we must show that we have, by not giving way to naughty tempers and naughty feelings, but, by being kind to each other, and trying to get the better of all selfish and wicked passions, and by doing to each other what we would wish others to do to us. W. What a happy world this would be, Mamma, if all the people kept God's Commandments. Mamma. It would indeed, my dear. But too often sin comes into our hearts; we give way to unkind tempers and jealous feelings. We do not love and serve God as we ought to do. We should therefore often pray to Him that He will send His Holy Spirit into our hearts, that we may love Him better, and try more and more to do His holy will. W. One of the texts I learnt last week, Mamma, was, "If ye love me, keep my Commandments." I did not then know the Commandments which we were to keep were the same as those God gave to the children of Israel. Mamma. Yes, my love. They are the very same, though it is now more than four thousand years since they were first given to the children of Israel. W. What did all the people do, Mamma, when God had done speaking to them? Did they really obey God, as they had said they would do? Mamma. Happy would it have been for them, had they kept |