The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-05-26


of lothian. Ahaz. and Hezek1ah' VINO
retgned tBeeeher) from b. c. I54 to b. I.
SOS
PLACE-He probably lived in his ma
tive town. Moresheth-gath southwest OF
Jeusalem.
PROPHETS-Is Isaiah and Hosea.
This important lesson deals with
a subject that is of the greatest
moment in our modern life, prob
lem that is rapidly approaching solu-
ton. After ages of warfare the world
seems nearing the era of peace. In
the forming of The Hague Tribunal
the world has taken, In our lifetime,
by far the longest step ever taken
toward realizing the Christian ideal
of universal brotherhood. But, strange
10 say. while this has been going on,
the worlds expenditures in prepare
ton for war have been increased be
| yond anything the past has known or
imagined, so that the cost of mill
tant peace has become the world s
heaviest burden. We are to discuss
therefore, as a vital, urgent theme.
The Terrible Evils of War and the
Coming Of the Reign Of Peace.
Micah has been pietaring the sins
of his nation. and the terrible punish,
ment that was to come as result
Now he turns in a fash to contrast
ing picture. the glorious. peaceful
reign of Messiah.
There is no thought that this happy
time is to conclude human existence
but il is to be the last stage of hu-
man existence, and is to be unending
Micah saw the beloved Mount Zion.
the eastern Temple hill of Jerusalem.
! 1t was called the tower of the flock.
the flock being the Hebrews, and the
! Temple being compared to the watch
i tower into which the shepherds went
/ fer shelter in a storm or for protec.
! ton from robbers II is also called
/ the strong hold Zion IS not a noun
] tain but only a small! hill about 400
feet above the valley; yet the prophet
saw it rising grandly and surely IN
til it was lifted up Ear above the
/ loftiest SUBMITS of the highest noun
tains on earth
He saw restored the first dominion,
the glory that was his nations under
David and Solomon; yes, even more
than that. since he saw many nations
flow unto it TO learn Of the ways OF
! Jehovah, the teachings of the true
religion. Flow implies an impetuous
voluntary onrush. like the inward
sweep of the 60foot tides in the Bay
in day" Converts will come by
/ Penteeosts The earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord. as
the waters cover the sea. 1t is from
this triumphant Church OF God that
universal peace will spring 1t can
not come from any other source.
The central thought OF this magnif-
cent passage is the reign Of Messiah,
that which all our churches exist to
establish. The most striking evidence
OF that reign is the Inauguration of
| universal peace.
An effective federation OF the ma
| tions. such as might fifty be called
THE United States of the World, "
will take the place OF war 1t will
have a world constitution, world
legislature, a world judiciary, and a
world executive, just as individual
nations now have these instruments
| of government
We can inaugurate the reign OF
| peace by helping the peace societies
do their noble work BY studying the
question in Sunday schools and pub
4 lie schools. BY an earnest advocacy
and study of missions, which do more
4 than anything else TO cultivate the
4 spirit OF love for other peoples and
understanding of them BY protest.
ing against the war spirit in con.
gress and against the appropriation
of vast sums for unnecessary war.
ships.
What are recent gains in the direc
ton of international peace and fed
Grafton? The establishment of the
international court of arbitration az
The Hague, which is the beginning
OF the world judiciary. The enactine
by the nations of more than eighty
treaties agreeing to submit disputes
to The Hague court for arbitration
The peaceful settlement of more
| than 600 international disputes. some
of them most dangerous, such as that
caused by the firing of the Russian
feet upon British fishing vessels in
the North sea. The establishing oil
the Central American high court OF
nations, The forming of the inter
national bureau of American repub
lies The placing OF beautiful
statue of Christ upon the summit Of
the Andes between Chile and Argen
tina in token of their agreement no,
TO fight each other. The forming oil
the interpariamentary union. large
body made up of members OF the vari
Gus national parliaments and con
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