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1 REJECTION OF
KING SAUL
“But did not the peor'o talk of 1 fir.
spoil to make offering to the Lord,
and surely the bringing of Agag back !
was but the rightful trophy of a con-
queror," exclaimed another cf the
group.
Collieries Under the Sea.
At Cape Breton there are immense
colleries being worked under the
ocean. Those submarine mines cover
a thousand acres, and are being in-
creased steadily. The mines are en-
STORY BY THE “HIGHWAY
AND BYWAY” PREACHER
(Copyright, 1907. by the Author, W. 8. £d«on.)
Scripture Authority:—1. Sam., chap-
ter 13.
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A SERMONETTE.
X There is peril in desiring
<> what God has told us utterly to
9 destroy. •
6 Saul's war orders were to de-
A stroy utterly the Amalekites
O and all they had, but in the pre-
eumption and pride of hie will-
y ful heart he modified these or-
O dera to meet the desire of him-
2 self and the people with him.
5 Th victorious kings of the na-
V t'ons about brought back their
6 cautives of war as token of their
£ vaior, and why should not he?
O They took of the spoil of the
enemy and made votive offer-
ings to their gods; why should
not he?
Why should not he? Be-
cause God’s orders were plain
and explicit, and to disobey
was soul madness.
“The soul that doeth aught
presumptuously (or, with an
high hand, as the margin has
it), the same reproacheth the
Lord; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his peo-
ple.”
David cried, having in mind
perhaps the shipwreck which
Saul had made of his life, “Keep
back thy servant also from pre-
sumptuous sins, let them not
have dominion over me.”
There is a tendency to-day,
and a fatal one, too, of qualify-
ing God’s Word to the level of
human standards. It is no long-
er, “thus saith the Lord,” and I
must needs obey, nay, I dare not
disobey. It is a getting away
from the spirit and the letter
of the law and the perform-
ance of such portion of the Di-
vine Word as is convenient and
consistent with the other de-
minds of the life and heart.
Peter, in the tenth verse of
the second chapter of his sec-
ond epistle draws the picture
of the presumptuous man of
the Saul stripe. He says he
walks “after the flesh in the
lust of uncleanliness, and de-
spises government” other than
that of hia own self will.
“I have performed the com-
mandment of the Lord.”—“I
have sinned.” It is hard to rec-
oncile these two statements of
Saul. In the blindness of his
willful heart he will not tee
his wrong-doing. He belongs to
that class who “having eyes
sees not, and having ears, hear
not.” The unrepentant sinner
ever seeks to justify himself.
But as Samuel presses home
hia accusation, and uncovers the
enormity of his sin by throwing
the bright light of God’s word
upon it Saul hears and trem-
bles, afid falteringly admits: “I
have sinned.” It is a confession
of guilt which brings with it no
sense of repentance. It is that
confession of guilt which comes
from a dawning sense of losa of
human friendship and material
gain. It was not so much a
concern with Saul as to how he
stood in the sight of God as
it was how he stood with the
prophet Samuel. His cry is
not one of forgiveness, but
“honor me now I pray thee, be-
fore the elders of my people,
and before Israel, and turn
again with me, that I may wor-
ship the Lord.”
Let us be watchful that we
fall not into presumptuous sin,
and let ua not be blind to sin
of heart and life, but let us free-
ly “confess our sin, for he is
faithful and Just to forgjve ur.
our sin and cleanse from all
unrighteousness.”
OOOOOOOOOOOOC-OCKXKWOOCOOOO
THE 8TORY.
PAUL, the king of Israel, returned to
3 his home atOlbeah not like a con-
quering hero, but as one who has
met some great rebuff and disap-
pointment. In sullen silence he re-
ceived the praise of the people as they
shouted the triumphs of the battle
with the Amalekites and retold to one
another how the enemy had been ut-
terly overthrown, King Agag taken
and the best of the spoil carried back
for offering to their God. In fact,
Huch was the depression of the king,
that the people asked one another:
"What alleth Saul? Hath he net
won a great victory for the Lord?"
And while the king sought the seclu-
slon of his own house, denying himself
to even his closest friends, the peo-
ple discussed the situation.
