Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-06-22

uuue 10 ADIFndu-DeCumo ADlhudm
spiritual Seed-members Of the Mes.
slah, Of which Jesus Is the Head and
the Church Hls Body.
Alas. poor Jews! Our hearts may
well 80 out to them In sympathy In
their chagrin and disappointment
Ehen they shall learn the truth on
the subject, when they shall learn
that they have lost not only the heav-
enly glory but also the honorable place
Of being Messiah's earthly representa-
tives. Most assuredly there will be
weeping and gnashing Of teeth, and
contrltion Of heart and penitence we
trust, toward God. which viii bring
them into the right condition to be
amongst the Hrst Of humanity to be
blessed under the New Order Of
things Very soon, we believe. the
blindness is to be turned from Israel
just as soon as the elect spiritual Seed
Of Abraham shall be completed, St.
Paul tells us (Romans xi, 25-33.l
Then favor will return TO the nat
ural seed of Abraham: "They shall OBJ
tain mercy through your mercy" Their
eyes Of understanding will open; men
tally they will look upon Him whom
they have pierced" They will mourn
for Him, and the Divine promise is
that God will then pour upon them
the spirit Of prayer and snpplication
other Similar Texts.
All Bible students will recall several
other passages of very similar lam
guage to that of our text. But when
we get the right focus upon them we
perceive that they all belong to ex-
periences in the present life. that none
Of them relate to incidents beyond the
tomb. A greater care In the study Of
the Bible might have protected Us
from the thought that any of these
references apply to the dead, because
the Scriptures not only tell that they
are sleeping and waiting for the morn
ing, but they also particularly inform
US that "the dead know not anything;"
"thelr sons come to honor and they
know 1t not, to dishonor and they per
ceive 1t not Of them; and that there
is neither work, nor device, nor knowl-
edge, nor wisdom in the grave Isheoil"
whittier all CO. --Ecclesiastes TX, 8, 10;
Job xiv. 2l.
This expression. weeping and gnash-
ing Of teeth" is found also In the
parable Of the Wise and Foolish Vir-
gins. The context tells US that this
parable applies In the end Of this Cos
pei Age, at about the time for the
second coming Of Jesus not as sin.
bearing sacrificer, but as the King of
Glory. His consecrated, sanity peo
pie are likened unto ten virgins-tve
wise and Eve foolish.
The parable does not relate to the
world at ALL but merely to the saints
They are all virgins, all pure, all justi-
hed, all sanctiaed ones The differ.
ence between them Is in respect to
their wisdom or unwlsdom 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 aud striving to con
form themselves to the Divine viii In
all that they do aud say.
Because of their watchfuness, alert.
ness. devoutness and loyalty they are
wise and will be In a special position
Of advantage aud knowledge In respect
to the things Of the Harvest time OF
this Age. The Master the bridegroom.
will lead these; and gradually. one BY
one. they shall 90 through the door OF
death into the marriage. experiencing
the glorious change promised, "in a
moment In the twinkllng OF an eye,
They will complete the Bride Class to
which none can be added. because It Is
a foreordalned and predestinaied mum
ber. With the end OF our Age the door
TO glory and Immortality win close,
never TO open again because there II to
be but one Bride and her membership
10 limited by Generalization.
Tho Foolish Virgins
The foolish virgins will miss their
glorious opportunity by reason OF un-
wisdom. They viii be 20 overcharged
With the cares OF this life and the de.
ceitfulness OF riches and the attempt
to have the favor Of the world as we'll
as the favor OF the Lord that It will
hinder them from proper Bible study
and from falthfuness IN walking In
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 had
sooner had they not been oyerchargcd
With earthly cares aud ambitions. AS
soon as they obtain the light they real
lze the situation aud ask for admission
as members OF the Bride Of Christ, to
which thoy were called; but the an
swer Ia that II Is complete, that the
Bridegroom can know only one Wife
and cannot recognise them thus Then
to them viii come weeping and gnash.
Ing Of teeth, sorrow, disappointment.
chagriu, that they have failed to OBJ
tain through their own carelessness
this highest l'rize TO which Divine
mercy aud love had invited them,
AT that time win be great trlbnlauon
IN the world. such as never was since
there was a nation, aud these foolish
virgins" will have their portion In Il
with the hypocrltes The "time OF