"Let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to
our God, for He will abundantly pardon."
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XVIII. THE NEXT TWO COMMANDMENTS:
AND HOW THEY MAY BE KEPT
_III. "Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord My God in vain;
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain."_
THINK of the name of the person whom you love the best in the world,
and then think how you would feel if you heard any one speak against
that name. Would not you feel grieved? Would you not turn away from
the one who spoke against that loved name? And say: "I cannot hear you
speak like that—I love that name above any on earth."
Yes; if you think of it, you will see that it is so.
And if we feel so about an earthly love, and an earthly name, what
ought we to feel about that "Name which is above every name"?
No wonder God says in His Holy Law: "Thou shalt not take the Name of
the Lord thy God in vain!"