The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-03
THE WORTH Or THEKrscDoM
the STORY.

II" KINGDOM of1sawsn- % ~ p8ahi0 b 70 Q place. lode OF
God and angels II 10 not q insuuuon-ne church IL Is al inward state
Of, tn individual which s him to enter the Institution 1.-THE church, or the
place (heayenC Thu II IL amrmsd. The Kingdom is within you" Again.
the Kingdom is not meat (sscrnce) " drink (oblauon) ", eou.n
"a subjective moral v0te OF . per1on Tho Parable Of h Pear
ellis how the Kingdom tspeience) 10 g0tssn ohsr things are set aside
This 10 pursued. MT that. to- o csndauneiy. but publicly. as a pearl
buyer who roc ot into the open market He makes whatever sacrnce is
involved. TreasUeseekng ~ Just a. much Of a business M peatr
buying All Sy1a is hcoeycomoed win reasure. Whoever acquired a piece
Of ground "a supposed TO acquire whatever Il contained artinciany IL well
Is naturally In he most Apostle msnnsr religion Is thus described as
treasure in a held The Parable OF the Net is the answer TO the criticism
that the church contains evil men The fisherman takes his risk when he
cssts his net II is morally certain that the catch will neither be all good
nor all bad There will b 70 an admixture So is It with TN Qingdom OF
Heaven % a n institution In II are all kinds of people-varous kinds and
degrees O goodness n badness Some are becoming good and some are
becoming bad. But all gavtate toward fxty OF character, which must or
itself finally cause separation There is nothing arbitrary in this. II is the
operation OF law. The Parable OF the Householder teaches that one
who has been dtsciphd 10 the Kingdom of HeaSen-not made a mere scribe
% The Jewish law-such has a store of knowledge to impart to others.
THE TEAcngRs LANTERN.
Search. III books and nothingnno valuable will W be found than the
arah~ o Jesus They remain the guide TO spiritual truth So clear ire
they hat need miss the. meaning. Here are four Brief True: but
containing thefwndom of whole libraries In our thoroughly organ
i1d social state. where properly protected t is dtncult for is to appreciate
the anxiety entahed by the possession of wealth in Jesus day N Syria.
Robbery is the exception which proves the rule OF general security o. II
ws the rule then. And only the crudest method OF PRESERVING possessions
was escorted 70. namely, tat OF burTng them. From our English
Version n might suppose that the impartng of religious truth a a tame
holder does not just bring N things He filings them out. Desperate need
requires H. II is Ike throwing he lifeline to a drowning man Out
Of Jesus great audience n day there "a a little company who were not
content 10 go away and ay w heard good sermon today" They were
intent upon knowing more They penetrated Jesus privacy and aid Tx
plain to is the parallel" Twenty centuries have reason to be grateful. In
nswer TO tDem Jesus unOhded his parable ne mus brng
something 20 Jesus o ret something from Him. To him who hath. more
VIII be given. But he who has not. ever his theoretical knowledge will re
main = imperative hat II VIII b as " he had II nt Need OF the
hour is that we also penetrate to Jesus presence with the entreaty. "Ex
plain to US the parable"