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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON u, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 13.

Text of the Lesson, Ex. xx, ILL.
Memory Verses. 3-11-Golden Text,
Luke Z. 27-Commentary Prepared
by Rev. d. Nj. StenrnS.
copyright. 1902. by American Press Asso-
ciation.1
/. 2. And God spake all these words say
ing, / am the Lord thy God, which have
brought thee out Of the land of Egypt,
out of the house Of bondage.
1t was now the third month since
they had been redeemed from the
bondage Of Egypt. They had come to
Mount Sinai, and the Lord had offered
to make them u peculiar treasure unto
Himself above all people. a kingdom
of priests. holy nation, If only they
would obey His voice. This they read
lily promised to do, and now we see
them gathered about Mount Sinai. the
mountain quaking greatly and covered
with fire and smoke. out Of the midst
Of which God speaks the words Of our
lesson to the people Chapter XIX. 1t
was q day unlike any before or since
in the history Of the world. So Won
derful was it that a people should hear
the voice of God out Of the midst OF
the fire that the fact is stated ten
times Oeut. iv, u, 10. 80, 3G; Y. 4, %,
q, 26; ix. 10; X, n. He first reminds
them that their redemption from Egypt
was wholly His doing, without any
help Of theirs. for salvation is Of the
Lord" Jonah Ii. 81, and He never asks
an unredeemed soul to keep His COM
mandmcnts. He often reminded them
that He brought them forth from
Egypt (Ex. vi. Z; Lev. Il, 40; xxii, 80;
XIV, 3S. AZ; XVI. 13; Ps. lxxxi, 1O).
which He called an iron furnace (Deut.
iv, 90; | Kings viii. 81; Jer. xi. ~. that
they might be His own people and
serve Him.
8. Thou shalt have no other gods before
Me-
Since they were redeemed by the
only living and true God to make Him
a name on the earth in the sight Of all
nations QI Sam. vii. %: lisa. kill. II.
14,. therefore they were forbidden to
have aught to do in any way with the
gods Of the nations. idols Of wood and
stone. the work of mems hands QI
Kings xviii. sc. 81; Jer. x. 10. I'D.
4-s. I the Lord thy God am a jealous
God.
God is called jealous just seven times.
The other six places are Ex. xxxiv. IA;
Deut. iv, "a: V. 8; vi, Is; Josh. xiv.
10; Nah. /. 3. and In all but the last He
is so spoken of in connection with the
worship of idols The word translat.
ed Jealous also means to buy. pur-
chase or redeem. We are redeemed to
be a people for His own possession
(Tit. Ii. ii. r. w.. and He wants us all
for Himself. Idols are works Of mems
hands. and 1t Is surely silly to bow
down to that which we can make. as II
our own works which we have made
could care for US. In Deut. iv. 10. IL,
the reason for this second command
ment is given. We are not apt to bow
down to craven images. but If any
thing is tolerated in our hearts affec-
tions that prevents our Lord Jesus
from having first place we are grieV'
ing the Holy Spirit.
7. Thou shalt not take the name Of the
Lord thy God In vain. for the Lord Will
not hold him guiltless that taketh His
name in vain.
The name above every name must
be ever hallowed, as Jesus taught US
to pray Matt. vi. 81. Not only Is all
kind Of so called profanity forbidden,
but as the name stands for the char
acter (Ex. xxxiv. SO. all that would in
any way belittle the character Of God
must be carefully avoided. We are
here to honor Him in every way and
magnify His name. for there are 30
many who blaspheme that worthy or
beautiful or honorable name by the
which ye are called Gas. ii. q. See
Gods adherence Of everything that 1s
merely outward in lisa. xxx, 13; Eek.
xxxiii, 80, 80. and in His condemnation
Of the Pharisees (Matt. xii, 81. 1t
may help some one If l pass on right
here word of explanation given to
me by an aged and devout servant Of
Christ who is very familiar with He
brew concerning a passage which long
perplexed me-"Thou hast magniied
Thy word above all Thy name" Ps.
cXXxviii, q. He said as | asked him
concerning it: did you ever write
check? After filling in the amount,
what did you do?" 81 signed my
name" "Yes." he said. "and thus you
magnified your word over your name.
And the sense Of above here Is over
He has magnified His word by His
name, and If we dishonor his word
we i'll treat His name"
Sill. Remember the Sabbath day to keep
1t holy.
This command takes us back to Gen.
II, 1-3. the word remember" pointing
us to something before made known.
The Sabbath was made for man. and
the Son of Man is Lord Of the Sab
bath (AIark ii, q, 2S). If. then, He Is
my Lord, the Sabbath is specially mine
that on it may have special commun-
ion with Him. In lisa. lviii, 13. IA. we
are taught that we are to honor Him,
not doing our own ways nor finding
our own pleasure nor speaking our
own words. and that thus we shall de-
light ourselves In the Lord. In Col.
H. 16. II. we read that even the Sab
bath is a shadow Of things to come,
perhaps referring to the keeping Of
Sabbath that remains for the people Of
God, but which we can foretaste even