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The Prince of Peace. Famous Lecture Delivered by WtHiam Jennings Bryan at Numerous Chautauquas and Y. M. C. A.'s, and at Tokyo, Manila., Bombay, Cairo, Jerusalem. I offer no apology for speaking upon a religions theine, for it is the tuo^t universal of all themes. If^^rrtTlresyed you upon the subject of law I might interest the lawyers; If 1 discussed the science or medicine I might inter est the physician*. In like uiauner merchant* might be interested in a , talk on commerce and farmers in a ?discussion of agriculture. But none of Kkese subjects appeals to all. Even the "science ol government, though broader than any profession or occupation, does not embrace the whole sum of life, and those who thiuk upon it differ ?so among themselves that I could not ?peak upon the subject so as to please a part without offending others. AVhiie to me the science of government is in tensely absorbing. I rceoguize thai the most important things in life lie out side of the realm of government and that juore depends upon what the in dividual does for himself than upon what the government does or can do for him. Men can be miserable under the best government, and they can. be happy wuder the worst government. Government affects but a part of the life which we live here and does not touch at all the life beyond, wlv 3 reli gion touches the infinite circle of ex istence as well as the small are of that circle which we spend on earth. No greater theme, therefore, can engage "our attention. Man is a religious bciug. The heart' instinctively seeks for a God. Man is essentially devout. Then? are honest doubters whose sincerity we recognize and respect, but occasionally I Und young meu who think il smart to !'?? skeptical. They tall; ms if it were an evidence of larger intelligence to scoff at creeds and re fuse to connect themselves with churches. They call themselves "lib eral," as if a Christian were narrow minded. To these young men 1 desire to address myself. Religion the 8asis of Morality. Even some older people profess to regard religion as a superstition, par- ' ' douable in tin? ignorant, *but unworthy of the educated, a mental state which otre can and should outgrow. Those who hold this view look down with mild contempt upon such as give to religion a definite place in their thoughts and lives. They assume an Intellectual superiority ami often take Hille pains to conceal the assumption. Religion has been defined as the re lation which man fixes between him selt and bis God and morality as the outward manifestation of this relntiou. Every one by the time he reaches ma turity has fixed some relation between himself ami God; and no material ? hange in this relation can take place Without a revolution in the man. for this relation is the most potent influ ence (hi;l acts upon a human life. Religion is the Oasis of morality in the individual and in the group of In dividuals. Materialists have attempted t<? build up a system or morality upon Gte bnsis of enlightened self interest They would have man ligure out by malhemalics thai it pays him to ab s:aiu from wrongdoing; they would evca inject an element of bellishncss Into altruism. But the moral system elanoraled by the mulerialisis has sev eral defects. First, its virtues are f?t rowed from moral systems based upon religion. Second, as it rests upon argu maat rulhor than upon authority it does ?Ol appeal to the young, and by the time the young are able to follow their reason they have already become ?et in Ihelr ways. Our laws do not permit a young mnn to dispose of real estate natil lie is twenty-one. Why this, restraint? Because bis reason is not mature. And yet a man's life is largely molded by the environment of his youi It. Third, one never liuows just how much of his decision is due to reason a tri how much is due to passion or to selfish Interest. We rec ognize the bias of self interest when we exclude from (be jury every man, :i<? mailer how reasonable or upright he may be. who has a pecuniary inter est in the result of the \cjfn\. And. fourth, one whose mortality is based upon a nice calculation of benefits to he secured spends time figuring that ?he should spend in action. Morality is the power of endurance hi man, and a religion which leaches personal responsibility lo God gives i strength to morality. There is a pow erful restraining: influence in the be lief that an all seeing eye scrutinises 1 every though) and word and siel of the individual. There are difficulties 'o he encoun tered in religion, but there are difti chIHcs to be encountered everywhere, i passed through a period of skep ticism when I was in college, and 1 ?have been ghul ever sine,- thai I be eatUtt a member of |he church before I leH home foi college, for il helped me during those trying days. The eollege day* trover the dangerous ?period hi the young man's life. It is When lie I? jus! eoiue lain posses-ion of bis powers, when he feels stronger [than he ever i'?