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MeSse1lder of Peace.

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PEACE AND WAR.-Peace Is greatly
the beauty of the world. War is great
~ the horror of the, world. Peace
never grows less beautiful by consider
alton. War never grows less horrible
by consideration. Peace is gentle, pa
tient, benevolent. Every good, -four
ishes in time of Peace. Every evil In
crease in time of war. Peace is meek
and modest. War Is naughty and
proud. Peace does good and never
trumpets with loud voice its loving
deeds. War is boastful of what It
claims to have done for mankind, and
erects, with unblushing face, monu-
ments to its own remembrance and
glory. Peace-continnal, universal
Peace would make the world q para;
disc of beauty. War-continual, uni.
versal war-would make the world q
hell indeed. Let every man, woman.
and child do all they can for Peace
theworld cannot have too much Peace.
Let every man, woman. and child do
all they eau against war-the world
cannot have too little war. Let us all
read very often and carefully .Christ's
Sermon on the mount-it is full of
Peace and no war.
Friends Review.
Great men are not necessary to q
church, if, as body, it bears great and
permanent fruits. Great scholars can he
done without, so long as opportunity for
profiting by the best learning Of the
world is placed within the reach of all
bysound and widely diffused educa.
ton. Great preachers are not at all
essential, since the power is not of men
but of God. Moses wish was exem-
plary: "Would that all the Lords peo-
pie were prophets.n The Psalmist
says: "The Lord giveth the word :;
the women that publish the tidings arc
a great host" Only one, the last, of
the Apostles was man of very sup
erior intellect or learning, and 1t is
doubtful whether Paul was of prepos-
sessing appearance and delivery.
Hardly weaker argument can be Of
fered on behalf of a clerical system,
with Theological seminary" equip
ment, than the assertion that, without
there, no Spurgeous or Talmages are
likely to arise among Friends. Better
a Socitey all whose members are liv-
ing, working Christian men and wo-
men, than one which will produce
scores of the most brilliant pulpit ora
tors that theWorld ever knew.
Messenger Of Peace
When such men as General Grant
said, II look forward to an epoch when
a court recognized by all nation wills
settle all International differences, In
stead of resorting to standing armies
and the awful consequences OF war;;
when such men as General Sheridan
saw. as he said in late speech in Phil-
adeiphia, II believe that before anoth-
er centennial of our notion the phnci-
ple ,of arbitration will completely
sheathe the sword" such sentiment
and utterances supplemented by Gar
field, Blaine, Hayes, Arthur, Evarts,
and hosts of others by the great MEM
orial signed by 2S3 members of the
British House of Commons, presented
by the British deputatiOn to the presl-
dent, accompanied by the presentation
of nearly one hundred letters from
members of the House of Lords, bish-
ops, clergymen and publicists, earn
estly commencing the object of the
memorial an Anglo-American treatyof
arbitration surely the world must be
moving towards the time when nations
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