"They do Bay,” said one of a group,
"that Samuel, the prophet, hath re-
buked him.”
"Yes* responded another, with an
air of superior knowledge, "one who
was present at Qllgal when Samuel
came there to And the king told me
that the prophet was offended with
Saul because he took King Agag alive
and because the soldiers took of the
spoil. It seems that Snnmel hud
given command that the Amalekites
were to he utterly destroyed, togeth-
er with their goods."
‘ But Samuel did not think so, evi-
dently, for in great anger he slew
Agag. and would takt no cart in the
offerings which King Saul had caused
to be made to the Lord.
Various exclamations followed this
piece cf news, and the speaker went
on to say:
“In fact, Samuel hath returned to
his abode at Ramah in high dudgeon
refusing to hold converse with any
upon the way, and it Is said by those
who have reason to know that since
his return home the prophet hath
ceased not to mourn day nor night
over this matter."
"Well, well, to what a pass we have
come," exclaimed one of the group
who up to this time had remained si
lent and who was known as a close
friend of the king. "Our king de
spulrs because of the rebuke of the
prophet.”
“Thou wouldst not speak lightly ol
the word of the prophet Samuel,'
came a reproving voice from the. fat
side of the group, followed by several
approving nods and exclamations.
"Nay,” quickly responded the other
"far be It from me so to do, but should
we not seek to cheer our king In the
hour of his trouble? Surely he hath
wrought valiantly for his people in
the utter destruction of the Amale
kites."
There was instant response to this
suggestion and steps were at once
taken to bring an offering to tlie king
and to assure him of their continued
loyalty.
Thus It was that a fow days later
a deputation of the people of Gibeab
came to Sanl who received them gra
clousiy and seemed greatly refreshed
by their kindly words and by their
gifts, but the sting and smart of Sam-
uel's words still remained, and after
they had gone he lapsed into his sul-
len demeanor.
One day Saul confided to one of his
friends that he was troubled because
Samuel came not to see him.
“What will the nation think if the
prophet come no more to see me as
formerly?” asked Saul with troubled
look.
"Why do you not send an earnest
entreaty to hinr that he come?" ques-
tioned his friend.
“But how dare I when no word has
come to me from him since he turned
from mo in anger there at Gllgal?"
"Let me go, and I will entreat for
thee,” responded his friend, earn-
estly.
“Go, then, and may thy way be
prospered.”
A week later Saul was sitting alone
In his dwelling. The messenger to
the prophet had not yet returned,
for the prophet had refused to re-
ceive him or to send any word back
to Saul. Anxiously day after day Saul
had watched and waited, in the seclu-
sion of Ytis home.
“It Is small matter to make such ado
over,” he muttered to himself.
"What is that you say, father?"
spoko up his son Jonathan, who at
that moment entered the room. He
had felt the dejection of his father,
and had sought by every means in
his power to cheer him. He did not
have a clear understanding of his fa-
ther's trouble, not having been at
Gllgal at the time of the meeting
with the prophet and the common
talk throughout the kingdom did not
reach his ears for the reason that the
people feared to talk freely with him
on account of his father. And, fur-
thermore, hts father did not show any
desire to enlighten him, and hence
ho was much puzzled, and scarcely
knew how to approach his father.
However, he had lingered near him,
with unxlous, loving solicitude, and
when he had heard his father speak-
ing he had entered the room and
now stood at his father's side waiting
for him to reply.
"I said,” responded ills father, pcei
lantly rising and shaking his great
form as though ho was casting from
him some Irksome burden and would
have no more of It, "I said, it is a
small matter to muke^ such ado over,"
and then moved by some strange Im-
pulse, he told the whole story to Ills
son, ending by repeating the words
which ho had spoken at the begin
ning, only putting them in the form
of a question:
“Do you not think It a small mattoi
to make so much ado over?”
A troubled, pained look crept ovei
the noble features of the handsome
youth, and It was plain to see (lint he
hesitated to speak what was in his
heart.
"Well, boy, speak," savagely cried
the father, suddenly losing control ol
himself, as though some evil spirit had
seized him.