*els afterward and 'thinks he know* more than h? e\.-r doe* know. It was at this period that I was cou I fused by the different theories of crea tion. But I examined these theories and fouud that they all assumed some thing to begin with. The nebular hy pothesis, for instance, assumes thai matter and force existed, matter in partielos. infinitely flue and each par ticle separated from every other par ticle by space infinitely great. Begin ning with this assumption, force work ing on 'matter, according to tins hy pothesis; creates a universe. Well. I have a right to assume and 1 prefer to assume a Designer back of the de sign, a Creator back of creation, and. no matter how long you draw out the process of creation, so long as God stands back of it you cannot shake my faith in Jehovah. In Genesis i; i> written that in the beginning Cod created the heavens and the earth, aud I can stand on that proposition until 1 find some theory of creation that goes further back than "the beginning." I do not carry the doctrine of evo lution as far as some do. I have not yet been able to convince myself that man is a lineal descendant of the low er animals. I do not mean to find fault With you If you want to accept it. All j I mean lo say is that, while yon may j trace your ancestry back lb the mon key if you find pleasure or pride in do j iug so. you shall not connect me with your family tree without more evi dence, than has yet been produced. It is true that man in some physical qualities resembles the beast, but man has a mind as well as a body and a soul as well as a mind. The mind is greater than the body, and the soul is greater than the mind, ami I object to having mint's pedigree (raced on one third of him only, and that the lowest third. One does not escape from mystery, howeyer, by accenting this theory, for it does not explain the origin of life. When the follower of Darwin lias traced the germ of life back to the lowest form in which it appears, and to follow him one must exercise more faith than religion calls for, be finds that scientists .differ. Some believe that lite first germ of life came from another planet, and others hold that it was the result of spontaneous genera tion. If I were compelled roaeeept one of these theories. I would prefer (he first, for if we can chase the germ of life off this planet and gel it out into space we can guess*(he rest of (In; way aud no one can contradict us. but if we ac cept the doctrine of spontaneous gen eration we cannot explain why spoum neotis generation (rased lo act after the first germ was created. Co back fur as we may. we can no! escape from the creative act, and it is just as easy for me to believe (hat Cod created man as he is as to believe that millions of years ago he created a germ of life aud endowed it with power lo develop into all (hat we see today. But I object to the Darwinian theory until more' conclusive proof U produced, because I fear we shall lose the consciousness of Cod's 2>rescncc in our daily life if we .must assume that through all the ages no.spinitual force has touched llftj life, pfta?awr shaped the destiny of natlotisv But '.there is another objo ;iou. The Darwinian.the ory represents mau as reaching his' present perfection by the operation of the law of hare?the merciless law by which the slrong crowd out and kill off the weak. If this is the law of our development, (hen, if there is any logic that can bind ihe human mind, we sjiall iurn backward toward the beast in proportion as we substitute (he law of. love, flow can hatred be (he law of development when nations have ad vanced In proportion as they have de parted from that law-and} adopted the law of love? But while I do not accept th? Dar winian theory I shall not quarrel w^th you about it. I refer to it only to re mind you that it does not solve the mystery of life or explain human prog ress. 1 fear I hat some have accepted it in (he hope of escaping from Ihe miracle, but why should Ihe miracle frighten us? It bothered me once, and I am Inclined to think that it is one of thejes.t questions with the Christian. Why Shouldn't Miracles Be Performed? Christ cannot Ik* separated from the miraculous. His birth, his ministra tions and his resurrecliou all involve the miraculous, and the change which his religion works in the human heart is a continuing miracle. Eliminate the miracles and Christ becomes merely a human being and his gospel Is stripped of divine authority. The miracle raises two questions. "Can God perform a miracleV aud "Would he waul to?" The first is easy (o answer. A Cod who ean make a world can do anything he wants lo do with It. The power to perform mint-' dps is uecessarily implied iu the pow er to create. Bui would God want to perform a miracle? This is the ques tion which