The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-12

The Tearhsr's Lantern
Gregory Nazianzen's Versification
These ten laws Moses formerly engrave
OF stone; but do thou ensrave. them on
Thou shalt not know another God. since
worship belongs to Me:
l'hou shalt not make vain statue, a life
Thou shalt not call on the great God in
vain: t.N.,'
Keep all the sabbaths the sublime and
shadowy. y
Happy he who renders to his parents due
honor
Flee the crime of murder, and of a for
eign
Bed: eyil-minded theft and witness
False; and the desire of another's the
seed Of death.
The law was a boy-leader, the slave
whose task 1t was to take the children
70 the tutor. 1t Is holy, just and good:
but strikes all excuses dead upon the
sinners lips. 1t cries "Do!' but at the
same time discloses to himself mans utter
Impotence, and leads him to seek pity
ing eye, a delivering arm The ONCE Of
the law Is finely depicted in the Epistles
to the Romans and Galatians.
How can consciously and confessedly
imperfect morality bring perfect saliva
duce effect; yet what muititudes seem
content to remain under the law, with
Its ordinances of death, and that, too,
when grace. with its gift Of eternal life,
The moral law Is a magnificent salon,
spacious enough to contain the human
race. Within Its four walls is everything
really conducive to, human happiness and
advancement. There Ged would have us
stay. The walls are pierced with, doors
varying In size and conspicuousness 1t
matters little whether a man goes out at
large door or a small one, one in plain
ViNVV nj oil nd cHn
question Is, has he gone out? II so, he is
q goer-beyond. a transgressor. The law
Is one Having broken 1t at one point, he
has broken the whole law. What mortal
thought and word as well as deed? Every
mouth is stopped. A world Is guilty. The
need Of Savior Is imperative
Ingersoll affirmed that the second COM
mandment Is death-blow to art. Either
he was ignorant of the fact that, in spite
OF the commandment, Moses went on at
Divine command, and cast braZen oxen
and golden cherubim. or no was insincere
In putting meaning upon the command
ment which he knew the Hebrews did
not attach toll Ignorance or insincerityi
These are the horns of the dilemma
CALVIN in his ye dsy ol sa Siw hers Is sa
necessity to refute what some have fool
ishly imagined that sculpture and paint
ing of every kind are condemned here"
Modern infidelity Is. to a large extent. a
TONS The second commandment is mere
ly the prohibition OF images as objects of
worship. - ~
The two tables of twenty-seven by eigh-
teen inches each. and engraven upon both
sides, would easily contain the one hun
dred and seventy-two Hebrew words In
the Decalegue, A man could readily car
ry stones Of that size. and they would
fit into the ark of the covenant as it's
proportions are generally estimated
There was no favoritism in the election.
of Israel. The Divine purpose, as de-
clared on Mount Sinai. was to make of
them a kingdom of priests. The nation,
as such, had religious function to per-
form toward the whole race. They had
an advantage over surrounding nations,
because to them were committed the ora
cles of God. chief of which was the hope
Of a Messiah. But they held these truths
in trust for the whole race. They were
Gods ralmoners. Added advantage
brought also added accounta bility
Moses scaling the natural staircase of
Sinai lost to view In the cloud which
enveloped the Divine presence. and COM
ing again with assurances OF Gods favor
toward his people. Is a striking type of
the Mediator of the new covenant.