The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-10

P"i"OiV 10 dH tdTtnly story with
a heavenly meaning" An analogy is
a likeness" This story Is n parable.
1t is to illustrate the vlgllant, expect.
ant attitude OF faith, Heb. 6:2S; II
Tim. AS. Leaving the temple, Jesus
drew the disciples attention TO it's
buildings and predicted its destruc.
ton. Proceeding to the Mount of
olives, his disciples ask him, Tell us,
when shall these things be? And what
shall be the sign Of thy coming, and
the end OF the world?' In reply Je.
sus gave the disciples his Ollvet dis.
course and prophecies found in chap.
ters "a and 20. To fully comprehend
this parable we ought TO review all
OF this teaching. The discourse as
whole falls into these parts (1) 24:1.44
deals with Israel as nation; (2)
24:45-25:3O deals with the church as
being responsible for the king dur.
ing the period between his two ad.
vents; and (3) 25:3i-46 deals with the
judgment Of the nations when the Son
OF Man comes In his glory. 1t will be
seen then that this lesson comes in
the second part and Is one OF three
parallels concerning the responsible.
ity OF the church. Jesus Is the bride
groom, John 1928. 20; Eph. 5:25; II
Cor. 11:2; Rev 21.9, and sets forth
the love Of Christ for the church,
Eph. 5:25, 2S, 3O.32.
Two Glasses.
!. "Whlle the bridegroom tarrIed"
w. is. The first and strongest idea
Of this section is that he, Jesus, the
bridegroom, Is coming again. Among
those who wait are two classes. the
wise and the foolish, though both
were right intentioned. The lamps
symbolic Christian profession, Luke
1895; II Tim. 3:5, and the oil that
which is essential TO give us power
whereby we maintain our profession,
Acts 1928; John 2:20-27. The fool.
ish virgins were superficial and had
not enough to maintain their profes. |
sions. The wise virgins had enough |
oil; so also may the believer have the
abiding spirit OF Christs presence
wherein TO maintain his Christian |
profession. Waiting they all nodded |
(slumbered) and others evidently lay |
down Slept. The wise virgins could |
afford to rest as they had all things |
ready II they had been awake, how
ever, they might have seen and rem.
dered aid to those who were in the |
sorry plight of not being ready. The
tarrying was test OF the faith and |
patience OF both the wise and the
foolish as both awaited the "fulness
OF time when he should appear.
The Great Question.
u. Behold the bridegroom eometh-
w. 6-i3. All are awakened by this
midnight cry. The hour was one
when he was least expected, and the
church Of today needs to be awak.
ened to realizing sense Of this truth.
Both the wise and the foolish have to
meet him, but the wise we're the only
ones whose lights could shine and
show the way into the banqueting
ROOM They all putwardly appear alike
even to the very point Of separation.
The church of God individually and
has, yet to sense the dan
ger to It and to others II its light for
any reason be not continuous. This
cry was call to meet him and we
all need to ask ourselves, ARE we
ready to meet him." The hour was
too late to make nesdful preparation
to meet him. In theit emergency they
turned to the flve wise ones but the
wisdom OF one cannot supply the de-
lciency or the foolishness of others
". 81. There Is no Scripture TO sup.
port the teaching that one mans merit
s applicable to another except the
merit OF the Goldman Jesus as ap.
Piled to sinful humanity. Hence the
wise sent their sisters to the orig.
nal source of supply for oil, and as
hey went "the bridegroom came" So
will It be with all who put OFF too long
he securing of the Holy Spirit in
heir lives.
"They that were ready went In,
hey that were not ready when they
anne found the door shut" To at.
end marriage feast Is highly es. I
eemed everywhere, but II is a priv ,,
lege that is worthy of careful prep a
Iration. Remember that Jesus is c
ere showing the attitude towards P
imself Of those who profess to be v
evoted to him during the period OF
is absence, and who expect his re-
urn as king. That being so, we need ),
D remind ourselves of the laws OF :.
he kingdom as he gave them. :,
Jesus knows those that are his,
ohm 10:27; II Tim. 2:19; | Cor S:3, h
ut such are not those who make a
lere outward profession of faith and
Ick the abiding presence and power
the Holy Spirit. The day OF sep
ration between the true and the false B
surely coming. time when the
'al, genuine. Spirit-fllled Christians !"
i'll rejoice 'at his coming"
The lesson for us Is Watch" Be-
luse we do not know the day nor the u
,ur when he will come. therefore,
watch" This word does not mean =,
mply to look or to gaze but to keep :. =
wake. TO be vigilant- :