The chronicle=news., 1913-11-10
At the First Presbyterian.


Rev. r. n. Chandler spoke ycs,cr-
day on Tho Character OF The King
DOM" Tho text was Matthew. 5:6-7.
Matthew 6:33. Hc said in part:
Character IL tho sum OF qualities.
Classification depends on the most
basal characteristics. The chief
characteristic Of tho miucrci king
dom In want Of life. Hence II IL
called the dead kingdom. Organic
kia Sdoms. whether plant or anicai
life. have q common Characteristic
life. Hcnc" they are known M live
kin xdoms. The Turkish and Span
ish governments are overbearina and
cruci. Their chief characteristic Is
despotism. Hence We say of their
cnarnctcrs they arc lespoiic. The
basis Of American citirenship IL free
hom--frccdo,n OF thought. Of word.
OF act. We say ~ It's character. II;
's liberal"
!. The kingdom Of God Is spirit.
uai. Every kingdom hns ruler.
subjects and n place. In IN. king
don, OF God. tn. ruler Ia iIimsrlf-a
spirit. The subjects nrc human he
inEs-spiri,s. The place. II the
heart. the spiritual part Of man.
Since these are all spiritual. th.
kingdom i~ spiritual. In this cartic-
uisr I, diffcrs from .v~ry other
kingdom.
The spiritual Ia above the natural.
hold In nv hand shell. ccm-
pare Il with a crystal the diffrrcnc"
on the score Of beauty. II impc-ccp-
ttbie. hut ~c do well. with Mr..
prummond to fix attention upon
their possibilities. The crystal has
reached Its ultimate stage of dcvcl.
opmcn,. Il oan never he NOR" h"an-
iiiful than II Is now. Take II to picc-
e. and give II tho opportunity Z"
ihcautify itself afrcsh and u Will do
Just the xamc thinK over again. u
}, will form itself Into . six-sided pyra-
mid. and go on repeating this sam.
. form M often as Il is dissolved. an'l
/, Without improving by hair
breadth" No, - with the s!:cll. ''ln
: itself II Is one OF tho hmmblcst forms
, Of tho invcrtchrase kingdom NO dif-
|, icrcnt from the Shelf In a hundred
respects iha, to mistake them would
simply he impossible. In dealins
!, with man Of fine moral character
again. We are dealing with the high.
= 90, achievement OF the organic kins.
= dom. Bu, in dealing with spirit.
. ual man We arc dealing with tho
|, LOWEST FORM OF LIFE IN THE
4 SPIRITUAL WORLD. To contras,
, contrast the two therefore. and mar
+, vel that the one is apparently ~ NJ
4 title and unjust. The spiritual mat
IL n mere uniformed embryo. hidden
rs yet in his earthly chrysaiis-casc
white tho natural man has the breed.
ing and evolution of ages represented
in his character. The natural char.
actcr finds It's limits within the or
sanic sphere. hut who Il to define
the limits Of tho spiritual? Ever
now II IA very beautiful. Even as al
embryo 1t contains some prophecy o
its future glory. But Il docs not vel
appear what 1, shall nc"
Tho spiritual is above the nat',ra
in point Of knowledge. And. since
acknowledge is power" II IN above !.
poin; of power. I, Is also above 1t
= point Of duration. God. the author
of the spiritual kingdom. is very ON
i niscicncc. lie is al.o omnipOtent ant
lie is eternal. He who is OF iod l.
,G'd-,ikc. approaching the character
G Of God. tn) The means to this cn'
c TAI Church: tbD school.
!, II. Tho Kingdom Of God is found
=. cd on love. Every Kingdom is found
e I'd on some power. The mind is {
q great factor In national history. u
n was this that made Greece her nobl'
self. The sword power made ROM
+ mistress Of the world. combina
L tian of these together with the mon
II ey power has made England's great
n ness unrivalcd. Who can cstimat