us and our pagan civilization no less truly than at his own contemporaries, with all the weight of his fierce grim personality behind them and all the passion of that summons is concentrated in the words, Prepare to meet thy God, 0 Israel (iv. An examination of all that this simple call involves will bring the entire substance of the book and its message before us. Here plainly three points emerge for consideration (i.) the character of the nation addressed by the prophet Israel, (ii.) the character of the God whom the prophet sum mons his people to meet, and (iii.) the character of the pre parution which would be necessary on the part of such a people for meeting such a God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.