The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-22

was mocni or immoral, but merely that
he was poor, ate crumbs az the rich
mans gate, and was full Of sores.
which dogs licked, Is It reasonable 10
suppose that sores aud restitution.
without character. would Ice qualihca.
lions for Heaven Surely not II all
rich people 20 10 eternal torment. N
all people who wear fine linen and
purple clothing and have plenty 10 eat
must suffer TO all eternity, what an
aristocratic place Hell would be, and
how full II would be, On the other
dogs 10 HEX them, who lie ut rich
mans gate and eat crumbs from his
table, 90 20 Heaven. how few OF NJ
will get there Moreover, II II Is .
| literal statement. then Abraham hero
| il literal person. ms well as Lazarus.
and when Lazarus would get into his
| bosom. how many more could Abraham
hold without letting some drop,
Surely this Il not literal statement,
but n parable. Let us treat II from
this viewpoint, remembering that .
parable never means what II says. For
instance. In the parable OF the Wheat
and Tares. the wheat does not mean
wheat, but children OF the King.
dom; the tares, children Of the Wick.
ed One" Accordingly. the Rich Man
does not mean rich man. but stands
for some class; and Lazarus does not
mean a poor man. but stands for some
class. Let us thus apply the matter.
Interpretation Of tho Parable.
We suggest that the Rich Man Of
the parable represented the Jewish
nation, rich In Gods favor. Their
spiritual table was bountifully sup
piled with gracious promises from God.
They "fared sumptuously," as no 9th
err people did. To them belonged the
promise of the Kingdom, represented
by the purple raiment of royalty. Az
a people they had the purging Of their
sins, typical Justification, accomplished
on their annual Atonement Day. This
was their fine linen,' representing
to them as people.
In A. ID. 20, the Rich Man, the jew
ish nation. died, when the last vestige
of the government was destroyed by
Titus, the Roman general. The nation
has been asleep In Hades ever since.
though the Jews have been very muck
alive and have suffered many things,
especially amongst professed Chris
tians Of the tare class Zionism, which
has sprung up within the past thirty
years, Is the revival OF hope that the
Rich Man will be resurrected from
Hades and present indications point
to this as a matter of speedy accom-
plishment-a soon as the fulness Of
the Gentiles shall have come into Spir-
itual Israel Romans II :25-32
Lazarus represented outcasts who
desired favor with God. but were
"aliens and strangers from the com
monwealth of Israel" -Gentiles. They
had no table with Divine promises
from which 10 fare sumptuously every
day" no share In the promises of roy
atty represented by the purple robes,
no fine linen,' representing justlfica-
ton from sin. Those things belonged
to the Jew exclusively, until his ma
tional rejection and the subsequent
opening Of the door TO Gentiles, that
they might become felow-beir with
the sanity Jews, and followers OF
Jesus In the glorious things Of Gods
As the jew died to his favors, so the
Gentle died to his disfavor. As angels
carried Lazarus to Abrahams bosom.
so the early Jewish Church, messengers
Of God and Christ, received believing
Gentlles into full fellowship as breth-
rem OF the Seed OF Abraham. This,
figura lively, Is described as Lazarus
In Abraham's bosom treated as his
child.
The Rich Man represented especially
.wo tribes Judah and Benjamin. Pro
)ortionately, the five brethren would
represent the ten tribes. The parable
represents the Rich Man as saying, !
ave five brethren. May not something
)e done for them? The answer shows
hat only Israeltes could be meant
They have Moses and the PROPHETS
ct them hear them" Only the twelve
RIDES Of Israel had Moses and the
'rophets. The Gentiles had them not.
"In He'll He Lifted UP His Eyes"
The dogs licking the sores. In the par
BILE, represent that the Lazarus class
we're companions OF dogs Indeed.
dog was name which Jews com
monty gave Gentiles. Jesus Himself
sed 1t, and gives an illustration OF
ow believing Genties occasionally ate
rumbs from the Rich Mans table.
he Syropbenician woman requested
ealing for her daughter; but Jesus de-
lined, saying. 1T would not be proper
D take the food from the childrens
able 1.-THE Jewsl and give It to dogs
She answered Truth,
ord. yet the dogs eat OF the crumbs
yhich fall from the masters table"
hen Jesus said, 80 woman, great In
~ faith" and he gave her the crumb
I relief which was not hers by right:
,r He testified 81 am not gent save