( 2 Q 8 ) 
/^clamant. 
The corundum the hard stone which, when ground, is known to us 
as “emery powder.” It was much used for engraving upon stone, e. g., the 
Ten Commandments. (Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus.) 
Keep the Commandments. 
“How gentle God’s commands! 
How kind His precepts are!” 
— Doddridge. 
I OW happy the man who observes God’s commandments! He obtains 
interior content, health, honor, riches, and a more intimate knowl¬ 
edge of God! 
He who keeps God’s commandments triumphs over sufferings and 
persecutions. His house is built upon a rock and the force of the elements 
is impotent to overthrow it. Only by the bridge of obedience can we enter 
into Heaven; it is a bridge with ten arches. 
If our reward on earth is but trifling, our reward in Heaven will be 
all the greater; it will be a recompense surpassing all our hopes and expec¬ 
tations, without limit and without end. 
“All true glory rests, 
All praise of safety, and all happiness, 
Upon the moral law. 
How insecure, how baseless in itself, 
Is that philosophy whose sway is framed 
For mere material interests! How weak 
Those arts, and high inventions, if unpropped 
By virtue!” 
— Wordsworth. 
