LESSON XXX.

RETRIBUTION.

S. The Lord shall endure for ever; he hath prepared his throne for judgment; he shall judge the world in righteousness, and minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

P. And we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, who will render to every man according to his deeds:

S. To them who, by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, honor, and immortality,

P. Eternal life;

S. But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth,

P. Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil.

S. But glory, honor, and peace to every man that worketh good.

P. For there is no respect of persons with God; for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

S. I beseech you, therefore, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. P. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,

S. That ye may prove what is that good

and acceptable and perfect will of God. P. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

S. But whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord.

P. Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

S. As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

P. So, then, every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

S. But eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,

neither hath entered into the heart of

man,

P. The things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

S. O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

P. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

LESSON XXXI.

THE COMMANDMENTS.

S. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. P. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

S. He hath showed thee, O man, what is good.

P. What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God?

S. God is no respecter of persons;

P. But in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him.

S. He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me, said the Saviour;

P. And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

S. The first of all the commandments is this:

P. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with

all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

S. And the second is like unto it; namely, this:

P. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: there is none other commandment greater than these.

S. And one came, and said unto Jesus, What good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

P. And Jesus said unto him, Keep the commandments:

S. Thou shalt do no murder; thou shalt not commit adultery;

P. Thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false witness;

S. Honor thy father and thy mother; and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. P. If ye keep my commandments, said Jesus, ye shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.