Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-12

nc iHN Oh TIE LOIU IS DcIIcCt.
And ia the New Testament st. PAU
tells US, "The law is holy, and The
commandment holy and Just and
good. God $ law rs the very wisesi
ard best that infinite wisdom could
frame; given for the promotion OF
the happiness and the best interests
OF mankind, and although Il IS very
strict, requiring life Tor life, II
should be obeyed. The reason why
God required OF Moses to write.
Honor thy father and thy mother,
"Ye shall have just scales, corr
rect yardstick, and an honest half
bushel was because these things
were right, always had been right,
and always would be right. The
reason why God said Thou shalt
not kill, "Thou shalt not steal, /"
''keep thee far from false matter, y
''Ye shall not afiIict any widow or
fatherless child, was because
those things were wrong, always
had been wrong, and always would
be wrong aud just so throughout
the whole of the law This is why
st. Paul tells us thatthe law and the
prophets constitute Gods standard
of righteousness. lisa. as: 10, 30
that thou hadst hearkeped to my
commandments! then had thy peace
been as a river, and thy righteous
ness as the waves of the sea. !" Ger
tainly no well informed person
thinks Jesus added anything to the
requlremer is of the moral law re-
corded by Moses. That law SAYS
"Be ye holy" THAT which is al
together Just shalt thou follow.
"Tbou shalt do that which is right
and good ia the sight of the Lord /"
Jesus could not have demanded any
more than that. 10 the infinite, unerr-
ing mind of God every commandment
and every statute in the law was
framed more than thousand years
before Adam and Eve we're created.
Jesus said, 1T is easier for heaven
and earth to pass away than for
one title of the law to fail" Gods
law would not prove failure if we
would only adopt it and enforce it.
Upon our national coin we imprint
''IN GOD WE TRUST" If we trust in
Him for anything, we certainly
ought to look to Him for guidance
in legislation. The Bible tells us,
''If any OF you lack wisdom let him
ask of God, that giveth to all men
literally and upbraIdeth not, and
it shall be given him" OF course
Gods way of giving us wisdom is.
not by talking to us, but through
The Scriptures. Jesus said, ''Searcb
.he Scriptures. y The only script
lres in existence when Jesus gave
hat command were the Old Tesla
nent Scriptures. st. Paul tells us,
Whatsoever things were written
ifore time were written for our
earning. Gods law was writ
EN- a fore time. In 18th Psalm the
Psalmist exclaims, 90 how loved
by law! it is my meditation all the
lay. The law of thy mouth is bet
.er unto me than thousands of gold
and silver. / have more under
standing than nv teachers for thy
testimonials are my meditation.
The reason why God commanded
Joshua and the other rulers of Israel
o mediate in His law, day and
light. was that the people might
Iet the full benefit OF its wise, Just,
loly precepts. God thinks human
ife far too precious to be taken
without cause, and to protect it His
aw required that murderers should
,e put to death. There are no in
'anitv lodges in His law. Nor
loes His law require that a Jury
shall believe beyond every reason
lble doubt that the accused is gull
r. Nor does itrequire that every
member of a jury shall agree to a
'erdict before one can be rendered
rwo-thirds should be sufficient. IF
We would adopt Gods law per-
aiming to killing and woundiug and
enforce tive would soon have less
han one fourth the number of the
.rimes.
Prov 6:23. 1.-THE commandments
l lamp: and the law is lig +" Is.
.0:8. ITO the law and to the testi-
nony if they speak not according to
his word it is because there is no
light in them" / Peter, All. "lf
ANY man speak, let him speak as
he oracles of God" The people
,eed to be taught and taught and
.aught. (which be the first prin-
;iples of the oracles of God. God
thorough knowledge of
His law so VERY IMPORTANT, that
He commandedus to teach it Dill
LIGENrLY to our children. and to
talk of it when we SIT in our house
and when we walk by the way and
when we lie down and when we
rise up; and to write it upon the
posts of our house and on our gates,
that our children yet unborn may
learn the will and ways of God.
Jer 1922. eff they had stood in
MY counsel, and had caused MY
people to hear MY words, then they
should have turned them from their
evil way; and from the evil OF their
doings. =
Ninety mine ministers out of
hundred do not preach and teach
God s laws oNE-TENTH as much as