5. We may not steal anyone's confidence; that is, gain a person's trust and then betray it.

6. We rob God when we withhold from Him our "tithes and offerings."

7. Tithe means the tenth part. The tenth part of our income should be devoted to charity or to other service of God.

8. An offering in Hebrew is called "Korban." The word means "a drawing near," "an approach." Any righteous act by which we draw near to God, any sacrifice of self for holy purpose, is an offering or sacrifice in the Bible sense of the word.

9. It is not what we give, nor the value of what we give, it is not what a sacrifice costs us that God regards. It is the motive that impels us which alone is acceptable to God and which alone can bring our sculs near to Him. IO. God knows what we can afford to give and what sacrifice of time, strength or thought we can make for His sake or for our fellow-being.

II. To excuse ourselves from giving or from helping to the fullest extent of our powers, is trying to deceive God. He knows our hearts.

*12. We may not rob ourselves. We rob ourselves of health when we disobey the laws of food, exercise or proper rest. Long life, well lived, is a blessing.

13. We rob ourselves of the respect due to us when we are guilty of wrong-doing.

14. We rob ourselves of true happiness when, by reason of our disobedience, we are not at peace with God.

15. We rob the poor when we do not give in charity what God knows we can afford to give.

16. Stealing a human being and selling him into slavery is a capital crime in our religion.

17. An escaped slave may not be given back to his former owner.

BIBLE QUOTATIONS.

2. Keep thee far from a false matter.-Exod. xxii, 7.

Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. Psalm XV, I-2.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. Psalm xxiv, 3-4.

3. Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.-Levit. xix, II.

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor neither rob him.-Levit. xix, 13.

Thou shalt have a perfect and a just weight; a perfect and a just measure shalt thou have.-Deut. xxv, 15.

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4. He that uttereth a slander is a fool.-Prov. x, 18.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue.-Prov. xviii,

5. And Absalom stole the hearts of the men' of Israel.— II. Sam. xv, 6.

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6. Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee? In tithes and offerings. -Mal. iii, 8.

7. The tenth part shall be holy to the Lord. — Levit, xxvii, 32.

8. Behold to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.-I. Sam. xv, 22.

Deal out thy bread to the hungry, bring the outcast poor to thy house, clothe them that need to be clothed, hide not thyself from thine own flesh.-Isa. lviii, 7.

I am the Lord who exerciseth loving-kindness, judgment and righteousness on earth, for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.-Jerem ix, 24.

9. He who formeth their heart alike, understandeth all their works.-Psalm xxxiii, 15.

The Lord looketh on the heart.-I. Sam. xvi, 7.

I know also, O my God, that Thou triest the heart.-I. Chron. xxix, 17.

IO. I will not offer offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing.-II. Sam. xxiv, 24.

All things come of Thee, and of Thine own do we give Thee.-I. Chron. xxix, 14.

What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits towards me Psalm cxvi, 12.

When ye offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it willingly.-Levit. xxii, 29.

(These punishments will overtake thee) . . . . because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things.-Deut. xxvii, 47.

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II. I, the Lord, search the heart.--Jerem. xvii, 10. Teach us to number our days.-Psalm xc, 12. This shall ye eat. . . . This shall ye not eat not defile yourselves.-Levit. x, 2, 9, 13, 42, 44, etc.

O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days.Psalm cii, 24.

With long life will I satisfy him—Psalm xci, 15.

O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is

the life of my spirit.-Isa. xxxviii, 16.

13. The wrongdoer cometh to shame.-Prov. xiii, 5.

14. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.-Isa. lvii, 21.

15. If there be among you a poor man thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother. -Deut. xv, 7.

But thou shalt open thy hand wide unto him; thou shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he lacketh. -Deut. xv, 8.

Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him. Because for this the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all which thou puttest thine hand unto.-Deut. xv, 10.

Blessed is the man that considereth the poor.—Psalm xli, 1. He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.-Prov. xiv, 21. He that hath pity on the poor lendeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given him will He pay him again.—Prov. xix, 17.

He that giveth to the poor shall not lack, but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a sorrow.-Prov. xxviii, 27.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, but he that honoreth Him is kind to the poor.-Prov. xv, 31.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker, and he that is glad at calumnies shall not be unpunished.—Pròv. xvii, 5. 16. He that stealeth a man and selleth him, and he be found in his hand, he shall surely die.-Exod. xxi, 16.

17. Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant who hath escaped from his master unto thee.-Deut. xxiii, 15.

He shall dwell with thee, even among thee, in the place which he shall choose, in one of thy gates where it liketh him best; thou shalt not oppress him.-Deut. xxiii, 16.

CHAPTER XXIX.

THE NINTH COMMANDMENT.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

I. This commandment commands us to speak the truth about each other at all times.

2. It forbids us to deceive our neighbor, for deception means expressing what is false.

3. It forbids us to make untruthful excuses, excuses which are only partly true, or to exaggerate or to conceal any part of the truth.

4. It commands us to keep our word. Whatever we promise to do, we must do. Otherwise we deceive people by our words, and at the same time bear witness against ourselves; for we prove ourselves untruthful.

5. We also bear false witness against ourselves when we pretend to be what we are not.

*6. We bear false witness against our neighbor when we are guilty of hypocrisy, backbiting, slur, unjust

criticism, unkind or inconsiderate remarks that are undeserved, or silently hear such without protest.

7. We sometimes destroy a person's reputation or steal from him respect due to him or bear false witnesss against him, by a mere sign or gesture, by a shrug or a mockery, and even by keeping silence when his character is assailed.

8. We also bear false witness against our neighbor when, while pretending to joke, we say or intimate something against his character or ability.

9. Those who pull others to pieces in our presence will pull us to pieces in our absence.

II. We bear false witness against ourselves, our neighbor and our God when we refuse help which we can afford to give.

12. Also if we refuse to subscribe to charities or to communal institutions when we do not hesitate to spend money for our own pleasure.

13. And when without sufficient excuse, we stay away from public worship on the days on which God commands us to assemble-Sabbaths, Rosh Hashana or New Year, Kipur or Day of Atonement, Pesach or Passover, Shabuoth or Feast of Weeks and Succoth or Tabernacles.

14. We bear false witness against our religion when we call ourselves Jews of Jewesses while we live unjewish lives or break Jewish Law.

15. We bear false witness against our God when we do not stand up for God and the Right.

BIBLE QUOTATIONS.

1. Speak ye, everyone, the truth to his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates.-Zech, viii, 16. Love ye the truth and the peace.-Zech. viii, 19..

2. The vile person speaketh what is vile, his heart contrives iniquity, to practise hypocrisy.-Isa. xxxii, 6.

I hate every false way.-Psalm cxix, 104.

The Lord hateth a false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.-Prov. vi, 6, 19.