The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-05

tuul TIE HuluueTS VI AetIucu NAVE uOu'
bled during the past century.
What he does expect is. that as there
are few Of Gods very elect" in all
denominations of Christendom, now to
be garnered. so also there are few
sanity ones amongst the heather who
nave accepted Christ-including some
of the missionaries. The harvest
must cover ~ wide an area as did the
sowing Of the Gospel seed To some
extent the message Of the Kingdom
has been preached amongst all ma
tons. The Bible is the special procla.
nation OF Messiah's Kingdom as the
hope Of the world. and contains the
'call" OF the Church to heirship
with her Lord in that Kingdom. which
viii bless the world.
The essence of this Kingdom mes
sage, however. has been somewhat
confused by reason of the many false
notions set forth in our numerous false
creeGS of the past. In his discourses
In heather lands the Pastor intends to
lay stress upon the Kingdom feature
Of I he Gospel message While 1t will
be his privilege to proclaim the King
dom message, he recognizes that only
these who have the ear to hear will
be. nhe 10 aIIpre iafe and receive II.
HIS n.tsssa,p IL one of the Bible. to
which MI Christians may raIly. If they
n ,.h ~ II ! I'm, ~ I,o
ChNrr huf THE Frs. born. whop na!2es
are written la inuycu.' and whose
Harvest tine bns tol2r. are tt' Lord =
wholly irrespective ~ tile deunnina
tions with which they are ;,iiiiia,ed.
"Hsrvcst Past. aunancr Ended"
The text points OIL n lesson Not
all who have protested tn be ita.,owtrs
OF Christ viii lm amongst The blessed
onps Of the harvest wllY are 10 E2
Transported by The First .Ec~rrrrrtiol
to gsor; honor and immortality ~ their
rewar.L The words uf Jesus here cited
III torroljoralion II ibis are: "ilany
Shall SAY n!tp NE in that day, Lord
Lord have we nW tHaGht tnlny. AID
IN Tbs ilniile csi.a Olli devils. and done
many wonderful WORKS." Many wht
thus hope will he di&lrpoinicd Wiil be
shut ont % The Kingdom ,llS<.
Another nf .t't. l,edeemerH. PARALLELS.
the Pastor Sa't pictures the ,cnuse'
Grated saints Of God IN thiS harvest
titne IN virgins" Hut so.Ir were wise
aud some foolish. Tile masses Of rau'
kind. yea. tie nl:iSses Of t'hristrndom,
are omitted from ,hiS laritlrIit picture
Only the virgin ,.IasS Il dealt with
at all, md it IS diridcd into TWO pats,
and oaly tha wise. the faithful, more
thGa cQniiQcrors.S Will have the hon0I
of entering into the weidin% with thg
BRIDEGROOM and becoming tho Bride,
the Lambs Wife" Then the deor Will
be shut No more viii. ever enter that
door. No more viii be added 10
tie Bride company the number of TIE
"ele,f" will have. been completed.
The parable shows that, lntpr on.
the foolish virgins" pass through
great tribulation and Obtain the o.
and the light which they should have
lad before. But it will then be too
late TO become of the Bride. They will
knock, saying, Lord. Lord, open unto
u.s." but the Bridegroom win declare.
Il do not recognize you" rs members
of Ny Bride. However, the Scriptures
show us that these foolish virgins. &c
passing through great time of tribu.
lation. VIII lie called to the marriage
supper Of the Lamb and be present
before the great King as The virgins.
the Brides companions, and suborGi
nate helpers. Psalm vi. 1915
One lesson, said the Pastor. is that It
is not sufficient that we say. Lord,
Lord-that We publicly proclaim or
selves Christians--nor is II suticieat
that we be engaged in good works.
casting out demons and healing the
sick and teaching the people. These
things in their way are good, but God
has His own test as respects those
who shall be accepted rs members of
"the Bride. the Lambs Wife" ODE
dience to the Word and Spirit of the
Lord. loyalty to the Master and to all
His followers. faithfulness to His lead
ings. through evil report and through
good report. will be required
The greatest work of which any Of
ChlfstS followers are capable Is the
2onquerinG Of self-the Development
of the fruits and graces of the Holy
Spirit Our privilege Of being cola
borers with the Master in the procla-
nation Of His Message " not granted
because He needs us. but because we
need the opportunities thus afforded
for the development Of His character
likeness in our hearts.
~ Never Knew You"
Our Lord implies great number Of
nominal followers devoid of His Spirit.
who In the end of this Age would not
be bringing forth the fruitage that He
desires. who would not be members of
His called and chosen and faithful
class, though outwardly. noininally, all
Of these. He points down to our day.
saying. ''in that day"--in the closing
Of this Age. in the testing time, in the
time when He shall come to make up
His jewels and to glorify them as His
Bride. His members, His associates in
the Kingdom. Many at that time--in
orr dny-will nfofesS that they know