Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-19
THE LESSON TEXT.

u. Thou shalt not kill.
IL Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Is Thou shaft not steal.
IL Thou shalt not bear false witness
tgainst thy neighb6r. ,-.-,...
n. Thou shalt not covet thy 1eighboE,s
touse, thou shalt not ,coVet thy neigh
eor's wife. NOR. his manservapts nor bis
naidservants nor his OK, nor his ass nor
anything that is thy. neighber's s :-. "a,
GOLDEN TEXT.-TEh GU shalt Eovethy
RSiEhbOr as thyseIf.-Matt. 1919.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The two groups of five commands
each have been variously character
led: those OF the first table reli-
gious, those on the second, ethical;
the first, the laws of piety, the sec
ond of probity; the first, duties to
God, the second, duties to men.
With every right there is q CORE
spending duty to respect that right
wherever it is found. We are apt
to talk more about our rights than
our duties. The 'Ten Words" per-
haps recognizing this popularity of
human nature, emphasize the duty
side. Much of what was said in the
New Testament of the inferiority OF
the law to the Gospel would probably
never have been said but for the inn
mense development of csremohia1
law that came later. In the. ,Deca-
logue is, a real revelation of the far
therhoQd of God and the brotherhood
Of man. 6. "Thou shalt. not kill"
Better, "Thou shalt do no murder"
The word murder sends our thought
back of the outward act to the mo-
tive that prompted it. It is in the
| motive that the blameworthiness or
praiseworthiness of an act resides.
| This was Christ's way of judging, and
| of this very command He said; Eye
have heard that 1t was said to theffi
Of old time: Thou shalt not xiii; and
whosQeYer shall kill shalt BE iii daR-
ger of the. Judgments. bat I say unto
you, that everyone who is angry with
his brother shall be in danger of the
judgment" The command does not
say whether or not it is ever justi-
fable to kill, but Moses, who would
| be supposed to know the true inter
probation of the command, believed
it was. Space forbids a discussion
| of the ethics of seIf-defense, of war
and of capital punishment, but they
will naturally come up in the class.
Z. "Thou shalt not commit adultery"
After the sacredness of human life
comes the sacredness of the home.
No nation can be sound and strong
without that. Christ reminds us here
too that there is impurity in thought
as we'll as in act. stMan 1ooketh on
the outward appearance, but Jehos
yah 1ooketh on the heart" DO we
not make a great mistake when wa
treat only one sin as sun faithful.
ness?" The traitoTous heart may
show itself iii many kinds of tinfdith-
fulness, and it is the traitorous heart
that deals the death blow to the Iii
vine institution of the home. s.
"Thoi shalt not stealth The right
of property is recognized and -pf6-
tected in the, eighth COMMANDMENT,
The command is not: ''Tlou shalt
not take the property Of another"
That may be stealing or it may not.
The right of property is essential to
solid national life. What are SONS
of the respectable" ways of stealing
in business and out of it? 9. ''Thou
shalt not bear false witness:" The
right of every man to his own repu-
tation and the duty to respect the
similar right of his neighbor is here
stated. The primary reference is to
perjury, but the principle is the same
| whether the lie is told III court or
elsewhere Truthfulness is essential
to the well-being of any community
or nation. May not truthful words
In reality 'bear false Witness" and
so is not this command like the 9TH
ers in that the point of it lies III the
purpose back of the words? 10.
''Thou shalt not covet," etc: This
may also be called a New Testament
commandment. Tt throws its light
back over the others and makes us
see that righteousness is not an ex-
ternal thing but matter of the
heart. Sin is forbidden, not simply
crime.
WORDS OF JESUS.
Think not that came to destroy the
law or the prophets: came not to de-
stroy, but to fulfill.
Sixth Commandments have heard
that 1t was said unto them of old time,
Thou shalt not KILL and whosoever shall
Jill shall be in danger of the Judgment;
out I say unto you, that everyone who
IS angry with his brother shall be in
LANCER of the judgment; and whosoeveE
shall say unto his brother. Raca, shall
oe in danger of the council: and whose
ever shall say, Thou fool shall be IN
danger of the he'll of fire.
Seventh Commandment-Ye have heard
that it was said, Thou shalt not commit
adultery: but I say unto you, that every
one that looketh on a woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery with
her already in his heart.
Whole Table.-Ye have heard that IL
was said, Thou shaSt love thy neighbor
and hate thine enemy:
But I say unto you. Love your enc
mics, and pray for them that persecute
you:
That ye may be sons Of your Father
who is in Heaven: for he maketh his
sun to rise on the. evil and the good, and
sendeth rain on the f1st and the unjust
For If We love them that love you,
what reward have ye? do not even the
nublicans do the same?
And If We salute your brethren only
what do We more than others? do moi
even the Gentiles the same?
Ye therefore shall be perfect, az YOU
Heavenlv Ia thtr ie nerfecf