[Sidenote: The teachings of our own Church.] The children of the Latter-day Saints have much for which to be thankful. Here we are reared in the sanctity of the home, in love and in the fear of God. Our family relations are established to continue throughout the eternities. Here we are taught to yield honor and obedience to established government, and to deserve the benefits provided by it. Here we are taught to revere the priesthood of God, to pay ungrudgingly our tithes and our offerings, and to do our best from day to day in the upbuilding of righteousness. And this we do that we may live and profit and prosper together; for no one can live to himself alone. THE REFERENCES Mark 12:13-17. Doc. and Cov. 49:15. Matt. 17:24-27. Doc. and Cov. 134:1. Doc. and Cov. 64:23. {234} THE QUESTIONS 1. What is the meaning of Aesop's fable? 2. Explain by means of the football squad how man can not live to himself. 3. What did Jesus teach concerning man's duty to the family? 4. What are a man's obligations to the state in which he lives? 5. What does a man owe to the church to which he belongs? 6. Why should the children of the Latter-day Saints be grateful above all other children? {235} {236} PICTURE: JESUS WASHING PETER'S FEET, Brown {237} XXXI HE THAT EXALTETH HIMSELF [Sidenote: The old law and the new.] Everyone who has compared the teachings of the law of Moses with those of Jesus must have been impressed with the essential difference between those teaching's. The old law always emphasized the actual, or material, elements of life, and provided punishment for deeds actually committed. Thus the law of Moses exhorted, Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not do this or that. And if one violated this material law, he became liable to the penalty--but only if he actually committed a deed in violation of law. Jesus, on the other hand, went back of the act to the state of mind that prompted the act. In other words, the essential thing in the philosophy of Jesus was not the act itself, but the motive back of it. Instead of "Thou shalt not kill," Jesus said, "Whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment." Jesus did not say. Thou shalt not commit acts of immorality, but, He that entertains an impure thought is already guilty of the immoral act. [Sidenote: The teaching of Jesus psychological.]