A RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
THE WAY OF PEACE Christian peace and serenity do not. consist in exemption, from trouble and difficulty. They are not found in flight from one's immediate environment or escape from present circumstances —the method of the hermit or recluse. The tranquillity Avhich Christ promises to His followers is an inward experience, not an*outward condition; it is calmness of mind, quietude of spirit amid the distractions, disappointments, and danger of life, not freedom from suffering and sorrow and hardship. It is in the school of discipline that patience is learned and character perfected, and in. the process the learned who is taught of Christ may know "the peace that passeth understanding," and may gain the victory through Him Who r..-. -• ,1 4- 1, ~ 1,1 1 11 1
said, in the Avorld yc shall have tribulation, but be of good, cheer; I have overcome the world."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 66, 21 April 1944, Page 2
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147A RELIGIOUS THOUGHT Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 66, 21 April 1944, Page 2
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