The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-06
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WORLDWIDE PEACE.
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(Synopsis of a sermon by E. Pendle-
ton Jones, Pastor First Baptist church
Newberry, S. c.
l invite your attention to three
passages of scripture this morning,
Jer. 6:14. They have healed also
the hurt of the daughter of my peo-
Dle slightly saying, peace, peace;
when there is no peace.
Isa 32:17. THE work OF righteous
ness shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assurance
forever
Isa. 26:3. Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
on taee; because he trusteth in thee"
That the world is passing through a
great crisis no thoughtful man will
deny The greatest calamity the
world has ever seen is now upon us
and it behooves all thoughtful people
to get a world wide vision of it's mean
ing.
All of the so called world wide
peace conferences Ihave been farce.
You may build your peace palaces,
pass your peace resolutions, and
pile your legislation, loser On pelion,'
with peace laws, but as long as human
nature is what it is, the passions of
men will cause them to fight. With
out trying to lay the blame on any
man or nation we may confidently
make the bold assertion that aVarice
and coveteousness are the causes of
the present war. At the very time
that the world was crying peace,
peace. there is no peace. What will
be the outcome of the present catas-
trophe no wise man will pretend to
predict.
When war was first declared a thrill
went through the. whole world, and
we have been busy comparing the
strength of the nations, their strategic
positions, and the probable length of
the war. But soon the horrors Of
war, commenced to be revealed,
broken homes, ruined communities.
the wailing of the widow and the or
phan The thing that seemed most to
have touched the neutral nations is
suspended commerce, here We see the
avarice OF man in all OF it's hideous-
ness. Our people are Wrangling over
! the best methods for relieving the fl
nancial stress that has come upon us
and have failed to agree on any pro-
position Each man seems to be fight
ing for himself or his community
Very few seem to be thinking in terms
of the largest good to the most peo-
pie.
\ The first retrenchment seems to be
with the church. She is feeling the
financial effects more than any other
institution, while she has done more
for the peace and civilization of tie
world than any other institution
In view of this situation let us try
to get a world wide view Of the pres
ent crisis
1t is a wise suggestion that our
.president has called on tle Christians
of this nation to come together today
and pray for peace. Not that he or
any other thoughtful man believes
that God will come down on the bat
tlefeld and perform miracle in stay
ing the passions of men. Cdt the
praying will lead us to self eXamina-
ton, and seeing ourselves as we are
will lead us to a confession of our
sins and give US a larger vision of
God, and as we get close to Him We
will learn the true principles Of peace.
Our hearts will become softened and
we will learn the sooner to "love our
neighbor as ourselves"
We learn from one of our texts that
the works of Righteousness shall be
peace That means Righteousness
everywhere, in our individual life, in
our home life, in our social and bus
mess, in our national life AS long
as the principle, Honor won't buy
breakfast" as held by a noted Vir-
ginia politician, holds in the politics
of the world We will never have peace.
1t seems as if God has brought our
great president to the kingdom for
such a time as this. TO my mind the
greatest triumph in craftsmanship in
all history, was when President Will