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I# 4d -if - '3 •« -C--O--y»~<- ■e>.5>-5M9-i£v-e- LESSON X GOD REQUIRES SOCIAL JUSTICE Leviticus 19; T18, 32-37. Printed Text: Leviticus 19: 0-18, 32-37. Golden Text--As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise--Luke 6: 31. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time--B.C. 1497. Place -- Undoubtedly these words were uttered by the Lord to Moses from the tabernacle of the congregation congregation located not far away from Mount Sinai, where the Israelites were encamped encamped (see Lev. 1: 1), "And when ye: reap, the harvest of your land, thou si) alt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shall thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest." harvest." "And thou shalt not glean thy Vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God." There is no book in all the world which so tenderly, and justly, and helpfully considers the condition of the poor as do both the Old and New Testaments (see also Deut. .15: 4-11; 24: 12-15; Ps. 41; : i; 72: 13; 82; 3, 4; Prov. 28: 3, '8 , 11, 15; Isa. 11: 4; Matt. 11: 5; Luke 14: 13; 18: 22). "Ye shall not. steal." (Bee Ex. 20: 15; 21 : 16; 22: 1; Deut. 5, 19 ; 24 : 7; Prov. 30: 9; Rom.. 2: 21: ; 13: 9; Eph. i: 28.) "Neither: shall ye deal. 1 falsely, nor lie one to another." (See Ex. 20: 16; Lev. 6: 2; Eph. 4: 25; Col. 3: 9.) Stealing Stealing is often followed by lying, because a person who will steal will attempt to cover up the theft, by untruthful Words. "And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah." This admonition corresponds with the Third Comamnd- ment. "Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, neighbor, nor rob him." There are so many ways of oppressing one's neighbor-- by making it inconvenient for him to have packages delivered to his door because access to his home is across a piece of property that another owns; by making it so disagreeable for one's neighbor that he will be compelled to move from the community, "The wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night unt^l the morning." While the letter of this command cannot be carried out in most cases today, i.e., the payment of laborers each night, yet the spirit of it can be' carried out by paying laborers laborers at the time when an employer enters into an agreement, with his employees employees to pay them. "Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shall fear thy God: I am Jehovah." Jehovah." "Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person person of the mighty; but in righteousness righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor." In this verse. God turns our attention away from personal wrongs to official wrongs, giving a commandment intended intended to guard men against injustice as they stand, in courts of law. "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people." "The original word from, which 'tale-bearer' 'tale-bearer' is translated, literally signifies a traitor, a peddler, and is here applied to one who travels up and down deal- mm Si ing in slanders and detractions, as a merchant does Wares, possessing himself of the secrets of individuals and of families, and then blazing them abroad, usually with a distortion of motives and facts." "Neither shaft thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor ; 1 am Jehovah." Jehovah." This command is simply to further protect (he life of our neighbors by forbidding the children of Israel to stand aside while the life of any neighbor was in danger, i.e., in drowning, drowning, in attack by robbers or wild beasts. Probably also it means that, if we have knowledge of another's crime in the shedding of the blood of some person, we are not to keep silence when possessing such knowledge. knowledge. Thou Shalt Not Hate "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart," Of course it is in the heart where hatred lives. Hatred can quickly grow so powerful in one's life that it can lead to almost every sin imaginable, including murder. "Thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor." We can properly obey this command only if we rebuke others in the light of God's word, in the power of the Holy Spirit, and in love. "And not bear sin because of him." "If I do not warn my brother when the opportunity offers, offers, I am to be blamed for want of truth and love." "Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but t;hou shall love thy neighbor as thyself; I am Jehovah." This is the first time in the Bible that tlio command to love one another appears. appears. "We are told to love incompatible incompatible members of the families and kindreds with which we are associated, associated, and perhaps they are occasions of irritation to us, thorns stabbing our most densely massed and delicate nerve-processes. "Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: 1 am Jehovah." "When you meet them in public places, or they come to where you are, show them reverence. Infirmity, wisdom, nay, age in itself, LJ I-..' V." 1 ,!-': Following the most distressing period of unrest the world has ever known, comes a world-wide revival of Bible reading, which must tend to ameliorate the unrest- ful conditions of mankind. 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"It is of no account to keep the , Sabbath -- in a way--and re'verence outwardly -- the sanctuary, and then on the week day water milk, adulterate medicines and foods, slip the yardstick in measuring, tip the balance in, weighing, and buy with one weight or measure and sell with another, and 'water' stocks, as the manner of many is. God hates, and even honest atheists despise religion religion of this kind. A religion which is only used on Sundays has ho holiness holiness in it." . "I am Jehovah your God, whe brought you out of the land of Egypt." "And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; I. am Jehovah." There are three fundamental fundamental reasons here given to per suade, and encourage, and even compel compel man to obey these and other laws which God has given: the fact tha - the one who gives these laws is none other than Jehovah, the omnipotent sovereign, th only,true and living God; that this Supreme One beside whom there is no other, though exalted exalted in heaven and invisible to the naked naked eye, is yet "our God"--ours in love, ours to guide us, ours to pray to,, the God before whom, some day, we shall stand and the God who knows all that we do. Finally, to Israel, Jehovah Jehovah was the God who had redeemed redeemed them from the bondage of Egypt, and, to us, the Father of our Lord an z Saviour, Jesus Christ, who sent hit Son that we should he redeemed from sin and the power of Satan, and that we should be brought into the very presence of God by his love and grace. Exports from Canada to Switzerland Switzerland in 1936 were 70 per cent greater than in 1935. The 1936 exports consisted consisted of various items, wheat, cereals, cereals, and animal products predominating. predominating. Back From Abroad Most Rev. Malcolm Hai Archbishop of Rupert's Land, returned from England on Duchess of Bedford. B--3