Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-09

Without a parable spake he not
unto the people" What the prophet
had declared az him was true. HE
shall open bis mouth in parallels and
I'm dark sayings" II Is important
that VIC remember this Many noble
Christian people have inferred that
our Lords words were all simple. and
that they presented the truth in a
manner easily understood by every
body Nothing Is further from the
truth. If our Lords parallels and
dark sayings be taken as plafn, literal
statements OF truth. they will lead 20
all kinds Of errors and misapprehen-
sions Let us remember. therefore,
the Apostles declaration. without
a parable spake he not unto the peo-
pie"
There was absolutely nothing in the
words OF Jesus without deep signifi-
tance How many have stumbled over
our Lords parallels by taking them to
be literal statements of facts. How
absurd the conclusion drawn from the
/ parable OF the rich man and Lazarus,
/ Tor instance. How absurd 10 conclude
that simply because n man was rich,
] Jared sumptuously every day, and was
CARRIED In fine linen, that he must suf-
fer through all eternity. How equally
absurd 10 interpret the poor man Laz-
arus. VINO lay at the rich mans gate,
as representing. literally. poor and
diseased beggars How unreasonable
to think that only such as have had
an experience of this kind. with dogs
TO lick their sores. and hungering ~
the crumbs that fell from the rio
mans table, would experience the joys
OF heaven, according to the Divine
program How foolish TO think OF
Ahrahams bosom. which could hold
only two or three, as being the por-
tlon OF blessing for only a handful of
beggars.
Truly these various statements Of
the parable shine out In beauty and
consistency as we get the true light
upon them. and see their symbolic
), meaning and application. We have
already presented the true interpreta-
ton of this parable. and may do SO
again az some future time, for the
, benefit OF new readers. We merel,
. demonstrate now the fact that oul
Lord spoke 90 the people always II
, parallels and dark sayings.
M Note affesh the parable OF tn
= wheat and the tares, the sathc1Iag
the former into the garner and IN
burning of the latter. Neither repre-
sents literal experiences. In the pal
able the wheat Is not literal whea
the tares are not literal tares Th
wheat symbolizes the inheritors of "a
Kingdom: the tares symbolic the of
springs of error-children of IN
wicked one. The gathering into tn
i barn of safety symbolic the glorif
p cation Of the Church on the spiri
2 plane, and precedes the shining fort
r Of the sons OF God In the glory of tn
Millennial Kingdom. for the blessin
Y OF the grooming creation; as IN
8 Apostle declares. "The whole creation
3 groaneth and travaileth in pain to
. gether. waiting for the manifestation
. of the sons Of God. The who'll
q creation is waiting for the shining
e forth Of the sons of God In the King
dom. and their shining forth IN trutl
! and righteousness will scatter all thu
darkness Of sin and error and awakeI
and revivfy the word Of mankind.
Eventually all the willingly obedi
3 ent may enjoy the blessings Of eterna
life. On the other hand. the descrip
ton of the burning tares, instead o.
referring TO the literal burning, has
evidently a symbolic Significance
means the destruction OF the tart
class not their destruction as indi
} viduals. but as ''tares," as limitations
Of the wheat" class
How glad We are ta find the kel
10 these symbolic statements-thes'
. parallels How glad we are that by
the use OF this KEY the parabolic fig
ures become reasonable and beautiful
What a silver lining there is to The
dark cloud OF trouble which is nov
looming up before the world How
glad Gods people must be to learr
that just beyond the clouds and
shadows comes the glorious Millen-
NAL day
! The parable Of "the sheep and th'
goats" taken literally, has caused
confusion 10 many They think o.
tho separation Of the sheep and the
goats as now IN progress, falling e
notice the Scriptural declaration tina
p the parable shall find ITS application
when the Son Of man shall come II
his glory and his holy angels ines
seneers) with him. Then snail h
sit upon the throne of his glory and
before him shall be gathered all ma
tiors, and he shall separate them one
from another as the shepherd dividett
his sheep from the goats" We thus
see that the application Of the parable
belongs to the Millennial age AL
through that age the work Of Chris
and the Church. his Bride. seated viii
him upon his throne. will be a work Of
blessing 10 the world of mankind And
the manner in which those blessing:
will be received will demonstrate the
sheep-lilxe or goat-like character Of
every individual Of the human family
The sheep-like will come 70 the righi
hand position Of favor; the goatlike, 4
the left hand position of disfavor
The conclusion OF the thousand-yeai
Judgment day will bring the express
sion of the Lords favor towards the
sheep-like, rewarding them with eter.
nal life. and the expression of his
disfavor towards the goat-like. de
stroying them in the second death.
This is symbollically represented b,
the statement, Depart ye cursed int
the lasting fire Ca figure of destruc.
toni prepared for Satan and his mes
sengers followers" The reward o.
the righteous will thus be everlasting
life. The everlasting punishment
of the unrighteous will be everlasting
death, for "The wages of sin is deatf
, and the gift of God is eternal life
! through Jesus Christ our Lord. "-Ro
mans 6.23
Ev' emily some wise and gracious
purpose stands connected with the
hidden of eecrating AT nroeeuf of IN,