Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-15

eon -foed thinei tel you, the devil =
go affatd ef sofne of Fou wo4Hen he
wouldn't get within - feet Of you Yes.
and some Of y0u old hs-gossipers that can
LOST IN livery stable o. a booze foint and
fip peoples fepntaffofi 60 a siifeSf atid you
don't stop TO find out whether II is true
OF not Thou shalt not bear false Wit
ness Quit lying about people.
Thou shalt not covet thy neiBhbors
house, nor his man servant, nor his maid
servant, nor hfs ass nor his OK. nor any
thing that is thy neighbors That means
his automobile. They didn't have them
then or Moses would have put one In,
Nor his rubber-tired carriage They
didn't have those, either Nor his steam
yacht nor hts private car. Thou shalt
not covet.' The law OF God covers tho.
desire and the overt act. The law Of God
said: Thou shalt not covet' That Is
the desire Thou shalt not steal That
IL the overt act. Don't you see how God
tried TO guard you from both horns of
the dilemma? We covet and WI take
Thou shalt not covet' That Is the de-
sire Thou shalt not stealr That is Tho,
act. putting covetousness into practice
God wants 20 help you and God goes A.
u bath ways Thou shalt not coYett for
IL you do you will steal. Thou shalt not
oovet thy neighbors house You have
some beautiful homes i'm Philadelphia.
have walked and driven oyer the hills and
through the valleys and looked at your
beautiful homes
MY IDEAL OF the closing life would be
tD.Eet n nice farm. near some good. tenn
perence. sabbath observing community
where God Is known and loved, and there
live and die-on farm. never could
understand why, when a farmer gets a
home paid for. he wants to rent it and
move into town. I would fix her up and
stay there. [ want to live and die out
IN the country. on farm don't like
the city
II LIKES COUNTRY BEST.
j''No. don't like the town. / want to
live in the country. Thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's house, nor his man SER
want nor his maid servant, so If your
neighbor has girl that is a good cook,
don't gO nosing around and ask how
much they pay her a week and then offer
her 25 or 80 cents more TO get her II
your friend has a good, nice delivery boy
who doesn't boone or smoke cigarettes
don't go noslng around and offer hirs
more money. Thou shalt not covet thy
neighboFs house nor his man servant,
nor his maid servant, nor his OK, nor his
ass, nor anything that Is they neighbor's.'
Many a man would like to have his
wife. You let her alone. Keep
yeur eyes for your own. Keep your love
W. NNui pNb' luOu .SHdlL NOT cOVel.
See how you go up against the word of
God? Get i'm now, 7 have Just been trying
to show you the standard that God gives
to everybody. Come on now Not by
public opinion. not by your own estima-
ton OF yourself, not by what people think
Of YOU in the lodge.
What does God say? Stand up and let
God measure you and see how far short
you come OF beiBg what Gods require
ments are. Thou shalt not covet' Well,
you say. what are we going to do?
VIII tell YOU Nineteen hundred years
ago, In manger. Jesus Christ was born
He kept that law that we have broken
and they put Him on the tree, and God |
says: Accept of Him as your Saviour |
and l will put IL down to your credit
Have you kept the law? If you have |
broken every commandment in that Book |
and accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour, |
God will forgive you. He has promised |
10 do II.