(3) We can hallow God’s name of “Father” by _our obedience_. The Italian brigand will repeat the Pater Noster and then go on with his robbery. The Mussulman will interlard his filthiest talk with appeals to Allah. But nothing is so dishonouring to God as profession without practice. God will have obedience and not sacrifice. God was weary of the outward marks of respect the Jews paid Him, because all these outward marks of reverence were accompanied by gross and persistent disobedience of life. Does a child want to honour his father? He cannot do it better than by being an obedient child, by giving prompt and willing obedience to his father’s commands. Do you want to honour your Father in heaven? Obey Him. Obey Him in the home; obey Him in society; obey Him in your business; obey Him in your public and political life. Obey Him promptly, absolutely, willingly. That was how Jesus hallowed His Father’s name. From the earliest dawn of life He was about His Father’s business. It was His meat and drink to do God’s will. He was born at Bethlehem, He laboured in Galilee, He drank the bitter cup in the garden, He died upon the Cross—all because it was God’s will. He gave to His Father full, absolute, glad obedience, so that in His prayer He could say to God, “I have glorified Thy name,” and God could look upon Him and say, “Thou art My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” If you want to honour your Heavenly Father, _obey Him_! We try to put God off with a little outward respect, we bow at His name, we bend in prayer before Him, we sing hymns to His praise; but better than all your bowing and hymn singing and multiplied prayers is the daily obedience of the life. “If ye love Me,” says God, “keep My commandments.” To-morrow, in the shop and the office and the school and the home, make it your meat and drink to do the Father’s will and to finish His work; so will you, too, like your great Elder Brother, glorify God’s name, and like Him you, too, will one day hear God say, “Thou art My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” IV The Second Petition “Thy Kingdom come.”—MATT. vi. 10; LUKE xi. 2.