AIIT CAFI TAL J0UB5AL, SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1912.
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LIGOilCEPTIOilS
OF THE DARK AGES
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Pastor Ruasall 8ays the Bible Doae Not
Substantiate Horrible Taachinge of
Dark Agae Claaaaa tha 8alrit Ma
diuma of Today With tha Witchaa
and Naoromaneara of tha Past.
Philadelphia,
Pa., June lC-Pas.
tor RuhhcII deliv
ered 'two dis
courses bere to
day. Id one be
"chose this text:'
"There shall be
weeping and
gnashing of teeth
when ye shall see
Abraham and
Isaac and Jacob
and all the Proph
ets to the King
dom of God. and yoo yourselves thrust
ut."-Luke till, 28.
Bible students In the past, renting
under a terrible fear of an eternity of
torture after death, were inclined to
twist the statements of Scripture Into
rapports for their misconceptions, . We
are now breaking loose from some of
those horrible nightmares of the Dark
Ages, finding that the Bible, rightly in
terpreted. does not substantiate them.
The hobgoblins and demons of torture,
cloven hoof, forked tail, malignant
glance, pitchforks and tongues of flame
came down to us, not from tbe Inspired
Word of Uod, but from the pens ot
misanthropic poets and tbe brushes of
ambitious painters who revelled In tbe
portrayal of blood-curdling scenes and
endeavored to make them more awful
than the tortures of the Inquisition
chambers of their own day.
tto far from describing Butan and bis
demon hosts as torturers of tbe dead,
the Bible tells us plainly that the dead
are "asleep" and will know nothing of
Joy or sorrow until the awakening time
In I ho dawning of the Messianic King
1oiii, and that 8ntnn and bis demon
hosts of fallen angels are not fur off
toklng Hrcs, but nenr by us, "powers
of the air." It tells us nlso that these
seek to oppose tbe Divine Program and
to ensnare our race by personating the
dead, using an their channels docelv
d spirit mediums as they used witches,
wizards and necromancers In the pusL
Sstanlo Influance Naar.
Hi. I'etcr. so far from believing that
Sutan Is fur oil stoking fires, tlcucrlnrd
him as a roaring, angry Hon, going
about amongst men seeking whom he
might devour-deceive. Involve In sin
L 1'uul forewarns tin that Siitim and
iiis agents are crafty and tire to be ex
Jiocted to present theiusulves us migols
of light leaders In advanced truth.
We are assured that this dreadful, In
Jurloua agency has been deceiving the
whole world for centuries. The Ul vine
promise Is that Messiah's Kingdom
ahull hind or restrain Satan for u thou
sand years that he may deceive the
people no more until Mtwoiiib shall de
liver up the Kingdom to tie Kuthcr.
The Scriptures specially forewarn us
of great activity ou the part of the
vll spirits lu the end of this Age, and
Intimate that thoy will have much to
do with the great Time of world wide
Trouble which will precede the Innugu
ration of Messluh's Kingdom. It Is
time for us to be on the lookout for
those wonderful manifestations ot dla
Ixilluin which for a time will seem to
make iimny ot our poor race mudly In
sune, brutal. Inhuman, diabolical. This
is the renl danger from the demons in
the present life, and not In the future.
They will deceive and torture hu
manity to tho limit of their permission,
when they will be restrained by the
King of Glory and the bright shining
of the Sun of ItlKhteousuess, which
will usher In the New Day of enrtu'i
lilomlng and restitution.
The words "weeping and gnashing
of teeth" represent, not new condi
tions amongst men, but those which
may be witnessed every day sorrow,
heurtuchft, grievous disappointment;
and this Is the use of this expression
In the Rlble. We should dismiss all
thought that the experiences mention
d will hit after donth and the result of
'tortures indicted by demons.
Jaws' Bitter Dlaappolntment
In our text the t.ord graphically
pit tores the disappointment of the
Jess when they shall find out bow
great was their mistake lu the rejec
tion of Jesus anil His Message, Thoy
will find that tbe glorious opportunity
offered to them of becoming members
tn the ilrlde of Christ was tbe highest
favor mat Divine mercy could olTer
them as the children of A lira 1mm
Tluv will UK-tune aware of their loss
of thw heavenly portion sad also ot
the earthly portion of the Dlvlno
promhie. They will then come to tin
oVrufiiml that the promt tn Abraham
flriilt with two seiils, one heavenly
tlie other earthly, and that the faithful
ones of past Ages, Abrahsin, Isaac
jind Jacob Mm! till the holy Prophets
And other faithful ones of (heir nil
lon. vvlli be rewarded with the filch
1 ioslilona of honor In the esrthiy
phaw of Messiah's Jlliigdom, while
they, ulut had the opKrtuulty of en
n-rlrw the still higher, the spiritual
I'ltnue of tint Kingdom, foiled because
t tiiireiilliicHS of heart to wotve the
J ; -..-. oii-r 'J'hry will find tliut some
whom tbey esteemed as publicans and
sinners and (cuttles, by acceptlug
Christ and becoming His disciples, be
came belrs of the highest promise
made to Abraham became Abraham's
spiritual Seed members of the Mes
siah, of which Jesus Is tbe Head and
the Church His Body.
