The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Leasoa In the Internatioaal Series
for July 20 lOO2-The Tea Csa-
mRndmeutss Duties to Mea.
THE LESSON TEXT.

IL Thou shalt not commit adultery. s.
Is. Thou shalt not steal.
l6 Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.
IL. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
house. thou shalt not covet thy neigh
bor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant. nor his OK. nor his ass, nor
anything that is thy neighbor's.
GOLDEN TENT.-ThOu shalt love thy
nciy.hbOr Ms thyself.-Matt. 1910.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The two groups of five commands
each have been variously character
ized those on 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 IL 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 i'm
mense development Of ceremonial
law that came later. In the Deca-
logue is real revelation of the IA
therhood 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. 1t is in the
motive that the blamcworthiness or
praiseworthiness of an act resides.
This was Christ's way OF Judging and
OF this very command He said: "Ye
have heard that it was said to them
of old time: Thou shalt not kill; and
whosocver shall kill shall be in dan
ger of the Judgment; but | 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-
prctation of the command, believed
it was. Space forbids discussion
of the ethics of self-defcnse, OF war
and of capital punishment, but they
will naturally come mp in the class.
7. "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 well as in act. Man looketh on
the outward appearance, but Jeho-
vah looketh on the heart" Do we
not make great mistake when we
treat only one sin as "unfaithful-
ness" The traitorous heart may
show itself in many kinds Of unfaith.
fulness, and it is the traitOrous heart
that deals the death blow to the di.
vine institution of the home. g..
"Thou shalt not steal" The right
of property is recognized and pro-
tected in the eighth commandment.
The command is not: "Thou shalt
not take the property of another"
That may be stealing or 1t may not.
The right of property is essential to
solid national life. What are some
of the respectable" ways of stealing
in business and ont of It? Q. "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 in court or
elsewhere. Truthfulness is essential
to the well-being of any community
or nation. May not truthful words
in reality "bcar false Witness" and
so is not this command like the 9TH
ers in that the point of it lies in the
purpose back of the words? 10.
"Thou shalt not covet." ETC.: This
may also be called New Testament
, commandment. 1t throws it's light
back over the others and makes us
see that righteousness is not an eX-
i ternal thing but matter of the
heart. Sin is forbidden, not simply
, crime.
WORDS OF JESUS.
i Think not that ! came to destroy the
law or the prophets: | came not to de-
stroy. but to fulfill
4 Sixth COmmandment.-Ye have heard
that II was said unto them of old time
Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall
kill shall be in danger OF the judgment
but | say unto you, that everyone who
Is angry with his brother shall be in
danger OF the Judgment; and whosoever
shall say unto his brother. Raca. shall
be in danger of the council: and whose
ever shall say, Thou fool. shall be In
danger of the hell of fire.
Seventh Commandment.-Ye have heard
that 1t was said, Thou shalt not commi,
adultery: but | say unto you. that every
one that looketh on n woman to lus,
after her hath committed adultery with
her already in his heart.
Whole Table.-Ye have heard that /,
was said. Thou shast love thy neighbor
and hate thine enemy:
But | say unto you, Love your enc.
mics, and pray for them that persecute
you:
That ye may be sons of your Fathe,
who is in Heaven: for he maketh his
sun to rise on the evil and the good ant