Jonathan was startled by the sud-
den outburst, but recovering himself,
ho turned appealingly to ids father,
saying:
"But, father, Is it a smull mattei
to disobey God? Surely, If thou wilt
repent, the Lord will forgive."
"Repent! F.-pont!! Repent!!!"
shouted the now fairly enraged man
with rising voice. "What havo I tn
repent of? Havo not I faced dunget
und death In battle doing the com
mnnd of the Lord? Did 1 in saving
Agag and in taking tho spoil do more
than Is the right of a king und a con
queror? Get thee from my sight, foi
thou hast ulso entered Into league
against thy father. I caro not that
the prophet comes not to bqo me. Is
not Saul king of Israel?" And from
that day Saul was a changed man, and
an evil spirit took possession of him.
Chiefly thh mold of a mun's for-
tun., is in his own hands—Bacon.
iered at the shore, and the operators
follow tho vein beneath the water for
more than a mile. It might be ex-
pected that the weight of the water
would force Its way Into the mine.
The bed of the ocean ts as tight as
a cement cistern. A sort of fireclay
lines the submarine roof of the mine,
I and the sediment above is held In
place and packed down by thp water
pressure until there is not a crevice
nor a drop of water front overhead.
LIFE INSURANCE A SACKED
TRUST.
Responsibilities of Officers and Di-
rectors.
Evidently President Kingsley of tho
New York Life Insurance company
has learned the great lesson of the
times with respect to tho responsibil-
ity and duty of directors of corpora-
tions. Speaking to tho new hoard of
trustees, on the occasion of his elec-
tion to tho presidency, lie emphasized
the fact that "life insurance is more
than a private business, that life in-
surance trustees are public servants,
charged at once with the obligations
of public service and with the respon-
sibilities that attach to a going busi-
ness which at the same time must be
administered as a trust.”
He also realizes that similar respon-
sibilities rest upon the officers of the
company. “I understand," lie says,
“your anxiety in selecting the men
who are day by day to carry this bur
den for you, who are to discharge this
trust In your behalf, who are to ad
minister for the benefit of the people
Involved the multitudinous and exact-
ing details to which it Is impossible
for you to give personal attention. My
long connection with the New York
Life—covering nearly twenty years—
my service In about every branch of
the company’s working organization,
gives me, as I believe, a profound ap-
preciation, not merely of the heavy
burden you have placed on my shoul-
ders, but of the standards of efficiency,
the standards of faith, the standards
of integrity, which must be main-
tained at all times by tho man who
serves you and the policyholders in
this high office."
Best of all. perhaps, he feels that
words are cheap, and that the public
will be satisfied with nothing rhort of
performance. “My thanks, therefore,”
he continues, "for an honor which out-
ranks any distinction within the reach
of my ambition, cannot be expressed
In words: they must be read out of
the record I make day by day.”
MADE A NEW FASHION.
Good Joke Played in Old Days on
Would-Be Fashionable.
Old Camden, In his “Remains,” tells
a good story of a trick played by a
knight upon a would-be fashionable
shoemaker. Sir Philip Calthrop
purged John Drakes, the shoemaker
of Norwich In the time of King Henry
VIII., of the proud humor which our
people have to be of the gentlemen's
cut. This knight bought as much fine
French tawny cloth as should make
him a gown, and sent it to the tailor’s
to be made. John Drakes, a shoe-
maker, coming to this tailor's and see-
ing the knight's gown cloth lying
there, bid the tailor buy cloth of the
same price and pattern and make it
of the same fashion as the knight's.
Not long after the knight, coming tn
to the tailor to be measured for his
gown, and perceiving the like cloth
lying there, asked whoBe It was'.
"John Drakes', the shoemaker, who
will have It made of the self-same
fashion that yours is made of.” "Then
make mine as full of cuts as the
shears will make it!” John Drakes
had no time to go for his gown till
Christmas day, when he meant to
wear It. Perceiving the same to be
full of cuts, he began to swear at the
tailor. "I have done naught but what
you Did me,” quoth the tailor, "for
as Sir Philip Calthrop's garment is,
even so have I made yours." “By my
latehet!” quoth John Drakes, "I will
never wear gentlemen’s fashiona
again!”—London T. P.'s Weekly.
