94 Its Demands. LESSON XLII. MONDAY.-Deut. viii. 18.—But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. TUESDAY.-Prov. iii. 9.-Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase: WEDNESDAY.-Prov. iii. 10.—So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. THURSDAY.-Prov. vi. 6.-Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: FRIDAY.-Prov. xxvii. 23.-Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds: SATURDAY.-Phil. ii. 4.-Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. SABBATH.-Gal. vi. 10.-As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. SECOND SERIES. 12. 20. 2 Thess. iii. 10. 2 Thess. iii. 11. 2 Thess. iii. Ps. cxxvii. 1. Ps. cxxviii. 2. Prov. xxi. Prov. xi. 5. STEPHENS. C. M. PSALM CXXVIII. A careful providence shall stand, Shall on the labors of thine hand, Its Prohibitions. LESSON XLIII. 95 MONDAY-1 Tim. v. 13.-And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. TUESDAY.-Prov. xiii. 4.-The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. WEDNESDAY.-Prov. xxii. 26.-Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. THURSDAY.—Prov. xxii. 28.-Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. FRIDAY.-Heb. xiii. 5.-Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have; for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. SATURDAY.-Prov. xxiii. 21.-For the drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. SABBATH.-Hab. ii. 15.-Woe unto him that givest his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness. Prov. xxi. 17. Matt. xx. 6. Prov. xx. 13. Prov. xx. 14. Amos viii. 4. Amos viii. 6. Amos viii. 7. DEVIZES. C. M. PSALM XXXVIL. But mark the man of righteousness True pleasure runs through all his ways, His several steps attend: And peaceful is his end. MONDAY-Prov. xxviii. 24.-Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. TUESDAY.-Titus ii. 10.-Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. WEDNESDAY.-Luke xvi. 1.-And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. THURSDAY.-Luke xx. 47.-Which devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. FRIDAY.-Prov. xi. 26.-He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. SATURDAY.-PS. xxxvii. 21.-The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. SABBATH.-Ja. V. 4.-Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. SECOND SERIES. Deut. xix. 14. Prov. xx. 10. Luke xvi. 11. Ezek. Matt. A FEARFUL SAYING.-" Unjust riches curse the owner in getting, in keeping, and in transmitting. They curse his children." NOTTINGHAM. C. M. PSALM XXIV. But who among the sons of men May visit thine abode ? He, who hath hands from mischief clea The Winth Commandment. LESSON XLV. 97 MONDAY.-Ex. xx. 16.-Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. TUESDAY.-Gen. xxi. 30.-And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. WEDNESDAY.-Ex. xxiii. 1.-Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. THURSDAY.--Lev. v. 1.--And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. FRIDAY.-Prov. xxiv. 28.-Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. SATURDAY.-Jer. ix. 3.-And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth, for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. SABBATH.-Acts v. 3.-But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie unto the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Deut. v. 20. Prov. xiv. 5. Prov. xiv. 25. Ps. xv. 2. Jer. xlii. 4. Jer. xlii. 5. Isa. lix. 5. LEYDEN. L. M. PSALM XV. @# Who shall ascend thy heavenly place, The man who minds religion now, 98 Its Demands. LESSON XLVI. MONDAY.-Lev. xix. 17.-Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him. TUESDAY.-Prov. xxv. 23.—The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. WEDNESDAY.-Isa. lxiii. 8.-For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their saviour. THURSDAY.-Prov. xxv. 9.-Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another: FRIDAY.-Jer. iv. 2.—And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. SATURDAY.-Tit. i. 13.-This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith. SABBATH.-1 Sam. xix. 4.-And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee ward very good. 1 Sam. xxii. 14. 2 Chron. xix. 9. Zech. viii. 19. Ex. xviii. 21. Ps. li. 6. Ps. xv. 4. Zech. vii. 9. BYEFIELD. C. M. PSALM XIV. 扫 In Such seeds of sin, that bitter root, every heart are found: Nor can they bear diviner fruit 垂 |