h."s given most of (he (rou ble. The more I have considered ? the less inclined 1 am to answer iu the negative. To say that Cod would not perform a miracle Is to assume a more [ntiuiale knowledge of Cod's plans and purposes than I can claim to have. I will uol deny that Cod does perform a miracle or may perform one merely because I do not know how or why he dops il. The fact dial we are constant ly learning of the existence of new forces suggesis the possibility that Cod may operate through forces yet unknown t<> us. and the mysteries with which we deal every day warn me tiiat faith is as necessary as sight. Who would have credited a century ago the stories that are now told <>f the wonder working eleelrieily? Poi sges man had known the Hghtuiug. but only to fear it/ Now this invisible f current is generated by a man math machine, imprisoned in a man made wire and made to do (he bidding of I man. The miracle Is not more myste rious Jian many of (he things with whieh man now deals; It is simply different. It is sometimes said that Cod could not suspend one of Iiis laws without stopping the universe, but do we not | suspend or overcome the law of grav itation every day? Every time we move a fool or lift a weight we tem porarily interfere with (ho -operation of the most universal of natural laws, and yet the world is not disturbed. Science has taught us so many tilings that we are tempted to con clude that we know everything, but (here is really a great unknown which is siil! unexplored, and that which we have learned ought to increase our reverence rather than our egotism. Science has disclosed some of the ma chinery of tile universe, but science has not yet revealed to us ihc great secret?the secret of life. It is lo be found In every blade of grass, in every insect, in every bird and in every ani mal, as well as hi man. Six thousand years of recorded history, and yet we know no more alrdut the secret of life than they knew In the beginning. We live, we plan, we have our hopes, our fears', and yet In a moment a change may come over any one of us. and Ibis body will Itccofue a mass\of lifeless day. What is il that, having, we live and, having not, we are as the clod? We know not, and yet the progress of Hie race and the civilization which wo now behold are the work of men and women who have not solved the mystery of their own lives. And our fond?must we understand it before we eat it? If we refused to eat anything until we could under stand the mystery of its growth, we would die of starvation. Hut mystery ?h?es not bother us in the dining room. Only in the church Isn't an obstacle. I was catlllg a piece of watermelon some months ago and was Struck with its bcanty. I took some '. the seed and dried them and weighed them and found that it would require some five thousand Reed to weigh a pound. And then I applied mathematics to that forly pound melon. One of these seeds put Into theground when warmed by the sou and moistened by the rain goes to work. Jt gathers from some where two hundred thousand times its own weight and. forcing this raw ma. tcrial through a tiny stem, constructs a watermelon. It covers the outside wiih a coating of green, inside of the green It puts a layer of white, and within the while a core of red. and all through (be red ft scatters seeds, each one capable of continuing the work of reproduction. Where did that little seed get its tremendous power? Where did it find its coloring matter? How did Ii collect its flavoring extract? How did It build a watermelon? Un til you.can explain a watermelon do not be too sere that you can set limits to the power of the Almighty orsay just what he would do or how he would do it. I cannot explain the watermelon, but I eat ft and enjoy it. Power That Is Infinite and Divine. Everything that grows tells a like story of III finite power. Why should I deny llnil a divine hand fed a mulri tnde with a few loaves and fishes when I see- hundreds of millions fed every ye>ir by a ? ha ml) whjch converts the .seeds scattered. oVer the held into an abundant harvest ? ' We know that food can be multiplied in a few months' time. Shall we deny the pow er of the Creator to eliminate the ele ment of time when we have gone so far in eliminating the element of .spa ce V But there Is something even more wonderful stilL'ihe mysterious change that takes place in Hie human heart when the man begins'to hate the things lie loved and to love the things he haled, the marvelous transformation that l?kcs place in the man who lie fore the change would have sacrificed the world for his own advancement, but who after the change would give his life for a principle and esteem it a privilege tq make sacrifice for his con victions. What greater miracle than this that converts a selfish, self cen tered human being iuto a center from which good iuffueaees flow out in every direction! Ami yec this miracle