Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-01

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the twelve tribes Of Israeli CMatthew
xix. 2Sl. Again. they are pictured to
us as the "crOwn of twelve stars" to
the Church Revelation xii. u, and yet
again they are pictured to us as the
twelve precious foundation stones Of
the Church in her future glory. as the
New Jerusalem RevelatlOn XXI, 14.
Those called of God to this high sal
walton. as members OF the spiritual
Kingdom which shall bless natural Is
rael and through her all the nations,
are required to demonstrate their 10y
atty to God by taithfulnsss eDeH unto
deGth-in the narrow way Of self-sac-
rifice. AS there Is no other Name than
that Of Jesus whereby any may be
saved to eternal life, so, likewise. there
is no other path whereby any may
reach the Kingdom except the mar
row way, "and few there be that find
it." All who attain to the Kingdom
must be Overcomers of the world to
the extent Of self-sacrihce. The grada-
tions Of glory will be because Of spe-
cial manifestations Of zeal for the
Lord and His cause of righteousness
and Truth against sin and error.
A Lesser Spiritual Salvation.
The Scriptures clearly show another
class in process of salvation during
this Gospel Age quite separate and
distinct from the Bride class. These
are referred to in various parts Of the
Scriptures. They will all be loyal, to
the extent that they would not deny
the Lord nor wlfully practise sin.
Their failure to reach the status of the
Bride is indicated in an insufiiciency
of zeal in connection with their loyal
ty. This class is described in Revela-
tion vii, IA. They are represented as
having failed TO keep their garments
unspotted from the world-failed to
live circumspectly, carefully enough.
Hence in great time Of trouble In
the end Of this Age these are represent
ed as washing their robes and making
them white in the blood Of the Lamb
and then coming up through that trib-
ulation to glory and honor, but not
to Immortality. nor to the same degree
of glory and honor as the Church, the
Bride. The distinction in their glory
is indicated in that instead of being IN
the Throne they are before it; instead
of being the Bride, they will serve; in
stead Of wearing the crown, they will
bear palm branches; instead Of being
the Temple. they will be servants in
the Temple.
This same class Is referred to by the
Apostle in his declaration respecting
the end Of this Age He intimates that
some will have an abundant entrance
QI Peter I, III into the Kingdom, while
others will be saved so as by fire"
Il Corinthians iii, 15) The fire Of this
Day will test every mans work of
what sort It Is. Some will be proved
to be gold, silver, precious stones.
These the fire" will not consume.
Others will be proved to be an admix-
ture Of hay and stubble, which will be
consumed. though themselves will be
saved from the fire q Corinthians Ill,
10. 13).
The tribe of Levi pictured the entire
"Church of the First-born," but 1t con-
tained two classes-the little flock of
priests and the great company Of Le-
Bride class and the servant
class, none OF whom have any inner
itance In the earth, all of whom have
the heavenly inheritance.
AS Isaac typlfied our Lord, the Re-
deemer. and ns Rebecca typified the
Bride class. so Rebecca's mdidens tvpi-
fed this great company class. This
same thought is brought to our atten-
tlon In Psalm xiv, where the Bride
class Is pictured as being presented
to Jehovah In the end Of this Age In
glory, honor and immortality, illustrat-
ed by ralment of fine needlewOrk and
gold. Following the Bride come "the
virgins, her companions, who follow
her" These also will be greatly hon
ored, greatly blessed, though theirs will
be less honor. This great company"
will not constitute the Kingdom, al
though they will he identified with 1t
and It's wonderful salvation and bless
ing for mankind.
Keeping or Breaking Commandments.
The Great Teachers declaration that
they who break Gods commandments
and teach others so to do shall be
called least in the Kingdom" has caus-
ed considerable perplexity in the past.
The question has BEEN How could any.
one be fit al all for the Kingdom who
breaks Gods commandments and
teaches others SO to do? The answer
Is that many Of Gods people have la
bored under more or less OF blindness
and have done things which they
ought not 10 have done and left un-
done the things which they ought to
have done As an illustration. John
Calvin, noble man as he was, burned
his Christian brother, ServetuS, Such
violation of the Divine commands and
such wrong teaching must, according
TO our human Judgment, assign Brother
Calvin to a lesser place in the King
dom than If he had more carefully,
more earnestly sought the will and
Spirit Of God, However it is not for
us to judge. We are merely seeking
to ascertain the spirit of our Lords
words.
Begolten of the Holy Spirit and priv.
ileged Of the Lord to be disciples and
to he guided of the Holy Spirit, we
shnnll hn sn fnithfl1l In thn stnhr Of