DISCOURSE: 208 THE DUTY OF CHARITY ENFORCED Deuteronomy 15:7. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: but thou shalt open thine hand... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 209 THE RELEASE OF BOND-SERVANTS Deuteronomy 15:12._ If thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 210 THE SERVANT DEVOTING HIMSELF TO HIS MASTER’S SERVICE Deuteronomy 15:16_. And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, (because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee,) then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the doo... [ Continue Reading ]