has beeil wrought in the heart of each one of. us, fin may hi; wrought, and we have seen It wrought in the hearts of those about us. So: living in the midst of mystery and miracles. I shall not allow either to deprive me of the bene lils of the Christian religion. Some of those who question the mir acle also questiou (be theory of atone ment. They assert that il does not ac cord with their idea of Justice for one to die for others. Let each one bear hl? own sins ami ilie punishments due for them, they say. The doctrine of vicarious suffering is not a new one. It is as old as I he race. Thai one should suffer for others is one of the most familiar of principles, and we sec the principle illustrated every day of our lives. I lind proof I hat man was made iu the image of his Creator in the fact that throughout the centuries man has been willing to die that blessings de nied to him might be enjoyed by his childreu, his children's children and the world. The seeming paradox, "lie that sav Clb his life shall lose II. and he that, loseth bis life for my sake shall find II." has an application wider I fin 11 that usually given to it. ii is an epitome of history. Those who live only for them selves live little lives, but those who give themselves for Iii? advHiieemenf of things greater ibaii themselves lind a larger life than the one surrendered. Instead of being an unnatural plan, the plan of salvation i< ill perfeel har mony with human nature as wc under- | -rand if. Sacritieo is ihe language of love, and Christ hi suffering for ihej world adopied the only means of reachiug the bear;, and I his <an be demonsiraled not only by theory, but by experience, for the smry of his life, his teachings, his sufferings and his dealh has been translated iuto every HI IT1 ?J _ language, and everywhere it has touch ed the heart. ;' Bat if i were going to present au ar guiuent ia favor of the divinity of Christ I would not begin with mira cles or mystery or theory of atone ment. I would begin with the fact that Christ lived. Christ presents an example of purity iu thought and life, aud man, conscious of his own imper fections aud grieved over his short comings, finds inspiration iu one who was tempted in all points just as we are and yet was without sin. Christ as an Example of Humility. Humility is a rare virtue. If oue is rich he is apt to be proud of his riches. If he lias distinguished ancestry ho-is apt to be proud of his lineage. If he is well educated he is apt to be proud of his. lea ruing. Some one has suggested that, if oue becomes humble be soon becomes proud of his humility. Christ, however, possessed of all power, was the very personification of humility. The most difficult of all the virtues to cultivate Is the forgiving spirit. Re venge seems to be natural to the- hu man heart. To want to get even with au enemy is a common sin. It lias even been popular to boast of viridic tiveuess. It was once inscribed om a monument to a hero thai In? had re paid both friends and enenues morr than he had received. This was not the spirit of Christ lie taught for giveness, aud ia that incomparable*! prayer which lie left as a model for] our petitions he made our willingness to forgive the measure by which we| may claim forgiveness. He nut. only taught forgiveness, but he exemplified! his teachings in his life. When those who persecuted him brought him to the most disgraceful of all deaths his spirit of forgiveness rose above his sufferings, and lie prayed, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." What conclusion is-to-be drawn from tbe life, the teachings and the death of this historic figure? Itr-ired in a carpenter's shop, with no knowledge of literature save Bible-literature, with no acquaintance with philosophers living or with the writings of sages dead, this .voting man gathered disciples about him, promulgated a higher code of morals than the world had ever known before and proclaimed himself the Messiah. He taught and perform ed miracles for a few brief months and then was crucified. Ills disciples were scattered ami many of them put to death. His claims were disputed, his resurrection denied and his follow ers persecuted, and yet from this be ginning his religion has spread until millions take his name with reverence npon their Hps and thousands have been willing to die rather than sur render the faith which he put Into (heir hearts. How shall we account for him? "What think ye of Christ?" It is easier to believe him divine than to explain in any other*way what he said aud did and was. I have selected ibis theme that. I may present some <if Ihe reasons which lead me to believe that Christ has fully earned the title the ifj-ince of Peace and that hi the years lo come it will be more and vmere applied to him. Faith iu himifirings peace' to Ihe heart, and his teachings when applied will bring -peace between man and man. And