But in offering this prayer, we must not stop at ourselves. The prayer embraces _the wide world in its sweep_. Thy kingdom come! Where? Everywhere. All nations are to bow down before Him, all people are to serve Him. Men discuss the question sometimes as to which race is likely to become the dominant race in the earth. We people who live in this little island are inclined to believe that this splendid destiny is reserved for the Anglo-Saxon race. We stand among the nations for the principles of liberty and truth and justice; and as I heard Dr. Clifford say some months ago, we believe that “the momentum of these ideas will carry us to the government of the earth.” And so far as England does stand for those great ideas, I am not ashamed to confess I am an English Imperialist. But there is something I am more anxious about even than the dominion of England, and that is the dominion of Christ. Above everything else I am a Christian Imperialist. I want to see the banner of the Cross floating over every land. I want to see every nation acknowledging one and the same King—even Jesus. I want to see the crown of the world on the brow which bears still the scars of the crown of thorns! And, brethren, I know that all this shall come to pass! The place of England in the future of the world is, after all, a matter of conjecture. But there is no conjecture, no doubt, no perhaps about the place of Christ. He is destined for the throne! He shall reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet, “Thy kingdom come” in my own heart, over all the world, and let me add _in every department of life_. When we pray this prayer, we are praying that God may rule in our business life, and our social life, and our political life. We are asking Him to preside in our Parliaments and our Council Chambers. We are asking Him to take the government of our markets and our offices and our exchanges. We are asking Him to be Lord in the realms of art and literature. What an enormous sweep this prayer has! And we must not only pray this form of words, but if our prayer is not to be a sham and a pretence, we must _toil_ to realise the kingdom. “Laborare est orare,” says the old Latin proverb: “To labour is to pray.” At any rate, no one has truly prayed this prayer who does not bend all his energies to the task of seeking to establish this kingdom on earth. England keeps in every important foreign town consuls to look after the interests of English people. Let me use that to illustrate the duties of Christian people. We are in this world to look after the interests of God and of His kingdom. We are His consuls. You business men, you are in business to look after God’s interests and to promote His kingdom! You professional men—doctors, lawyers, schoolmasters—you are in your professions to look after God’s interests and to promote His kingdom! You politicians, you are in politics to look after God’s interests and to promote His kingdom! You