The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-07

| Blessed are the peacemakers: for they
shall be called the children of God.
| The peacemakers not only are the
/ children of God; they are recognized as
such. Many of Gods children GO
| through the world incognito. 1t may
even be said of them as it was said of
Christ, He hath a devil Many viz
| tues are unappreciated. Peacemaking
the world appreciates. 1t recognizes
the value of the peacemaker. The
| peacemakers are called the children of
God. When at the opportune moment
Theodore Roosevelt suggested to Rus
STA and to Japan the advisability of en-
tering into negotiations for bringing the
war to a close and succeeded by his
conferences in this country with rep
resentatives of those nations in har-
n1onizing their differences, and so put
an end to the terrible bloodshed, the
whole world honored him and the coun-
try which he represented. It is by no
means certain that as much was not ac-
complished for the welfare of humani-
ty by the emancipation of Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines; but the whole
world did not recognize this emanci-
ration as an act divfnely conceived.
General Grants saying at Appomattox
Court House, LET US have peace will
live in mems memories long after that
other notable saying of his uttered in
the Wilderness, Il propose to fight it
out on this line if it takes all summer"
has fallen into Oblivion. War-making
may sometimes be as divine an act as
peacemaking, but its divineness is not
as universally recognized.
The peacemaker may make peace by
intervening to prevent war, but whether
the war be threatened or actual, wheth-
err it be between nations or individuals,
such intervention is always hazardous.
To make it successful requires a clear
understanding of the conditions of the
war and the causes which have led to
it, some measure of sympathy with
both parties a seizure of the right mo-
ment for the intervention. and COM
bination of tact and forcefulness in the
execution of the peacemaker's purpose.
If any one of these elements is lacking,
the peacemaker is liable to aggravate
the contention which he wishes to pre-
vent. He that passeth by, and med
dleth with strife belonging not to
him. is like one that taketh a dog by
the ears, is an ancient proverb, and
history abundantly justifies it. 1t re-
quires at least as much skill, if not as
much study, to make peace between
contending parties as to conduct a war.
But there are other ways of making
peace.
One may be a peacemaker by simply
refusing to fight except when duty in
exorably summons him to the combat
1t takes two to make a quarrel; he who
refuses to be one of the two is a peace
maker So Abram made peace when he
gave too Lot the choice of the land:
LET there be no strife. / pray thee,
between me and thee, and between my
herdmen and thy herdmen: for we be
brethren. Is not the whole land before
thee? separate myself, pray thee,
from me: if thou wilt take the left
hand, then I will go to the right; or if
thou depart to the right hand, then I
will go to the left
One may make peace fby possessing |
a spirit of peace which he diffuses
about him wherever he goes. a peace
full heart in the midst of turmoil and