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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON ~, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 20.
Text of the Lesson. Ex. xx, 12-17.
Memory Verses. 12-17-Golden Text,
Matt. XIX. documentary Prepar-
ed by Rev. d. Nj. Stenrns.

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70. Honor thy father and thy mother
that thy days may be long upon the iano
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
The Ten Commandments. or ten
words. as they are sometimes Called
are summed up by our Lord in Marx
xii. 29-31, in these words: Hear. o Is
rael; the Lord our God is one Lord,
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul. and with all thy mind. and with
all thy strength. This Is the first
commandment. and the second Is like
namely this. Thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor as thyself. There is none other
commandment greater than these He
thus quoted from Deut. vi, t, o, and
Lev. xix. IS, for He honored the whole
of the law, the prophets and the psalms
Guke xiv, q. Al. never in any way
discounting the least portion. How
very unlike Him in this respect are
some wise people Of our day who pro-
fess to be His followers! See in con-
nection with this fifth commandment
Prov. /, 8, and note that in Eph. vi. z,
it Is called the first commandment
with promise. The promise had doubt
less a special reference to Israel.
1a Thou shalt not kill.
In our Lords commentary on this In
Matt. V, 81, 90. He teaches that anger
lies Mt the root of murder, and In l
John iii, Is. 1t Is written, "Whosoever
hateth his brother is murderer" re-
ferring back to the story Of Cain and
Abel. In the same connection 1t Is
written that Cain was Of the wicked
one, and in John viii. A. our Lord said
that he was q murderer from the be-
ginning, q liar and the father Of It
Not only are we forbidden to hate any
one, but we are forbidden to speak
evil of any one Uas. iv. IL: Eph. iv.
81: Pet. II. II. In Zech. vii, 10; Will.
II, we are forbidden even to imagine
evil in our hearts against brother or
a neighDor.
"A. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
That this sin may be committed By
look as we'll rs by an act our Lord
taught in Matt. V. 27-32. where He
also gives fuller instruction concerning
it. That love will conquer 1t is seen
in Rom. xiii. 10-"Love worketh no i'll
to his neighbor. therefore love is the
fulfilling Of the law" God counted
Israel guilty Of this sin when they wor-
SHIPPED idols. the works Of mems hands
Ger. Iii. 81, and by the Spirit through
james He tells us that If we are in
friendship with the world we are In
His sight guilty Of this sin GAS. iv. a..
1t seems to some moral people impos-
sible that anything so vile as this sin
could ever touch or come near them,
but let them see it as God does and
honestly ask US in His sight. Am | In
any way conformed to this present
evil world. am | in love with the
world which is lying in the wicked
one? (Rom. xii. 1. 2; | John II, 15-17;
v, 10. r. W.
Is. Thou shalt not steal.
Many who would scorn to take what
does not belong to them, as between
man and man, might have to plead
guilty when searched by the question,
"Will a man rob God% Yet God had
to say to Israel. "Ye have robbed Me
in tithes and offerings" (A1al. iii, g..
Inasmuch as our relation to God is the
first question and the matter Of the ut
most Importance. let the believer ask
himself. Am | robbing God of any por-
tion Of my being or my time or my
money? He claims our body as His
property (Rom. xii, l, 2; | Cor. vi, ~,
2O), and at least a seventh of our time
and tenth Of our income.
1S Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.
There are tongues that devise mis-
chiefs, that love evil more than good
and lying rather than righteousness,
but such do not belong In the holy
city (Ps. Iii. 2. 3; Rev. xii, 15). "He
that worketh deceit shall not dwell
within My house; he that telleth lies
shall not tarry in My sight" (Ps. ci, y.
False witnesses were among the griev-
GUS things which our Lord suffered for
our sakes, even as it Is written, False
witnesses are risen up against Me and
such as breathe out cruelty" and
again, "False witnesses did rise up;
they laid to My charge things that
knew not" Ps. xvii. II; Xxxv, III.
IT, Thou shalt not covet
We might infer from Rom. vii. Z, in
connection with Phil. iii. 6. that Paul
fancied that he had kept the law pref
ty thoroughly except on this one point,
but he learned, as James also did. that
to keep the whole law and offend IN
only one point makes one guilty OF all,
and in our flesh dwelleth no good thing
JAS. II, 10; Rom. vii, 1S). Guilty" IS
the word for every one (Rom. iii, 10,
2O. Some one has well said: ITO do
what the law requires must have life,
and to lie what the law requires must
have Righteousness, but by nature |
have neither and am therefore cursed.
When l receive Christ. Ee becomes my
life and righteousness and will fulfill
the law in me-" The people found that
they could not keep this holy and per-
feet law. for in few days they found
themselves calling on Aaron to make
them an idol and dancing around
golden calf. Then Moses before their
eyes broke the two tables which God
had given him. thus powerfully testi-
flying 70 what they were actually do
ing. Then the Lord told His servant
Noses to make two tables like the first
and bring them up to Him In the
mount, and He would write the same
u,nrlc ON them hnt Moses WIS llSn