to be saved, it would still be true on the judgment day that " many were called but few were chosen."
Brethren, to-day's parable is the most marvellous piece of history ever written, recounting with equal exactness events of the past and future, summing up in a few words the religious history of centuries, inculcating the soundest moral, and teaching the deepest dogmatic truths, refuting errors ages before they had arisen. How truly did the Jews say of Christ: "Never did man speak as this man!" He exhibits to us His mercy, ever foremost, but His justice, too, glancing over mercy's shoulder ready to strike after the days of forbearance. He teaches, moreover, that not every man who says "Lord, Lord," shall be saved, but he who doeth the will of the Father, he shall be saved. A firm faith, an abiding hope, an ardent charity, these, together with an humble bearing and a docile mind, are the chief requisites for the ideal Christian who would fain be not only as one called of God, but also as His chosen friend in the kingdom of heaven.
