Arizona republican., 1916-11-13
GOOD SERMON
 BY DR. SIMS

favored with a splendid congregation yesterday morning, and after a splen- did program of music by the choir. the pastor read as his text the tenth verse of the sixth chapter of Matt
 When ye pray say thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. The speaker said in part:
 When we hear these words we rec ogniZe at once that they form q part of the prayer commonly known as the Lords prayer, we might with equal propriety say the prayer of humanity It is prayer that expresses sublimest thought in simplest speech. It IS q prayer that can be easily applied to our daily life, and yet comprehensive toI meet the worlds needs
 It is a prayer that is uttered in the broken words of childhood yet through the centuries men and women Of all conditions, climes and tongues have ] poured their aspirations into them and sent them heaVenWard on wings of faith
 As often as men have prayed for daily bread, to he forgiven. to be kept from evil, they have prayed, thy king dom come and yet do We know what we have prayed for? Tho kingdom of God is one of the great conceptions of our religion. it has in it the Almight- mess of God
 From the beginning all have ac- knowledged that the material universe obey the will of some ruler but it is the Christian that says. no far-off star shines in any far-off cline; no warb- ling brook sings its way to the sea: no majestic mountain lifts it's head into the blue, and no flower sends it's frag- rance across the marshes but recog- nizes the ldngship of God
 That there is a kingdom of willing obedience was left to be discovered by the Jewish people in the long ago. this conception had varied career from the material to the spiritual and back again. but if you will read the seventy second Psalm. the eleventh Psalm. the thirty-fifth Psalm and the siXtieth ] chapter of Isaiah you will find the Hebrew conception of such a kingdom.
 When Jesus came and said, pray thy kingdom come there was universal expectancy on the part of his country men True they expected q Kingdom that would destroy all their national enemies and re-establish the kingdom over which God would n some way rule and guarantee to them national liberty
 When Jesus entered on his public ministry, he said. The kingdom of God is at hand and he called the message he delivered the good news of the king dom And in parable. sermon in their places Of worship. and by the wayside his theme was the kingdom of God.
 More than one hundred times the word kingdom of God appears in the first three gospels. In some of the parables, the Kingdom is individualis- tic as when he said. the kingdom of God is within you" Again it is like a pearl of great price. and again it is like hidden treasure. which & man may have by selling all and buying that field
 "The principles of the kingdom are social and ethical. ns YOU may find by reading his sermon on the mount. where he says Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Again he uses the term Kingdom of God in transcendent sense. when the kingdom sweeps heavenward and is extended through coming worlds.
 Some of the aspect of the kingdom may be seen and studied with profit when we remember that il is q king dom in this present life. While it is in the world. if is not of the world lt is subject to earthly governments. not bounded by national lines, colors race but real kingdom with Jesus Christ as King whose will is being done on earth
 There are men and women who are dedicatng their lives to his will over whom the will of Christ is a controlling influence. These men may he found in state. society and business. Their pray CT is lord what wilt thou have me do %
 ,lf t.- -l,s .g.a. n forms of service The planting of mis- sions in pagan lands. in lives dedicated to sum work. and in forms of philan- thropic endeavor.
 The power of this kingdom may be seen in other spheres than that of spe- cific Christian Endeavor. It overlaps the lines of churches and men are in- fluenced by the law of the kingdom of Christ even where and when his au- thority is not acknowledged.
 The law of this kingdom is seen in public sentiment: in commerce.: in lit erature; in art in music.
 This kingdom is growing kingdom Starting from a few humble working men, it has grown to where it is the greatest Kingdom on earth.
 Modern civilization is the expression of the power of the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Two principles operate in the propagation and extension of the king dom of Christ. His truth and His love
 All opposing forces are giving way to these mighty principles. Tbe human
 will, human selfishness, human greed all are submitting to the truth and love of our king.
 "The truth and love of Christ must be re-inearnated generation after gen. eration and as this is true. the nations are coming to worship him and are presenting to him their gifts. "The rule of conduct in this kingdom is what is known as the golden rule. Jesus is the author of this rule and men are coming to learn there is non, | better.
 The worlds need calls for just sucf | kingdom. It's sin is sorrow: its weak. | ness nothing short of all that i. claimed for our king will meet tn, worlds need.
 "The universal heart is satisfied l when they come to know our Chris and King. They desire nothing higher l or better. To know Him is the cry o i the heart of civilized races and nations l "The love and truth of Christ beau 1 tifies character, give the discouraged | heart hope and purpose.
 1 heart, hope and purpose. This truti and love bring to the heart of the be. 1 liever assurance until men the world | around have been singing, I know tha | my redeemer liveth and though after | my flesh is consumed yet I shall SC, | God whom | shall see for myself ant | not another"