The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-13
CHRIST IS TIE PEACE
OF TROUBLED HUMANITY.
In Him l. Found Balm for Earthly
Observation-Disclosures the Re
suit of Struggles.

The Reverend Ralph Wakefield preached
yesterday mo-riaS At the Tower Grove NJ
=. Church IN The Peace ri Christ Ne
said in cart:
Man seems 10 he born :o struggle. Tho
ruling thought % our day i eynlutf nary
and evolution tells I "tory of croamin- a.i4
tiaNail liz AS the BASIS G., Development ry-
trInal impulse and Internal aspiration, y5iU-
bined with ;neHur.sle luw. produce = $:rug-
gre thLou7houi al nature. for which ;he
tnOushtiul man stands appalled,.
Cur political cCyUumIS.S tell is e. the
racial development thrOGch stiTIs and CON
iiict. of the awful WA: uf oar fathers 10.
SUBSISTENCE. OF the doom that must .v.Vita-
hiN tan upon a world whCsr TulHaa;ion mas
a rfopoiuonate increase ,hai Is no;" arid
than lis food supply. The Scriptures pc
sent their view OF lif,s Turmoil. and con
Iict In the sweat OF his ifusiIlls shall IA.
eat bread Ever moral or spiritual .:1ut
Is the product u soul agony and ,n.,lfal
sweat. No prophet no priest. no KIM: h:i..
come into ite's activities save tnru.:.n con-
fict, Good and evil are portrayed as in
constant ;tnta=orilsm. and even entrance
INTO the Kingdom of heaven * secured !rS
violence. the Master tells It's
on every hand is Lies caai.ict. The
FORCES OF AccrctIor and Of diSia;ut;r;lrjcn are
everywhere at work. Nations arise ago
lize ana declire. and only HI. memory UC
former greatness is LETT 10 indicate The
harshnesS of the battle. Nature Is livin:
open To mans Wow new powers and ror.,.
10 pc haincssed. new conditions TO IL, met
ana conquered. new phases of life To he
is struggle.
What is true without is also ,r:.e With
IN The hours of mental agony mo garden
agony. the silent hours of soul ,5uaict'
me problem of moral righteousness tn
ine3is unattained and aspirations uasat;s-
ned. make the conscious lie Of man he
struggle
Peace stands opposed TO the spirit If
STRIFE. confusion. contention and war Its
primary meaning is security. w"lI-na;l.:.
prosperity and good. In its simple ,9s. -g.
II is the object Of every mans desire Hut
what the world does not see. in its :.ersip.:
me highest good, Is that true peace lirs "a;
jon tells US. in acquaintance with Cod
fhn IN the stale of blessing which follows
a conscious reconciliation with God ;hrn,,:.h
thflst, and In the accomplishments OF that
reconciliation. Many of the blind prophets
cry; Ieace; peace, when there is no nrg"...
But God. through Christ. HI inss Il
blessed peace to the Christian heart rc-
cause he satisfies every deep thing OF mans
The Christian finds peace in loyalty and
love 10 Christ. for he is our peace. ~. is
our peace in life's temporal things Fo has
paced upon the things Of the word TIE rrop-
or judgment value. He has looked upon he
c"innercialism and matcrialism OF tho
weird and said 10 us. Take no anxious
or what ye shall drink. ur wherswithaI We
stall he clothed. for your Heavenly Faihcr
KioWeth That We have need Of these things.
Eut seek VI first the kingdom OF God and
ms righteousness. am all these things snail
be added to you. No tIIe Chrstian man
under normal conditions becomes a becgar |
and Christianity. spiritually true. is the only |
f,neny for Sloth and the slUm. since these !
are not the product of environment 50 much |
- they, are the product OF the degraded |
human heart.
Then too. he is our peace in the great !,
world of ideas which brings constant con- |
met within US. j never fear for mans |
orthodoxy who has the full light of Christ /
IN 9is ,a heart b It is only when the heat is
wrong. In the midst of the giant conflict |
to-day being waged along literary lines re- |
Eardins the Bible and its teachings. the true !
Christian can be at peace. knowing that tho !
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom |
and the knowledge Of the righteous in un-
Outstanding.
Then Christ is our peace in the spirit /
realm of life. When the life is dead in tTos- 1
passes and sin 1t is the Lords voice that |
alone can speak peace; when the tides of
lrlquity surge in upon us like the angry.
stcrm-tHssed waves of the sea. we can rest
peacefully secure with the divine arms
about us; when the conflict is sharpest and
the rough places of life are our lot and when
WEAKNESS Expresses the breast and threat
peace and beneath oEr lives are the ever
lasting arms: when death. mans final enc |
my. assails and crowds in through the por-
talS of pain and loathsome disease TO the
very citadel of the life and laws its cold
hand upon the warm heart and stays its
heat. still he is our peace, and the cry OF |
falth at midnight or al noon will bring him |
who has promised never 10 leave us nor |
peace.
He is our 1eace Christ came to bring
rest TO a troubled world and to speak peace
TO the oppressed heart, and departing he
left his legacy of rest TO a world in conflict.
Peace | leave with you My peace ] give
unto YOU. Not rs the world Siveth give l
unto you. Let not your heart be troubled. !
neither let IL be afraid. for he is the Chris
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