Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-09

before this Age will end. That sucl
would be an imposslbility is shown b!
the government statistics to the efnec
that the numbers Of heather have dou
bled during the past century
What he does expect is. that as there
are few Of Gods "very elect" In al
denominations of Christendom. now t
be garnered. so also there are a few
sanity ones amongst the heather who
have accepted Christ-including some
Of the missionaries. The harvest
must cover as 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
lions. 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 joint-heirship
with her Lord in that Kingdom, which
will 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
creeds of the past. In his discourses
In heather lands the Pastor intends to
lay stress upon the Kingdom feature
Of the Gospel message. While 1t will
be his privilege to proclaim the King
dom message, he recognizes that only
those who have the "ear to hear" will
be able to appreciate and receive 1t.
His message is one Of the Bible, to
which all Christians may rally, If they
are rid Of UNCONVENTIONAL ties: "The
Church of the First-born, whose names
are written In heaven" and whose
Harvest time has come, are the Lords,
wholly irrespective Of the denomina-
tons with which they are affiliated.
Harvest Past, Summon Ended"
The text points out lesson. Not
all who have professed to be followers
Of Christ will be amongst the blessed
ones Of the harvest" who are to be
transported by the First Resurrection
to glory. honor and immortality as their
reward. The words of Jesus here cited
in corroboration of this are: Many
shall say unto Me in that day, Lord,
Lord, have we not taught many, and
In Thy name cast out devils, and done
many wonderful worksT Many who
thus hope will be disappointed-wil be
shut out Of the Kingdom class.
Another of the Redeemer's parallels,
the Pastor said. pictures the conse-
Grated saints of God in this harvest"
time as virgins" But some were wise
and some foolish. The masses Of man.
kind, yea, the masses of Christendom,
are omitted from this parabolic picture.
Only the virgin" class is dealt with
at all, and it is divided into two parts,
and only the wise, the faithful, more
than, conquerors.T will have the honor
Of entering into the wedding with the
Bridegroom and becoming ''the Bride,
the Lambs Wife" Then the door will
be shut. No more will ever enter that
door. No more will ever be added to
the Bride company--the number of the
ELECT" will have been completed.
The parable shows that, later on,
the foolish virgins" pass through
great tribulation and obtain the oil
and the light which they should have
had before. But 1t will then be too
late to become of the Bride. They will
knock, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto
us!' but the Bridegroom will declare
Il do not recognize you," as members
of My Bride. However, the Scriptures
show us that these foolish virgins"
passing through great time of tribu.
latlon, will be called to ''the marriage
supper of the Lamb" and be present
before the great King as the virgins,
the Brides companions, and subordi-
nate helpers.-Psalm vi, 1915,
One lesson, said the Pastor, is that 1t
is not sufficient that we say, Lord,
Lord-that we publicly proclaim our
selves Christians-nor is it sufficient
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 as members of |
"the Bride. the Lambs Wife" Obe-
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 |
Chrlst's followers are capable is the |
conquering 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 Is not granted
because He needs US, but because we |
need the opportunities thus afforded |
for the development Of His character
likeness in our hearts.
"a 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 frultage that He
desires, who would not be members Of
Bis called aud chosen and faithful
lass, though outwardly, noninally, all |
of these. He points down to our day,
saying. "in that day"-in the closing
II this Age, in the testing time, in the
ime when He shall come to make up
His Jewels and to glorify them as His
Bride His members, His associates In
he Kingdom. Many at that time-in
)ur day-will profess that they know