LET US HAVE PEACE.
The mission and personal example of the Prince of Peace indicate with authority the vocation of His followers. " Think not that I am como to smd peace ou c irth : I came not to send peace, but a sword." By tho arbitrament of the sword —" it is written '' —He secured peace, not with the forces of evil, but over them. The duty of our acting upon tho same principle is thus made evident. The demand of the Lour is for uncompromising testimony—a holy war against spiritual wickedness in high places. The sword of Biblo controversy has lost none of its keen edge. Ski'l to wield that one weapon, and purpose of heart to trust in its efficacy, becomes all Protestant witnesses, while the victories of past ages may well incite in them courage and perseverance. To "be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, that are ready to die ;" to uphold by all available means tho interests of truth and righteousness ; to show the sincerity of our attachment to the tried principles of tho Faith by patient suffering and self-denial —as well as by actively contending for it—is to obey the parting injunction of our Master and Lord—- " Occupy till I come "—and also to enjoy tho priceless possession of a conscience void of offence.—English Church* man.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 244, 5 February 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)
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221LET US HAVE PEACE. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 244, 5 February 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)
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