The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
THE KINGDOM OF GOD HERE.
MINOT j. SAVAGE breaches 4
UEiIEN on EARTH.
Christ. Tie Says. Was Not One nj Those Who
believed That the Golden Age Was
Past-blca>rn and Veil Conditions
From within, Not From without,

The Rev. Mmot }. sewage preached
yesterday morning IN the church Of tn"
Messiah on -Jesus's Proclamation of the
Coming Kingdom Of Cod HI tea' WIS
St Mark l., IL, Is: "Now aftrr that John
was delivered up. Je,u- cam" IN Galii"".
preaching thr gospel 81 God and saying,
The time is fulfilled and the Kingdom Of
God l. NJ hand repent W and believe IN
the gospel Part Of wha, hc said tpliowr:
II is worth our while 70 not" inst her" ~
the outset that there have alw.y- been In the
world two different clas go Of mind. ~ ou'e
with diametrically opposite ways al looking
at human society There are To-Day, there
have been H. every country and every nE.
people who seq all the good things in the pH.t
You are fnnUiar with such persons, point
callv ndu-trisny, socially. financially; q To-
things used TO be- they are not nov, ia" world
+ going wrong l. on IA. down grade, and we
ore TO expect only ~ wors" and "or>" oondhioh
There i. another class of minds, who look
forward and Upward; wh9 benz r. ~
time is before u, And Il j. worthy q care
fui note. for II has = most profound h,aIiha
on the theological problems OF -" world thu,
iooEers he Ssl,cysd thai the iiiuTio w OF God
was coming, not that t. bad ban. and We Tur'
ts,sRt for Nicer 'undrcd YEAR. jesus came
ito the world rxp1".,ly 10 deliver men from.
,he result Of a" fli ,iT,s To- ne , o.,.,
as5"d 70 i act d., E's2! tp 21' Of Goa,
Reidthst %enty NTH chapter OF Matthew thsl
great Judgment -Sero, whore Jesus d'scritns
me rood hs -rpaTated from the eyil ON" on
the right hand and another on III l"it ~ ~ =
on the ri.ht hand. Not church mcmh.r-,
no, b,lievrrs. not people who have part ken
Of the sacrament, not those WHO hay" r'en
baptized He says nothing whatever al any
They are Simply tho good. the mcrciful,
the loving. the rityina. the he'll inl, the true
who clothed -onirhody vho wi~ rak'ei. ho
Who Visited .cT, one IN Iri,op. re wNG ,. ,o,'-
IL. in other ..ord-. Who uo--,-~"d q. diyin"
pa r, n iT ,sc Door s Gt ~ FhgRId
Gor N z. very gf,urc Of Ting i, -, ,o
and ar" living il oSi IN ,her lives. md ne
one whg !. T,h ~ "E}9 ha: ,, G@d b, in h's
out from any heaven in this world or ~"
other world f'r heaven Is u r,t, at rs very
soul. j. 81 the csseig" II l,- rttg,rr amd being
In other words nrlfss D rer'oi h's, ,r'ts
the Kingdom "f God .uto hI. sg',. god him
i = contradiction in terms there is no pns-
shility IN th- world Or any Other nj any
ones being N the hirsdOM 81 tod eN-
cent rs the kingdom rf God IL first IN him:
and II the kingdom OF God l. In him. thcn
There " no possibility 81 any power in tn"
universe keeplng him ON Of the kingdom
There il no hrll for man who carries HEAVIER
in his own soul and there u no hea ven for man
who ca aries hell in hls own sClu J his, yousee,
truth
Nov science iustifes entirely thc teaching
of Jesus that the Kingdom Of GOD here on
this earth l. practical thing III" pcrtec-
liability Of human nature IL spite OF the fact
that It ia so Tar from perfect to-day, l. one
Of the teachings. OF SCIENCE Science. TX"
Jesus docs not place Paradise NJ the begin
ming W. started In tho jungle. are ad-
vancing toward Paradise, not away from
And thcrc il not one single evil that At
fcts mankind to-day which IA nCCcSSity-
rot one Disease can be eliminpted. cured
Vice is no necessary nart ~ human life.
Crime IL not Il necessity. There IL no evil
Of any kind that needs 10 be Industrial
problems are soluble SOCIAL rohr1ns Cnr
he answered. by and by. so that We uIGy
Kingdom Of God igh' hnre on earth and ia
the midst Of present cond .ion'
Jesus laid down the priucipl" that II W"
wished the Kingdom - God 10 come We must
elm ut perfection De perfect. even as y"r
Fath.- i'm Heaven IL perfect What does
that r'ean? II means simply That We must
kecp Gods law. that IL all
In the physical realm perfect obedience to
Gods laws means perfect health. In the
law means the attainment 0l the truth. In
the moral realm II means all goodness and
peace and 10y In the spiritual reslrn perfect
Relationship Of the soul with tho Father