The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-09-05
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 7
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

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Lord thy God with al thy heart, AMI
with ali thy soul. and Will nli NY
strength. aud with all thy mind. LUX"
lD:2,
The decaiogue divides itself into
two parts. the FIRST has to do win
man aud his relations to God. tn" sec
ond deals with man and his relations
with men. We consider today the
fra, mart. From Deut. 5:22. % W.
learn that the words OF these etcrha
principles we're spoken to the who'll
assembly from the midst Of the burn
ins mountain and that they stand
apart from the Mosaic law. II va
God himself who spikc ". ~ to thi'
redeemed people ~. - AitcrNard.
he wrote them with his own finger e..
tablet ut stone. pcut. j:22. This lat
was done away Nth in christ 'Coi
2:l4. ~. ~: . CO. %;7.'ln but ne'"''
thelr4, each on" vi thcs" commands.
excepting ih" fouf,h 10 reiterated ih
the Sow Testament, emphasizing th'
otrruli hScdnrss Dr their printipi
The principle OF a day of rest one di
In seven has not. however. been So
aside. az We shall see hereafter IN
purpose OF the Law IN TO bring To met
the knowledge Of sin aud thcr"b!
lead Thorn To Christ. rom. $50. -.
10. Cal $40. -. John the beloved.
tells us that his commandments ar
not gricvoua." Men who understand
the spirit oG the dccalogu" know tia
every commandment tends To MAKE
better citizens. better parrntn, beii"'
children. IN fact To enable one to i've
satisfactorily with himself ana hi
ncighbors aud his God
Pinnaeies Of Thought.
I. The First Commandment. w. 1.3.
lns,luctlyely one thinks OF two other
pinnacloS OF religious Thought, In tho
beginning God" Gen. III. aud the
hrst two words OF the disciples pray
or. Our Father" Matt. 60. Eternity
alone can furnish IA n measurement
sufficiently great TO enable rs fully 10
comprehend the fulness Of this
thought God tho creator. law givor,
father In the beginning. at this
mountain and IN his son. teaching "
Of his character.
Up TO this time everything had been
done for the Israclitcs Hereafter thcy
must keep the law In order to obtain
iifs. Rob. 1888: Gal, 3;l2. In this
Gospel dispcnsation We obtain life as
an enabling agent whereby TO perform
or to keep the law. Eph 81 $40. The
Christians higher Law In Christ him
self Inasmuch az the righteousness OF
the law Is fulfilled In the Christian
who walks after the spirit. Rom. So
The foundation OF all OF this In to
have no other gods before Tor b.
sidcl mo-" Matt. 4:i0.
n. The Second Commandment, w.
IS. This II negative In that We shall
not attempt any visible represent alton
or likeness OF God and positive In
that We shall not bow down In wor
ship nor serv. any such likeness. Tho
wisdom Of this IL only too evident
when We carefully study the dcgcncr
acy Of all forms Of heather religions
Tn" creation of mans hands Is wor'
SHIPPED In lieu Of the creature sup
posed to be represented God did
sanction images. EX 37:7. 1920:
Kings I:25, The service OF art In tho
matter OF religion II freely acknowl'
edged but nevertheless II Is attended
by grave danger Ms II evidenced by
Roman Catholic observance In many
parts ~ the world True worship must
worship In spirit the God who Is spir'
II. John i:2i. Phil $50 u. V. He mus,
be- supreme IN our hearts and our AZ
rcciIons, The perpctuity of either
blessing or curse for the obseryanc"
4aaI. A..
seem to be rather harsh, Yet we must
consider that postcrity Is the continue
lion OF ones self We do what our
fathers did, Heb, 40, TO- God has
however made merciful provision
whereby We may turn the misery OF
sin into blessing, El, 1872, 10, 20 and
Rom, S;2S, Let US rather emphasl2"
he converse Of this law of hcrediry.
VIZ. that tho blessing II likewise per.
octuatcd, TO n thousand generations
pcut. 80; Ps. lnS:S, Rom. HES, SEQ.
Must Be Sincere.
~. The Third Commandment, v. 2.
Here h demanded absolute sincerity
by all In the use Of the divine namn
and thus forbids all forms OF bias.
| phemy This covers much more than
ordinary vulgar profanity. The Flip,
pant and sacrlegious use of divine
terms and phrases the use. whether
In prayer or praise OF divine names
and expressions which are not part
OF our life experience Is form OF
blasphemy Vain, empty false usage
OF Gods name IL blasphemous. 4
proper reverence towards God is fun.
damental to any true love for God.
w. The Fourth Commandment, w.
all. Attention has been called to the
fact that nowhere does II say the
seventh day Of the week. though that
Is what the lsraelites observed This
Is the Sabbath of Jehovah. While this
was specially designated for the jew,
tDeut, b:l, ~, 15), and not literally
binding upon the Christian (Col. 2:16,