Alas, poor Jews! Our hearts may
well go out to them In sympathy In
their chagrin and disappointment
then tbey shall lenrn tbe truth on
the subject, when they shall learn
that they have lost not only tbe 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
contrition of heart and penitence, we
trust, toward God. which will bring
them Into tbe right condition to be
amongst tbe Brut 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 shull be completed, St
Paul tells us (Romans xl, 25-33.)
Then favor will return to tbe nat
ural seed of Abraham: "They shall ob
tain mercy through your mercy." Their
eyes of understanding will open; men
tally "tbey will look upon Ulm whom
tbey have pierced." Tbey will mourn
for Dim, and the Divine promise Is
that God will then pour upon them
tbe spirit of prayer and supplication.
Other 8imilar Texts.
All Bible students will recall several
other passages of very similar lan
guage to that of our text. But when
we get tbe right focus upon thorn we
perceive tbat they all belong to ex
periences tn the present life, that none
of them relate to Incidents beyond tbe
tomb. A greater care In tbe study of
tbe Bible might have protected us
from tbe thought that any of these
references apply to the dead, because
tbe 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;"
"their sons come to bonor and tbey
know It not, to dishonor and tbey per
ceive It not of them;" and tbat "there
Is neither work, nor device, nor knowl
edge, nor wisdom In the grave (nco"
whither all go. Ecclcslastes Ix, S, 10;
Job xlv. 21.
This expression, "weening 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 Gos
pel Age, at about ..the. time for the
second coming of Jesna not ns a sin-
bearing Sacrlficcr, but as the King of
Glory. Ills consecrated, saintly poo
pie are likened onto ten vlrglns-tlve
wise and Ave foolish.
Tbe parable does not relate to the
world at all, but merely to tbe saints.
Thoy are all virgins, all pure, ull Justi
fied, all sanctified "ones." 'The differ
ence between them Is "In respect -to
their wisdom or unwisdom. Tbe wise
saints of God tn the end of this Age.
guided by tho Divine Word, will walk
very circumspectly, very faithfully,
searching tho Scriptures In respect to
all they believe nud striving to con
form themselves to the Divine will in
all that they do nud suy.
Becauso of their watchfulness, alert
ness, devout nous and loyalty they are
wise and will be In a special position
of ndvnutiige and knowledge In respect
to the things of the Ilurvest time of
tills Ago. Tbe Muster, the Bridegroom,
will lend these; and gradually, one by
one, they shull go through the door ot
death Into the niurrlnge. experiencing
the glorious change promised, "lu a
moment In the twinkling of au eye."
They will complete the Bride Class, to
which none enn be added, because It Is
S foreordained and predestinated num
her. 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 Ilrlde and her membership
Is limited by foreordlnatlon.
The Foolish Vlrfllne.
The "foolish virgins" will miss their
glorious opportunity by reason of un
wlRdom. They will be so overcharged
with the cares of this life and the de-
celtfulnoss of rlcbes and the attempt
to have tbe favor of the world as woll
as the favor of tbe Lord that It will
binder them from proper Bible study
and from faithfulness In walking In
the footsteps of Jesus. Because of this
they arc styled foolish, unworthy of
God's highest fuvor-the divine nature.
The parable shows them as finally,
In the very close of the Age, obtaining
the light which they should have bud
sooner had they not been overcharged
with earthly cares and ambitions. Ai
soon as (hey obtain the light they real
lie the situation and ask for admission
as members of the Ilrlde of Christ, to
which they were called; but the an
swer Is that It Is complete, that the
Bridegroom can know only one Wife
and cannot recognlte them thus Tbeu
to them will come weeping and gnash
ing of teeth, sorrow, disappointment,
chagrin, that tbey have fulled to ob
tain through their owu rarvlessncsa
this highest I'rl.o, to which Divine
mercy and love hud Invited them.
At that time will be great tribulation
In the world, such as never was since
then win t nation, and these "foolish
virgins" will have their portion In It
-with the h.vMx-rltes The "time of
trouble"' will I mwlally upon the
hypocritical or "tare" class of Chris
teiiilom, which has pretended loyalty
to God ns Ills Church when In renllty
their hearts were far from Him. The
"foolish virgins" are not hypocrites
but true saints; nevertheless, on ac
count of not living fully no to their
privileges, thev will fall to gain the
t'riie sod he given a portion In the
great trouble time irils the hyiwrltps.
This I the Muster's own description
of the matter A little later on (Iter
elation r 1 1 lie tells us more on the
subject, that only Bible students my
fully appreciate unci ondcrstniid. lie
tells ns that after tbe completion of
the Church, spiritual Israel, the 144,
000, a great multitude will "come op
through great tribulation and wash
their robes and make them white In
tbe blood of tbe Lamb." These will be
honored with a place before the
Throne, while tbe "elect," as tbe
Bride, will be honored with Immanuel
in His Throne.
