The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-07
Christ's Secret of Happiness
THE HONORS OF PEACE
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By Lyman Abbott.

contention is itself a peacemaker. Such
a one says by his life what the Master
said in words: Peace leave with you;
my peace 1 give unto you" Who has
not known sometimes a strong man,
ofterler sainted woman. whose very
presence has diffused such an atmos-
phere of peace that strife and conten-
ton die out when he enters the room
The battle of words is abated; half
drawn swords are returned to their
scabbards; the lightning CLEAN dies
out from the eyes; the clenched fist re-
lakes, and perhaps presently the palms
of the two combatants are brought to-
gether in a cordial handshake. The
peacemaker has made peace without
knowing that he did it, but others pres
ent have known, and in their hearts
blessed the unconscious peacemaker.
Sometimes the warrior is a peace
maker. IF it be possible" said Paul,
"as much as lieth in you, live peace
ably with all men," Sometimes it does
not lie in us; sometimes it is not pos
sible. 1t did not lie in Christ to live
peaceably with men who were devOur-
ing widows houses and who for pre-
tense made long prayers; it was not
possible for such one as Christ to live
peaceably with such false pretenders.
II did not lie IN Washington and his
compatriots to live peaceably with the
oppressive Government of Great Brit
ain; it was not possible for them TO
live peaceably with the oppressors of
the American colonies. 1t did not lie
in Lincoln to live peaceably with the
men who sought to sunder the Union
and build an empire in the South with
slavery as it's cornerstone; if he were
loyal to his oath of office, it was not
possible for him to live peaceably with
those who would be the destroyers of
the Nation. First pure, then peace
able" is a fundamental truth and it
involves another, namely, that purity
is the only sure foundation for perma-
rent peace. The relations between
Great Britain and America are the re-
lations of a far truer peace than would
have been possible had America re-
manned colony governed in Great
Britain without colonial representa-
ton. The relations between the North
and the South are the relations of a far
truer peace today than they were in
1850, before the Civil War Generals
Lee and Grant were truer peacemakers
than Willard Fillmore and James Blu
chanan. The compromise-maker is not
always a peacemaker. To be a true
peacemaker one must know when to
abstain from fighting and when to
fight.
Blessed is he who has the vision to
see the appropriate moment and the
tact to intervene successfully in a
pending controversy and secure peace;
who yields his own rights in non-es-
sentials that he may gain his right to
a peaceable life with his neighbor; who
has in his heart such a spirit of good !
will to all men, with such a spirit of
justice and fair dealing, that he carries
with him wherever he goes a peace !
making atmosphere; who has the wis |
dom to know when compromise and !
when non-compromjsing insistence on !
the right will lead to a permanent |
peace founded upon righteousness, |
Such a man is always honored among |
his feilow-men, because the achieve |
ment of such peacemaking is recog- |
nized by all men as a divine achieve
ment