The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-07-20

GOLDEN TEXT.-"Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thy seif."-Lev. 1918.
Comment and Suggestive Thought
The firth commandment belongs to
both tables of the law. Since God is
our Father we are taught to honor
him as a father. If then. be faith
er. where is mine honor? saith
the Lord of hosts unto you" CMal'
1:6). To. the young child the parents
are in place OF the heavenly Father,
to lead the child up to him. The word
pietas, whence our piety" mant orig
inally the duty Of men to God reflect
ed in their duty towards their parents.
SO In Tim. 5:4. the Greek word Tor
show piety at home, eusebein, and us
Latin equivalent, colere, honor, rever-
ence. worship. is applied both to GOO
and to parents.
2. eve are bidden to honor, because
love is instructive, and can only be
spontaneous. The honor for our pa
rents is love combined with reyer-
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. 1t applies to both parents. Moth
er stands out as clear as Sinai itself
There is no cloud on her majesty
Such honor as goes to the father goes
to the mother. r."-Caverno.
4. We honor by love, courteous at
tentions, by giving them the best, by
always treating them with honor in
the presence of others, by deferring to
their wishes.
S. The fifth commandment is the
sanctifcation of social life" and
''the surest basis of all righteous gov
ernment." In its widest sense it 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 pot
require a child to do wrong at a pa
rents bidding, but it does require a
child to love even unlovely parents,
because they hold to him the sacred
relation Of father and mother.
v. 13. "Thou shalt not kill" The
r. v. gives the thought more accurate
", "Thou shalt do no murder" Kill
ing is sometimes justifiable the bible
itself enjoins the killing Of men for
punishment of those who murder, in
order to prevent, by the punishment
Of the guilty, the murder of the inno-
cent.
v. IA. This is the safeguard of the
home and the family.
1. Primarily, the seventh command
ment forbids adultery, and the sins
which. under slight differences, are
eognate with it.
2. It forbids all impure thoughts,
and the books and pictures and plays
and acts which tend to excite such
thoughts and inspire impure acts. PA
to would exclude from his ideal repub-
lie everything that would debase the
taste, even all poor pictures and poor
workmanship.
8. blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see God" while the i'm
pure soon lose all sense of divine
things. No sin, not even intemperance
so rapidly ruins man, body, mind
and soul, as this sin.
A. The way to overcome this evil Is
by the good-true love and happy
marriage, mind full Of good
Thoughts. a life full of good deeds.
v. Is. Is the safeguard Of persona
and property rights, and the wall Of
defeuse against the temptations to sci
hshness and crime.
The crime OF theft is, Of all others
the meanest and most despicable. j
is selfishness incarnate To gain By
stealing is far worse for the thief thar
for the one wronged. A clear con
science is worth more than all thu
world Plato illustrates the test o
honesty by the story of Gyges' ring
which made the wearer invisible. HI
that is honest, even when he can b.
dishonest without being found out
is a truly honest man.
v. 16. Forbids false statements il
q case OF ldW--p5A Jul y ~ - q ~ SN'
bition of slander, or Of careless speecl
affecting the good name of ones fel
low man. This is not, as many hav
supposed, a mere injunction to truth
full speech on all occasions. ."-Trum
bull
The last commandment is a uniqu
one. Search all the laws of the worl
and you will not find one which re
sembles it. The sixth, seventh, eight
and ninth commandments you Wi
find in all codes, though only as prC
hibiions Of crimes amenable to jud
cial punishment The tenth command
nent is the complement of all the res
It shows that God requires Of us nc
only outward virtue, but inward hol
ness; that he demands in us the sa'
rifice of the will, from which wicke
actions spring; that sinful imagin;
} tions are crime against him as we
as wicked acts. "-Farrar.
Practical Points.