COULDN’T KEEP IT.
Kept It Hid from the Children.
“We cannot keep Giape-Nuts food In
the house. It goes so fast I have to
hide It, because the children love It so.
It Is just the food I have been looking
for ever so long; something thai. I do
not have to stop to prepare and still Is
nourishing."
Grape-Nuts Is the most scientifically
made food on the market. It is per-
fectly and completely cooked at the
factory and cun be served at an In-
stant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk If a hot dish
1s desired. When milk or water Is
used, a little sugar should be added,
but when cold cream Is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can bo
seen glistening on the granules, In suf-
ficiently sweet to sutlsfy the pulate.
This grape-sugar Is not poured over
the granules, as some people think,
but exudes from tho granules In tho
process of manufacture, when the
starch of tho grains Is changed from
starch to grupe-sugar by tho process
of manufacture. This, In effect, Is tho
first act of digestion; therefore, Orupo-
Nuts food Is pro-digested and b most
perfectly assimilated by the very
weakest stomach. "There’s a Rcu-
son."
Mado at tho puro food factories of
the Postum Co., Buttle Creek, Mich.
Ileud thn little health classic, "The
Hoad to Wollvllle," In pkgu.
God Feeds Israel in
the Wilderness
Sunday School Lesson lor July 7,1907
Specially Prepared for This Paper
LKSSON TEXT.—Exodus 10:1-15. Mem-
ory verse, 4.
GOLDEN TEXT.—"I am tlie living
bread which came down from heaven." —
John 6:51.
Time.—According to the common chro-
nology tile crossing of the Hod Sea was
about tlie first of April, B. C. 1491. Pro-
fessor Beecher regards this early date aa
probably the correct one, “near tlie be-
ginning of tho fifteenth century, B. C."
Many 8cholars regard the date as about
1300 B. C., and some as late as 1200 B. C.
Thero is great uncertainty as to tho ex-
aot time. Tills lesson belongs about a
month after the last regular lessen.
PLACE.—The northern part of the Wil-
derness of Sin, a long plain bordering tlie
Gulf of Suez on tlie east.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Six hundred thousand men, besides
children and a mixed multitude, hail
escaped from Egypt and Its slavery,
crossed the Red sea, atid were now be-
ginning their journey to Palestine. It
tool; them 90 years, although It could
as easily have been accomplished in
40 weeks.
Three routes were possible (1) The
Phlllbtla road, the northern road,
around the Mediterranean. This they
avoided, because It would lead them
through the warlike tribe of Palestine.
(2) The "Way of Shur," directly east.
They rejected this, because It trav-
ersed the worst of the desert. (3)
Therefore they were guided to take
the lower road running southeasterly
along tho eastern shore of the Red
sea.
V. 3. “Would to God wo had died
... in the land of Egypt,” like the first
born of the Egyptians. The contrast
as to fertility between the wilderness
and Egypt was very great. But they
forgot their sufferings from slavery
there, and the wonderful deliverances
from God. They did not appreciate
their freedom, their spiritual training
and privileges, and all that would lead
to a higher life.
Note (1) that they might have been
Bure that God would provide them
wltl food. Would he have done such
wonders on the field of Zoan and at
the Red sea, if he meant them to die
In the wilderness? They only needed
to look up to God and on what he had
done to strengthen their faith. They
were like Christian in Doubting Cas-
tle, who forgot that he had in his
bosom the key of deliverance.
"A friend of mine was once wander-
ing in a thick fog. He could not see
a 3tep behind or before, and his soul
was filled with gloomy thoughts. Of
a sudden he looked upward, and lo!
the sky was visible, full of stars. He
was walking through a thick fog that
reached only a few feet above his
head. So In all our troubles; we have
only to look up, and we can see God’s
kindness through them.”—Amos R.
Wells.
Note (2) God was only waiting till
they had learned their lesson of faith.
