The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26

lishment of the kingdom; hence they
were not alert to their privileges and
failed to be in the proper condition of
heart to receive the blessings. Or. we
might state the matter reverSely and
say that those who did not know and
did not accept Messiah, were those
whose hearts were not in the right con-
dition, else they would not have been
left in darkness Il ThessalonianS V, A..
Many things indicate to us, now,
that we are living in a time CORE
spending to that Palm Sunday! Many
things imply that ChriStendom is now
undergoing its great test and that only
the fully consecrated of heart and life
will be accepted of the Lord as his
Jewels and be granted a share with
Christ in his kingdom. Many things
when the true people of God are be-
ing divided into two classes, as pic
tured for us by our Lord in the para
BILE of the Wise and the Foolish Vir-
gins. AS only the Wise Virgins were
prepared to enter into the marriage, so
only the consecrated ores, the polished
jewels of the Lord, Will be accepted as
fit for the kingdom and be granted a
share in the glorious resurrection
change which will precede the great
time of trouble, in which the Foolish
Virgin class although not of the
world, will participate with the world.
True, that great time of trouble will
usher in the glorious Millennial dis
pensation, in which the Church in
glory with the Great Redeemer will
pour out upon all mankind the won
derful restitution blessings which God
has promised by the mouth of all the
holy prophets (Acts iii, 1929. True,
the Foolish Virgins may subsequently
get the oil and subsequently have
glorious future, but they Will lose the
choice place of divine FAVOR and Dless-
ing. They cannot be of the Bride"
class, but will receive their blessing
under the figure of "thc virgins her
companions that follow her" psalm
xiv, 40.
who now get awake from the slpmber
of worldliness which has long stupe-
fed them, to join hearts and voices
in a great shout-the shout that the
Kingdom is at hand! The shout of
Hosanna to the Son of David And
that the time is at hand for the full
fllment of the passage, Gather to-
gether my saints unto me, saith the
nant with me by sacrifice. They shall
be mine, saith the Lord. in that day
when I come to make up my Jewels
individually (Malachi iii, I'D.
"See That We Refuse Not Him."
As the Jewish nation was not ready |
To receive Jesus as it's king, on that
first Palm Sunday, neither is Christen- |
dom now ready to receive him at his |
second advent AS i was, only the
grille. that then knew the voice of the |
Shenherd. so it will be here an indi-
vidnaI matter. The Laodicean period |
Of the church's history is upon US
1ReyeIation iii, 17). The nominalism
IF our day is fully portrayed by our
+ -ord's words Christendom boasts
that she is rich and increased in goods
and has need of nothing; and knows
not that she is poor and miserable
and hind and naked. The Lord now
stands at the door and knocks. He
offers himself to the "Israelites in
daed, ours is Palm Sunday in the
richest sense of all. How are we re-
eaiving the great blessings which be-
token The parousia of the Master? Do
Sr-e hear his knock. Have we opened
mr. hearts? Are we searching his
word and listening for his voice and
.eel<inr to know and to do his will in
Iii things? TO all such very shortly,
re heIieve, will come the greater and
miller Peutecostal blessing:-the resur-
-ection "change," from the glory of
.haracter merely to the glory of person
az we'll when we shall see our Re
7eemer as he is, and share his glory.
AZ St. Paul says, "See that We reject
not him that speaketh from heaven!
Sreater light, greater privilege, great
81 blessing everywhere are ours than
we're those enjoyed by the Jews at our
Lords first advent. These privileges
md blessings are our tests. Let us be
faithful. Let US present our bodies
living sacrifices and with renewed zeal
seek to glorify our Lord in our bodies
md our spirits, which are his q Corin-
.hians vi, 200.
Those who have the eyes to see and