THE BOOK OF JOB 105 



imprisonment and death, rather then be disobedient 

 to that Heavenly Vision, 



But to many of them and to many of us, the Vision 

 has come, not so much as a Vision of God, as a Vision 

 of God's Kingdom 



The writer of the Book of Job was an Oriental, and 

 the Orientals, being more spiritually-minded than our- 

 selves, seem to have far more sense of God-consciousness 

 than we. Yet we, too, have seen visions and have 

 dreamed dreams. Not a few of us have seen a vision of 

 a Kingdom of God from which greed and selfishness 

 have been for ever banished, A Kingdom of God in 

 which ** I '' and '' me '' and '* mine '' have been replaced 

 by ** we '' and '' us '' and ** ours '' — a Kingdom of God 

 in which not merely the necessities of life, but the very 

 best things of life, shall be within the reach of every 

 child ; a Kingdom of God in which men work, not for 

 wages nor for dividends, but for the love of their work 

 and for the love of their fellow-men ; a Kingdom of God 

 in which Love shall be the only law and the only compel- 

 ling force ; a Kingdom of Universal Brotherhood in 

 which the whole human race shall live together as one 

 family in full recognition of God as the Universal 

 Father of all mankind. 



Surely such a vision as this should inspire our 

 enthusiasm ! Is it not worth working for ? Is it not 

 worth suffering for ? Is it not worth dying for ? And 

 as we cast aside our selfish ambitions and seek to lay the 

 foundations of this new and better world, we too rnay 

 join the Choir Invisible, and hear again the morning 

 stars sing together, and all the Sons of God shout 

 for joy. 



