The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-07
HOW TO RaLRE Ptlc{'
Rev. DR.. Henry's Solution. Of
the Great Problem.
is FOUND IN THE BIBLE
Arbitration and Congresses Will
Amount to Little So Long AS the
World Is at War With the Prince
OF Heaven-His Teachings Guide to
the Right Way.

Universal Peace and How to Realize
It. was thesuDJec6Of an eloquenudiscourse
delivered by Rev. Dr.r Henry, for years
u worker in the missionary fields OF
China, at the Church of the Covenant yes
terda morning ~ taas@
The doctor took for his text Psalm 72:7->
In His days shall the righteous flourish.
and abundanceof peace so long as the moon
enduretb.'
In enlarging upon the text the speaker
said, in part:
NE are told in the Old Testament of
the peace of the reign OF that wisest OF
| men, Dayid's son., Solomon. There were
no wars nor strife nor contentious to dis-
turb the happiness OF the Kingdom. Solo
mon was an earthly type OF the great
Prince OF Peace TO come. His purpose
was TO give the people d taste OF the bless
ed reign of peace, and when his mission
was fulfilled he disappeared, TO give way
to stormy potentates.
But the time is fast approaching" he
continued, when peace shall reign through
out the universe uninterruptedly, when the
purpose OF God from eternity, summed up
in the one word, peace, will have been
brought about
Think OF the picture of bliss presented
to your minds by that magic word, and
then, if you can, call up before you the I'M
told misery portrayed by the words, There
is 20 peace 10 the wicked
PEACE THE GROWING BLESSING.
Peace is the crow ming blessing OF Christ
in heaven and ON earth. 1t has been the
ceaselcss cry and watchword through the
ages and laws of time. 1t Is heard above
the din and roar OF fiercest battle It's
advent is lOnged for in the midst OF party
strife and turmoil. 1t is prayed for by
the weary souls torn and tossed about
in the struggle OF everyday life. 1t is the
one thing hoped for and dreamed OF by
the poets and the sages-the golden era
of the race.
yet instead OF the poems of peace is
often heard the bitter Iefrain, There is
DO peace
I'VE need not go TO Africa, where the
negro is bought and sold: We need not go
to New Guinea, where cannibafs hold
HE OF little worth, to hear this IefraiD.
II is. echoiDg at our very portals. CUBA
is passing through n baptism of blood
carnage is ascendent on every hand Eu-
rope has her millions under arms. and liis
unsurpassed equipage she maintains at
ruipous cost. Ana why: To preserve the
peace. How precarious is this peace!
Peace is the 1iret desire in the council
chambers of the State; Of the victorious
general. fresh from the bloody field; OF
everybody. 1t is the enc fundamental
liilliE slIllNtu al LH SoiipdSOs bStNtCh iiiVhu
and friend, community and community, ma
ton and nation. A II the wants or man
are summed up in the unutterabe, ill.,
satiable desires for peace.
Christ came to this earth and cstab-
lished, not a Kingdom of war, of strife
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. but a Kingdom OF
peace, where all should bow GOWN before
Him, the Prince of Peace.
lone would think that such benefi-
cent ruler would have been accepted and
hailed with hosanEas Of Joy. let C-rist
must be cruCified and lniposters have their
sway over the minds of trouble tossed
people. The Prince of Peace was rejected.
but His Kingdom is still established and
will extend from sea to sea, and from
the river unto the ends Of the earth
THE PRACTICAL WAY.
THE way to practical individual peace
is not through a garden OF flowers. but
through the bitterness OF death Christ
wasthe peace offering, made in Precipitation
OF our sins that He might draw men unit"
Himself at death. Like the many who have
tried 10 esta blish peace, He had TO pass
through the darksome gates, but He tri-
umpbed over death; broke up the triple
reed OF pride, sin and Unbelief; redeemed
the world; fulfilled the requirements neces-
sary for man to secure peace. established Il
universal kingdom OF peace, and proclaimed
an amnesty OF peace To ali so long as the
moon endurcth.'
Peace OF the individual is first in Christ's
kingdom. then peace Circumstance, harmony
with God and ones higher nature; then
peace with all men, a feeling of love and
sympathy toward each brother. And
lastly this leads to a conservation OF our
noble selves to the good OF MANKIND the
prpmu lgation OF the gospel OF Christ. This
is the one remedy Tor the thrcefold enemy
OF peace-war disorder, unrest.
iS ha
temporal, the epitome of all things cruel
and bloody Men fled from it like the
frightened Inhabitants from the ravages
of an earthquake. What blessed time will
that be when the nations shall beat their
swords into ploIghshares and their spears
into pruninghuoks. What does this mean
1t means that there shall be no more war
1t means that Africa, Europe. Asia and
America shall disband their armed forces
and that peace will universally abide
Millions OF men will be restored to peace
full avocations and hundreds OF millions
of dollars employed for the betterment
OF the race. That the vast and yet I'M
used natural resources will be utilized.
That the masses will be upliftcd: that the
the condition of the poor man will be
ameliorated. and prosperity will begin a
long and lasting reign. Dreaming, say
YOU Heed the words of the Psalmst:
Abundance appear, so LONG as the moon
endureth' that is, so long as the universe
exists, forever. ....
ARBITRATIoNS sPAsMODIC.
Peace councils, councils OF arbitration
and all like organizations and movements
are noble, but their efforts will be spas
modic only, unless the gospel OF the Prince
of Peace is taken as the sure and only
guide in all endeavUrs TO bring about Il
cessation of hostility among the nations Of
the earth. Next is disorder. Under
this head is included a multitude of things
political disorder, social disorder, class
distinction, polygamy .intemperaDce. slavery,
gambling, opium, all such innumerabie
forms. Compared with these inflictions
the abolition of war seems an easy task.
Yet we are told the Prince Of Peace will
destroy all disorder Disorder is the vio-
lalion by man of natural laws, the over
throw of law and order. Hence the
resurrection of law and order is the first
requisite, and this law and order eau be
maintained only through 1.-The application
of the gospel. Here is where sociology
finds its causesfor failure. Men see evils
on every side and think they can be cured
by human institutions, not taking into
consideration the Divine law, which lays
down the only infalIible way for the abo-
lition of abnormal growths-the joining of
man to God through Jesus Christ and His
word. Men must not try to usurp Gods
place, for SO long us they do, for that
period will the reign OF peace be postponed.
And now, unrest All That this word
implies is to disappear and vanish. All tie
preSanf apif ation in the social world ti.n