Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-04

tuh2lOhG-kO0oLLlJI nlOSS uhu lSpuhSu
the winds and the
sea; and there was a great calm
Matthew S:24-26.
The Bible informs US that all Of Je-
sus' teachings were parabollc. The
Master explained the significance Of
some Of His actions and words to His
disciples, saying 40 you 1t Is given to
know the mysteries OF the Kingdom Of
Heaven. but to all outsiders these
things are spoken In parallels and dark
sayings, that hearing they might hear
and not understand" Jesus did not
explain all Of His dark sayings even to
His Apostles, Indeed, very few Of His
parallels were explained. On the con-
tnry, He said, "When the Spirit Of
Truth is come 1.-THE Holy Splrlt-at
PentecOst and afterl, He shall guide
you into all Truth, and bring all things
to your remembrance whatsoever
have spoken unto you" On another
occasion Of similar import, He said
''What do thou knowest not now, but
LnOu 6nnlL KNOW nefedItef,'
Thus we see that II has been possl-
BILE for all the followers of Jesus since
Pentecost TO understand the Masters
teachings in way that His earliest
followers could not understand them.
The reason for this is plain. 1t was
not expedlent that the natural Jews
or other natural men should under
stand clearly the Divine Plan. For
them TO understand would have meant
that In many instances Gods plans
might have mlscarried, AS, for In
stance. st. Peter Informs US that II the
rulers OF the Jews had known, they
would not have cruclhed the Prince Of
Life. But only by the cruciaxlon OF
Jesus could tho Divine Plan be carried
out, and therefore It was hidden from
those for whom 1t was not intended.
Nor was there any injustice in this;
rather 1t was blessing in disguise for
them. II they had done the same
things under full light and knowledge,
their guilt would have been many fold
greater. They are not, therefore, to
be punished according to their deeds
entirely, but according to the measure
OF light and knowledge which they
possessed, which was very limited.
And the same principle obtains In re-
spect TO the whole world from then
until now-llttle light little responsi.
blllty; more light, more responsibility.
He that knew the Masters will and
did 1t not, will have many stripes; he
that knew not the Masters will and
did things worthy OF stripes, shall be
punished with few stripes, On the
contrary, those who are begotten Of
the Holy Spirit, and thus accepted as
Gods people, into Gods family, have
the highest responsibility, because they
have the greatest knowledge. They,
and they alone could possibly commit
the sin unto death, as 81. Paul ex-
plains In Hebrews GIG, and 1929, q.
When the Scriptures declare, THE
wise shall understand the reference
In to those who are especially enlight,
ened 10y the Lord through the Holy
Spirit and through tho deeper under.
standing which they gain respecting
the true meaning OF Gods Word, On
the contrary, we have the assurance
also that none Of the wicked shall un.
derstand," st. Paul explains the sltua-
tlon to US, saying, "rhe natural man
rccclveth not the things Of the Spirit
of God, neither can he know them, be.
cause they are spiritually dlscorned.
Hut he that Is spiritual Judgeth all
things, yea, the deep things OF God"
Here, then ls the secret OF demarca.
zion between the Church and the
world. The former have the begettlng
OF the Holy Spirit to Il new nature
and with that bcgettlng 20 privileges
and opportunities OF knowledge " God
and OF His plans, purposoly secreted
FROM all others not splrltbcgotten.
Hence In all our attempts to spread
the knowledge OF God we should re-
utsmber TO Impress the thought that
only the outlines OF the Divine chnrac.
ter aud plan may be clearly dlscerned
and appreciated by those not splrlt.be-
gotten.
Allwho desire to 20 on unto perfection,
aud TO grow In grace and knowledge
aud character. should be informed that
the second step after the primary
ntBdy is conservation Those who win
mot consecrate will not have the prlvi.
uege OF looking deeply into and discern.
lng ciearly the lengths and breadths
and heights and depths OF the Divine
character and plan, This also Is for
their good--a wise provision OF Gods
love For any having come unto the
begctting OF the Holy Spirit can have
no further claim with tho world upon