_"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you."_ Matt. 5,44. 5. The Samaritan _took compassion_ on the Jew, therefore he helped him. The compassion, or pity, was in his heart. All our good works and all our sins issue from the heart. _We should watch over our hearts, over our thoughts._ No anger and hate against our neighbor should be in our hearts. And even if our neighbor does us wrong, if he injures and insults us, we should not revenge ourselves, but love our brother. _"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."_ 1 John 3,15.--We should always be kind, merciful, and forgiving to our neighbor, even to our enemy. _"Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy."_ Matt. 5,7. And above all, we should _fear and love God,_ then we shall help and befriend our neighbor, him whom God has made in His image. REMEMBER:-- _1. Life is God's gift. Only He who gave it has the right to take it. The life of our neighbor should be sacred to us._ _2. Therefore we should not kill or hurt or harm our neighbor, our fellowman, in his body, nor hate him or be angry with him. God has made man in His image._ _3. We should help and befriend our neighbor whenever he is in bodily need, always be kind and merciful to him and forgive him when he wrongs us._ MEMORIZE:-- _Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man._ Gen. 9,6. _Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him._ 1 John 3,15. _Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink._ Rom. 12,20. _Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy._ Matt. 5,7. QUESTIONS. 1. What does it mean to kill? 2. Why should we not take our fellow-man's life? 3. In whose image did God make man? 4. What does God, furthermore, forbid in this commandment? 5. What does it mean to hurt our neighbor in his body? 6. What does it mean to harm him in his body? 7. From whom may we learn how to fulfil this commandment? 8. How did the good Samaritan help the Jew? 9. How did he befriend him? 10. When, even, should we help our neighbor? 11. What does our Lord say Matt. 5,44? 12. Where do all our good works and all our sins rise? 13. What kind of thoughts should not be in our hearts against our neighbor? 14. What does the Bible tell us of him who hates his brother? 15. How should we be disposed towards our neighbor if he wrongs us? 16. When will we fulfill this commandment? 17. What does our Lord say about the merciful? LESSON 7. The Sixth Commandment. Which is the Sixth Commandment? _Thou shalt not commit adultery._ What does this mean? _We should fear and love God that we may lead a chaste and decent life in word and deed, and each love and honor his spouse._