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THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY 20.
Subject: The Ten Commandments. putiea
to Men. Ex. H, iS-i7-0olden Text.
Matt. XIX. l9-Momory Verses, l2-l7-
Commentary on tho Days Lesson.

Matt. XIX, 10-MoinoRy Verses, I2-l7-
Commentary on tho Days Lesson.
The Fifth Commandment. - This COM
mandment is connecting link between
the first and second tables OF the law, and
properly belongs to both.
Il. Honor This means more than to
obey, it il to treat with reverence and at.
section. THY father and thy mother.
There is a degree of affectioEate respect
which is owing to parents that mo- person
else can properly claim. For considerable
time parents stand As it were III the place
of God to their children, and therefore re-
tellion agailst their lawful commands has
been considered IL rebellion against God.
This precept therefore prohibits. not only
all injurious acts. and Irreverent and un.
kind speeches To parents. but enjolns all
necessary acts of kindness. tilial respect
! and obedience. We can scarcely suppose
that a man honors his parents who. when
they fall weak, bliad or sick. does not ex.
| err himself to the utmost in their support.
| In such cases God as truly requires the
! children to provide for their parents, rs
| He required the parents To support and in
struct the children when they were help
less and dependent. Most OF those who
come to an unri,nely end axe Obliged to
confess that breaking this commandment
and the fourth was the first cause OF their
ruin. Upon the land" etc. l. The ma:
! ton shall be permanent IN the promised
land. 2. The individual lie shall be long.
implying happiness. peace and prosperity.
While in its primary meaning this Is to be
understood as referring to the promised
land, the land OF Canaan, yet I'm the wider
scope which this commandment has, rs
being grounded in the nature OF the family,
and so alike binding upon all men, it is to
be understood OF the land or country Of
any and every individual"
The Sixth Commandment.-l3. 'Thou
shalt not kill" Thou shalt do no mur.
der" The murderer is regarded as one
who wicked.y destroys Gods image in man,
and so most basely assaults God Himself.
| commandment. Our Lord took up this law
for special treatment. and taught that he
who cherished anger against his neighbor
WAS guilty before God OF the spirit of inur.
| der. Matt. 5: 2l-2i. Our own life should
| be held sacred, and We are TO do nothing
that will shorten or destroy IL. as by it We
are enabled to serve God and bless our fel.
low men," The person who takes his own
| life performs i cowardly and wicked act.
Dissipation, drunkenness and sins against
the body that unfit it for usefulness and
shorten life, are violations OF this com.
mandment. 1t is generally supposed that
there are cases where the killing of an.
other might be justitiable, as. I. In the
execution Of justice. 2. In self-defcnse:
But even in this there is difference OF
opinion among good men.
The Seventh Commandment.-l4. Thou
shalt not commit adultery" The violation
| Of this commandment means the destruc'
tion Of the home and family. an institution
ordained Of God and necessary TO the build.
ing up OF His kingdom in the earth.
This commandment forbids all acts OF
uncleanness. with all those feshly lusts
which produce those acts and war against
| the soul, and all those thoughts or prac
tices which cherish and excite those Heshly
lusts, as looking in order to lust, which
Christ has expressly forbidden. Matt. 5:
g." Il also forbids all those unho!y
| amusements which lead souls into sim
such a. theatre going and dancing, and also
looking at obscene pictures, reading i'm
pure literature and telling lewd stories
These things are dsbasins, degrading and
soul-destroying.. This sin. !. Is the most
! and understanding. 3. Is the most infa
nous and scandalous among men; q sin
that brands them with the greatest shame
| and reproach, rcproach that can never
be wiped away. 1. Is threatened with
most dreadful punishments from God" 4
body filed with loathsome diseases; a
person reduced to extreme besgary prov
| 8: 28); a life completely wrecked morally
| physically, intellectually; being burnins
| with lust. about to suffer eternally in The
lake that burneth with fire and birthstone
these are some OF the terrible punish
ments visited upon those who are guilty
Of this most heinous sin.
| The Eighth Commandment.-l5. "Thor
shalt not steal" The rights Of property
are OF divine appointment. and we are ,f
refrain from claiming a. our own that
| which now belongs to another. The rights
of property may be violated, |. By takns
| property without the knowledge OF ;he
owner: or theft. 2. BY taking the prop
crty Of another by consent. when violently
obtained. 3. BY consent fraudu!ent!y oh
tanned. or cheating: either By taking ad
vantage OF anothers ignorance, or by mis-
representation. I. By withholding whn'
belongs to another: whether it be take.
or duties, or giving short weights and
measures. or withholding what is borrowed
or found 5. BY paving too small wages,
or bv not earning the wages We receive.
6. By beating down those who sell, so as
not to pay fair profit. or by charging ex:.
orbitant prices. I. By monopoles and
trusts which conflict with the rights OF in.
dividua!s and oppress the poor. 8. BY
socialism and anarchy which tend directly
or indirectly to misappropriate what right.
| ful!v belongs to another. 9. BY gambling.
rafting. taking shares in lotteries. or enter
ing into any Of the modern exped'encle'
| whereby something Is expected TOR moth
| ing. 10. By any business which !nJurcS
the life liberty or property OF others. such
| as selling liquors. obscene pictures. vile
books. etc II. By iniulGing in any habit
whereby we are untitled to meet our obi
! cations. or support tho:e who may be de.
pendrn. upon Us. This sin will be severely
| punished.
The Ninth Commandmcnt-l5 "Fa!se
| wit:r.S' This il the worst form oe living
and iae..:les all other forms. Truthful.
ness i. the only condition on which hn.
| man intercourse ~ possible. and it lies at
the foundation OF all personal character.
Ly;nC is one of the worst sins. because il
| leads 10 the commission ~ other sins. and
! SEEKS 10 cover wrong doing. This com.
mardment forbidS perjury. false oaths:
tale.bearing. SANDER. barkbitng and evil
| speaking. or ANYTHING that would in aSy
way injure another in his goods. person
| o. character.
The Tenth Commandment-l7. Thou
shalt no. covet' This is the only one 81
! the commandments which treats so.c;r OF
| sins Of the mind and heart. and in 50 doing
| il strikes ut the very root of all sin. ior
ever sin is born of desire Mark :: p. -:
! Jas. /: l4. l5l. and there would be no sin
! committed ii this commandment were per.
fcctly kept. Rom. !: !. 7 he word covet
! occurs some twenty times in the Hebrew
Scriptures. and is commonly translated de-
| sire.
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