abide the fire of His judgment. All spurious Christian- ity shall be weighed in the balance and found wanting. None but true believers shall sit down at the marriage supper of the Lamb. It shall avail the hypocrite nothing that he has been a loud talker about religion, and had the reputation of being an eminent Christian among men. His triumphing shall be but for a moment. He shall be stripped of all his borrowed plumage, and stand naked and shivering before the bar of God, speech- less, self-condemned, hopeless, and helpless. He shall be cast into outer darkness with shame, and reap according as he has sown. Well may our Lord say, ^' there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'"
Let us learn wisdom from the solemn pictures of this parable, and give diligence to make our calling and elec- tion sure. We ourselves are among those to whom the word is spoken, "All things are ready, come to the marriage." Let us see that we refuse not him that speaketh. Let us not sleep as others do, but watch and be sober. Time hastens on. The King will soon come in to see the guests. Have we or have we no-t got on the wedding garment ? Have we put on Christ ? That is the grand question that arises out of this parable. May we never rest till we can give a satisfactory answer ! May those heart-searching words daily ring in our ears, ^^Many are called, biTt few are chosen V