PEACE REPORT.

White Ribbon, Volume 20, Issue 238, 19 April 1915, Page 29

PEACE REPORT.

Never was there greater need of “the |' aie which passeth understanding” than at the pre.-ent time. War is of the Lvil One. The lirst shedder of blood was Cain, and his memory has been a hame for thousands of yeais. The whole.-ale shedders of blood are equally deserving of execration, and the world i jdunged into a fearful condition of poverty, sorrow, and pain to-day through the madness of milu tarisrn. Never again will people be able to give utterance to the old foolish axiom of “To ensure peace, be I rc| red for war.” for tin* nation that was best jre j ari d for war launched the civilised world into the present awful calamity. We must in all our branche s urge the doe trim s of the Prince of Peace. One of Kngland’s greatest preacher.- i- urging the Bri-ti-h nation to “save its life by losing it.” To be willing to disarm and trust in the living God rather than in weapon- and war vessels. I his may seem a strange doctrine at the present time, but “Jesus came to make u's a peculiar people. zealous in good work-.” “It i- the soul and not the sword must conquer men.” Our branches have held peace prayer meetings, and in some cases given addresses. Mr Forbes, of Sawyer’s Bav, Dunedin, the well-known Proh ; • bition worker of Gore, is forming “Christ’s Peace Society,” and will be glad if our members will send him names of clergymen and others who would be willing to join, and advocate

peace on Chris’s lines. Kvery branch—yes, every member, should begin to work in the churches and Sunday schools, the day schools, through the press, and by letters to every friend, to promote peac e. God bless you all B. L. COW IK, l)om. Supt. Peace and Arbitration.