The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
By HOP"

and come forth A faithful few will
 come forth to glory, honor immortality,
 and share in the kingdom: and the un- reeonciied many will come forth later that the love of God may be testified to
 them, and that they may have the. oppor-
 tnnity Of the rewards and chastisements
 of the Kingdom. to help them back to all , that was lost in Adam and redeemed at Cavalry.
 The Called Saved
 some inquired of the Lord: Will there De Dut few saved? Jesus did not give a
 direet answer to the question doubtless
 Tor two reasons: CD The Holy Spirit had
 not yet come, and His followers could not then understand Gods plan thor oughly; @ It was not due time to explain all the particulars of the spiritual saliva tion of the church, to be like the angels. and then later the human restitution of the world to the image and likeness of the first Adam
 For certain period of time the door to the high calling of the church stands aJar. The possibilities of entering inte>
 this way were first presented to the Jews \
 and atter finding the suitable ones of that
 people, God has directed the message
 hither and thither amnogst the Gentiles for more than IS centuries. Apparent
 " the gathering of the elect is nearly completed. As soon as the last one completing the elect number shall have passed through the door. it will shut
 About that time, a great awakening of fenglous thought will come to the world in the midst of great time of trouble Then many will begin to see that thev nave been neglecting the great prize. that they have failed to purchase the pearl of great price on the cheap terms on which II was offered them-their little all. Then there will be great lamentations amongst this class, and a crying: Lord, Lord are we not to be of the bride class? But the Lord will disown them as respects the bride company. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will prevail. This will not be in some far off place of eternal torture. as once we supposed; but, as the narrative intimates, it will be right here on earth. amongst a class who neglected the privi- ], leges of the high calling when they knew of it.
 Bringing the matter down to His hear CTS but still leaving 1t applicable to all who have heard the message throughout the gospel age, the Lord intimates that some of these will have been in close touch with Him and His followers They had a form of godliness and claimed to nave done many mighty works, yet the Lord will dfsown them as respects prfyi- leges in the Kingdom. They will not have share even in the earthly Kingdom. It will be given to- the worthies of the past who lived and died before the high calling was opened up.
 Abraham. Isaac. Jacob and all the prophets and other faithful ories of the past are to be princes fin all the earth" the visible representatives of the in visible Messiah and His church in glory. The heirs of the kingdom will not be entirely Jewish. because the Jews as a nation were not sufficiently holy and the Lord could accept only the holy. When the call to joint heirship fin the Kingdom, would go to the Gentiles, some would come from the east, the west, the north <. and the south, and will have "a share in the kingdom. The Jews were first in Gods favor and the Gentiles last, yet some of the first in privilege and oppor- tunity would fail.