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ens its concern for order and justice. When law loses its
authority, judgment is near. Law is the soul of the land.
We are now witnessing a massive "heart attack" in
America, a coronary of the law.
We seem powerless to stop a flood of weak, per-
verted laws put upon society as a burden by corrupt,
wine-sodden judges. "The law is not enforced and there
is no justice given in the courts, for the wicked far out-
number the righteous, and bribes and trickery prevail"
(Habakkuk 1:4 LB).
Drunkenness has caused Americans to feed their
vanity and pamper their lusts. It causes sinners to be-
come brutes who seek to overthrow the righteous. It
turns men into moral pests. "Wine, women, and song
have robbed my people of their brains" (Hosea 4:11
LB).
We seem to be acting like passengers on the Titanic
who say, "If we go down, at least we go down in style,
happy and stoned." That is why this nation goes about
"walking in the counsels and the imaginations of their
own disobedient minds."
Drunkenness has turned us into a "treacherous" peo-
ple. We suffer a national hypocrisy that hunts down the
sins in others while sheltering the same sins in ourselves.
Men who practice hate now cry out, "We need more
love."
Men who are lazy and shiftless now scream, "We
have lost our will to work."
Men who are hypocrites and liars cry, "We have be-
come two-faced and cheap."
Men who play with secret sins preach, "We need
more holiness."
Men who break the Commandments say, "Carry and
sell more Bibles."
Alcohol has changed many ministers into mercenar-
ies. Prophets have become hirelings. Meek men have
become covetous. Brothers betray brothers, and the
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authority, judgment is near. Law is the soul of the land.
We are now witnessing a massive "heart attack" in
America, a coronary of the law.
We seem powerless to stop a flood of weak, per-
verted laws put upon society as a burden by corrupt,
wine-sodden judges. "The law is not enforced and there
is no justice given in the courts, for the wicked far out-
number the righteous, and bribes and trickery prevail"
(Habakkuk 1:4 LB).
Drunkenness has caused Americans to feed their
vanity and pamper their lusts. It causes sinners to be-
come brutes who seek to overthrow the righteous. It
turns men into moral pests. "Wine, women, and song
have robbed my people of their brains" (Hosea 4:11
LB).
We seem to be acting like passengers on the Titanic
who say, "If we go down, at least we go down in style,
happy and stoned." That is why this nation goes about
"walking in the counsels and the imaginations of their
own disobedient minds."
Drunkenness has turned us into a "treacherous" peo-
ple. We suffer a national hypocrisy that hunts down the
sins in others while sheltering the same sins in ourselves.
Men who practice hate now cry out, "We need more
love."
Men who are lazy and shiftless now scream, "We
have lost our will to work."
Men who are hypocrites and liars cry, "We have be-
come two-faced and cheap."
Men who play with secret sins preach, "We need
more holiness."
Men who break the Commandments say, "Carry and
sell more Bibles."
Alcohol has changed many ministers into mercenar-
ies. Prophets have become hirelings. Meek men have
become covetous. Brothers betray brothers, and the
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