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218 35. — Sanctify the Lord's day with great care, and do not spend it in games and idling, but in sacred exercises.

36. — Love to go to school and church, that thou mayest learn what is good for thy peace, and show thyself quiet, attentive and respectful in the sacred presence of God.

37. — Dear child, in thy intercourse with thy neighbor, be he friend or foe, keep ever the teachings before thee of St. Paul: Owe no man anything, but to love one another. (Rom. xiii, 8.)

38. — All that thou wouldst have others do to thee, do also to them. And what thou wouldst not have others do to thee, do not to them. (Luke vi, 31.)

39. — Next to God thou art owing none more love and honor than thy parents, from whom thou hast obtained life.

40. — But thy love for thy parents cannot be better expressed than by a willing obedience, doing their bidding, accepting their punishments, bearing their weaknesses with patience, and never intentionally offending them. All this thou also owest to thy grandparents, step-parents, guardians and other superiors.

41. — Thy teachers' trouble and faithfulness thou canst never fully repay. Love and honor them therefore, as thy own father, and seek to lighten their heavy burden by obedience, diligence and attention.