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called."eousness"garment"man,"city,"works."the products and profits of earth to bemore valuable to them than the everlasting pleasures in the King's palace!The second message, though morespecific and urgent (v. 4) , was first metby some, not onlywith contemptuousmockery, but with blood thirsty enmity."The remnant took his servants, andentreated them spitefullythem."and slewHere is the Lord's parabolicprophecy of the rough treatment accorded His apostles and some others; also,in verse 7, of His punitive justice on"those"theirmurderers"andwhich occurred about 70 A.D.were"Theyunworthy"to become "guests" atwedding""the because they voluntarilyrefused and despised the invitation.Succeeding messengers of the Kingare still authorized to say, "The wedready."ding is It still is, notwithstanding that many slight the call to it. Andnot all who are called, or who apparently respond to the call, are "effectuallyThis is indicated in the Parable bythe one not properly attired inwhat was provided for, and required of,attending guests:The Wedding GarmentFrom the brief account in the Parable, "by good and necessary consequence"and by comparing with otherparts of Scripture, we deduceis "Christ"The "wedding(Rom. 13:14) and His "robe of right(Isa. 61:10). This would beinward character, "the newandpartly, at least, outward "goodAll are easily seen by the Lord at anytime. Good works may be seen by men,but are not always unmistakably adjudged by "overseers" in the Lord'sHouse.No invited guest is rushed to the Banqueting House without opportunity tochange his dress.It is not in the Festal Hall, but inthe Reception Room, or Judgment Hallbefore it, that the King inspects Hisguests.No unfit or unworthy person gets intothe Festal Hall in heaven. He is "castinto outer darkness" from the place offinal Judgment.Wearing the wedding garment is asignificant badge of a guest's loyalty.The want of it was decisive evidence ofdisloyalty.SynodicalTHEME: Arise and BuildNOTICE: Synodical Program committeeMrs. F. L. Stewart, Chairman, OlatheMrs. Harvey McGee, Olathe.Mrs. G. M. Robb and Mrs. PaulWright, Kansas City.AugustSl, 1955Church NewsPLEASE READ THISWe say once more to our correspondents, whether news or contributors tothe Lesson Helps or what-have-you,please double-space your paper. That isof course supposing that you are sending it on typewritten paper which weprefer and it saves us some expense. Ifanyone does not understand whatdouble-space means, and we sometimeswonder because manuscripts continueto come single-spaced,we would saythat it means to write on every otherline instead of every line as a typewriter is made to do. If this is not clear asksomeone who owns one.GENEVA COLLEGEThe Rev. Willard G. McMillan, pastorof the Parnassus Reformed PresbyterianChurch, New Kensington, has been appointed instructor in Bible at GenevaCollege. A 1947 graduate of Geneva College, Rev. McMillan was graduated fromthe Reformed Presbyterian Seminary,Pittsburgh, in 1950. During his last twoyears at the Seminary, he served asstudent pastor of the Parnassus congregation. Following his graduation fromthe Seminary, Rev. McMillan did twoyears of graduate work at New College,Scotland, a theological school of theChurch of Scotland, associated with theUniversity of Edinburgh. He majored inNew Testament and Church history.Rev. McMillan spent his freshman college year at Muskingum College, NewConcord, O., and was then called by theNavy. He was accepted into the V-12trainingtraining at Denison University, Grancourse and served a year ofville, O. He was later commissioned asensign, and studied five months in anofficers'school at Harvard University.He transferred to Geneva in 1945. Rev.McMillan is married to the former Shirley Stewart, a Geneva graduate, andthey have two children. He has beenpastor of the Parnassus Church sinceJuly, 1952.Harold W. Greig, Beaver Falls, is thenew director of the Genevans, mixedchoral group at Geneva College. He succeeds Dr. Alfred H. Johnson, formerlyhead of the department of music, whoresigned. Greig, supervisor of choralmusic at Beaver Falls High school, willretain that position. He is a graduate ofthe Shenandoah Conservatory of Music,Va.; Otterbein College, O., where he received bachelor of music and bachelor ofmusic education degrees; and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music where heearned a master of music degree. Healso attended the University of Pittsburgh and the Westminster Choirschool, Princeton, N. J. Greig has beenminister of music at the North BraddockUnited Brethren church; Churchof the Epiphany, Avalon; Baptistchurch, Bellevue; and the First Presbyterian church, Beaver Falls.A veteran of the Air Force, he servedas supervisor of choral and instrumentaland Avamusic at Claysville, Elizabeth,lon High schools before accepting theBeaver Falls High position.He is married to the former KathrynMetheny, a Geneva graduate. They haveone son.OUR HOMEOn July 13, at the close of the regular meeting of the Board of Directors ofOur Home, the Board had a party at theHome honoring Miss Elizabeth J. Beattie,who celebrated her 90th birthdaythe following Tuesday. Talks, reminiscences, music, singing were the entertaining features, with a beautifully decratedcake, ice cream, punch, and candies for refreshment. The Board againextends its heartiest congratulations toMiss Beattie, and hopes she will be withus for a long time to come. Miss Beattiehas been and is a pillar!On July 19, the New Alexandria congregation had a big party for MissBeattie, who was and is a highly honored member of this congregation.Again, talks, music, and singing werethe entrtainment, and cake, (a large,beautifully decorated one) ice cream,candies, and punch were served bymembers of the congregation.On Sabbath July 24, the Reverend J.Burt Willson preached at the Home.Thank you, Dr. Willson.On Monday, July 25, Miss EdnaGeorge came into the Home.The Mary Jane Missionary Society ofRose Point sent a check of $5.00 fora treat of ice cream for the Membersduring the hot weather. Thank you,Rose point. How nice of you to think ofour dear folks during that extremelywarm weather. They did enjoy it.Two Sabbath evenings during JulyMr. and Mrs. Mitchell took out fourmembers (8 in all) to Mars to hear Dr.Elliott in his out-door services. The141