The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-25


pei Age, at about the time for the
second coming of Jesus-not as sin
bearing Sacriacer, but as the King OF
Glory. His consecrated, sanity PEG
pie are hkened unto ten virgins-five
wise and five foolish
The parable does not relate to the
world at all. but merely to the saints,
They are al virgins, all pure, all JUST.
fed, all sanctifed ones The differ
ence between them is in respect to
their wisdom or unwisdom. The wise
saints of God in the end of this Age
guided by the Divine Word, will walk
very circumspectly, very faithfully
searching the Scriptures in respect to
all they believe and striving to con
form themselves to the Divine will in
all that they 90 and say.
Because of their watchfhlness. alert
ness. devoutness and loyalty they are
wise and will be In special position
of advantage and knowledge in respect
to the things of the Harvest time o.
this Age. The Master. the Bridegroom
will lead these; and gradually one by
one. they shall go through the door OF
death into the marriage. experiments
the glorious change promised. lin q
moment, in the twinkling of an eye
They will complete the Bride Glass. te
which none can be added. because it il
a foreordained and predestinated mum
Der. With the end of our Age the door
to glory and Immortality will close
never to open again. because there is to
be but one Bride and her membership
is limited by REORGANIZATION.
The Foolish Virgins.
The foolish virgins will miss theil
glorious opportunity by reason of un
wisdom. They will be so overcharged
with the cares of this life and the de
ceitfulness Of riches and the attempt
to have the favor of the world as vel
as the favor of the Lord that it viii.
and from faithfulness In walking il
the footsteps of Jesus. Because of this
they are styled foolish, unworthy OF
Gods highest favor-the divine nature
The parable shows them as finally
in the very close of the Age. obtaining
the light which they should have hac
sooner had they not been overcharged
with earthly cares and ambitions. AS
soon as they obtain the light they real
iZe the situation and ask for admission
as members of the Bride of Christ, to
which they were called; but the an
swer is that 1t is complete, that the
Bridegroom can know only one Wife
and cannot recognize them thus. Then
to them will come weeping and gnash
ing Of teeth. sorrow. disappointment
chagrin, that they have failed to OBJ
tain through their own carelessness
this highest Prize. to which Divine
mercy and love had invited them.
At that time will be great tribula ton
in the world. such as never was since
there was a nation. and these foolish
virgins" will have their portion in II
with the hypocrites. The time OF
trouble" will be specially upon the
hypocritical or ''tare" class of Chris
tendon. which has pretended loyalty
to God as His Church when in reality
their hearts were far from Him. The
foolish virgins" are not hypocrites
but true saints; nevertheless. on &C
count of not living fully up to theiI
privileges. they win fail TO gain the
Prize and be given portion in the
great trouble time toith the hypocrites.
This is the Masters own description
- lokn d.,
citation viii He tells us more on the
subject. that only Bible students may
fully appreciate and understand. Ht
tells us that after the completion OF
the Church. spiritual Israel, the 144,-
900, great multitude will come up
through great tribulation and wash
their robes and make them white in
the blood of the Lamb" These will be
honored with place before the
Throne, while the elect" as the
in His Throne
This multitude will be granted palm
branches, representing final victory,
but they will never be granted the
crowns of victory, which will belong
only to the elect, wise virgin" class,
the Bride upon the Throne The Bride
class will be the Temple, composed of
living stones; but the Great Company,
the foolish virgin" class, will not be
stones of that Temple. but will serve
God In the Temple. An honorable
place will thus be granted the foolish
virgins.' who finally get the oil and
finally cleanse their robes in the time
of trouble, but never will they attain
the portion of the Bride.
In Psalm xiv we have description
Of the Church in glory, the Wise Vir-
gin class. She is pictured as q Bride,
all glorious within and clothed in raj.
ment of gold and fine needlework The
Heavenly bridegroom win present her
faultless before His Father, the Great
King; and then We read, The virgins,
her companions, shall follow her; they
shall be brought into the presence of
the King How glad we are that in
Divine providence their weeping and
gnashing of teeth and sorrow and dis
Bride Glass will eventually work out
for them contrition of heart and a
demonstration of loyalty which God
can reward with blessing upon the
Heavenly plane!
Wailing In Outer Darkness.
Another text dealing with ''wailing
and gnashing of teeth" deserves con
sideration here. 1t occurs in connec-
ton with the parable az the Wedding
Garment. That parable pictures the
closing time Of this Age, when under
Divine blessing Gods most sanity peo
pie will be given greater light on His
Word and be enabled thereby to more
fully appreciate the lengths, breadths,
heights and depths of His Love and
its wonderful providences.
These consecrated ones are repre-
sented as being gathered into great
banquet hall. radiantly beautiful. In
it they larry, waiting to be ushered
into the banquet proper. in an adjoin-
ing apartment. The light of these
apartments is in the parable wildly
contrasted with the darkness that pre-
walls outside. which darkness repre-
sents the condition of the world and all
of Gods people who have not yet come
into the light of present truth
The parable is given specially to
show the necessity of the wedding