Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-30


Church, who eaid; 81 wani, IN the
presence Of this audience, to thank all
those TO whom such thanks specially
belong for the courtesy extended to me
on this occasion. Aud want 20 eay
that am not not here for nattery or
rebuke, but to bring In my way, as !
might 10 my own people In the Church
where | am accustomed 10 preach,
some message from the Divine word
which trust may, with the help Of
the Holy Spirit, be OF some value 10
the people who hear me TO-DAY.
have chosen as my text for this
occasion a portion OF Scripture from
the Gospel by 81. John, the 18th chap
ter and s6th versc:
"Iosus answered, Ny kingdom is no,
Of This world lfmy Kingdom were Of this
world, then would my servants fight,
that / should MOI DO delivered 10 the
Iowsi hut now Ia my kingdom not from
hence"
You recognize these words ma
the words OF jesus OF Naz.
arcth, In answer 10 qucs.
ton propounded 10 Him when He
was on trial before the Roman gov
ernor, accused by His own peorlc, the
Jews. when tho jews brought Him
before their Sanhulrim, their accuse
ton thun was blasphcmy against God.
lack Of loyalty 10 the Jewish law, tho
lack OF fidelity 10 the teachings OF the
RABBITS Of the jewish church. But
when they brought Him before the
Roman governor, who had no care for
religion Of any kind, who had no
especial thought concerning God OF tile
truths Of eternal life, then their accu-
cation was not disloyalty 10 God, but
disloyaliy to the Roman empire. And
no they said Of Jesus, she IA u disturbor
Of the peace; lao Il n pcstilent follow"
aud the great accusation that they
make was, "Iie claims 10 be n king"
Then Plate, the Roman governor,
said 10 HIM, "hrt thou then king?"
His answer was, "My Kingdom Is not
of this world.D
Now, want 10 say that this King.
dom of Christ ~ not " this world,
flrst, In It, origin. There are ssme
things that come from the earth. In
the springtime,
when every clod feds siir Of might
An instinct vithin n Witch reaches aud twlncf.
Ana graaping hliudly above u Tor light
CLIMBS TO soul In grass and flowers.
Then we know what tho earth
can bring forth - the buds and
tho flowers aud the fruits. We
know that We can open the
treasures VI tho mountains, that
there can come from out Of tho earth
the great riches which men eau utilize
for their own good; and we know that
the things which are from tho earth
are like the earth. They are things
which perish; ami when the earth
shall be dissolved, the things that came
from It, the things that belong 10 II
shall pass away.
Jesus of Nazareth said TO the people,
somewhat % their astonishment, but
IN their edincation, "rhAt which Is
born Of tho flesh n flesh, but that
which IA born Of tho spirit ~ spirit"
That IL, there are things that come TO
this earth by human effort, but these
are things that belong 10 the flcsh.
They are things that mems hands eau
produce. But there arc things which
come 10 this earth that belong 10
", the particular forces which
move In the affairs Of mon,
which arc not Of the earth. They do
not spring from out OF the earth; they
do not come through humanity 10y way
Of the fieFh; but they como down from
hcaven-they come from God; and III q
Kingdom Of Christ In It's origin was
not " earth, but Of heaven. That IL,
10 the Kingdom OF God belongs such
things IA love, tho tenderness Of hu.
man sympathy, which Is bcgotton by
tho Divine presence, OF something In
the human hear. which makes Us
feel that all we are brethren, and that
above us tho Great Father IL our one
God-that love did not como from the
earth. IL came from above.
Our brother read to you n portion
from the epistle 10 the Corinthlans.
Had he read another chapter conlinu.
Ing In his reading, he would have
found this, which he would have
loved 10 bring before you had ho tho
time, and that II, when the Apostle
speaks of all these wondcrous gifts
which God has bestowed upon men
hol goes on 70 say that We
might possess every one Of them, aud
yet without Divine love-and God Il
loye-all else would Ice ~ ''tinlIling
brass aud rs a sounding oymbal." We
may have the powers Of men, We may
have the gifts of Christ, nnd all that,
hut II We lack the Divine element OF
love In all human action, " we laci
that love which God bestowH Tor oul
helpfulnes- here and for our perfection
hereafter, We lack all. Now this com,i
not from below; II comes from above
Christ wanted Us 10 understand tina
there Ia a kingdom Of thought, Of help
fulness, OF power, Of authority Ia thi
world which mon can never discover
eau never invent, can nevc
produce. II COMES from God. Mar
eau produce limitations Of thing
IN nature. We pass through tho street
and We seo what men have done, ant
We Zee how tho def fingers OF womei
have made beautiful flowers witt
which 10 adorn their heads, their per
sous, and all that; but no man can In
vent, and no woman can give 10 tn,
flowers she makee, the life which GOl
gives them. And 30 In NIL the thing
OF this earth, IN all that men can dc
wise In their organizations, Ia thcil
plans, nnless there can DO brought Il
these the Divine light, the Divin,
power, the lmpregnating OF the nol,
Spirit, there lacks the one elenion
which We need most Of all-th,
element that shall givot TO them eterna
perfection.
This Kingdom Of Christ Il not o
this world In its methods. Men de
ylse some plans, and then thoy try I,
devise somc other plans 10 carry for
wari the great thought, tho one pur
pose which Ia In their minds. And =,
f,n.n.,,d ~, J,,oe a.