The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-07-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for July :, ISo5-The
Ten COMMUNICATIVE 2O:1-I7.


thy GOD with all thy heart and With all thy
strength. and with ali thy mind; and thy
neighbor as taySelt-Luke l):sI
PARALLEL REPORT of the Decalogue in
Deuteronomy 5;6-2l.
TINE OF this lesson. May, B. c. 1891 Fifty
days utter leaving Egypt, according to the
common chronology.
PLAGE-The people we're encamped In
plain probably Er Rahah. at the foot OF Mount
Sinai, which is probably the peak Ras-safsafeh
of Jebel Mousa; in the southern part OF the
Sinaitic peninsula between the northern
branches OF the Red sea.
CoNEBCrIoN- now return, after year
in the beautiful life OF Christ to the earlier
portions of the History OF Redemption
We left the children OF Israel just after
their crossing OF the Rod sea. We take up
their history at the beginning Of the training
rs q nation and people OF God
THE COVENANT OF THE TEN WORDS.
In the Old Testament the decalogue
Is never termed the law, or command
ments, but covenant" lR. V. margin OF
Ex. S4:2s; Deut. $40, or testimony"
bearing witness to the covenant, or the
''ten words" of the covenant. They are
the simple words of Gods loving cove
nant with His people, and not arbitrary
commandings Of God to His subjects"
They are "a loving covenant that binds
two parties In mutual affection and
fidelity" having its statement OF prom
ises on the one hand, and responsible
ties on the other "A covenant among
the orientals is, and always has been,
sacred compact binding two parties in
loving agreement" In certain cases,
"a written compact is signed by each
party and given to the other with the
stamp of the writer's blood upon it as
part of the ceremony of covenanting;
and this writing is carefully encased in
a small packet or casket, and guarded
by its holder as his very life" So
Moses sprinkled blood upon the book
Of the covenant Heb. $40, and the
stone record of it was inclosed IN a
casket or ark Eek. 40:20).-H. c. Trum-
bull.
THE IMPRESSIVE MODE OF MAKING THE
COVENANT.
Amid thunders, and lightnings, and
thick clouds upon the mountains, which
qruked and smoked like a furnace, with
1.-The voice of a trumpet exceeding loud"
the words CT this covenant were ut
tered by God Tvs l, ~. Afterwards
they were written by the finger of God
on two tables of stone. The size of
these tables NAV be Judged from two
aiabaster slabs, each nine by thirteen
inches written on both sides and con-
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about the same number as IN the len
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