The Detroit times., 1910-06-30

| JOY In the Holy Tn
Let US keep In memory that the
Masters parallels OF the Kingdom OF
Heaven relate to the class of people
whom He is calling out of the world
CT mankind to be associated with Hin
In His Millennial Kingdom soon to he
inausurated. Lot as remember that
sometimes this class Is spoken OF as
including. pominalIy, not merely the
SANITY, the wheat class, but also, 10
some extent. the tares, as shown In
our study of last week These diner
ent parable-pictures represent the
same subject from different stand
of a building from the north, the
south, the east and the west, inter-
nally and externally.
AS a mustard seed Is very small, yet
produces a large bush. so that the
fowls of the air may lodge In its
branches. so this illustrates how the
gospel OF the Kingdom would. from a
small beginning, attain TO a consid-
cradle size. The mustard would not
be great among the trees, but great
among bushes or heritage. Thus the
message OF Christ received at first
only by the poor and the few Of Israel.
has finally grown to such important
dimensions that the fowls like TO
gather In its branches. But let us
remember that the fowls, according
10 our Lords Interpretation OF q
previous parable. represent the SER
wants OF the Wicked One. So then the
teaching OF this parable would lead
luz to conclude that the Church OF
Christ, at one time, was SO unimpor-
tant III the world that II was q shame
and dishonor to belong to it, but that
ultimately 1t would become honorable
and great and the Adversary's SER
wants would have pleasure In Its
shade. This development the Scrip
lures represent as being Babylon, de-
claring that, as a whole, with the vari-
Gus branches and denominations. the
nominal Church OF Christ is Babylon
ish. Hearken to the Lords words:
she has become the hold Of every
foul spirit and the cage Of every un-
clean and hateful bird" (Revelation
1929 The intimation Is that there
is a large outward development of the
Church which Is not to her advantage
and glory but contrariwise. Neverthe-
less. this is. nominally, the Church OF
Christ. However HIS spirit may have
been misrepresented and there may
have been an improper developments
ultimately the great Head OF the
Church will bring order out of chaos
and confusion and will glorify and use
his elect"
The parable of the Heaven" ". 33)
illustrates the process by which, as
was foretold, the Church would get
into the wrong condition. AS a wo-
man would take her batch of -four for
baking and put leaven (yeest) in II
and the result would be that the mass
would become leavened, so It would
be with the Church of Christ; the food
OF the entire household would become
leavened or corrupted. Every portion
would become more or less vitiated
with the leaven OF false doctrines.
which would permeate the entire
mass. Thus today nearly every doc
trine inculcated by Jesus and His
Apostles has become more or less per
verted or twisted by the errors Of the
dark ages.
The desirability of obtaining Joint
heirship with Christ in his Millennial
'the treasure hidden In the field" The
finder, realizing it's value, desired II
for himself and had such faith in 1t
that he disposed of all Of his property
in order TO buy that field, which he be-
lieved to contain the precious treasure
Only those who will appreciate the
Gospel message will gain It's glorious
promises. II We love the present life
with It's joys and prospects, its hopes
and ambition, then We will labor for
these, but II we intelligently hear and.
by faith, believe the Gospel offer OF
this age Of share with Christ in
his Millennial Kingdom, then In pro-
portion to our faith and appreciation
will be our self-sacri1cing zeal to at
tain that prize. Whoever believes the
message OF the Kingdom will find his
faith an inspiration indeed necessary
inspiration, to the attainment OF the
prize. for 1t will cost all that he has
Of earthly blessings; and unless he
has faith that he will find the prize,
he will surely be unwilling to sacrifice
all he has for II. The field belongs to
God He has put the treasure there.
He offers II for sale to any willing to
pay the price. The buyer is the Lord
and those who accept His invitation