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¶ Various faiths place the same Commandments in different groupings and sequence. Most Protestants (main exception: Lutherans) consider the command to worship no gods before God the first, and the prohibition of graven images, the second. The Roman Catholics combine these two as the first. The Protestants' third to ninth correspond respectively to the Roman Catholic second to eighth, making "Thou shalt not kill" fifth for Catholics (and Lutherans), sixth for most Protestants. For Roman Catholics, the ninth forbids coveting one's neighbor's wife, the tenth his property. Protestants combine these two as the tenth.—ED.
Sir:
The action of the Rev. R. W. Gingery in saving his own life is typical of a minister of religion. They all preach of the wonders of heaven and everlasting bliss in the hereafter, but given the opportunity to go to heaven, they will fight like the devil to stay in this wicked world full of misery and sin.
P. STANTON London