of God, and the name of the King is Jesus. When that Kingdom is established, when that King is enthroned, a better Eden shall be here than the Eden we have lost. It is the world’s evil time just now. Earth is full of misery and grief and pain. Many are the schemes propounded for mending matters, and God knows they need mending. Each man has his own nostrum, every quack his own panacea; but if we leave God and Christ out of account every plan is doomed to fail. We shall mend matters only by making God a reality, and the final establishment of right and justice, and joy will come only when _He_ is enthroned as King. But you may say to me, “Is not God King now? Is not the world His? Are not all men in His hands?” That is perfectly true! I do not forget that the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. It is my joy and strength to remember that in spite of all the bluster and brave show made by the forces of evil, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth! But if you will examine the basis of _that_ Kingship you will find it rests on God’s _Creatorship_. He is Lord of the world and of men because He has created them—because in Him they live and move and have their being. But God wants to be King in Jesus Christ—that is to say, He wants to be King in virtue not of His power, but of His _love_. He wants men to obey Him not because they are afraid of Him, but because they love Him. Look at the prayer: “_Thy_ kingdom come.” Whose kingdom is it? Well, it is “our _Father’s_” kingdom. Oh, this is a kingdom of love! God wants to be King not because He is Creator, but because He is _Father_. He wants men to be obedient to Him not under the pressure of force, but under the sweet constraint of love. God has been King by the title of Creator since the world began; but He is not even yet King by the title of “Father.” He is not even yet King in Jesus Christ. It is for _this_ kingdom we are to pray; for the time when men shall realise what God’s Fatherhood means, for the time when men’s hearts shall be so touched by God’s love to them in Jesus Christ, that out of pure and grateful affection they will render Him a willing and glad obedience.