Sermons on various subjects and occasions, Volume 2
By John NANCE (Rector of Old Romney, Kent.) 1817
As the prophet Amos reproached the generation to which he was sent, with saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat ; and warned them that the days would come, when the Lord God would say, Behold, I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing of the words of the Lord. So may it be said to the men of this generation who profane the Lord’s Day, who never lift up their hands or eyes to the throne of God, who spend the Sabbath in vicious pleasure, and run from one idle amusement to another with eager haste, and irreligious levity, Behold the days will come when they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the south to catch the least sound of comfort, to find any rest for their weary souls, and shall not find it. In the dark and gloomy mansions of the dead the wicked will find no rest, no sleep, no repose for their souls, no respite from calamity. As they spent their lives here in one unbroken course of sin, their eternal existence will be a series of unceasing pain, of continual and encreasing misery. Consider this ye that forget God, that pollute his Sabbaths, lest he pluck you away and there be none to deliver you, lest he sware in his wrath that ye shall never enter into his rest.
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William Smith (Presbyterian Minister.) – 1804
Forsake not thy tabernacle O God, the tent which Thou hast placed among men; nor let those days ever come, wherein Thou hast threatened to send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water; but of hearing the words of the Lord; when we may wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the south ; running to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
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Henry Lacey – 1813
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…compared with the total absence of the word of God. If any one doubt the propriety of this remark, let him observe attentively those parts of the globe where the rain of heaven seldom falls, and where the word of God is never heard; and then let him ask, which is the greater calamity, the idolatry and wickedness of the heathen tribes, or the unfruitfulness of the land on which they dwell. If he can be as deeply affected with the one as with the other, I can only say, that he demands as much pity as the heathen themselves. It is dreadful to hear the Almighty declare of a country, “I will cause the clouds that they rain no rain upon it:” but it is infinitely more dreadful to hear him say—“Behold the days come that I will send a fa. mine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the south; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.” To what fertilizing influence must we ascribe the numerous productions of piety and mercy which distinguish and adorn the British isles? whence proceed our numerous charity and sabbath schools—our bible, our missionary, and our tract societies—the general encouragement given to every plan which proposes to lighten the misery and instruct the minds of our poor—the pure…
