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summary of the law and the prophets. That one short answer to a sudden ques tion is of more value in morals than all the writings of the ethical philos- opherstfe—Exp. Bible. He cannot love God who will not love his neighbor. Our love of God being fixed in its own place, then in reason as we would have others do unto us, do we also unto them.—Dickson. Do not forget that love to our neighbor is especially di rected to the good of his soul.-—Dwight. v. 40. Oh these two. Love is not a mere emotion or affection but the at titude of the whole man. To love God and to love men sums up the whole con tents of law and’prophets. We can only keep them by having Christ formed 'within us.—Torrey. These two prin ciples from which our Lord tells us all religion flows, must be consistent with one another, otherwise they could not both be principles of the same religion. Nothing is or ought to be esteemed religion that is not reducible to these principles.—Sherlock. Hang all. What is religion? Religion in many ways is a perplexing, complicated phenomenon. Christ seizes upon and emphasizes the permanent element in religion. The in ner pith of religion ¡can never be else where than where He has put it,, in love to God and love to man. To give God the supreme devotion of our hearts and merge our wills in His, to let our affection go out towards Him, this pen etrates into thè deepest deep of our being and embraces the widest reaches of Our thought and activity. To love .our neighbor as Christ loved, to go about with sympathy ready to. take others’ burdens, so to identify our selves With others that we learn to regard their welfare as one with our •own—that is. not so easy. Forget not what religion according to Christ means.—Ross. Law and prophets. The commandments are not obeyed except obedience spring from love. The com mandments are not satisfied except the whole man, wholly, in all things, Obey with all the powers of souk and body. To love God is the fountain of the obedience of all commands.-—Dickson. The Land We Love. Deut. 8:6-11. Memory Verse.—“It is a good land which the Lord our God’doth give us.*’ Deut. 1:25. Approach.—Hold up before class a good sized American flag. For what
ful submission to the exercise of law ful authority.—Van Dyke. Bender unto God. Are we as careful in rendering to God as we are in paying our taxes and serving the state?-—Meyer. .v., 22. They marvelled. Jesus may be marvelous in the eyes of à person and yet not be precious. v. 34. When Pharisees heard. Even those who oppose one another are solid in their opposition to Christ. If they are unanimous in opposing, should not we be so in maintaining the interests of the Gospel?—Henry. v. 36. A lawyer. Expounder of the law. There was a section of the scribes who confined their attention to the law while others included in their studies the writings of the prophets especially, or the traditions of the elders.—Plump- tre. ; v. 36.’ Which is the great command ment? The difficulty of the question lay in the extreme width of its scope. Who can take it .all in at one time? It is like asking one offhand to point out the most important star in the mid night sky. If he is looking to the north he is turning his back on the south. By the pious Israelite the laws were all'regarded as having the same supreme majesty behind them. The very attempt of one to put 'his fingef on that which is greatest of" all involves peril of the direst possible kind.—Horn. Com.- The scribes divided them all up— 248 affirmative ones (the number of the members of the body); 365 negative ones (number of days in the year). Two hundred and forty-eight plus 365 is 613 (number of letters in the decalogue).— Comp. Bible. v. 37. Love the Lord thy God. This great commandment was written on the phylacteries which the lawyer was prob ably wearing.—Camb. Bible. Heart, soul and .mind. Mark and Luke add "Strength”. In Deut. 6:5 the words are "heart, soul and might.” The words represent different aspects of one sub stantive entity.—Morrison. The meas ure of loving God is to love Him with out measure.—Burkitt, v. 39. The second is like unto it. The passages quoted lie far apart—one in Deut. 6, the Other in Lev. 19 in an obscure corner. Nowhere are they spoken of as .the first and second com mandments nor were they regarded as commandments in the understood sense of the word. His answer was a miracle of genius, a flash of inspiration. In bringing them together He furnishes a
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