The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-09
the TEN COMMANDMENTS
DR.. Mead Preached an Interesting
Sermon on the Up-to-date
Commandments.

An increased Attendance at the
revival meetings at the Presbyterian
church a. noticeable Wednesday
evening. and the interest displayed
was of a very deep nature. DR.. Mead
continues to impress the people with
his method OF conducting the meet
ings and that great good will result
FROM them. lie spoke on '"Ihe Ten
Commandments Up-to-date."
DR.. Mead said in part: The ten
commandments, with the "Sermon
on the Mount and the Chords
Prayer" contain the fundamental
laws and principles Of life. personal
and social. The Com nandments con-
sist OF four parts
/ The foundation statement without
which the entire system is meaning
less: 81 am the Lord tiny God which
brought thee out of the house Of
bondage. out of the land of Egypt"
God the authority for good, the de-
liverer from evil, the basal moral
needs of man. Popular government
that is not based on morality will
degenerate into license, graft and
rum. Morality that is based on less
than divine authority will not with
stand satan. The ''Cops Legis-
latif' Of France passed this resolution
"lhere is no Cod She %sharpened
the blade of her guillotine but repu-
dated the divine authority, and her
sensual founded temple OF freedom
went down In fire and blood.
Washington was then writing "a
man is worse than an iNfidol who
does not see the goodness OF GOO, or
who has not gratitude enough to
acknowledge it,"
III On this foundation are laid five
commandments relating to the are
Of the soul. j. Make God supreme. 2.
A bolisb all seductive temptations to
evil, no image that leads you away,
no place that allures to degradation,
make it hard as possible to lie inn
moral or questionable. B. Use no
%irreverent profanity. Swearing des-
troys the ''soul of honor.n A swear
ing man is liable to lie. A mans
soul is lost when he has lost rever-
ence for the Infinite 4. Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holv
(healthy), take time to tone up your
soul, to get right with God. 5. Hon
or the home. In childhood let the
parental authority be honored. also
let the parent be worthy of honor. :
III The third section of decalogue
deals with the four cardinal social
sins-murder, the ultimate expression
of hate; adultery. Of %sensuallty:
stealing, of greed: and lying, of fall
sity. How all social sins a1e includ-
ed in the 9th, 7tb, Sth and 9th com
mandments and not themselves i'm
hate, sensuality. greed and falsity,
so that in dealing with these heart
conditions we are n%ourishing or de-
teating possible horrible crime.
Hate is the baby lion, murder the
grown lion.
Nv The fourth division has to do
with the mastery of the disposition,
Thou Shalt not Covet."
How can | React this height? 1t is
the inner loyalty to God, trust in Him.
Turn from study OF co~yeteousness
Of the decalogle to note the order.
We see tue ideal i'm the fourth section
a heart true. no covetOuSnesS that
eliminates hate, sensuality, greed
and fdlsity from which spring damn
ing sins
Gods method is to negin at the
logical starting point: first found
Your character on acknowledgment
OF the personal God; second, obey the
live commandments for soul care.
then you reach the place of security
against physical sin, and rise up into
freedom from dehasing ~covetousness
of Opposition. Gods truth includes
His order as we'll as His dictum.