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THE TEN COMMANDMENT

DELIVERED BY MOSES TO THE JE

1. THOU shalt not have strange go the Lord thy God, who brought

of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage.

2. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth, thou shalt not worship them, nor serve them.

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

4. Keep holy the Sabbath day; six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.

day is the Sabbath day.

The seventh

5. Honor thy father and thy mother.

6. Thou shalt not kill.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his house, nor his servants, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

THE TWO COMMANDMENTS OF CHRIST.

1. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

2. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

our comfort in times of trouble, and our consolation in distress, and it is through the action of this gracious emanation of benevolence that we are finally to obtain the happiness of a life to

come.

At the birth of our Saviour, a new covenant was made with man. The law of the Father, given by Moses, was modified by the commentary of the Son; and on the death of the Son, the principle of mercy rose triumphant. The way of salvation is now pointed out to us, and a heavenly influence will strengthen our efforts to follow it.

The mysterious union of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, with might, majesty and dominion, to govern this world, and all that it contains, as God, Judge, and Guide, we are not permitted to comprehend, but we are plainly warranted by and through their several attributes, to humbly worship and adore the eternal and almighty Spirit of the universe, the Creator and God of all, around whom circle a thousand brilliant worlds, governed by one law, and guided by one will, and to pay his manifestations our deepest homage, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

DELIVERED BY MOSES TO THE JEWS.

1. THOU shalt not have strange gods before the Lord thy God, who brought thee out

of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage.

2. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth, thou shalt not worship them, nor serve them.

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

4. Keep holy the Sabbath day; six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.

day is the Sabbath day.

The seventh

5. Honor thy father and thy mother. 6. Thou shalt not kill.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his house, nor his servants, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

THE TWO COMMANDMENTS OF CHRIST.

1. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

2. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

THE FIVE PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH. 1. To hear public service of Sundays, and all holidays of obligation.

2. To fast and abstain on the days commanded.

3. To confess our sins.

4. To receive the blessed Eucharist.

5. To contribute to the support of the Church.

THE THREE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES.

Faith, Hope, and Charity.

THE FOUR CARDINAL VIRTUES. Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance.

THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST.

Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and the fear of the Lord.