UNCLE IN ENGLAND. 21 



unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when 

 thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walk- 

 est by the way, and when thou liest down and 

 when thou risest up." Deut. vi. 



After reading the whole chapter, my uncle 

 called our attention to the above verses, and said, 

 " The characteristic excellence of the Mosaical 

 law consists in the inward principle on which obe- 

 dience to it was founded ; in other words, on the 

 love of God. This is fully unfolded in the admira- 

 ble commentary of Moses on the commandments, 

 where we see that the love that is expected from 

 us must be accompanied with the full vigour of 

 our feelings ; and that it must be daily excited 

 by a constant and grateful sense of the long- 

 suffering and forbearance we have already expe- 

 rienced ; of the blessings we still enjoy ; and of 

 the promises held out to us by a God of mercy, 

 of goodness, and truth. This is the love which 

 should be the principle of all our motives, and 

 the guide of all our actions. This is the love 

 which expands our hearts, not only into grateful 

 adoration towards the Author of our being, but 

 into benevolence towards our fellow-creatures. 

 ' Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; I am 

 the Lord.' This emphatic conclusion shews 

 that we are bound to do so for the Lord's sake ; 

 and throughout the Mosaical law you will find 

 that the love of God was made the basis of the 

 love of our neighbour, as well as of all our other 



