NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION 



their power" (1 Cor. iv. 19). He 

 who has not power is not of the 

 kingdom of the spiritual man, for 

 " whatsoever is born of God over- 

 cometh the world." This Christ 

 is a present force in the world, 

 producing changes, quickening 

 and directing energies, and must 

 be reckoned with. Christian civ- 

 ilization also proves itself by its 

 power. 



But to see Him this time we 

 must have eyes and ears fitted to 

 recognize the manifestations of 

 the inner kingdom — the kingdom 

 of all first causes and real forces. 

 He is not coming with the noise 

 of trumpets, nor with whirlwinds, 

 nor with earthquakes; but with 

 the silence of the growth of the 

 mustard-seed, of the leaven, of 

 the grain of corn reaching up to 

 the blade and full corn in the ear. 



There can be nothing more 

 86 



