The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-10
Thc Wnv to Pdnce.


~'Tht Way TO Peace" was the sub
jScf or an excellent sermon delivered
byffaev. r. VI. Brown Sunday evening
at ST. ,Paurs Episcopal church. His
text was taken from ST. Luke first
chapter, 18th verse, In part Rev
RtoTpi isaid r....l
peace Is the reward Of victory
which comes at the end of conflict
When wrong IN worsted and the eNll
isHreformed, and the Kingdom or
God comes, then peace comes with AZ
that peace which Jesus experienced
az me end of His temptations, when
the-angels ministered unto Him. But
peace may exist fyen' when the war
Is raging, for Il Is like the quiet OF
the great deep underneath. when the
winds blow and the spray flies, and the
waves surge and roar above. Peace
ieth deep in the heart. Whosoever
enjoys the peace OF God goes on
through trouble, grief, difficulty, dis
appointment. hard tasks and weari-
ness, lust as traveller who knows his
way continues his Journey over the
rough hills and the rocks, tired, hut
always pressing onward, because he Is
certain every step brings him nearer
the welcome at the end
of we could only have certainty II
only we could be sure that this hard
road along which we travel Is the
path of peace. then we could so very
easily be patient But sometimes II
seems 10 us we are lost. Some people
seem 10 find IL hard 10 believe that
there IL any light or any peace at
tainable by them. They feel like wan
derers in the black African forest.
where the pigmies live, who fight with
poisoned arrows, where there Is no
path, and the trees are so tall and
so thick that II is dark at noon. Now
suppose that some day the wanderer
in this dismal forest sees friendly
face and feels the grasp Of n fraternal
hand, and finds a guide. That has
happened thousands of times. Peo-
pie thus astray and forlorn. have
come into the presence OF Jesus
Christ. and He has helped them. lie
has guided their feet into the way
OF peace. Sometimes our feet are sci
into the way of selhshness,
"There Is a pernlcious peace which
is synonymous with idleness and COW
ardice. Jesus said He did not come
10 bring that kind OF peace npof
earth, but rather n sword. He migh
have had lazy peace II He had beer
willing to let the world go on as !
was. He would never have mad
any enemies II He had not been ac
tive. He might have lived as serene
ly as His neighbOrs in the sleepy town
az Nazareth, where there was nothini
10 DO but gossip, doing His carpentry
eating and sleeping without perplex
NV. without share In the troubles o
Ills fellows. But Jesus could neye
DO that. And Jesus told his disciple
plainly that the world would hat
them In their turn, and that the
would suffer trlbulation. And tina
came true. Christian workers hav
always been considered disturbers o
this malicious and Dernicious peace
The principle upon which a Christian
stands is the principle OF no peac
with falsehood, no peace with an
enemy of God, no peace with oppres
sion"
IN closing Rev, Brown said
when I know what Jesus chris
said. l am content The dificuite
may be as great as ever I may hav
no answer of my own. but II He ha
answered, II Is enough. He knows
take His word. Amidst all question
ana guesses and discussions and PEI
plexities, here is sure and certai
rfound. Were we escape out OF on
doubt into the light Of assurance. w
simply put our hand into the nan
OF Jesus. ana He guides our feet Int
the way Of peace"