Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-03-09

Will recommend
another commission for Africa and
Australasia. etc.
We report Pastor Russells discourse
of today, from the text which he said
referred directly to the Great Pyramid
| located near this city: "In that day
there shall be an altar to the Lord in
the midst of the land of Egypt, =
for sign and for a witness" nsa
xix, 10, 20.) Not only did God thus
mention prophetically in Isaiah the
great Pyramid but also in jeremiah
xxi, 20, where we read that HE set
signs and wonders in the land Of
Egypt, even unto this day"
! The location of the Pyramid is re-
markable, and its size centuries ago
marked 1t as one of the Seven Won
ders of the world
| Scientists tell us that the measure
ment of its base on the four sides. at
the level of its sockets, when added,
gives as many pyramid cubits as there
are days in four years, to the fraction
including the leap year fraction. The
| diagonal measurements across the
base, n. f. to S. w, and N. w. to S.
t., give as many inches as there are
years fl the professional cycle of the
stars. This cycle astronomers had al
ready concluded to be 25,S27 years,
and the Pyramid corroborates the con-
clusion. The distance to the sun is in
dicated by the height and angle of the
| Pyramid TO be 1910, 270 miles, which
| almost exactly corresponds with the
latest figures reached by astronomers.
Spiritual Lessons Here Taught.
key suggested In 1868 by a young
Scotchman. Robert Menzies, and which
began to open the Pyramids religious
lessons, was the Well He wrote to
Prof. Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal
for Scotland, From the north begin
ming of the Grand Gallery, in upward
progression, begin the years of our
Savior's life. expressed at the rate of
year for an inch. Three and thirty
inch-years, therefore, bring us right
over against the mouth of the Well"
In other words, that Well and the ap-
pearance of an explosion, picture our
Lords death and resurrection. In har-
mony with this the Downward Pas
sage represents the course of sin and
death, leading to destruction. The low
Ascending Passage blocked by the
granite Plug" represents the Law
Covenant given to the Jews, but which
none were able to keep, because there
is none righteous, no, not one"
From the time of our Savior the
Gospel Dispensation began, symbolical-
ally represented by the Grand Gallery
1t is Dispensation of grace or favor
nevertheless its Passageway is deep
and narrow, leading to the "Goap' at
the farther end. AS the Grand Gal
lery has an end, so this Gospel Age
will have an end. 1t will accomplish
Its purpose, which is the gathering of
the select to be the Bride of Christ.
Another interesting feature is that
the Ascending Passage with its Plug
represents exactly the length of the
Jewish Age! And, similarly, the
Grand Gallery represents ian inch to
year, the length of this Gospel Dispen-
sation! 1t indicates that AT a certain
time the great favor of becoming Joint
sacrificers with the Redeemer, and
thus becoming joint-heirs with Him in
His Kingdom, viii terminate
The Kings Chamber Granite.
Before entering the Ante-Chamber or
school, the pupil must stoop low, i'm
plying humility. No sooner has he
risen than he finds himself confronted
by a huge granite obstruction, known
as the Granite Leaf, and he can make
no further progress except by bow
ing low to pass under It, Symbolical-
~ 1t says, 1t is not sufficient that you
have desire for Goodness, and faith
in Jesus. and desire to be taught of
Him; you cannot so further unless you
make a full surrender to God
The Passage leading from the Ante
Chamber to the Kings Chamber is
just as low as the Granite obstruction.
which seems to say that as the one
represents condition of death of the
will, the other represents actual death
only by actual death could our Savior
or any of His followers pass into the
Heavenly state, symbolized by the
Kings Chamber; for, I'VE must all be
changed" because flesh and blood
cannot enter the Kingdom of God"
We understand the Horizontal Pas
sageway leading to the Queens Cham
Der to symboiically represent the trials |
and testings that will be upon the hui
man family incidental to attaining hu-
man perfection. under the glorious
reign OF Messiah's Kingdom, when the
Church as the Bride of Christ will be
associated with her Lord in effecting
human restitution to all the willing
and obedient ill, 1928.