The Ocala evening star., 1911-05-27
INTERNATIONAL PEACE
micah iv:1-S)

L. But in the last days it shall come
to pass that the mountain of the house
OF the Lord shall be established in the
TOP of the mountains, and 1t shall be
exalted above the hills; and people
shall flow unto ii.
g. And many nations shall come,
and say come and let US go up to the
mountain of the Lord, and TO the house
Of the God of Jacob; and he will teach
us of his ways, and we will walk in
his paths! for the law shall go forth
to Zion, and the word of the Lord from
Jerusalem.
g. And he shall Judge among many
people, and rebuke strong nations afar
off; and they shall beat their swords
into ploughshares. and their spears in
to pruninghooks: nation shall not lift
up a sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more.
4. But they shall sit every man un-
der his vine and under his ffg tree; and
none shall make them afraid: for the
mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spok-
en- IT,
s. For all people will walk every
one in the name of his god, and We will
walk in the name Of the Lord our God
for ever and ever.
g. In that day, saith the Lord, will
/ assemble her that halteth, and l will
gather her that is driven out, and her
that / have afflicted;
Z. And / will make her that halted
a remnant, and her that was cast far
off a strong nation: and the Lord shall
reign over them in mount Zion from
henceforth, even for ever.
8. And thou, o tower of the flock.
of
Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the
first dominion; the kingdom shall come
to the daughter of Jerusalem.
In the foregoing words written over
twenty-six centuries ago Micah pro-
phesied universal peace. and while his
words have not yet come to pass, his
prophecy is nearer being fulfilled thar
IL has ever been. and the indications
are that the parents of today may hope
that their children will live to see the
final dethronement of the war god, sc
far as enlightened nations are concern
ed.
The verses quoted are the scripture
for tomorrow's international Sunday
school lesson. The international Sun
day school series are used in every ma
tion on the globe Tomorrow, the Sun
day that even now is dawning on Japa1
and will be darkening to dusk in ST
IBERIA when American children ar
waking, a prayer for peace, a protes
against war, will follow the morning
around the world
In the twenty-six centuries tina
have passed since Micah prophesied
the gaudy trappings and the pretens
have nearly all been stripped from
war, and men have come to recogniz
il for the horror that it is, and toda
the governments of the world guard a
earnestly against the great evil as,
few hundred years ago, they sough
pretexts to bring it on.
War is the climax of cruelty an
treachery legalized. 1t is the crown
ing horror. All the wickedness of tn
world gathers under the wings of tn
war eagle and is shaken broadcas
over the land that is darkened by hi
shadow There is no horror that doe
not follow the train of Mars. There
crime that is not committed in hi
name There is no suffering that
not marked with the blood that fill
his hideous footprints.
Other evils may be necessary, br
war can always be avoided. There
no controversy that cannot be settle
in peace and honor by the exercise
common sense
Speed the day when bayonets sha
be beaten into trowels and cannon sha
be melted into plowshares, when ba
tleships shall carry only picnic parti'
and men shall line up only in proce
sions of peace. And you can brir
that day a little nearer by studyir
tomorrow's Sunday school lesson ar
thinking on the precepts it teaches