The Paducah evening sun., 1910-10-07

ever loved a child, no mother ever
ever sacrificed for a child. as God has
loved you and made sacrifices Tor you
and If you can take Gods name upon
your lips in profanity you are a vile
wretch. / beseech of you to get on
your face before the eternal God be-
fore you sleep, and cry to Him for
mercy.
Insincere Prayer.
But there are other ways OF tlak-
ing Gods name In vain, besides pro-
fame swearing. Much that we call
praying is taking Gods name in vain.
Every time you have knelt down TO
pray and have no thought OF God
In your heart while you take His
name upon your lips. you have taken
Gods name in vain. In the church OF
this city you go through those mar
velously beautiful prayers In the rit-
ual, but when you do IL as a mere
matter of form. with no thought of
God In your mind, you have taken
Gods name In vain. You repeat that
wonderful prayer that the Master
Himself taught us: our Father which
|art In heaven, hallowed by Thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earah as II Is done in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread: and
forgive us our trespasses as we for
give those that trespass against up
And lead us not into temptation. but
deliver us from evil. For thine Is
the kingdom. and the power. and the
glory, for ever and ever All the
time YOU reci'e II you have not one
thought OF what you are saying. II Is
downright appalling profanity.
sabbath Observance.
The Fourth Commandment-'Re-
member the Sabbath day. to keep II
holy. Six days shalt thou labor. and
do all thy work. but the seven N day
not the seventh day OF the week.
az some men say. daring to put into
Gods word what He did not put in.
but the seventh day for rest after
six days OF work. withouo specifying
which day Of the week IL should come
OF course II was the seventh day of
the week with the Jew. In commem-
Grafton OF the old creation; but with
the Christian 1t ls the first day OF
ne week. In commemoration OF the
new creation through a Risen Lord.
The seventh day Is the Sabbath OF
the Lord thy God; in II thou shalt
not do any work. thou. nor thy son.
nor thy daughter. nor thy manservant
nor thy maidservant. nor by cattle.
nor the stranger that is within thy
gates: for In six days the Lord made
heaven ana earth, the sea, and all
that In them IL. and rested the sew
enth day: wherefore the Lord blessed
he Sabbath day and hallowed e.
The Fifth COMMUNICATIONS
on thy father and thy mother; that
Thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee
II wish | had time 10 dwell upon
that: for We are get eng into a day
when the young think they know
more than their parents. speaking
lightly about the old man and the
old woman They think father and
mother are old fogies, and that the
young people know Il all. They dis
obey their parents The child who
dlsobeys a parent will bring upon
his own head the curse OF God. There
Is only one law superior 20 the law
OF father and mother; and thati the
law OF God. Even those who are
grown up. and do not treat the father
and mother with the respect and con-
slderatlon which they should, will
reap what they SOW God have mercy
upon the one, young or old. who
breaks that commandment.
Murder.
"The Sixth COMMUNICATION
shalt not kill.'-How much do you
weigh by that lawg You say; 4 am
alright by that Law. We have no
here Are you absolu :ely
sureG why. certainly. Where do
YOU think you are talking? Down in
sreetsg No. ] am talking in the Au-
dltorlum RINK. But there are other
ways of killing people besides driv-
ing a dagger into their heart or fir
Ing bullet into their brain. A hus-
band can kill his wife by neglect and
rrulety and unfai hfulness. How
many woman is Fastening to an
early grave with a broken heart, be-
cause ,she has learned that the man