-Which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the Bridegroom.- The taking of their lamps signifies making an open profession of their faith. They were not secret disciples, hiding their light under a bushel, but those who were unashamed to be known as the followers of Christ. Luke 12-35, serves to explain this force of the figure- -Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps -more literally- burning, and you yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord.-