Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-01

and ultimate complete ascendency. He
sets forth a constitution, provides a
code of laws, and appoints sets of offt-
cials under himself whereby this king
dom of light and love is to be wisely
administered in itself, and it's boun-
daries extended through all time and
territory on the earth.
Now all this is not fanciful picture
but a statement of the clear primary
intent of the gospel narrative. The
meaning of the acts and words of Jesus
Christ become clear and consistent only
when we read them with this thought
in mind We note how he pledges his
personal presence and power to his ac-
knowledged followers, All power is
given unto me- GO ye, Lo L am with
YOU always until the end of the world.
Thus he speaks, and we find in the 14th
and 18th chapters of st. Johns gospel
an extended explanation of his purpose,
although his murderous foes at that
very time were treacherously plotting to
drive him by the death of the cross out
Of the world.
after his resurrection he explained
he would be no longer manifested to the
rebellious world, but be protected from
the hatred Of the wicked by the mys-
teries or sacraments of the church.
He would still be in the world and
available to the faithful, yet invisible
to the world which cannot receive his
holy spirit, for it beholdeth him not,
neither knoweth him. But he says TO
his own, 'Ye know him. for he abideth
with you, and shall be in you. l will
not leave You desolate; l come unto
you. Yet little while and the world
seeth me no more; butye behold me.
Because / live, ye shall live Also
Increased Blessings
However, the world is to be increas-
ingly blessed. by the abiding divirN'
presence in the midst of 1t. For the di-
vine comforter, although unseen, is
through the agency of the church to
convict the world in respect OF sin, OF
righteousness, and of judgment. The
leaven of the kingdom is to tie hidden in
the lump until the whole of it is leav-
ened.
Jesus Christ came to cast upon the
earth. not peace, but a sword from on
high But the sword is the sword of the
spirit, wherewith the kingdoms of this
world are to be conquered, and made
the kingdom of God and of his Christ.
He did not come to announce that God
is satisfied with the conditions of the
world as they are, and that the holy
one acquiesces in the rebellion and
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ganize a warfare that should conquer
and overthrow the existing order of
things, and in their place set up the
new order wherein dwelleth righteous
ness. But let us note that Gods con-
flict is not with men as men, but with
sin in man-with humanity as the or
gan of evil. And as the evil estate of
the human race came from the root
sin of apostacy from the divine king,
the first and necessary step was to
overcome that apostacy-to make at
one again the true king and his sub
jects.
Having effected reconciliation by his
blood, Jesus Christ is now reigning in
this world today, although his presence
Is unrecognized and unhonored by
many. But the conflict is on every
where, and his beneficent power is pre-
vailing more and more. 1t Is the con-
fiict between love and hate, between
justice and wrong, between service and
selfishness, between conservation to the
holy loving Father of light and base
slavery to the wickedness of the prince
of the powers of darkness. And upon
the successful issue of that conflict
depends the accomplishing of universal
peace for this war-scarred old world of
ours. May the glory of this universal
peace soon enwrap the whole globe, by
the conquest over every heart of the
king of love who came to bring true
peace to ALL"