I THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS "And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.-Rev. 21:5. And he opened his mouth and taught them.”—Matt. 5:1. C HRIST made all things new because he life. The earth is very old, and most of it that we see has known the barren deadness of ten thousand winters, but at the touch of the springtime sun all things become new and fresh, with hope and promise as though the old earth had never heard the call from heaven before. So Jesus takes up all the old commonplace problems that pertain to men and women and children, and under his touch they spring into newness of life. He brings God to us, and at his call everything springs into vibrant pulsating life. The Sermon on the Mount, given at length in the fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Gospel as it is recorded by Matthew, is a wonderful example of how Jesus by bringing the old commandments received by Moses on Mount Sinai into human conduct and clothing them about with love filled them with fascination and charm, so that it seemed an entirely new teaching. It was the difference between theory and life. Christ put the Mosaic commandments into a man, breathed into them the breath of |