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The "Great Supper."

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Publishing Committee · Saratoga Springs, N. Y. · Sep 2, 1851

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 2, No. 3.

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The "Great Supper."

By H. Heath

Luke xiv, 16. A certain man made a great supper, and bade many. Compare with Matt. xxii, 2—10.

FIRST MESSAGE.

Verse 17th. "And sent his servants at SUPPER TIME to say to them that were bidden, come, for all things are now ready." Explanation given by "Wes. Mid. Cry." "A call to supper implies a little previous notice, that guests may cease from the labors of the day, and prepare themselves.—This text has had its fulfillment in the proclamation of the coming of the Lord in or about 1843."
Verse 18th. "And they ALL with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused." "Or in other words" the Lord cannot come yet, for there are large portions of the earth yet uninhabited. "A piece of ground" in the way.
Verse 19th. "And another said I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them, I pray thee have me excused." "I have so much business on hand that I have not time to examine the subject."
Verse 20th. "And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore CANNOT COME." "It is well to be ready, but as for me, it is my business to attend to my family," &c.

SECOND MESSAGE.

Verse 21st. "Go out QUICKLY into the STREETS and LANES of the CITY, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the halt and the blind." And QUICKLY was the "Midnight Cry" sounded through the land, and even "the poor" in the "streets and lanes of the cities" heard the proclamation! But the "Marriage Supper" is yet future: and ANOTHER MESSAGE IS TO BE GIVEN.

THIRD MESSAGE.

Verse 23d. "Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that MY HOUSE may be filled." Compare with Matt. xxii, 9, 10. "Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the "marriage." So those servants went into the highways and gathered all, as many as they found; and the wedding was furnished with guests." This shows that there is yet another message to be delivered by God's SERVANTS, (though not to the world in general,) which will gather the few scattered ones, and fill the House of God.—["Advent Herald" of Jan. 29, 1845.]
H. HEATH.