The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-07-19
THE TEN
COMMANDO ENTS--
DUTIES TOWARD MEN
Sunday School Lesson for July zi.lst7
Specially Prepared for This Psper

neiehbor as Thy self"-Lev. i9Is
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The fifth commandment belongs TO
both tables OF the law. Since God Is
our Father we are taught % honor
him as a father n then. ! be A faith
er. where is mine honor2 saith
the Lord OF hosts unto you" NAL
1850. To the young child the parents
are in place OF the heavenly Father,
10 lead the child mp TO him. The word
pietas. whence our "plety" mant orig.
lnally the duty Of men 10 God reflect
ed IN their duty towards their parents
So in 1 Tim. ga. the Greek word for
show piety at home, eusebein, and its
Latin equivalent. colere. honor, rever-
ence, worship. is applied both to God
and 10 parents
2. we are hidden 10 honor, because
love is instructive, and can only be
spontaneous. The honor for our pa
rents Is love combined with rever-
ence; the love must be honor touched
with emotion. The word honor In
cludes love. for there can be no true
honor without love"-Farar.
8. It applies to both parents. Moth
or stands out as clear as Sinai itself
There is no cloud on her majesty.
Such honor as goes 20 the father goes
10 the mother "-Caverno.
4. We honor by love, courteous at
tentlons. by giving them the best, by
always treating them with honor in
the presence of others. by deferring 70
their wishes
8. The fifth commandment is the
sanctifcation Of social life" and
the surest basis Of an righteous gov
eminent" In its widest sense IL re-
spects gray hairs everywhere. and
honors all in authority over you, such
as your pastor. teacher, employer or
magistrates Lack in this respect is
a growing evil, full Of mischief to our
nation.
6 The fifth commandment does not
require a child 10 DO wrong at a pa
rents bidding. but ii does require a
child to love even unlovely parents.
because they hold 10 him the sacred
relation of father and mother
v l3. Thou shalt not kin" The
R. Y. gives the thought more accurate
iy. Thou shalt do no murder" Kill
ing IS sometimes justifable; the bible
ltsolf onjoins the killing Of men for
punishment of those who murder. in
order TO prevent. by the punishment
u the guilty the murder Of the limo
cent
v Il. This Is the safeguard Of the
home and the family
1 Primarily. the seventh command
ment forblds adultery. and the sins
which. under slight differences. are
cognate with &C.
2 II forbids an impure thoughts.
and the books and pictures and plays
and acts which tend 20 excite such
thoughts and inspire impure acts Pla
10 would exclude from his ideal repub
lie everything that would dcbase the
taste. even an poor pictures and poor
workmanship
3 blessed are the pure In heart
for they shall see God while the inn
pure soon lose an sense OF divine
hines 80 sin. not even intemperance
so rapidly ruins a man. body. mind,
and soul. as this sin
q Tho way 10 overcome this evil is
by the good-true love and happy
marriage, mind full of good
thoughts. a life full Of good deeds
Y. Is is the safeguard of personal
and property rights. and the wall OF
defense against the temptations to sell
dshness and crime
The crime OF theft is. of all others.
the meanest and most despicable II
Is selhshness incarnate To gain by
stealing is far worse for the thief than
for the one wronged A clear con
science is worth more than all the
world Plato illustrates the test Of
honesty by the story of Gyges ring.
which made the wearer invisible lie /
that is honest. even when he can be /
dishonest without being found out,
IS a truly honest man
Y. 16. Forbids false statements in |
a case Of law-perjury. 1T is a prohi-
biuon Of SANDER. or Of careless speech /
affecting the good name Of ones fel- /
D fFINr d.
supposed. mere injunction to truth I
ful speech on all occasions "-Trum |
bull
The last commandment is a unique /
one. Search all the laws OF the world /
and YOU will not find one which re- /
sembies &c. The sixth. seventh. eighth I
and ninth commandments you will /
find in an codes. though only as pro.
hibiuons Of crimes amenable 10 Judi
cial punishment The tenth command
mont is the complement of all the rest
10 shows that God requires OF as not
only outward virtue. but inward holt
ness. that be demands In as the sac
rlfce OF the will. from which wicked
actions spring. that sinful magma
tons are a crime against him as well
as wicked acts Fauar.
Practical Points.
The religious side must come first,
rs the inspiration 20 perform our du-
les toward men Love % God our
Father -dil necessarily lead TO love 10
AR fellow men. his children
When our hearts are filed with love
10 God and man. then they are no
longer restraints. but guides as 20 the
way our love should express itself
They are ike fences by the roadside.
showing us the way 10 go.
These commandments are 10 con.
vince as Of sin. AS we stand beside
his ideal we realize how far short we
have come.