Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-07-10
OF PEACE-Lord Clarendon.


since any beautiful object doth so attract
the sight of all men, that it is in no mans
power not to be pleased with it. Nor
can any aversion or malignity towards
the object, ,irreconcilc the eyes from look
ing upon it; as man who hath an en-
venomed and mortal hatred against ano-
ther who hath most graceful and beau
tiful person, cannot hinder his eye from
being delighted to behold that person,
though that delight is far from going to
the heart, as no mans malice towards an
excellent Musician, can keep his ear
from being pleased with his music. No
man can ask how or why men come to
be delighted with Peace, but he who is
without natural owcls,-who is depriv-
cd of all those affections which can only
make life pleasant to him. Peace is
that harmony in the state, that health is
in the body. No honor, no profit, no
plenty can make him happy who is sick
with a fever in his blood, and with de-
AUCTIONS and aches in his joints and
bones; but health restored, gives rel
ish to other blessings, and is very merry
without them; no kingdom can flourish
or DO at case, in which there is no
Pcacc,-which only makes men dwell
at home and enjoy tho labor Of their
own hands, and improve all the advan-
tages which yield no comfort where
there is no Peace. God himself reck-
ons health the greatest blessing he can
bestow upon mankind, and Peace the
greatest comfort and ornament, he can
confer upon states, which are a multi
tude Of men gathered together. They
who delight most in war, are SO much
ashamed Of it, that they pretend to de-
sire nothing but Peace,--that their
heart is set upon nothing else. When
! Cesar was engaging all the world in
war, he wrote to Tully, "Thcre was
! nothing worthier of an honest man, than
to have contention with nobody" 1t
was the highest aggravation that the
) prophet could find out in the desert ption
Of the greatest wickcdncss, that "the
way Of Peace they know not" and the
} greatest punishment Of all their crooked
ness and pcrvcrscncss was, that, "they
Should not know Peace" A greater
curse cannot bclal the most wicked Ma.
f ton, than to be deprived of Peace
= There is nothing of real and substantial
comfort in this world, but what is tho
, produce Of Peace; and whatsoever W,
may lawfully and innocently take de
i light in, is the fruit and effect Of Peace
The solemn service of God, and per
forming our duty to Him in the cxcrcis
: Of regular devotion, which is the great
est business of our life, and in which w
n ought to take most delight, is the issu
Of Peace. War breaks all that order
= interrupts all that devotion, and eve
: cxtinguishcth all that zeal which Peac
lr had kindled in US; lays waste the dwel
d ling places Of God, as we'll as of man
:, :. and introduces and propag ates opinion
g and practices as much against IIeave
le as against earth, and erccts deity thu
'e delights in nothing but cruelty and blood
:, :, Are we pleased with the enlarged con
- - mercc and society Of large and opulor
n cities, or with tho retired pleasures {
the country? do we love stately palace
to and noble houses, or take delight
s. pleasant groves and woods, or iiuitf,
OF gardens, which teach and instruct n,
or turo to produce and bring forth moi
h, fruits, and flowers, and plants, than h,
It. own store can supply her WITH All tn
IL we owe to Peace; and the dissolution
=, this Peace disfgures all this beauty .ar
Nv in short time, covers and buries O
he this order and delight in ruin and rul
NJ, bish. Finally, have we any conton
a a satisfaction, and Joy in the convcrsatic
-, of each other, in the knowledge and u,
or derstanding Of those arts and scicnc,
an which more adorn mankind, than O
a' those buildings and plantations do Il
~. ~ fields and ground on which they stan,
in even this is the blessed effect and lcp
on cy Of Peace; and war lays our natur
mt and manners M waste as our o,.Jo,