FOR THE CHRISTIANS.

21. FOR THE CHRISTIANS.

And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,

or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth;

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them, that love me, and keep my commandments.

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless.

that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;

10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

nor

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15 Thou shalt not steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.

The Ten Commandments.

"BIBLE-EXODUS 20."

The man in life where'er plac'd,
Hath happiness in store,

Who walks not in the wicked's way,
Nor learns their guilty lore!
Nor from the seat of scornful pride

Casts forth his eyes abroad,

But with humility and awe

Still walks before his God.

That man shall flourish like the trees
Which by the streamlets grow;
The fruitful top is spread on high,
And firm the root below.

But he, whose blossom buds in guilt
Shall to the ground be cast,
And like the rootless stubble tos'd,
Before the sweeping blast.

For why? that God the good adore
Hath giv'n them peace and rest,
But hath decreed that wicked men
Shall ne'er be truly blest.

"BIBLE-THE FIRST PSALM" BY R. BURNS.

Thy gracious ear, O Lord, incline,
O hear me, I thee pray;
For I am poor, and almost pine
With need, and sad decay.
Preserve my soul; for I have trod
Thy ways, and love the just:
Save thou thy servant, O my God,
Who still in thee doth trust.
Pity me, Lord, for daily thee
I call; oh make rejoice

Thy servant's soul; for, Lord, to thee
I lift my soul and voice.

For thou art good; thou, Lord, art prone
To pardon, thou to all

Art full of mercy, thou alone,

To them that on thee call.

the cry

Unto my supplication, Lord,
Give ear, and to
Of my incessant prayers afford
Thy hearing graciously.

I, in the day of my distress,
Will call on thee for aid;

For thou will grant me free access,
And answer what I pray'd.

Like thee among the Gods is none,
Oh Lord; nor any works,

Of all that other gods have done,
Like to thy glorious works.

The nations all whom thou hast made
Shall come, and all shall frame
To bow them low before thee, Lord,
And glorify thy name.

For great thou art, and wonders great
By thy strong hand are done;