The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Leasoa In the International Series
for July 20 I0O2-The Ten Com.
mRndmentxs Duties to Men.
THE LESSON TEXT.
Exodus oO.l3-l7l


| H. Thou shalt not commit adultery. fa
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
neiY'hbor ms thyseIf.-Mntt. 1910.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The two groups of five commands
each have been variously character
lied: 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 is corre-
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
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 blameworthiness or
, praseworthiness of an act resides.
| This was Christ's way Of Judging, and
, OF this very command He said: "Ye
have heard that ii was said to them
, of old time: Thou shalt not kill; and
whatsoever shall kill shall he in dan
ger of the judgments; 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
probation 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"
p, After the sacrcdness of human life
coues the sacredncss OF the home.
No nation can be sound and strong
without that. Christ reminds MS here
too that there is impurity in thought
rs 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
l show itself in many kinds Of unfaith.
fulness, and it is the traitorous heart
I vine institution Of the home. 8.
"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"
y That may be stealing or It may not.
r The right of property is essential to
d solid national life. What are some
: of the "respectable" ways of stealing
u in business and ont of It? Q. "Thou
q shalt not bear false witness:" The
right of every man to his own repu-
l. tation and the duty to respect the
: similar right of his neighbor is here
@ stated. The primary reference is to
d perjury, but the principle is the same
J. whether the lie is told in court or
IS elsewhere. Truthfulness is essential
to the well-being of any community
n or nation. May not truthful words
II in reality "bcar false witness" and
y so is not this command like the 9th
II ers in that the point of it lies in the
% purpose back of the words? 10.
" "Thou shalt not covet," etc. This
"a may also be called n New Testament
e commandment. 1t throws it's light
}. back over the others and makes us
al see that righteousness is not an eX-
n ternal thing but a matter of the
II heart. Sin is forbidden, not simply
Ia crime.
" WORDS OF JESUS.
III Think not that ! came to destroy the
law or the prophets: | came not to de-
stroy, but to fuhll.
Ii Sixth Commandment.-Ye have heard
that II was said unto them of old time
u Thou shalt not kill: and whosoever shall
;" kill shall be in danger of the judgment;
Dr. but l say unto you, that everyone who
ID Is angry with his brother shall be in
10 danger OF the judgment; and whosoevev
shall say unto his brother, Raca. shall
~ be in danger OF the council: and whose.
10 ever shall say Thou fool, shall be in
10 danger of the hell of fire.
- Seventh Commandment.-Ye have heard
that 1t was said Thou shalt not commit
b. adultery: but | say unto you. that every
A one that looketh on n woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery will
her already in his heart
'i Whole Table.-Ye have heard that II
Is was said, Thou shaSt love thy neighbor
40 and hate thine enemy:
=, But | say unto you, Love your enc.
y mics, and pray for them that persecutt
T. you:
- That ye may be sons OF your Fathe,
=, who is in Heaven: for he maketh hi,
< sun to rise on the evil and the good, ant
ty sendeth rain on the rst and the unjust
40 For II ye, love them that love you