The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-07
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seated and served. the cry could stIll be raisee.
And yet there is roomv'
MOSAIC FROM COMMENTARIES.
Marriage for His Son; A feast OF inauguration.
at which the Son is put in possession of the gov
eminent, and as it were married to His subjects.
God is the King, and tbs wedding of His Son is
the feast of the Messiahs kingdom. The invited.
who have second invitation. are the Jews. The
second invitation came through John the Baptist
and Jesus Christ. The city burnt is Jerusalem.
The second sending of the servants is the mission
of the apostles The highways are the heather
world Good and bad are the whole body OF
proclamation of the gospel-Lange.
Prepared my dinner: He never makes less than
a feast.
rifce has been offered and accepted. The Holy
Spirit has been poured FORTH the sacraments have
been administered. the fellowship OF love and
peace has been given.-Sadler.
Made light Of it: Two kinds of guilt in dealing
with the invitation: l. Contempt of the invitation,
dishonoring (a) the King, (b) the Kings Son, (c)
the inviting messengers. g Contempt of the feast
itself dishonorng (a) the blessedness of the feast
by choosing carnality and service in the world:
OBJ the holiness and conservation of the feast in
preferring the beggarly fellowship of the world,
without the wedding garment
Sent forth His armies: Called His, because they
unconsciously executed His vengeance. -Sadler.
Armies Of Vespasian and Titus.-Whedon.
Those servants went: The minister is sent of
God. The ministry is a divine institution. sane
lAOAeu Df NhIlStB anu VIII ldSL 10 JuuStnSHI
day.-Whedon.
Bad and good: He loved her foul, that he might
make her fair.-Augustine. Yet the good are not
too good to need the gospel, nor the bad bad
as to have no hope, ii they will accept it.
Whedon
King came in: Parable leaps over space of time
and brings US to the judgment day.
THE TEACHERS CULVER.
The sufflciency of the atonement is well indicat-
ed by the familiar lines:
IF all the sins that men have done
Were laid poor sinners head,
The stream of Jesus precious blood
Could wash away the fearful load
The invitation to the banquet of redemption is
issued by the King, and backed with authority.
The motives for acceptance are very strong. But
still there is no compulsion Each decides al
ternately whether he will will not accept This
last element Of selfhood Omnipotence itself will
not trend upon.
The function, honor, and responsibility Of the
ministry is here distinctly traced. Ministers are
the King servants who extend the invitation in
His name
Unhappily. there are yet those who make light
of it, 1t is an open question whether, in the
reaction from the awful seriousness of puritanism
we have not come to the extreme of frivoousness.
THE wedding garment has been well described
as moral fitness sprnging from careful and dill
gent of the grace of God. That there should
be a time when, after full opportunity has been
given, test should be made to discover whether
moral fitness has been attained not is
reasonable to suppose. This, for substance is the
last judgment.