The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-03-09

At meeting of the Committee on Peace
of Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends, held at
Friends Meeting in OskalOosa, on 1st day
Goth of I'd Mo-, 1871. Joseph D. Hoag was
called to the chair and Henry P. Ninde APP
pointed Secretary.
The meeting was opened by reading part
of the 9Th chapter of Matthew, after which
pause for silent prayer was had. Joseph
Arnold then made few remarks on doc,
trines of the Prince of Peace and our obli-
cations under the Gospel.
David Hunt of Hardin county, then ad-
dressed the Meeting, showing that Chris
tianity was that kingdom which the pro-
phet Daniel foretold "The God of Heav-
en- shall set up kingdom which shall new
er be removed, which shall overcome all
others, and shall fill the whole earth" And
that government alluded by the prophet
Isaiah in setting forth the advent OF the
Messiah who should be called "the Prince
| of Peace, and of the increase and peace of
His government there should be no end :"
and again, that under the benign influence
thereof, Nations should beat their swords
into ploughshares and their spears into
pruning hooks, and learn war no more"
Which kingdom and government was an
nounced at the dawn of the Gospel day, by
| angelic authority, "Glory to God in the
highest, on earth peace, good will toward
men," which kingdom was defined by the
Apostle, saying "The kingdom of Heav-
en- is not meat and drink, but righteousness,
peace and joy in the Holy Ghost" OF
which kingdom the Lord Jesus, the King
of Glory said: "My kingdom is not of
this world, else would my servants fight"
And christians everywhere are instructed
by this Lord to pray "Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, in earth as it is in Heav-
en-" And up there, in that heavenly king
dom, all is love, and joy, and peace, and
no spirit, nor disposition, nor temper,
averse to peace can enter there Jesus
commands US to love our enemies, to bless
them that curse us, and do good to them
that dispitefully use us and prosecute us
that we may be the children Of our Father
in Heaven. The Apostle teaches us to do
| good for evil, "Be not overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good" and not even to
revile them that revile u.s. Again, the
| Apostle James assures US that wars and
fghtings come from, are the offspring of
our lusts, which war in our members. And
all true christians do know, that tn e carnal
mind, the lusts of the flesh, the spirit of
retaliation, is "enmity against God, is not
subject to the law of God neither indeed
can be-" are not from above, but from be-
meath, earthly, sensual and devilish, and
saith the Apostle, eff we live after the flesh
to fulfill the lusts thereof, we shall die"
And the Lord Jesus said blessed are
the peace-makers, for they shall be called
the children of God" In short the Holy
Scripture teaches us that "The work of
righteousness is peace, and the effect there
of is quietness and assurance forever" We
Judge no man, but all have the written
Word of God. must expect to be judged by
it.
The man of this world may be expected
to be turned to and fro by expediency, but
| Christians must build and stand upon prin-
ciple.
What think We of man, who, In that