A CHRISTIAN PEACE.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 18

A CHRISTIAN PEACE.

; REPARATION AND SECURITY.. Preaching on the war at an intercession service at King Street Church, "?armoutb, 'Key. G. M|Luokie asked, "What should be our line of purpose as Christian men and women P Ought we to be so eager for peace that we shall gladly hail peace on whatever terms, or on terms the enemy is pre- <> pared to suggest? lam often receiv- ' ing appeals from pacifists that seem to ring with the suggestion that peace above everything is what we should bo desiring, but what about justice, right, and honour? Jesus Christ stands always for justice and right, and only for peace compatible with justice and right. To me. reparation for the past and security for the future interpret the mind of Christ because it is in harmony with. the spirit of justice and right. I like to think of tho Allies as God's chosen instrument for so ■binding the .strong (man that peace when it comes may not simply be an \ opportunity for the aggressor .to busy himself in elaborate preparation for a repetition of his acts of aggression, but a real peace that shall mean real security for small nationalities, and that so' far as is humanly possible man shall be terriblo.no more. It must bo our purpose and duty loyally to support' our Government in their determination to prosecute this great 'task. I dare not take an attitude like this unless first of all I am ready for the trenches. _ I have also got to be ready for financial sacrifice and for such selfdenial in my mode of life as tho needs of the nation may demand."