[Sidenote: Men judged by the Gospel.] Of the Gospel--the plan of eternal life--the Great Architect was jealous. "He that rejecteth me," asserted Jesus, "and receiveth not my words, hath One that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day," And the end can not come till all have heard the plans and specifications of eternal life. Said Jesus again, "This Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." [Sidenote: The three marks.] Like the chieftain of the Flatheads, others, too, may come over a trail of many moons, from the setting sun. They may come from a land of darkness, in search of Light. They may need the Book of Heaven to make the way of eternal life plain. Surely, the scroll may be found in only one place--The Church of Jesus Christ. It is founded upon the rock of revelation; it is ribbed by the quorums of the priesthood of Aaron and of Melchizedek; and it is clothed in the teachings of Jesus--the Gospel of the Son of God. These are the three never-failing marks of the Church of Christ. {164} THE REFERENCES Mark 1:14, 15. John 12:48-50. Matt. 24:14. THE QUESTIONS 1. What is the significance of the speech of the Flathead chief? 2. Why does an architect prepare plans and specifications for a proposed building? 3. How is the Gospel like such plans and specifications? 4. What is the Gospel? 5. How did Jesus show His great concern for the Gospel? 6. What are the three never-failing marks of the Church of Christ? {165} {166} PICTURE: CONSIDER THE LILIES, Lejenno {167} XXII SINGLE MINDED LOYALTY [Sidenote: A supreme privilege.] It is indeed a privilege beyond measure to belong to a Church founded upon divine revelation, presided over by the Lord Jesus Himself and conducted by a divinely appointed priesthood, and regulated by the Gospel of Jesus Christ--the divine plan of salvation. Not many people appreciate fully what a priceless blessing is within their reach. They clamor and struggle, sometimes, for membership in some secret brotherhood or other, which will avail them nothing when they shall pass into that other world; and they neglect--nay, ignore--membership in the open brotherhood of Jesus the Christ, which might be made to profit them much upon the earth, and which would give them hereafter free access into the larger kingdom of God. Is not the vision of man imperfect? [Sidenote: The true worth of membership.] Jesus, however, recognized the true worth of membership in the kingdom of heaven. "The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field," He declared; "the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."