ms, necessitates an explanation.
The suggested relation of the Kingdom of Christ to the Mineral and
Animal Kingdoms does not, of course, depend upon the accident that the
Spiritual World is named in the sacred writings by the same word. This
certainly lends an appearance of fancy to the generalization; and one
feels tempted at first to dismiss it with a smile. But, in truth, it is
no mere play on the word _Kingdom_. Science demands the classification
of every organism. And here is an organism of a unique kind, a living
energetic spirit, a new creature which, by an act of generation, has
been begotten of God. Starting from the point that the spiritual life is
to be studied biologically, we must at once proceed, as the first step
in the scientific examination of this organism, to enter it in its
appropriate class. Now two Kingdoms, at the present time, are known to
Science--the Inorganic and the Organic. It does not belong to the
Inorganic Kingdom, because it lives. It does not belong to the Organic
Kingdom, because it is endowed with a kind of Life infinitely removed
from either the vegetal or animal. Where then shall it be classed? We
are left without an alternative. There being no Kingdom known to
Science which can contain it, we must construct one. Or rather we must
include in the programme of Science a Kingdom already constructed but
the place of which in science has not yet been recognized. That Kingdom
is the _Kingdom of God_.

Taking now this larger view of the content of science, we may leave the
case of the individual and pass on to outline the scheme of nature as a
whole. The general conception will be as follows:

First, we find at the bottom of everything the Mineral or Inorganic
Kingdom. Its characteristics are, first, that so far as the sphere above
it is concerned it is dead; second, that although dead it furnishes the
physical basis of life to the Kingdom next in order. It is thus
absolutely essential to the Kingdom above it. And the more minutely the
detailed structure and ordering of the whole fabric are investigated it
becomes increasingly apparent that the Inorganic Kingdom is the
preparation for, and the prophecy of, the Organic.

Second, we come to the world next in order, the world containing plant,
and animal, and man, the Organic Kingdom. Its characteristics are,
first, that so far as the sphere above it is concerned it is dead; and,
second, although dead it supplies in turn the basis of life t