The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-12-22

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WORLDWIDE PEACE is CERTAIN.
When Will 1t come?-Its Causes and
Results.
Editors Pleasantville Press:-
We have the assurance of perfect
and permanent peace throughout the
earth. 1t is as certain to come as are
all things that have been promised or
predicted by the never failing Word.
Wars had their beginning in selfish
ness; and the more selfish humanity
becomes, the more fully will our world
participate in the awful business oil
war. But He who has promised to
make wars to cease, is about to finish
the task of making a complete and final
disposition of sin and selfshness.
When this is done, and not until then,
we will have worldwide peace.
Mans misconceptions and founda-
t~ionless hopes of world peace should
not obscure the true nature and pur-
pose of the gospel. Christ. as Prince
Of peace lisa. SO, entered upon His
gospel mission, which was to save
men from sin and s%elfshness and re-
store them to obedience. It is through
the power of the gospel that peace
on earth" is assured. There is no
peace....to the wicked" lisa. 57:2D.
for the simple reason that selfish men
ard nations win never cease to serve
self to the detriment of others. The
foundation of true peace is a nature
Of love and obedience. Great peace
have they which love Thy law: and
nothing shall offend Them Ps. 119:
165. The peace promised through the
gospel not only means world peace.
but it is a promise, primarily. of that
personal peace, the peace of God.
which passeth all understanding"
(Phil. 40, by which world a is
to be made possible.
Peace treaties, of whatever number
or nature, will not suffice to keep ma
tons of selfish men out of war. Be-
fore peace can prevail, the worlds in
habitants must have the mind turned
from self to God. Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on Thee" Isa. 26:3. This text
promises perfect peace, and the power
by which it is to be maintained. When
world peace prevails, this keeping
power of the Prince of Peace will be
effective, rather than the restraint of
international peace treaties. The
promise of this ~fullness of peace is to
be to those men only whose minds are
stayed on God. Peace and obedience,
peace and righteousness, go hand in
hand. 1.-THE work of righteousness
shall be peace" lisa. 32:17. Without
righteousness, peace is impossible.
There is to be an end to this present
world, and to sin and sinners. The
common ignorance regarding what the
Bible teaches about the reward of the
righteous, the fate of sinners, and the
future of this earth, leads to confusion
in reference to the promises concern
ing the end of wars and the time of
peace. Sinfulness will continue and
increase to the end. Naturally there
tions to the end. Instead of peace. all
nations will be involved in a bloody
conflict just before the end of the
gospel age. The nations now existing
will be destroyed. The heavens and
the earth, which are now, by the same
word are kept in store, reserved unto
fire against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men But the
day of the Lord will come as a thief in
the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise.
and the elements shall melt with fer
vent heat, the earth also and the
works that are therein shall be burned
up" 2 Peter ST, 10.
Here We have the clearest possible
proof that the present world is to be
purged by fire. The thirteenth verse
of the same chapter reads as follows:
Nevertheless we, according to His
promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth right
e%ousness. Here we have a condition
promised that will make peace possible.
This new earth wherein dWeIls right
eousness, will be inhabited by right
eous beings only. No place of abode is
promised to wicked men, nor have
they any promise of peace, but both
are the reward of the righteous. For
yet a little while and the wicked shall
not be: yea, thou shalt diligently con-
slider his place, and it shall not be.
But the meek shall inherit the earth;
and shall delight themselves in the