Show DIFFERENT WORDING R DIN G j WOULD NOT ALTER I MEANING Would Prove Boon to the 4 Church by Giving Greater Great Great- er Emphasis if shortened the church service would be simplified Gods God's la law would be unchanged We e get the command command command com com- mand in the first phrase of ever every commandment excepting the tenth so why repeat the entire commandments commandments' commandments commandments command command- ments ments' In Al Deuter Deuteronomy nom the fourth commandment com com- commandment is given in much the same form as as in Exodus with willI the addition addition addi addi- tion that th thy man servant servant and and th thy maid servant ma may rest as well as thou That phrase is eliminated as the commandments now appear in the service Then why not eliminate eliminate I nate the other unnecessary phrases Testament Unchanged cd The Hebrew word decalogue means ten words This would lead leadus us to believe elleve that originally the commandments commandments com com- were ten words not ten sentences or groups of ot sentences If such is the case we can hardly be II blamed for cutting them down to shorter form than the existing one I Remember that the words as written in the old testament will remain re- re remain re main unchanged The proposal to change the ten commandments will come up for recommendation at the tho national convention con con- convention of or the church in St. St Louis this month Should the convention voto vote lo to recommend it it will willbe willbe be three years before it Il is adopted There will bo be plenty of time to consider con con- shier sider the question before that time I believe that the objections to the change are aro caused b by a misconception misconception miscon miscon- of oC what it Is our Intention to do Personally I am most heartily heart heart- ily Uy In favor of the proposal I |