THE LAW ON LYING.

Children, do you ever tell a falsehood? God hates:
lying lips, for the Bible tells us so. It is one of his great.
commandments, that we should not bear false witness.

This man you see being carried out, is dead. How
came he to die? He did not tell the truth, which greatly
displeased the Lord, and God caused him to die. This is.
the way it happened.

_In the days of Jesus and his disciples the followers.
of Christ sold their possessions, and put the money to-
gether in a common fund, to be used for the poor and to.
meet their own needs. A man by the name of Ananias,
and Sapphira his wife, who pretended to be the followers
of Jesus, wanted to do just as others had done, or have it.
_ seem so to the people.

. So they sold their land, but thought rhe could keep.
back part of the money, and no one would know it. They
had forgotten that God can see in the dark.

The Holy Spirit had told Peter what they had done ;
so when Ananias came in to report, Peter asked him why
Satan had filled his heart to tell a lie, and to keep back.
part of the price of the land. When Ananias heard this,