They put material comfort before spir-
itual life. God's way was to have
them seek first the character which
would prepare them for their Promised
Land
V. 12. "At. even ye shall eat flesh,
the flesh of (v. 13) quails which came
up" from the Arabian gulf of the Red
sea, “across which they fly In the
spring in great numbers, and are
often so fatigued nfter their passage,
and fly so low, as to become an easy
prey wherever they alight."—Bush. "I
have myself found the ground In Al-
geria, In the month of April, covered
with quails for an extent of many
acres at daybreak, where on the pre-
ceding afternoon there had not been
one.”—Tristram. "The quails, as ap-
pears by the subsequent narrative,
were supplied, not regularly, but only
on rare occasions; in fact (so far as
appears), only here In the wilderness
of Sin, and at Kibroth-Hattaavah, In
the wilderness of Paran (Num. 11:31-
34).
The gift of the quails came through
natural means, like most of their food
and ours. All our dally food is the gift
of God, however much we may work
for It ourselves. It forever points us
to God and claims our thanks.
This kind of miracle, we believe, our
Father Is constantly working for his
children. God has made nature like
a vast machine, and gone away and
left It. He lives In. all his works—
the sun, rain, wind, tlw very birds of
the air, and continually uses nature
to bless those who honor him.
V. 15. "They said one to another,
What Is It?” R. V. "Manna is said
to owe its name to this question, 'Man
hu?' ‘What Is it?”'—Prof. McAlister,
In Hastings’ Bible Dictionary.
What waH the manna? It was (v.
31) "like coriander seed, white; and
the taste of It was like wafers made
with honey." “The taste of It (Num.
11:8) was as the taste of fresh oil,” It
was ground In mills, beaten in mor-
tars, seethed In pots, and used to make
cakes. It fell with, the dew. In Psa.
78:24,25 It Is called "the corn of
heaven,” “the bread of the mighty,”
and It sustained the Israelites through
much toll, but it did nut pamper their
senses.
Symbol of the True Breed of Heaven.
It Is Impossible now to read thlH
narrative without connecting It with
the Saviour’s discourse to the JewB
(John 6:27-58), and we should make
tho same use of It In teaching our
scholars ttat Jesus did In teaching the
Jews. We all are In the wilderness.
Wc all need bread from heaven. Our
souls all have hunger and thirst. No
one truly lives whose body feeds but
wt ose soul sturvee. And Johur is the
true Bread from heaven. Tills marina
was designed, like the blazing serpent
to prefigure uud prophesy the coming
of the Christ.
PRIVILEGES OF A GENTLEMAN.
Youngster Probably Will Change idegs
in Cource of Time.
There 13 a small boy in this town,
says the Baltimore American, the
son cf a rather distinguished lawyer,
who has decided opinions on what
constitutes true aristocracy. One day
recently a friend called upon his
mother, and, while waiting for the
hostess, was entertained by the small
boy.
"What are you going to do when
you grow up?" was the stereotyped
question she propounded In the effort
to start the conversation.
"Oh. 1 am going to smoke.”
"Yes?”
"And chew."
"Oh!"
"And garotde.”
"Indeed!"
“And swear."
"Really!"
“'And drink corn whisky.’’
“And why uro you going to do such
things?" asked the visitor aghast.
“Oh, all southern gentlemen do
them."__
THERE 18 A REASON.
The Medical Timet Explains Why
Doctors Oppose Patent Medicines.
The Medical Times for April In a
moment of frankness explains the
whole opposition of physlctnns to "pat-
ent" medicines which are taken with-
out 11 proscription, In the following
words:
"We will hardly repeat here the
specific statement to the effect that
in one year $62,000,000 has been ex-
pended on patent medicines in the
United States. Enough to give every
practitioner in tho country a yearly
inconio of $2,000. In the face of such
facts as these, all talk of love of hu-
luaulty, altruism, self-abnegation and
the like becomes chcau and nauseat-
ing. It appears to us that such bun-
combe should give place to homely
common sense.”
