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in another sense they are yet to be fulfilled. They werefulfilled so far as the Jewish nation was concerned. Jesusdid baptize some of them with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost,and subsequently--all the faithful "Israelites indeed";and He did, later on, baptize the unfaithful withfire--a time of trouble. Writing of that trouble St. Paulsays, "Wrath is come upon this people to the uttermost;that all things written in the Law and in the Prophetsconcerning them might be fulfilled." Jesus did a harvestingwork there for the Jewish nation only. He gatheredtheir wheat into the garner of the Gospel Age by begettingthem of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and onward,and "burned up" the nation in a time of trouble withwhich their Age ended, in A.D. 70.But now for the larger fulfilment--world-wide. Inthe end of this Age all the "wheat" class are to be gatheredinto the heavenly garner by the change of the FirstResurrection, and in the time of trouble coming all othersthan the true Church will be cut off from associationwith the Church and from all opportunity of membershipin it--as "tares" they will be burned--reduced tothe level of the rest of humanity. But, thank God! atthat time will begin the work of blessing the masses ofmankind; all the families of the earth are to be blest bythe glorious, Messianic Kingdom!R4959 : page 33====================TO MARRY OR NOT TO MARRYWE ARE ASKED to publish the below letterrespecting marriage, in the hope that itmay be helpful to some considering thissubject:--"DEAR SISTER: As your conduct towards meis not as formerly, but you pass me and seemto intentionally avoid giving me recognition,it has made me think that perhaps you mayhave some unfriendly feeling towards me onaccount of the stand I have taken, or on accountof something that I may have said. IfI have done you any wrong I ask your forgiveness."I can sympathize with you, as I also have a fight with thefallen flesh, and I will tell you how I feel and look at thematter of matrimony at this late moment of the harvest time,and how, by the Lord's grace, I obtain strength."This matter should be viewed by us only from the standpointof the new mind, and by thus doing I find it the greatesthelp to keep the flesh from dictating to me along fleshly lines."We should also constantly have the spiritual welfare ofourselves as well as of others uppermost in our mind; andI thus ask myself: How can I help a sister spiritually throughthe union of the flesh? How will it help the sister or myselfin setting our affections on things above? Is it the sister's