[Teachldsseminary] TEACH Ten Commandments

[Marji]

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,

PUT INTO SHORT AND EASY RHYMES FOR CHILDREN.

1. THOU shalt have no more gods but me.
2. Before no idol bend thy knee.
3. Take not the name of God in vain.
4. Dare not the Sabbath day profane,
5. Give both thy parents honor due.
6. Take heed that thou no murder do.
7. Abstain from words and deeds unclean.
8. Steal not, though thou be poor and mean.
9. Make not a willful lie, nor love it.
10. What is thy neighbor's dare not covet.

from

New England Primer

or,

An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading:

Adorned with cuts; to which is added,

the Catechism.

Massachusetts Sabbath School Society

Depository No. 13 Cornhill, Boston

[1843]