The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-30
HEAVEN And EARTH
Two Kingdoms, to Each Allegiance
Is Due.
PROSELYTISM NOT POLITICS
Elder George E. Barnaby Delivers
an Able Discourse to Crowded
Congregation - Christianity
and Civil Government.


naby last evening at the Church of Christ
and enjoyed a very able sermon by the
pastor. Elder Barnaby described the king
dom of Christ and that of the nations OF
earth and then showed The relationship
which exists between the government OF
God and that of mankind. He spoke as
follows. taking these words as his text:
land in the days of these kings shall
the God of heaven set up a kingdom
which shall never be destroyed; and the
Kingdom shall not be left to other peo-
pie. but IT shall break in pieces and con-
sumo all these Kingdoms, and II shall
stand forever dan. HAD.
Daniel in chapter vii. also declares
that, in the days of the Roman Caesars
the God of heaven would set up a king
DOM" which would survive all the king
doms of the world and would stand for
ever. Jesus, when Intercepted by Pr
late. answered: My kingdom is not of
this world Says a writer upon this sub
ject. we must understand the type or we
cannot understand the antitype; we must
understand that which Is natural before
we can understand that which is spirit
ual'
DO we understand the requirements of
the government under which we live? In
. the exercise of our franchise do we dis
play a knowledge of the constitutional
rights granted to each and every citizen
rights of equality engravened upon the
tablets of our memory? The liberty and
the pursuit of happiness If so, then we
may be said to understand the natural
and should be able to comprehend the
spiritual. The term kingdom and church
in the New Testament mean the same
thing. The kingdom of Jesus Christ is
not a political one. Then why carry the
y church into politics? Render, therefore,
unto Caesar the things which are Gaze
sar's and unto God the things that are
Gods The kingdom of Jesus Christ,
while in the world is not of the world
This is verified by the 10th verse of the
18th chapter of Johns gospel, viz They
are not of the world, even as 1 am not of
the world This said Jesus of those whom
he had chosen to present to the govern
ments of the world the true principles of
a government founded by God upon love.
When Christians undertake to dictate the
policy of any earthly government they
present sad spectacle and their actions
a parody on the citizenship of the king
dom of Jesus Christ. My kingdom is not
of this world Ono. xvii:36) AS citizens
of the kingdom of Jesus Christ we
should be loyal to our King and obedient
to the governments under which we live.
OF this we will speak more particularly
after having spoken directly of the essen
tial elements of kingdoms
- THE essential elements of kingdom
are five 90 in number King, constitution,
subjects, laws and territory The writ
ings of the prophets of God concerning
the kingdom to be set up by God in the
days of the Caesars represent IT as di-
verse from other Kingdoms. In the foun-
dalton Of a state the people make a con-
stitution and this makes a president or
king, citizens or subjects. The essential
elements then are people and country
The relation into which the people resolve
themselves determine a republic, aristoc-
racy or monarchy.
But the kingdom of God was to be di-
verse from this and was to be set up by
God himself Nevertheless, we find the
same essential elements existing in the
kingdom of Christ as in the Kingdoms of
this world. but diverse in character and
requirements. In earthly governments the
king may be dethroned or die, the consti-
tuition changed and laws abolished, but in
the kingdom of Christ 1t is very different.
The King is alive forevermore. His au-
thority is supreme, the constitution is un-
changeable and the laws are like those of
the Modes and Persians. What a contrast
we find in this our day and generation
between the requirements of the kingdom
of Christ and those promulgated by men
from which have sprung the many. So
called Christian churches or churches of
Jesus Christ, working under constitutions
made by man. and in order to keep pace
with the times, knowledge of God in the
world, must be revised annually. This is a
parody on divinity. Listen to the words of
Holy Writ: All scripture given by inspi-
ration of God is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruc-
ton in righteousness
God is not the kingdom of God. But as
the kingdom of God is something pertain
ing to God, so the kingdom of heaven is
something pertaining to heaven, and con-
sequently to God. What Matthew calls
the, kingdom of heaven Mark and Luke
call the kingdom of God.
Tn order to have a better understand
ing of this subject, we compare the natu-
raj with the spiritual. Paul the apostle
says in his writings: We judge of the
things we do not see by the things SEEM
The Kingdoms of men owe their origin
TO the volitions of men, but the kingdom
OF God or church of Christ exists by The
power of God. Daniel said: The God CT
Heaven would set up a kingdom and he
did in the days of the Caesars. (See his
tory of Christian church. Guerick's Oh.
Hist. page 49,.
God set 1t up and gave the constitution
and the king.
I'm his final proclamation to his disci-
pies Christ said. All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth Hence his
name. King of Kings and God of Gods
God created all things by Jesus Christ and
for him God is author of the constitution
of the kingdom of heaven. This we will
verify by many proofs when we come TO
consider this element of the kingdom
more fully. The first element under con-
sideration is the king. When asked by
Plate regarding his official position. Je-
sus answered: Thou sayest that / am a
king. / TO this end have been horn. and 10
this end have come into the world. that
j may testify TO the truth John xviii SD.
Roth. L. T.. c. L. The pslamist. speaking
of him n king sAlGO 4 vi ma Ea
Him my first-born, higher than the kings
of the earth psalm 1927. Also Colos-
slams. 1:13-19).
From all these sayings and many more
found in the sacred record we must trace
the constitution Of the kingdom into eter-
nifty before time began in order TO under
stand the purpose OF God I'm making the