The Denison review., 1899-09-19
sERMON-REv. q. HILL.
Text Matthew WHO, Thy kingdom

Text Matthew Vl:lV, Ihy klhsuom
come"
A part Of the great prayer Jesus
taught his diciples. Its purpose was to
turn their thoughts toward God. This
kingdom is the kingdom OF grace. The
preacher read several scriptures to
prove the spiritual significance of this
kingdom.
We will consider tonight this king
DOM We notice that kingdom must
have g king. And there must be subjects.
This Kingdom not being entirely occu-
pied is evidence that there is opposing
forces 1t might have been occupied
IL we had properly estimated the power
Of the opposition. This force must not
be under r-estimated. The power is in
the fesh- To estimate the power of
the fieshly man we have but to notice
also an evil spirit which we call devil.
In this kingdom of the world there is
a compact between leaders. Notice the
human conflict for evidence of the op-
posing forces. AS soon as Adam and
Eve started In the garden there began
the conflict. The tragedy of Eden was
the result. This conflict has been wag-
ing ever since that time. The people
who underestimate this opposing force
will fail God properly estimated, as
evidenced by the conflicts of his
son. The scene in the wilderness, Geth-
semane and Calvary. To see what God
thinks Of sin we may go into the garden
Of Gethsemane. There we may see the
wickedness of sin as we see the strug-
gle 1t has caused the Son Of God. JUS
tice demands an infinite sacrifice and
His son said, Prepare me a body and /
will 60 down." And so follow Him to
the agony OF Jesus, and hear Him cry,
-.Let the cup pass from me-" But JUS
tice demands the sacrifice, and In this
awful tragedy we see Gods estimate OF
the power of this opposition. Brethren,
we can conquer this opposition If we go
into our Gethsemane. The pitched battle
Is on. Will the kingdom come? We note
the struggle. Jesus submits to his OPP
posers. We see the dying Savior who
came to establish the kingdom. The
scheme seems defeated. Jesus dies. He
dies in agony. God seems to desert
'him and all the world. The sun hides
In darkness, and the cry of Jesus, My
God, why hast thou forsaken mel"
What does 1t mean? He'll victorious
and the Kingdom of God defeated? Nay.
The Son of God comes out victorious.
God has triumphed and His people are
victorious. Now. what Is necessary to
carry on this kingdom? There must be
a continuity of purpose by His people.
What means must be used?
First. We must exercise silent in
Huence of truth. What are necessary
for us to do. There must be az more
devotion on the part OF Gods people.
Be ready at all times. in season and
out, to do things for God. We must
be as diligent as the people Of the enc
my. At Omaha woman who was a
church member was asked to go to
the ti1eater on a rainy night. She said
no. This is prayer meeting night. He
said what preacher would expect one
such night as this.
Second. More self-sacrifice. We must
deny ourselves luxury. The world
gave in one year $25000O, 900 for three
unnecessary things-face paint. face
powder and chewing gum. Another ex-
travagance is tobacco. We paid in this
country in year $12 per capita as
against $1.25 for the support Of the gos-
pel. If each of us would sacrifice fol
the gospel, we would have overflowine
treasures, many thousand more work
ers, and the kingdom would speedily
come.
Ezekiel speaks of the little stream
that grew to a great river and made
the desert blossom as the rose. So thu
stream Of Gods grace shall grow i
Gods people will consecrate ant
put its arms under groan
1t up to God. 1t is possible for the grea
Church of God to send it's light through
the world and redeem it. Let us b.
faithful to God Think of the grea
world without the light of God. If w
can get 1t properly upon our hearts w
can bring it to God. We will see tn
King coming in triumph.
DIR. w. T. Smith spoke briefly an
introduced Bishop Joyce, who spok
briefly upon his observations in tn
Orient.