asked, as is sometimes done, whether the Cross of Christ or the Kingdom of God should be the central theme of the pulpit’s message, we do not hesitate to reply: the Cross—the Cross that was an offense, a stumbling-block to the Jew, and foolishness to the Greek, but that is the power of God unto salvation for all those that believe. Yet with the distinct understanding that the pulpit should never lose sight of the fact that on the Cross the Kingdom is to be founded. In the third place it is the duty