thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy
maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and maid-servant
may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the
land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a
mighty hand and by a stretched out arm, therefore the Lord thy God
commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day. Honor thy father and thy mother as
the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and
that it may go well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee. Thou shalt not kill. Neither shalt thou commit adultery. Neither
shalt thou steal. Neither shalt thou bear false-witness against thy
neighbor. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife. Neither shalt
thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or
maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's.
These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the
midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick darkness, with a great
voice; and he added no more, and he wrote them upon two tables of stone,
and delivered them unto you."

Thus we have a _fac simile_ of the law upon the tables of stone. The terms
employed in this law limit it to the Jewish people, a people who were
servants in Egypt. This was the "testament," "institution," or "covenant"
given at Sinai, and it was after the _tenor_ of all the rest that was
given. It is worthy of notice, that there is not a penalty in all that was
written upon those tables. And yet there were terrible penalties inflicted
for a violation of its precepts. How is this? Was it all there was of
God's law? If so, where shall we go to find its penalties? This covenant
is spoken of in Galatians, the fourth chapter. It is called "the bond
woman," that was cast out. In the third chapter of Corinthians it is
termed "the ministration of condemnation," and "the ministration of death
written and engraven in stones, which was done away." Which Zechariah said
was broken by the Lord in the day of the terrible tragedy of the cross of
Christ.

The multiplicity of passages in the New Testament bearing upon this great
fact, causes our legalists in religion to shift about most wonderfully. At
one time, the people's agreement to keep the law was the covenant that was
done away. At another, it was the act of executing