God's Peace

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 August 1915, Page 2

God's Peace

OiMiJIU'JS lii li.L\ . A. o. KA.AiJ.hU61L\. At the Presbyterian Lnuicli on day, in accordance WLtn the suggestion i' 1 . the Prime .Minister, and in hariiuiy nil the request of tile .Moderator 01 assembly the services were of an >niercessorv character, iu view ol the v»;u. Prayers were olluied in coiiinieino.a t.oii and thanksgiving lor tne uoOlc

dead who had laid down their lives lor their King and country; iu jsyuipail..' tor the relatives of the slain and lor the wounded who were incapacitated ly luitlier service; and special petitions were made for consecration '<)

Uie colossal task 01 pressing on loasly to a vicloiious conclusion of the war lor Uritain and her Allies, that '.lie the blood so far shed slioulu not he spill in vain, and that the sultering oppressed nations should be delivered and righteousness triumph. ihe lie/ A. C. Handei'son, at both services, urged the Christian duty ol witlustan !i"g. even with the sword, the lorees t;i evil that had so well armed themselves against freedom. The orotss not only taught the obligation oi patient submission and endurance, but also the duty of heroic and uuflincliing (struggle to conquer the foes that hindered tlio development of the kingdom of Uod. The nations of Christendom had been launched upon the stormy seas of a world war, because they iiad not entered in times of peace into the purposes ol Christ for the redemption of the world, but God would come, and had come, to the nation in the darkest hour, and it we hud eyes to see and energy to toil and light in continued heroi&m and sacrifice to a righteous conclusion and honourable peace, we should hear His voice saying "Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid." The peace we should pray and labour to attain was not the Kaiser's pence, ikk' the Pope's peace, nor President Wilson's peace, but God's peace, which followed righteousness. ilynuiK of a suitable nature were sung, including John Oxenliam's noble verses "For the Men at the Front," and at the conclusion of each service the congregation stood ill token of their ilexible resolve to see the war through, cost what it might, and sang the National Anthem