Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-12-21

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,s<Essa5$ himself in all hi
sE=---=1==---I b Il ng confident
and reliant, so must we be in thcs,
IS ,tt +!44tre Ordinarily there should be NJ
occasion for bringing this matter be
fore the Christians. bat they sometimes
forget the great fa,J Of the peace o.
Cod. 1t is that which he should pos
Sess, and which should control his lifs
In our day the word peace makes
great appeal, and there are Christian!
who are taken OIL their feet by it, an(
they have become pacifsts in the pop
ular sense, when they would not l.
considered so for moment if they
would think So5erly. We sing very
Justify, Lord, give Us peace in this
our day." and WIKI only cessation Of
hostilitieS in view, the return of sol
dicrs to their Et:4es, and the resump'
ton of buses activities and the
many rounds Of ease and pleasure t
which We ave been accustomed fol
many years. But great principles are
at stake, and to secure the peace nov
ut the sacrifice OF these principles
would be both unwisc and unrightcou&
rs il would have been TO have sougl'
peace after the first or second battle
of Bull run in our Civil war, for til,
great principles were not settled &
that time.
The peace of the text is a peace
that applies to the time Of war anC
social agitation as much, If not NOR,
so, than to a time of political tranquil
ity and universal amity among men.
A Difference.
It is easy to include too much in the
term peace OF Cod" for sometimes
we mean peace with Cod which is
clearly Il very different thing. This
peace of God has to do, not with re
lationship, but with an experience.
This peace is the very peace that
God himself possesses. We cannot con
ceive of God being agitated, tiustered
excited. To speak reverently, he could
not afford to be, as his business is toe
vast on the one hand, and too minute
on the other, TO allow this. 1t is tho
peace also of Jesus Christ himself his
voice was not heard in the streets; the
insults, threats and prosecutions OF his
enemies did not throw him into anger
or resentment; as q lamb, he goes to
the slaughter and as q sheep before
his shCarers, he is dumb. In the storm
Of tl.o sea, he says, peace, be STILL
and the winds obey him. On the cross
while suffering intense physical agony
he calmly prays for his enemies and
- Y1akS words Of comfort to his mother
Z. 81 is the peace which millions of Chris
tians have eNempIifed in the past.
: The Haven of Peace.
The Christian has known that who
soever hearkeneth to the voice of
~ God doth dwell in safety and shall
ha free from fear Of evil. He goes to
# operating table without fear; he
es the lions ready to tear him to
u aeces, and sings songs of praise to
/ God; he goes over the top" with his
( comrades falling about him, and his
III k0ul is quiet. He has the record OF
! The Holy Spirits injunction. AS the
7 Christiuu has had this peace; every
FChristian today should have 1t. The
amp visibility is on every one who
KS it, Why cannot the Christian
ievc the word of God, my grace is
I.icicnt for thee| The promise Of
Rs,s-p.ace is one of the strongest mo-
eS that can be offered to man. As
ir hath torment, is it not Of the great
DIT Importance that fear should be
yeI away? To man the two strong
motives might be, first, the promise
the supremacy of the spirit over
: flesh in life. Whatever the earth
!lions, ill-health, poverty, bereave-
It, persecution, the spirit should
innate, and the things Of the flesh
ID become of little moment. Sec
=, me promise of perfect body
.1ming of the Lord; glorious,
n'eS. powerful, honorable and
ses oily is it that the clearest
q pea5 od are not believed!
~ ut of God in the heart,
christian caS. ,ruly say:
fery present aid
y @iering or distress;
i:nd which still on thee Is stayed
M 1t in perfect peace.
peace Of God must rest on the
S with God, and this latter peace
secured through faith in Jesus
Is the Holy Scriptures teach,
justified by faith, we have
N;.h God through our Lord Jesus
kmNhie our plea is chiefly to
r<ye this peace with God,
'>,,"'S>~S friends who do not
eS--Z"v ma!4ad, TO seek it in
"a claim to
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