in his words by extorting from him something unfavorable to the laws of Caesar, Jesus answered them and said, "Render to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's." When they demanded of him tribute, and that unjustly, according to their own laws, he paid it without a murmur, to set an example of peace and quietness for his disciples. In all things he avoided interfering or meddling with the governments of this world. 2dly. From the representations of the Bible, "The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." The Mediator's kingdom is founded in right. His scepter is a right scepter. He rules in righteousness. "The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God." Righteousness is opposed to all injustice, oppression, and cruelty; it regards the rights of God and man; it requires love to the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our mind, and with all our strength, and to our neighbors as ourselves. His kingdom is a kingdom of peace; he is the Prince of Peace. At his birth the angels sang, "Peace on earth, and good will to men." Peace is opposed directly to all contention, war, and tumult, whether it regards individuals, societies, or nations. It forbids all wrath, clamor, and evil speaking. It forbids the resistance of evil or retaliation, and requires good for evil, blessing for cursing, and prayer for persecution. Our glorious Mediator not only exhibited a pattern of peace in his life but preached peace in the great congregation. His last and richest legacy to his disciples was the gift of peace: "My peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you." Christ came in the power of the Spirit, and was full of the Holy Ghost. It is the communion of the Holy Ghost which fills the kingdom of heaven with that joy which is unspeakable and full of glory. "Except a man be born of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." Finally, we have his own express declaration, "My kingdom is not of this world." From what has been said it may be concluded that the Mediator's kingdom is, in a special sense, the gospel dispensation, or the kingdom of heaven, and that it is not of this world, but spiritual, heavenly, and divine. And this brings us to notice,