The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
ON PEACEMAKERS
REV. eTEWART MCQUEEN CON-
 PLETES GRATITUDE SERIES.
Pastor of Church Of Holy Comforter Delivers strong Talk on hast of Truths Uttered by Savior on
 the Mount.

The series Of sermons which have
 Queen. of the Church of the Holy Com
 forter. and which have cen printed m ted. fine last of the series. and one
 lows:
 God. eae 'mst. ns %atthew Ss sav' z:s ' '"'''''" "
 Our Savior 1ere sives Els bless.
 ing to the peaceamckrs that is. to
 those Who ,nnan make peaos m 0rasr that
 obtain His promised Slessirg. 1t Is
 evident we must first have standard
 of peace. an ideal. q pattern.
 ly and completely exempllhed' Ger tainly not in ourselves; Alas! oniy
 toe often are we the the viStinls It,dn of envy
 and malice oX rc,es are our af
 heart burnings and bickerings, of
 ten does strife reign in our hearts.
 We extend our range further an,
 look abroad. The discouraging spa,
 tacle meets us of the great nations ot
 prsparation sns Mata foT' foT aar, main,anins arm.
 ible expense, to say nsthing of build ing warships costing millions; Surely
 that which teaches us the meaning of the Masters words .Blessei are the
 psae ' smakers. ';d.a ,os can they shall be called
 But. we must Anow the.r meaping:
 We must ha 'e standard of peace. It is absolutely e'b~ntial. we must be peacemaking and perfect peacema-
 ker. Since ". .annot find 1t here be
 low. 1t Is plain we must look above:
 in His work here on eal tn for us. HIS brethren. Divine revelation tells <us il. was alwa ys the des.re and purpos;; of our heavenlyFather that thereshould also peace among ourselves. But. we broke peace with God the very irss thing. and became at enniity win win n. M,nt that me neace moeA back erai". without which we could do nothing at all Such was the cliect of H. mission. To that end me bsnars s,G ,san maR,ne aRns self subject to the limitations and conditions of the hu.nan ace. Ther.- fore. He had to live tLe life of man. man. feet feet sinless obedieneo, wh', h is ou' bounden duty Ho rendered for us in our flesh. Thus He established peace, the peace which ssn the usually of strain and stres,, of trial and sorrow.
 "In the beg inning. peace existed be- sin. But. Gcd was by no means will ing tt should rema.r broken forever. And the n.st step to"ards making tn. seace which we rh had destrGyea; Hs Sent cds His only begotten Son into the world for this very purpose. He would have us at peace with Him once more for our alone might we r-ow into His lfk" ness and enter upon our Heavenly in- herltance. Thus atone mlelt we o;; come children gbs 1f S0a a,t m nc iaS miSht f the potentially Divine within IS be con verted into the actual and the real This was the peaGemakins work ot Peacemaker. That work had its cui. mination upon the cross.W We look upon the cross and we see on one side the burden Of sin. On the h,essdness 1esss s,ae ~ os peace. Our Savior won it for us there.
 "As we .'.. y aud appreciate the two most re narkahle incidents. perhaps, o' trast betv an sin and peace, realize what 1t meant for Christ to he ths Peacemaker. In the one case we see spised and forsaken of men. The face even of His Father seems turned away from Him. It Is the supreme moment Jesus. the Son of Man. has now enter ed uuon the state of the sinner. In agony which was caused by no mer" sp4ss phsscsMi My pasn paOa My dod ds wSy hast thou
 "The other incident in the Crucit,x, lon is. when the battle is over, tne cries with a loud voice, cries In tac spirit of sublime and glorious tri- umph. It Is finished, s T. wa. the peace of when the. ange. sang when they proclaimed His. birtn to the listening shepherus. u was the peace which He himself ;ame into the made God and man once more at one and opened the way of salvation Tor inc children of men Yes; peace nad nross no% Ose9 fer IuDnt numanity " ,nronShout it5 feaaslssss Esaessaser eco"iG nos yield Ghost even as He d said; ,nv faInfr sa,rif. into
 "@While His work upon the cross was essentially peace making toward God. let us remember it was not that alone It was also Peaee,makinE ma g feet. It made us temples of the Holy Ghost. It made us children or the same Father. It made us members of the ,sseefod sa%s Sdv0ur reatio1shp aa h' aso means of which 1t is the purpose of God we shall be united and at peace among ourselves. But this cannot be through our own nnadea q; ,ao esnr,s strose for OlQ Audui iii eo a.A that. Therefore, God provides an in stitution with aids. helps, means of grace, which we must use. else the work of the Great Peace Maker on the cross will be of little or no avail And SO. forty days after His Ascension, :here was laid, on the first Whit Whit-snni snd glorious Kingdom, a Kingdom meant to fit us not only for Heaven hereaf- ter, but also to bring Heaven to us lere and now, It Is intended for all peoples and languages. for God is no respector of persons. but in every nation he that feareth Him and vorketh righteousness. is accepted with Him. ,
 strife, with all its attendant evils, ,uch as hatred and vindictiveness. has 10 place in this Kingdom; For its dominating spirit is love which fingers ,esgs leart; love, which is indeed our birth light as the children of God; love, which is intended to reign In us and .uie our spirits; love. which is meant 10 ennoble and glorify human life. That Kingdom Is the Church of God Divine organism mot human ere ltion; the church, where Jew and Gen .iIe Greek and barbabrian, bond and