Orange County observer., 1910-01-20

thnder and the rending Of the earth.
8God doesn't work that way. And
afther parable spake Jesus unto
tRm. The kingdom of heaven is like
ufo leaven which woman took and
hi in three measures Sof meal, till
t1f whole was leavened. Could any
tJNe make palmer to us the process
fdF the realization of Gods kingdom
on the earth; like leaven within the
dQgh, working silently and slow.
g1twing gradually from one little
gekn until the whole mass is alive
AMI rising. Could any parable be
mfe realistic? Gods spirit dwelling
In livery man. but. little spark of di-
jvinf fire EMBODIED in the infant; creep
in athrough the human heart silently
bud surely, making the life action
bloksom in unselfish deeds, in purity
andworth.
Yes, indeed, Gods kingdom is very
neat to us, it's in us and about us,
and wa can find it right speedily if
we butt fix our eyes upon the eternal
good. Don't look for the coming of
His kingdom in violent upheaval nor
IN disorderly shouting Of false pro-
phets. Don't expect the leaven to be
untrue to its very nature. Don't look
for evidences that Gods righteous
ness has, oh! SO much of sin to still
overcome in life. Fix your eyes upon
Jesus, fix your eyes upon the eyi-
4dences within yourself, evidences all
about you, evidences that Gods spirit
lis living in all life, evidences that the
sleaven is fulfilling its mission. evi-
sdences tnat His eternal truth is
marching on. W A3s
This world of ours is not SO bad. If
We don't fix our whole attention on
the badness and refuse to recognize
the silent working of the leaven of
eternal goodness that permeates it
all. Seeking Gods kingdom or seek
ing the kingdom of the devil has been
exemplified for us in the present no
lltical camuaign. Mud-slinging and
the kind of argument expected at a
reunion OF the Kilkenny cats has
seemed to be the policy of some. with
the result that upstate citizens be-
lleve New York is verse than Sodom
and Gom?rrah, that hungry beasts OF
prey roam through the streets and
that the only safety for stranger is
to tightly grasp his bank roll in one
hand and his watch within the other
And yet how nue., of truth there is
IN tae lurid esa5occatic1.s of our
cities sinfulness may be Sauaed, per-
maps, by the uniformity Of compli-
ments paid to us by our host ce visit
ors during the late celebration. yell
low Journalism is always looking for
the spots and blemishes: it refuses to
recognize the good and by perverse
suggestions hampers more than any
other element the working of the
leaven OF Gods eternal righteousness.
The kingdom of the living God
| must come first of all in individual
hearts, for there the leaven has been
placed by God. His kingdom will not
| come in any outward way until the
inward man is pure.
Don't wait and pray for the last
trump on earth, don't wait and pray
for final judgment day. Gods
trump is sounding in your heart and
your Judgment days are with you
every day. Look for Gods kingdom
in your own heart and seek to mani
fest it in your little duties every day
Seek to attune your soul to the divine
! melodies of goods that are echoing all
! around you. Open your eyes to the
good within yourself, and that you
| find in fellow-men. Shut out from
your soul the discordant clangor an6
refuse to share the discord selfish
hearts have brought on earth. Fl,
your eyes upon Jesus and feel the
leaven in your inmost heart.
How to find Gods kingdom? It's
plain and direct road Simply pub
lish peace and bring good tidings; al
ways and forever bring good tidings
and it you can't bring tidings that ar.
good then keep quiet till you can
Refuse to publish discord and strif,
and hatred. Refuse to muck-rake O.
bring up the ghosts of outgrown er
rors that clog the wheels of eterna
progress toward perfect Righteousness
All! but some will say, "Your dream
! of perfect righteousness on earth i
but dream, I fear it can't com
true" Even so when our ancestor
clothed in skins werero oarning throug]
the forest aisles, perhaps some one o
/ them was blessed with glorious Wis
ions of days when they would n
more rend and tear each other An
undoubtedly all his fellows said, 'It'
but dream We shall always b
governed by the law of tooth an
claw" But Gods leaven worked i
Quietness and power until at last me
walked at peace among the race, for
ever emancipated from their brut
ancestry. And shall it not be so wit
us? Although we refrain from ply
sical violence to each other, yet W
war and scheme in milder ways Blu
who shall deny the power of the fol
; ever working leaven of Gods trut
to work for us emancipation eve
from the necessity for competition
our race? Who shall deny the savin
power of the immortal spirit of tn
! Christ? s'For as in Adam all di,
even so ip Christ shall all be mad
, alive For He must reign till II
hath put all enemies under His feet
! "And when all things shall be sui
dued unto Him, then shall the So
: also Himself be subject unto Hi
! that put all things under Him, thu
! God may be all in ALL
A Prayer.
!, o Lord, our light and our salv:
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