Matt, 5:7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matt. 5:44, 45. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you: that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
Matt. 7:12. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
READING.—Cain kills Abel. Gen. 4:1-16.
ILLUSTRATIONS.—Murder: Cain; Joab, II Sam. 3:22, 29; Ahab and Jezebel, I Kings 21:1-19; Herod, Matt. 2:16-18. Hatred: Joseph's Brethren, Gen. 37. Suicide: Saul, I Sam. 31:5; Judas, Matt. 27:5. Assisting and Comforting: The Good Samaritan, Luke, 10:25-37.
CHAPTER X.
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT.
PURITY. MARRIAGE.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.