This multitude will be granted palm
branches, representing a final victory,
but tbey will never be granted tbe
crowns of victory, which will belong
only to the elect, "wise virgin" class,
the Bride opn tbe Throne. The Bride
class will be tbe Temple, composed of
living stones; but the Great Company,
tbe "foolish virgin class, will not be
stones of tbat Temple, but will serve
God In tbe Temple. An honorable
place will thus be granted tbe "foolish
virgins," who finally get the oil and
finally cleanse their robes In the time
of trouble, but never will tbey attain
the portion of tbe Bride.
' In Pnalro xlv we have a description
of the Church In glory, tbe Wise Vir
gin class. She Is pictured as a Bride,
all glorious witblu und clothed In rai
ment of gold and fine needlework. Tbe
Heavenly Bridegroom will present ber
faultless before His Father, tbe Great
King; and then we read, "The virgins,
her companions, shall follow ber; they
shall be brought luto the presence of
the King." How glad we are that In
Divine providence their weeping and
gnashing of teeth and sorrow and dis
appointment at losing a place tn the
Bride Class will eventually work out
for them a contrition of heart and a
demonstration of loyalty which God
can reward with a blessing upon the
Heavenly planel
Wailing In Outer Darknasa.
Another text deullng with "wailing
and gnashing of teeth" deserves con
slderatlon here. It occurs In connec
tion with tbe parable of the Wedding
Garment. Tbat parable pictures tbe
closing time of this Age, when under
Dlvlno blessing God's most saintly peo
ple 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 cousecrnted ones are repre
sented as being gathered Into a great
banquet ball, riidluutly beautiful. In
It tbey tarry, waiting to be ushered
luto the bancjuet proper, in un adjoin
ing apartment. Tbe light of these
apartments Is In the parable vividly
contrasted with the darkness that pre
vails outside, which darkness repre
sents the condition of tbe world und nil
of God's people who have not yet come
Into the light of "present troth."
The parable Is given specially to
show tbe necessity of the "wedding
garment" tbnt none may enter Into
tbe marriage feast axcept be acknowl
edges and uses the "wedding gar
ment" On such festlvul occasions In
ancient times It wns customary that
all guests should be furnished by the
host with gnrments of white which
would cover their own giirmetits. unit
for the time being, as bis guests, this
plnced them all on the same footing,
whatever their ordinary station In lire.
Thus we have pictured the Jiistlllcution
which all God's people receive as a
gift through the merit of their He
decmer. Being Justified by faith the
consecrnted have not only peace with
God. but tbey have access to this tig
nrntlve "marriage Biipper."
The parable Is laid in the end of this
Age and points out that ut this time
an Inspection of the Church tuny be
expected. "When the king cunie in he
beheld a man who had not on a wed
ding garment." The Implication Is that
the man bud put on the wedding gar
uient, else be could not have gone In
at all; and bis appearing inter ou
without a "wedding garment" Implies
thut he bad rejected the robe provid
ed by bis host
Thus be represented a class of Chris
tluns In this our day who, after be
lieving In the merit of Christ's suit)
flee, and accepting It us the pnsport
to favors and privileges, ultimately
reject It and count It common or un
Import nut The tumble shows what Is
to be expected now, namely, tbut the
Great King will command that sueb
as Ignore tbe merit of Ills sacrlllee be
cast luto outer darkness
Outar Darknasa Canaral.
But let us note curefully that the
"outer darkness" Is not somelbliig lie
yond death, but that It prevails every
where, all around ns "Darkness cov
era the earth and gross darkness the
heathen." The only ones who are In
the light are the ones whom the Lord
has specially received nud specially en
lightened and specially privileged ls
curse thoy weur the "wedding gHr
ment" of Christ's righteousness The
casting out of the one without the
"wedding garment" Into "outer dark
ness" therefore would mean merely
that such B one, despite bis struggles
and desire to remain In tbe Italic, would
by Dltlut providence be furred Into
tbe darkness common to the whole
world and lose those special privileges
which he had enjoyed ns one ot the
children or the Unlit and helm of glory.
About the time that the futthftil will
be ushered Info the niurrlnge the great
"time of trouble" will break uihmi tbe
world, slid all who are In durkne-s
will hnve "weeping nud gnashing of
teeth" as they behold the collapse uf
those things upon which tbe.v tme set
their hearts and affecrloni-the things
of the present Order. Tbunk God. their
weeping and gnashing of leeili may
Ultimately Ih turned Into Joy, Ikh huhb
there Is a silver lining to the dark
cloud which Is shout to envelop the
world! It will he tbe d.irk hour pre
ceding the dawning of the New DIs
pousntloo and thf blv-udtiK of all the
fanilUes of the earth hy Messiah nod
nta Bride, to a place In which, hv tbe
grite of God. dear bearer, let n strive
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