The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-27

Bride il Indicated n an inSuiiiCiencl
nf zeal in connection with their loyal
~ This class is described In Revela
tion vii. a. They are represented rs
having failed to Keep their garments
unSpotted from the world failed Ia
live circumspectly. carefully enough
Hence In great time of trouble In
the end of this Age these are represent
ed Ms washing their robes and making
them white in the blood of the Lamb
and then coming up through that trib
ulation to glory aud honor. but not
to immortality. nor to the same degree
OF glory and honor ms 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
I'll Peter 1. III into the Kingdom. while
others will be saved so as by fire
Il Corinthians ill., l5l. The fire of this
Day will test every mans work of
what sort II is. Some VIII he proved
to he gold. silver precious stones.
These the fire" will not consume
Others will he proved Ia he AN admlA
ture Of hay aud stubble, which will Ice
consumed. though themselves will he
saved from the fire Il Corinthians ILL.,
~. l3I.
The tribe of Levi pictured the entire
Church OF the First-born." bur II con-
tnlned two classes the little iock" Of
priests and the great company" or l.e-
vites the Bride class and the servant
class. none Of whom have any inner.
ituuce In the earth. all OF whom have
the heavenly Inheritance.
As Isaac typided our Lord. the Re.
deemer, and as Rebecca typltied the
Bride class. so Rebecca's mpideHs iypi.
ned his great company Glass. This
same thought Is brought 10 our atten'
tiOn in Psalm xiv, where the Bride
class Is pictured as being presented
10 Jehovah In the end OF this Age Ia
glory, honor and immorta lity. illnstrat.
ed by raiment 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 viii
lie u less honor. This great company"
viii not constitute the Kingdom, al.
though they will be identified with II
and Its wonderful salvation and bless
Ing for mankind.
Keeping or Breaking Commandments
The Great Teachers declaration that
they who break Gods commandments
and teach others 50 To do shall be
ga lied least in The Kingdom" has caus.
ed considerable prrplexily In the past
The question las been. How could any.
one be III at all for the Kingdom who
breaks Gods commandments and
teaches others so to do? The answer
Is that many OF Gods people have Ia
bored under more or less of blindness
and have done things which they
ought not TO have done and left un
done the things which they ought 70
have done. As an Illustration John
Calvin, noble man as he was. burned
his Christian brother. Seryetus. Such
violation OF the Divine commands aud
such wrong teaching must. according
to our human judgment. assign Brother
Calvin TO n lesser place In the King
dom than II he had more carefully
more earnestly sought the will and
Spirit OF God. However. II Is not fOl
US TO Judge We are merely seeking
to ascertain the spirit of our Lords
words
Begotten OF the Holy Spirit and priv
ile2ed OF the Lord to be disciples and
to be guided OF the Holy Spirit. we
should be so faithful In the study OF
the Scriptures as not to be mistaken
in respect to the general application OF
their meaning. Wrong practice and
false teachings do not always repre-
sent disloyalty to God. but they surely
wv HiWayS hepicneul biuChueb5 VI Ahut
tention to the Divine message; though
we may be sure Of the Lords faithful
ness In enlightening all who are of the
proper. teachable spirit.
John the 6sptist's Glass.
TO what class does John the Baptist
belong, and what will be his share In
the Kingdom, according to our text?
Since the call of God began with the
call of the Church, and since the
Church began at the First Advent Of
Jesus. II follows that no one was called
Of God to salvation prior to Jesus time
hone for forty-one hundred and hfty
years after sin entered the world.
God did. however, recognize the 10y
atty OF heart OF His Prophet Enoch
and communed with him and blessed
him. etc. God also recognized Abra-
hams faith and spirit OF obedience,
apd lsaae's ana JACOBS. and that af