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The Ten Commandments

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 3, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 5.

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The Ten Commandments.

By Mrs. E. M. H. Gates

Down the ages long departed, For a moment look and wonder; Listen to the Ten Commandments, Louder far than Sinai's thunder; Hear a voice which speaks to thee, “Thou shalt have no gods but Me.”
See the clouds are round about Him, And the awful trumpet soundeth, While the Lord upon the mountain, His unchanging law propoundeth; “Jealous is thy God, and thou To an idol shalt not bow.”
Lo! He rides upon the tempest! Death and hell themselves do fear Him! All the worlds He hath created! When He speaketh let us hear Him! “Never shalt thou take the name Of the Lord thy God in vain.”
Standing by the quaking mountain, All the hosts of Israel tremble! In the presence of the Holy Who can trifle or dissemble? “Thou shalt mind the Sabbath day, Keep it holy,” hear Him say.
King of Kings, Jehovah-jireh! Thou art God, there is no other,— From of old we hear Thee saying, “Thou shalt honor father, mother, That thy days full long may be In the land God giveth thee.”
Awful words from Sinai sounding, Who shall question or gainsay them? Perfect laws forever binding, Who shall dare to disobey them? There “Thou shalt not kill” was writ, “Nor adultery commit.”
Lo! He looks through all disguises; Tears each flimsy veil asunder! Like the lightning are His glances And His voice is like the thunder! And to us He doth reveal This His will,—“Thou shalt not steal.”
“No false witness ‘gainst thy neighbor Shalt thou bear: and thou shalt never Covet aught that he possesseth,” Saith the Lord who lives forever. The great God who, from on high, Waits to judge thee by and by. MRS. E. M. H. GATES.