PT. 1926, Page 186: "The brethren who err on the meaning and implication of our Pastor's having charge of the storehouse do not understand the function of his office. He was the Parousia messenger, appointed by the Lord over the storehouse and the household for Parousia purposes--giving the Parousia Truth and superintending the Parousia work. Thus he gave the Church the full Parousia Truth, and superintended the full gathering of the Church (hence he can have no successor), and thereby gave the foundation of the Epiphany Truth and work; for the Parousia Truth and work are the foundation of the Epiphany Truth and work. But as our Pastor's work was not that of gathering the Great Company and the Youthful Worthies as such, the truths that he gave on these subjects were not full enough for the work of gathering these as such. Their gathering as such is an Epiphany work, for which special Epiphany truths, not due to be seen in his day, are needed."
Once again, those struggling with the meaning of "as such" can get clarification from the above quote. Here, "such" is used to represent "the Great Company" and"the Youthful Worthies" so as to not reuse the same words a second time in the same sentence. It offers better grammar and simplifies the sentence. Clearly, both the Great Company and the Youthful Worthies are gathered as the Great Company and the Youthful Worthies in the Epiphany. The sentence loses its meaning if one of these classes is now gathered "as such" in the Parousia.
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