Reliable authority states that tho
gross amount of the "patent” medi-
cine business is about $40,000,000 In-
stead of $62,000,000 but taking the
Medical Times' figures as correct they
represent an outlay of considerably
lesB than $1 per capita for home medi-
cation. The cost of doctors’ fees ex-
clusive of medicines except such as
are dispensed for the same period,
probably was approximately $230,000,-
000. This Is reached by allowing an
average income of $2,000 to each of
the 115,000 pliysiciuns in the United
States. Even allowing that a gross
business of $62,000,000 is to be divid-
ed between 115,<T00 physicians the In-
come of each would not be Increased
more than $540.
REHEARSAL IN A CAR.
Professional Entertainer W11 Almost
Too Successful.
“’rhe other night, coming home In
tho car,” said the professional enter-
tainer, "I began to wonder If I could
bring tears to my own eyes as I do
to the eyes of the other people. 1
tried. I thought of ull the wrongs I
had committed, and felt sorry for peo-
ple I had wronged. I thought of all
the mistakes I hud made that other
people had profited by and pretty soon
the tears began to gather In my eyes
and roll down my cheeks.
"I forgot there were other people
In tho car who might notice me. Soon
a woman got up from across the car
and came to me.
“ ‘I see, sir,’ said she, ‘that you aro
in some trouble. Can 1 do anything to
help you?’
“ 'Lord bless you, no, madam,' I told
her, hastily wiping away my tears, 'I
am a professional entertainer and was
practicing on myself. That's all.’ ”
The Royal Road.
Struggling Author—Why, De Poesy*
how prosperous you look! Was your
last book of poems a success?
De Posey—No-o, can't say that It
was.
"Published a popular novel, per-
haps?”
"No.”
"Ah, then you have written a play.
I have always held that play writing,
while not the highest form of art, was
nevertheless—”
“I have written no play."
"You haven’t? Where did these Ann
clothes come from? How did you pay
for that handsome turnout?”
"I have abandoned literature and
am peddling clams.”—N. Y. Weekly.
One Point of View.
It was the desire of a teacher In a
negro school to impress upon the
minds of the youths the benefits de-
rived nt Tuskegee and other seats of
learning for the ambitious negro. One
day, In closing a brilliant discourse on
this subject, In which Booker T. Wash-
ington was set forth as a criterion,
she sHid to one little boy who had evi-
dently heard not a w;»-d of her talk:
"Now 'Kostus, give the name of the
greatest negro?"
Tho answer wns surprisingly forth-
coming—"Joe Oans!”
The Psychological Moment.
The fact that Priam was closeted
with tho adjuster did not prevent Cas-
sandra from dropping in to say that
she had told him just how It would be.
“She was all 1 saved," murmured
the burnt-out monarch, Jerking his
thumb at the retiring prophetess.
“Say no more," rejoined tho other.
"We’ll cal! the loss total, and If 1 could
muke It any more than that, old mnn,
I’d do it, under the circumstance*."
This incident shows the value of a
word spoken ut the right time.—Puck.
If a nmn ts Inoompotnnt he usually
charges It to bud luck.
THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS-
DUTIES TOWARD GOD
Sunday S chool Lesson lor July 14,1907
Specially Prepared for This Paper
WESSON TEXT.—Exodus 20:1-11. Mem-
ory verHt»R, 1-11.
GOLDEN TEXT.—“Thou ahalt love
the Lord, thy God, with ull thine heart,
and all thy coul, and with all thy might."
— Deut. 6:5.
TIME.—Fifty days after leaving Egypt
(Ex. 10:1, 15). The day of Pentecost, the
feust of tlrst fruits. Some time in May.
1401 B. C. or perhaps 1300.
PLACE.—In the plain at the base of Mt.
Sinai in the southern part of the Sinai-
tir peninsula between tlie two northern
arms of the Ked Sea.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES.—The Ta-
bles of Stone: Ex. 24:12; 31:18; 32:15-13;
34:1; Dent. 4:13; 3:3-11; 10:1-5; 1 Kingj 8:3;
Heb. 3:4. Read I’salms 19, 113.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Mt. Sinai and Ita Surroundings.—
Tho exact mountain is uncertain, but
Hastings' Bible Dictionary inclines to
tho traditional Jebol Mousa, "Moun-
tain of Moses," 7,363 feet above the
sou, In the wild, mountainous region
of the glorious range of granite moun-
tains of which Sinai Is the nucleus.
