Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
The Lesson.

These last six comma ndments refer to
our duty toward our fellow men. The first
relation we bear to our fellow creatures
IL that which bear to our fathers and
mothers. God has In sense put them in
His stead to US when are young 1t is
through them we live. and through them
we learn to know OF Him. The. earthly
father and mother are a type OF heavenly
love and AS such they should be
reverenced and honored. There are fathers
and mothers. TO he sure, who have forgot
ten the image IN which they were made and
have themselves dishonored the God for
whose likeness they were to stand before
their children; and il is sad indeed when
this is the case. There are beautiful In
stances in history OF children who have
showed honor TO a father or mother who
themselves brought shame to the child. But
the majority OF young people today are
more troubled with irreverence for the good
and honorable fathers and mothers, than
with reverence for the unworthy ones. 1t
is not always done by harsh. impudent
words spoken To those who have in a mea-
sure given their lives for our sakes. Some
times ii is done by little receptions, which,
begun In childhood, grow, until the father
and mother are as much shut of from the
confidence Of the child as II they were no
relation to them. II is all wrong. God set
people In families. and the father and
mothers have been through experience for
the sake OF being able TO better guide their
children. In most ordinary cases the
father and mother deserve the full con-
fdence OF the child.
The rest OF the commandments may all
be summed up in the one thought Jesus
gave them: Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as myself" Love is a thing of the heart
life and these commands must be kept in
49, ~ I.r not TIs4l 4
instance @ man may desire to kill his
brother. but may not actually do so. Jesus
declared that He who hateth his brother
Is a murderer" The actual killing Will, of
course. do more harm to the brother, per-
haps in most cases than the hating,
though sometimes the hating is as hard to
bear as death; but the actual sin is there
IN the heart OF the murderer just the same.
Along the line Of the seventh command
ment. while II IS difficult to speak of this
subject, some application should he made
to the common sin OF Irritation which is
going on today. Among young men and
women. and even the older boys and girls.
the sacred thing Of love Is banded about,
and chances and words that should be kept
sacred and holy for the one who is 20 come
into the Efe some time as a precious gift
from God are given TO the many. Society
today IS responsible cor much Of this. with
its dancing and It's decpIIcte dressing and
its lowering Of the standards. Some young
girls who profess 10 be Christians viii
even enjoy flirting with married man for
a little while lust to make MS wife jealous
one cannot De too careful about keeping
ones heart pure, and ones Intimate
glauCcs and haud-clasps sacred. DIR. Chad
wick SAYS: When our Lord declared that
10 excite desire through the eyes Is ac-
tually this sin, already ripe, He appealed
20 some deeper and more spiritual consider
alton than that OF social order What He
poiuted 20 Is the saCredncss Cf the human
body-so holy thing that impurity, and
even the silent excitement Of passion, Is a
wrong done to our nature and a dishonoI
10 the temple Of the Holy Ghost
Look into countless families that YOU
know and ask yourself whether, supposina
some one member Of that family to ht
truly religious, the atmosphere Of the home
Is lofty enough and pure enough to furnish
The urupsr medium by which that one mem
hers religion may freely pass into the lives
of all the rest Fire VIII leap through heated
air, and The most deep " all emotions
the most eager Of all desires, the emotion
Of the love Of God. the desire 20 serve
and know Christ. Will pass most readily
from heart TO heart, where all emotion Il
pure and lofty and where all desire is un
selfish and enthusiastic. But in home:
where all the air is full OF selhshness, where
the whole tone is sordid, where every mem
Der is jealousy watching that no other get
the advantage over him. where brotherhood
means suspicion, and fatherhoOd petty
tyranny, and childhood restless impatenc'
10 be free, what chance Is there for thu
divine fire Of the higher life to leap through
heavy atmosphere like that7 The frs
thing TO be done In order that the natura
for religious influence, is that they shoul,