The evening times., 1902-07-12

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ward them the wonders OF his grace and
power. ana through them to bless all
mankind The DecaIogue is Gods state
--elI OF the conditions Of the covenant
existing between Himself and Israel. II
Is declaration OF prOmi ses on the ma
nand and ci possibilities on the 9th
err jehovah laid down these laws pri-
illlily 10 guide bis redeemed AM chosen
people OF cid but they are OF universal
application to 81 men who To75I5 Ism
lot themselves Gods c0veuanted mer-
c5es- God pledges all the resources of
AlS GoGGood Cn the one side and asks
ioT man love and obedience on the
ether No penalty IS affixed for failure
70 comply except that the contract itself
Is annuiied, which Is the worst of all
penalties The Ten Commandments are
IKE io1ce SET around = precfUfce TO
warn man from falling over.
The Greatness of the DecaIogue.
TIE T-n Comm n6morts. ere d brie
summary Of mans whole dutv-to God.
mis- felIow-men, and to himself-and can
only be fulfilled through tha exercise Of
perfect faith and love. The Isw never
saved anyone, but it has shown many
their need of salvation. The law. as
St Paul says, is the schcolmaster 10
bring Us TO Christ The Ten Command
ments are the fundamental principles OF
all right, wise. and safe living. The
len commandments are 0ne-cf the wen
deTs OF the OLD Testament. Consider
ing the age in which they were promuI-
gafeGs TIE Ten Words were the greatest
Of al the miracles wrought b. Cod in
behalf OF His Teopic" They we're for
elgn 10 the times. They were not born
OF the intellect Of the day There is
nothing comparable TO them in ali the
iIieTa ture Of Egypt. from which Moses
ana MS people had come" The religions
OF the Gay We're sensual and degrading
having as little application TO unrigh+
iiFlnE as does the worship of Bu5dha
among the millions of India tods-. The
moral code Ct the Book Of Exodus is as
remarkable as the blooming Of pure
MY N mass of corruption. we can
not account for the DecaIo Ioguc on the
principles Of evolution t must. then
nave been revealed. The divine au-
5hoTship OF the commandments is proved
DF iaeiT uDukeness to ANYTHING man
bas ever written. The world has often
receded IN belief and practice from the
len Commandments but the logic cf
events OF necessity has driven il back
70 them again They are the basis of
English and American law today. Alfred
me Great made them She gToundwo Of
Angio-SaEon law more than a thousand
years ago. All Gods laws are for mans
good. We live IN q world OF law. Sci
ence. following in the footsteps of resa-
Latter IS now busy proving that all rhe
Ia - of God are good. Men everywhere
Jcilay are hunting for laws They are
Conndent that in no Department OF na-
cure VIII they ever f1d chaos. bu1 that
everywhere law. laE. law. vii be found
relsains. In this search for law some
take only an Intellectual interest. Bg,-
I2T greater number arc working 50
lhat they may apply these discovered
"a VS. 10 the amel5CTatiou Of the coudi-
ton Of mankind. Gods laws are all
perfect, and perfect obedience to .Derfso4
law results in perfect existence. whence
CONES al the boundless misery Of The
Horid2 FROM boundlcss breassfnz of
: iaV- Law IS good; chaos is boundIess
woe IN chaos nothing good can thrive
but under law all good things viii s1lr-
Flye Law and love are tzvo sides Of
tile same thing God Is love. and. there
fore God Is law Love without law IS
impossible. and good Law is Impossible
without love
First Law.
8 --t7 tHt-' Atf- rs tLlaI li ISE1uGn uUf-
10 Worship. but that he should WORSHIP
none but the highest and worthiest.
which IS none other than the seIf-exfsf-
. enJ Jehovah He is Infinite IN all His
perfect0ns. therefore all His creatures
should worship Him and Him alone
hat OF which I think most and which 7
love most IS my god. II may be self. Il
may be money II may be pleasure. II
may be thousand things
Second Law.
This requires that our Worship should
be spiritual We cannot portray God
BY any image Images distract the al
tention from the invisible Cod. There
fore images degrade worship.
Third Law.
Profanity IS sacrilegious. IT is an in
suit to divine majesty. It springs from
a very hollow heart or a very wicked
heart
Fourth Law
II commands both labor and resi- Tee
Sabbath IS based upon the law OF physi-
cal and spiritual nature. Mans BODY is
a seven-5ay cI5ck.