At its northwestern base stretches
Kr-Rahah, "the wllclornesB of Sinai,"
the only plain in the neighborhood
capable of holding 2,030,000 persons,
allowing a square yard for each. The
camp Itself (Palmer) was doubtless
more extensive, occupying the neigh-
borin'? glens and mountainsides, wher-
over there was sufficient fertility for
the cattle. Fronting the plain Is a
lofty and precipitous bluff, Ras-Sufsa-
fell, whence, probably, the law was
proclaimed.
The Commandment* Art Divine
Laws.—V. 1. "And God spake all
these words," in three ways: (1) by
Ills voice; (2) by writing them on the
tablets of stone; and (3) he has writ-
ten them on the very nature of man.
We r.re not to Imagine that nothing
of these commands was known before
Moses. They were written on the
hearts and consciences of men from
the beginning. We see them in the
early history. They are a lesson for
all mankind.
V. 3. “Thou shalt have no other
gods before me.” “Side by side with
me," "in addition to me,” "in my pres-
ence," and therefore "In preference to
me.”
Vs. 4-6. This forbids making any
representation of God as a means of
worshiping him.
The FlrBt Reason Is that all images
misrepresent God. They are not like
God. They do not represent God as
pictures of a friend ; Jp.r; sent him to
The Second Reason. V. 5. "I . . .
am a jealous Goc,* 1. e., not willing
that any other should be regarded aa
his equal, or take his place in the af-
fections and worship of h!s people;^
because no other can tako his place;"
no other can love as he loves, or help
as he helps. Every Idol god is not
only useless, but leads to Immortality.
The Third Reason— “Visiting the
iniquity of the father* upon the chll- •
dren.” The visitation here spoken of
enn hardly be any other than that
which Wc are accustomed to witness
In the common experience of life (Ex.
34:7; Jer. 32:18). It Is a statement
f th
V.
scientific doctrine of heredity.
‘Thou shalt not take the name
of the Lord thy God tn vain," 1. e.,
lightly, carelessly, thoughtlessly, In-
sincerely.
1. This forbids professing to be
God's people. In covenant relations
with him, and then acting In a man-
ner that dishonors God and misrepre-
sents him before t>e world. It dis-
graces religion, and drives men from
God.
2. it forbids perjury. "False
swearing is among the greatest in-
sults that man can offer to God, and,
as being such, Is naturally forbidden
In the first table, which teaches us our
duty to God. It Is also destructive of
civil society; and hence It Is again
forbidden In the second table (v. 16),
which defines our duties to our neigh-
bor."—Elllcott.
3 But It does not forbid what is
called taking an oath In court; for
that Is a simple affirmation in the sol-
emn presence of God to tell the truth,
ending with a prayer for help to do
It. The way these oaths are some-
times administered borders very close-
ly on the breaking of this command.
4. It forbids all profanity, the care-
less, Irreverent use of God's name and
of holy things, because it tends to de-
stroy tbe power of these things over
men.
5. It enforces Christ's Interpreta-
tion that all efforts to support our as-
sertions of a fact beyond the simple
“yes" or “no" repeated cometh of
evil. It weakens the assertion Itself.
6. All thoughtless worship comes
under the ban of this commandment.
V. 8. "Remember the Sabbath day."
Remefnber Implies that the Sabbath
already existed. "To keep It holy."
Possibly we talk too much about what
not to do on the Sabbath. Here ts the
great thing to do; worship; keep the
day sacred for religious duties and
inspiration, the culture of the soul of
yourBelf and of others.
Tha Covenant of Lovo.
“In the Old Testament there are
four covenants; that with Noah, of
which the rainbow was the sign, prom-
ising safety from destruction to all
mankind; that with Abraham, of
which circumcision wus the sign;
thnt with Israel as a nation, of which
the sign was the Passover; and that
of which the Sabbath was the sign
for ull mankind. The record of the
Mosaic Law Is called 'the book of the
covenant* (Ex. 24:7). But the main
covenants between God and man are
two—tho Moaulc and the Christian,
ihe Law und the Gospel."—Farrar.
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