These efforts seem to be increasingly made. The most dangerous examples of the principle are found in its application to the interpretation of prophetic parables. For example, it has been urged in my hearing that in the parable of the wise and foolish virgins (Matthew 25) the wise virgins cannot possibly represent the Church, because the Church is elsewhere described in Scripture as “the Bride,” and in this parable the Bride is conspicuous by her absence! It is evident that if arguments are to be founded upon what is not stated in parables, they may be expounded to mean anything, according to the will or fancy of the expounder.