The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-18
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Goasou u the international oeseos
fes July ~ I0O2-The Ten Corr
nanamentss Dattes - Nee.
n LESSON TEXT.

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Is. Thou shalt not steal.
16. Thou shalt not bear false witness
against Thy neighbor.
u. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbori
house. thou shalt not covet thy neigh
boris wife. nor his manservant. nor his
maidservant. nor his OK. nor his ass. noi
anything that is thy nelghbors-
GOLDEN TEXT.-ThOu shalt love soe
aeighbor ~ thyseIf.-Matt. 1919.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The two groups of five commando
each have been variously character
lied: those on the first table reit
gious, those on the second, ethical;
the first, the laws Of piety, the sec
ond of probity; the first, duties &c
God, the second, duties to men
With every right there is a CORE
spending duty to respect that right
wherever il 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 oil
the law to the Gospel would probably
never have been said but for h inn
mense development of ceremonial
law that came later. In the Deca'
logue is a real revelation OF the Ia
therhood of God and the brotherhood
Of man. 8. "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 blameworthiness or
praiseworthiness of an act resides.
This was Christ's way of judging, and
of this very command He said: I'VE
have heard that it was said to them
Of old time: Thou shalt not kill; aud
whatsoever shall kill shall be in dan
&c. 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
saw whether or not it is ever lusti'
fable to kill, but Moses, who would
be supposed to know the true inter.
probation of the command. believed
IL was. Space forbids a discussion
Of the ethics of self-defense, OF war
and of capital punishment, but they
will naturally come up in the class.
7. sThou shalt not commit adultery"
After the sacredness of human life
comes the sacreiness OF the home
No nation ran be sound and strong
without that. Christ reminds us here
too that there is impurity in thought
as we'll as in act. "Man looketh OF
the outward appearance. but Jeho
yah looketh on the heart" Do w
: not make a great mistake when w
: treat only one sin as "unfaithful
= ness?- The traitorous heart ma.
!. show itself in many kinds OF unfaith
: fulness. and il is the t%raitorous hear
, hat deals the death blow to the dl
. vine institution Of the home.
d "Thou shalt not steal" The RICH
of property is recognized and pro
tected in the eighth commandment
q The command is not: Thou shal
not take the property of another.
o That may be stealing or IT may no
o The right Of property is essential
n solid national life. What are som
4 Of the respectable" ways of stealth
in business and out of IL? .. tho
= gnalI not pear idiSC NitiiNSS'
q right OF every man 10 his own rep
r taticn and the duty to respect II
8. similar right Of his neighbor is hei
70 stated. The primary reference Is
G. perjury, hut the principle is the san
30 whether the lie is told in court
:" elsewhere. Truthfulness Is essenti
AZ to the wcll-being of any communal
s. or nation. Nav not truthful wor'
y, in reality ..bcar false witness" nj
so is not this command like the OF
q ers in that the point Of il lies in q
rurpose back of the words?
he Thou shalt not covct." etc: TIL
lis nav also be called a New Testamc
10 commandment. 1t throws its Zig
III back over the others and makes
re- see that righteousness is not an q
,ernaI thing but n matter of I
ed heart. Sin Is forbidden. not simT
crime.
ed WORDS OF JESUS.
ed Think not that I came to destroy
aw or the prophets. l came not 70
n. stroy. but TO fulfill.
sixth Communicable have he'
that Il was said unto them OF old til
Thou shalt not kill: and whatsoever 81
kill shall be in danger OF the judgme
= mi I say unto you. that everyone '
, Angry with his brother shall be
ed ,anger NJ the judgment: and whosoe
q hall say unto his brother. Raca, 81
10 in danger OF the council: and who
=. ever shall say. Thou fool. shall be
IL ianger Of the hell % fire.
rch seventh Command ment.-Ye have he
ma that II was said. Thou shalt not com
adultery: but l say unto you. that ev
iSH me that looketh on a woman to
its ,fter her hath committed adultery
Oso her already In his heart.
-. whole Table.-Ye have heard tina
80 gas said, Thou shavt love thy neigh
and hate thine enemy:
was But I say unto you. Love your
mics. and pray for them that perse'
,ou. you:
rea- who Il in Heaven: for he maketh
mn 10 rise on the evil and the good.
scndeth rain on the asst and the un
,ics, For II We love them that love
49, what reward have We? do not even
ioBs nublicans do the same?
And II We salute your brethren
what do We more than others? do
'"ys sven the Gentiles the samey
lght Ye therefore shall be perfect. az
ths Heavenly Father Is perfect.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
No one can keep the second I
q the law in its spirit without IL