Lev. 19:32. Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face
of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

READING.--Joseph and his Father, Gen. 47:1-12.

ILLUSTRATIONS.--_Despising and displeasing parents_: Jacob's sons, Gen.
37; Eli's sons, I Sam. 2:22-25; Absalom, II Sam. 25. _Honoring them_:
Jesus, Luke 2:51.

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CHAPTER IX.

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT.

HUMAN LIFE.


Thou shall not kill.

_What is meant by this Commandment?_

We should so fear and love God as not to do our neighbor any bodily harm
or injury, but rather assist and comfort him in danger and want.

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