Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-08-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON wi. THIRD QUARTER. INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES. AUG. IS.

we observe 10 do all these commandments
before the Lord our God We must ~
member that God gave them no command
ments 20 keep until He had redeemed them
from Egypt by the blood of the passover
lamb and by His mighty power. The sim
ner must accept Christ as the end of the
law for righteousness (Rom. X, . before
the righteousness of tho law can he full
filed in Him (Rom. viii, B ~. On hcar-
ing and doing compare also Math. vii, 2l-
81; Jas. j, %; John iii, Z; Rev. xix, s,
R.V
T. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God Is
one Lord The Lord Jesus quoted these
very words, as recorded i'm Mark xii, 90,
in connection with summary of the Ten
Commandments. We might read it thus;
Jehovah, our Elohim, Is one jehovah"
The word "elohim" Is plural word like
seraphim and chcrubim and is at least
suggestive of plurality of persons. Fa-
ther SON and Holy Spirit (Alath. xviii
100. The oneness Of the three Is seen IN
John X, 30, and xiv, rs; also by comrar-
ing verses 3 and 4 OF Actsv. This Jehovah
shall yet be king over all the earth tZech
xiv, 81.
5. And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thine heart. We feel per-
fectly safe in saying that only one man
ever lived who did this thoroughly and all
ways. Even the man Christ Jesus, the
God man, God manifest in the flesh. None
but He could ever say, II do always those
things that please tho Father (Joln viii
29l But He verify did love God with all
His heart and soul and might. II we have
received Him as our Saviour and Lord, lie
in his viii fulfill the righteousness of the
law, and love is the fulfilling Of the law
such love as ia described in Rom. Kill, 10;
/ Cor. xiii, Al
6. And these words which l command
thee this day shall be in thine heart. "
Not merely in our heads that we may he
able TO repeat them, like the lawyer Of
Luke X, 81, 80, who answered right, but in
the center of our being, fec;ing our whole
life. One has said, "Thy word have hid
in mine heart, that might not sin against
Thee" FPS. elk, ID. Ezekiel was command
ed TO receive the words in his heart and
then go and speak them TO the children of
Israel (Ezek. ill, TO- I'D.
z. And thou shalt teach them diligent-
ly unto thy children" See a repetition of
this verse in chapter Xxi, 10 What God de-
sired of Israel He still desires, for He
changes not. But what peculiar house
hold that would be where the word of God
and the works of God were the one and
peculiar person he or she would be who
would be always talking of the word Of
Godl Would you like TO be so very pecul-
lar for Jesus sake, at any cost?
8, Q. AS prominent as If on hand and
forehead and door or gateposts A heart
full of Him and His word and His service,
n heart wholly and only for Him, of whom
It is said: "When thou goest, He shall lead
thee. When thou sleepest, He shall Rcop
thee, and when thou awakest He shall talk
era thee" prov. vi, 22). A heart that de
lights IN the word of God and meditae1V
tktge n day and night FPS. /, -. a hEnst
efsAof the abundance of which the Hpgit
en- frely talk of Him whom He drlE hts
| "a @exffy (Math. xii, s4s John XVI, AZ
| Pail was a chosen vessel TO bear His name
| (Aets tx 15), and we must be as manifest
| " His at all times as If we had His
name written on our foreheads (Rev. xiv,
| /; xxi, A.. Where we would not like to
bear that name we may not go.
10. "And 1t shall be when the Lord thy
God shall have brought thee unto tho
land" As in verse 23 He brought them
| ont of Egypt, that He might bring them
| into the land, and what He purposes is
| sure to be accomplished lisa. xiv, 24)
| These purposes may seem to be delayed by
mans unbelicf, and new generation may
have to be raised up, but every purpose
| of the Lord shall be performed (Jer. Vi, 29).
II. Cities and houses and wells and
vineyards and olive trees, which they
neither built, nor dug, nor planted; all a
| free gift from God 10 them. He gave they
| received. 1t Is even so with US who now
| believe in the Lord Jesus. Salvation full
and free Is ours through Him who loved
US, apart from any works of ours.
H. Beware lest thou forget the Lord,
which brought thee forth out of the land
of Egypt, from the house of bondage" $50
also chapter viii, III. And yet that was
the very thing they did. They forgot His
works and His wonders, and remembered
not His hand Cps. lxxviii, IL, 42). When
We have a fear lest we may lack some good
| thing, or lean upon an arm of flesh rather
than upon God, we are guilty of forgetting
| Him of whom 1t is written, Gle that
| spared not His own Son, but delivered
| Him up for us all, how shall He not with
Him also freely give us all things?" (Rom.
| viii, 3D.
49, Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God
and serve Him, and shalt swear by His
| Name. See this more fully stated In
! chapter 4, IL, 90 The fear of the Lord Is
fountain of life; therefore be thou in the
fear of the Lord all the day long (Prov.
xiv, 81; xiii, ~. He who lives in the
fear of the Lord will not do aught that Il
| not right and good in His sight (verse 18).
/ Ire who serves the Lord in sincerity and
truth (Joshua xiv, 14) will never think Of
/ mans fruwn or favor, but viii seek only
/ to please Him in all things. His motto
win be, STUDY to shew myself approved
| unto Cod
IA. "Ye shall not go after other gods. -
Jehovah is the true God, the living God,
| and king Of eternity (Jer. X, 10, margin);
| all other so called gods are but vanity. lie
| brought them out of Egypt (Deut. V, 81.
| He alone is worthy TO be praised. They
were chosen to be special people unto
Him above all people (Deut- vii, o., PEG
| pie for His own possession, that they
| might make Him Name. Yet after all
| His loving Kindness, they had to confess,
90 Lord our God, other lords beside thee
have had dominion over us lisa XVI, 49,.
IS. "For the Lord thy God is Jealous
| God among you" Just seven times l. God
said 10 be Jealous EEK. Xxx, 5; xxxiy, IA;
| Deut. iy, "a; V, o; vi, 10; Joshua xiv, 49,
/ Nah. /, %. The same word Is translated
Jealous" and also thought" or 'pur-
chased" 1t Is surely a reasonable thing
that one should use as he pleases and pos
sess for bis own use that which he has
purchased See Elk Nv, IS; Ps- lxxiv, 2,
and compare Titus II, IA, r. v, and Jas.
fv, 5, r ", margin. Let as acknowledge
that ere are all His for His pleasure.