The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-14

Francis. why does your father not
allow Tommy to go near the horses!
They might kill him" Why would
your father care If they did? He
loves Tommy" Yes, our parents
love us That Is the reason they make
rules for us to obey--to keep us from
harm and make us happy. Their
rules are made In love. God loves us
far more than our parents do. He
gave the children of Israel ten COM
mandments or rules, for them and for
us They were given in love because
God loved them and loves us. He
w~nts all of his children to be happy
and safe. In today's lesson God gives
these commandments to Moses
The children of Israel are still en-
camped round about Mt. Sinai. Pile
up the sand on the table for Mt. Sinai
and the surrounding hills and valleys.
Here are the focks scattered feeding.
These sticks in this level valley before
Mt Sinai. are the Jews. Sinai is still
covered with the thick cloud Who is
In the cloud. George? God Is there.
And the Jews must still keep away
from the mountain, holy with Gods
presence. Moses goes up into the
thick cloud. Joshua goes part of way
with him, then waits while Moses
goes on u, to talk with God and hear
HIS StltCs Nfoh Spoons &'iA -'$~N,'
listens.
Alvin, are all roads safe when you
go up through the mountains? No,
some are dangerous" Why is That
They are full of ruts, and bad places,
and poor crossings Yes. one must
know which road to take before he
ventures. What was 1t we learned
about the two roads In our lives, May
Zone leads to the wide gate where
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where we. will find God" If you wish
to go to Tempe will you take the road
Phoenix mo, take the road to
Tempe" If you wish to go to heaven
Will you take the road leading to Sa-
tan7 No, we must take the road lead
ing to God. Draw these two roads on
the blackboard, Al the end of one
mark God. and at the other, Satan.
Just as the Tempe road is known as
| such, so Gods road Is marked at the
| beginning with this sign which he
gives to Moses for his people: II am
/ the Lord thy God" Let us write it at
the beginning of Gods road on the
board II we follow along this road
we know we have started right.
But once you are on the Tempe road
your troubles are not over, You come
to a place where two roads meet. One
goes to the right and one straight
ahead. Can you take either? To go
TO Tempe you must go straight ahead.
1t is rough and the other seems to be
good But the good road leads to the
wrong piaca--SnTne- one -says,:doht
go that way"
/ Now God loves US, and In his love he
has put up sign posts telling us where
not to go If We wish TO reach heaven
and him. On Gods road his first sign
post is at the place where the road
branches off to worshiping other
gods. This sign post Is the first COM
mandment. Draw this road on the
board branching from Gods road and
after a few turns leading direct to Sa-
tan. Where 1t leaves Gods road draw
a sign post with this wordng-"th0u
shalt have no other gods before me. "
If you love fun better than God, or
money better, or like better TO go to
picnics than to worship him--if you
permit anything to come between you
and your God, you are having other
gods before me" You are on the
wrong road. Give them up quickly
and get back before 1t Is too late.
|, On the Tempe road we come to
another place where three roads meet.
One leads down a steep rocky place,
a I'D the other two across level, open
country But it is the hard road again
that leads to Tempe. On Gods road
we come to three crossroads. ON one
we will have trouble and poverty, on
the other two. riches and ease. But
on one OF the good roads are people
who worship idols as the Egyptians
did. They have craven images, and
the road soon turns straight to Satan
and death. The other easy road
branches off with frolic and fun and
careless speech--soon the people are
cursing and swearing. taking God s
name in vain, and are Fastening to
Satan. The hard road Is again the one
leading to happiness and God.
And again God in love warns us OF
the danger ahead. with the second
commandment on one post. Write II
on the board at one of these good
cross roads. Thou shalt not make
unto thee any craven image, etc
On the other good cross road at the
other side he places the third COM