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to come. Men III August want autumn,
md In anf11nrn winter Afcn want a

to come. Men III Anglst vant autumn,
md In autumn winter Men want a
GO, bnt how nany people arc there that hare
iulI sense Of what the contents OF GOsl's King
dom are, md then can ray, Thy KinEdom
somo '",ta Mt ssy l. once not ..y Sunday
letter IN the post-oce md say, There, that y
Eonei no more care for me-" How many men
Now, il is on this subject Of tho Kingdom Of
God that wish to speak 70 you to-day. Villa.
Is the Kingdom Of God-the Kingdom Of
lfcavenf-wh!ch are fntcryhangeahlc terms.
Some say, why, Y is the heavenly state that
IN this life that arc to be transferred there;
but the real kingdom Is III the heavenly world:
III sonic senses this Is true. Tie perfected
form Of life Is not un carth but It Is II, the fl.
ieayen. Other people. think that the kingdom
Of God Is In the niaiu expressed by tho word
"churth ~; that God has Church on earth;
dMs, s: s suSss sses a9or @ sss ae a @ 't 10 Ti
tents n1ll purposes. the Kingdom of God, rs II
IIe had nothing outside Of the Church; as u our
Christians were nothing but old dred.up Jews
HtSstt thu 1Iei Children ~ q Il" Abraham had =
f"sHs' Sois e,.s VI" had; that, il he '' wasnt
II Jew, or did nut submit himself 10 become a
Ing to 10 with hin; Tint all tho milk of uol's
kindness was for The Jew. md not tor the Gen.
ttle The fdca Of taklng my of their Cod and
part,tLou!ng on f., the Gsnt'!es ,g. ~ snoasn
Just as ypl do about your proplicts- II q man
account, some Of you would feel in very
snsbo ~, On, mood seS aSa' u. T. s[ SSM ths ss,ss SsEs
md the idea Of tAking Him and giving
TO tho Guntlles some, 10 the Greeks
SONG, and tho lsoomans some, whs what they
there, calling themselves Christian, tnat think
TINT taot Is infinitely good, but that His good-
ness ls dispensed especially for Ills Church, ard
Tint thosu that arc outside OF the Church arc 10
70 Hint As II q babe burn by the side 81 the
uangcs was nothing to God! As II tho Indian
wandering on tl!e pampass, q SO, South America,
was nothing to Godl Al Z 590o,oD or thou
weep, die, were nothing. to intluite love, nnd
only handful OF good Christians, harncsscd to
their own church Or creed, were everything TO
Cod.
Now, far be 1t from inc TO Say that the Church
is not dear to God. My family Ia dear 10 Ine;
bnt therc Is not a family III tho ncightorhood
that l don't think as much Of and would not
suffer rs well Tor. Thu Church contatna tho
elements Of power, Of grandeur, and Of beauty,
that cannot be cxtraTaeautly expressed II cx-
pressed ever 50 highly. Nevertheless, It Is said
Inc Churcl, Is Cots Kingdom, 1t is no moro
G%is knEom n tfan thc naegaHewagons whiSh hih
sons They wcrc the mcrs lood-waKons anu
implements, and tho Church on earth Is simply
MI cneincry by which God feeds nlcn,-teaches,
guides idt them. loves 81 Them; -. v..u,. :,
Heaven was that recrrated world Tor which men
arc waiting when Christ shall come, mud burn
up the wicked and reconstruct this Garth. and
then that therc WI bo new heaven and new
dom OF Heaven. Now, in ali these notions,
there 10 an element Of truth, but they arc based
lIpon MI old dry issue: you VIII ohsetro IN tho
thisteehth chapteF OF Matthew'S gospel, wheFe
touch the question Of tho Kingdom Of
heaven, that "the hlngaom q uearen
T. ,!lko unto ,, treasure ~ tH 2
neId; tho . Wh,eh when man natl,
heilctn az tnat nc hati, ana buScth that aeid,"
Nas ~. MI much as to say, taess Is aa e1petence Ia
so o. % wsh pa' to na sve:y
DEPTHS flae ase not touched by this world. and
never can 9c. lhcre arc currents tnat uevcr
islt inc Keel of ~oTiliy interests aoatinc upon
w te k9a9m rsay 1 1a9vSoped
experience nll created things nro Us bubble.
lint Is simply gSlnE its yal'e,
Ihcn 20 ihe same point. "lhe Kingdom ot
heaven is Ike uuto q mcschant,nan seeking
pearl oE great price, went and sold all that lic
had, and went md bought y; Hko untn'u net
that WIS cast INTO tho scu, an! gathsfed Ok every
shore, and sat down, anl gathered ths good
1 into MoFscie. and east the BAD away" To-day
the saiAc II thing u done And M tnsu ie says
nGnn IN thS H., samo % pase, .,ta, Lae hingaum q q
any NY IN three measures 2, meal ~ tlo
whole wns leayencdi" OF, like to Il grain Of
mustagi,,accd q, whicA D. man r. TOOK aau sowed
i''s aeld which indeed u the least ol a.! seeus
and bccotucth tree 80 TINT tho birds Of tho air