6 THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS.

lands, to teach poor idolators to | therefore we must not idly look
love Him too. | about, nor think of worldly things.
The Second Commandment says, | And when we kneel down to pray,
“Thou shalt not make any graven | we must remember that we are speak-
images; thou shalt not bow down to | ing to God, to the holy God, who
them,nor worship them.” Itis wrong | will not hear us if we do not pray
to try to make any likeness or picture | with our hearts. And on God’s
of God; He is too holy, too won-| day, we must not do our own pleas-
derful for us; we cannot tell what | ure, nor business; but give our
He is; He is not like man; He isa} time to God, and pray to Him, and
spirit, and when we worship Him, | read His word, because all is holy
we must worship Him in spirit, and | that belongs to God.
remember what a great and holy The Fourth Commandment says,
God He is. The Roman Catholics | “Remember the Sabbath day to
disobey the second commandment, | keep it holy.” When God had made
when they bow to pictures, and | all things, He rested on the seventh
images, and crucifixes. We must | day, and blessed it, and made it
pray God to pity these poor people, | holy, and commanded us to keep it
and to teach them, by His holy | holy. No work must be done on
Spirit, to worship Him in the right | the Sabbath; all must be finished
way. the day before. The Israelites were
The Third Commandment says, | commanded not to go out and look
“Thou shalt not take the name of | for manna on the Sabbath morning,
the Lord thy God in vain.” To} and God sent none on that day.
take God’s name in vain, is to dis- | But Sunday ought to be a very
honor Him, and not to respect His | happy day to us, because holy things
word, and His house, and His day. | are much better and pleasanter than
We must be serious and thoughtful | the things of the world; and the
when we read the Bible; it is God’s | Bible is better than any other book.
book, and we ought to honor and | It is pleasant to go to church, where
love it very much. And when we | the Bible is read and preached, and
go to church, we must remember it ; where all God’s people love to praise
is God’s house, a holy place, and | and pray to Him together.