GOD GIVING THE LAW TO
MOSES.

This is Mount Sinai, where God gave the command-
ments to Moses for the people. The mountain seems to
be on fire. The lightnings are flashing wildly, and the
deafening thunder is heard up and down the mountain
side. God is on the mountain, and wishes to impress his
people with his majesty and power. He called Moses up
into the mountain with him, but told the people not to
come near; if they did, they would be destroyed.

You remember we have learned how God, with a
mighty hand, brought his people out of bondage, and
gave them bread and water in the wilderness, as they jour-
neyed. They had not travelled long before they came to
this mountain, where God revealed his glory. It wasa
wonderful sight which his people would never forget.

Moses went up into the cloud, and stayed a long time
in the mountain with God, even forty days. Here God
~ gave him his laws concerning the people, just what he
wanted them to do, that they should worship him, love one
another, keep the Sabbath holy, and if they sinned, what ©
they must do to be forgiven. While Moses was on the