if he can bring peace to each heart and if his creed .vill bring.peace throughout the earth who will deny his right to be called the Prince of Peace? All the world is im search of pence Every heart that ever beat, has sought for peace, aud many have been the methods employed; to secure It, Some have thought to purchase it with rich es, and they have- labored lo secure wealth, hoping to find'peace when lhey were able lo go where they pleased' ami buy what they liked. Of those wlui have endeavored to purchase*! peace with money the large majority have failed to secure the money. Burl what has l?een the-experience of those| who have been successful iu accumu lating money? They all tell the samel story-viz. that they spent the first half of their lives trying lo gel money froill others and the last, half trying | to keep others from getting their mon ey and that they found peace in nei ther half. Some have even reached the point where lhey find difficulty in getting people to accept, their money, and I know of no better Indication of | (he ethical awakening In this country than the Increasing tendency ro scru tinize ihe methods of money making. A long step Iu advance will' hav< been taken when religions, educational and char trabte Institutions refuse to con done hu morn 1 methods !u buntfmxH nml leave the possessor of ill gotten gains fo leani Hie loneliness of life irrten one prefers money to moral*". Some have sought peace iu social dis tinction; but. whether they have been within the charmed circle ami fearful lest they might fall out or outside ami hopeful that they might get in, they hare not found peace. Some have thought -vain thought'. U> find peace in political prominence: but. whether office comes by birth, as in monarchies, or by election, as iu re publics, It iloes not bring peace. An office is conspicuous only when few can occupy It. Only when few iu a genera tion eiin hope to enjoy au honor do we call it a great honor. 1 am glad Ilia: our Heavenly Father did nol make the peace of the human heart depend upon the aeeuuiulalion of wealth or upon the ?securing of social or political distinc tion. Tor iu either ease but few could have enjoyed it. bill when he made peace the reward of a conscience void ?' of offense toward God and man he pn) It within the reaell of ail. The pom (??n secure !i as easily as the rich, the social outcast as freely as tin- leader of society and the humblest ??IlkuMi equal* lj with those who wield political power. Christ promoted pcai-c. by giviug us' avsur.iwi e that a line of iitilltutioicution can be established betwc--.iV the Farther above and the child below.. Aud who will measure the cousolatfou that has been brought to troubled hearts by She hour of. prayer? Proof of Immortality. And immortality' Who will est?ina-t? the peace Which a belief In a future life has brought to the sorrowing? You may talk to the young about, death end ing all, for life is full, ami hone is strong, but preach not this doctrine to :he mother who stands by the death bed of Ufr babe or to one who is within the shadow of a great a (diction. Christ gave us proof of immortality, and yet it would hardly seem necessary that one should rise? from the dead to convince us that the grain? is not the end. To every created thing God has given a tongue that proclaims a resur rection. If the Father deigns to touch with di vine power the cold and pulseless heart of (he buried acorn and to1 make it burst forffh from its prison wall?, will he leave neglected in the earth: the soul of man, made iu (he image of bis Cre ator? If Im? stoops to give to the rose bush whose withered blossoms lioat upon the- autumn breeze the "sweet as surance of another springtime, will he refuse the words of hope to the sons of men when the frosts of winter come? If matter mute and inanimate, 1 hough changed by rite forces of nature iulo a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation! when it has paid a brief visit like a royal guest to this tenement of clay? No; I am as sure that there is another' life as I am that I live today. In Cairo' T sectired a few grains of wheat that had slumbered for more Hum three'thousand years In an Egyp tian tomb. As I looked at them this thought came into, my mind: If one of those grains had been planted on the banks of the Nile- the year after it: grew and all' Its lineal descendants planted and replanted from that time until now. its progeny would today be sufficiently numerous to feed the teem ing millions of the world. If this in visible germ of life in the grain of wheat can thus r*:|SS unimpaired through three thousand resurrections. I shall not doubt (hat my soul has power lo- clothe- itself with a body suited'to ils new existence when this earthly frame has crumbled into dust. A belief in Immortality not only eon soles the individual, bill it exerts a powerful Influence in bringing peace between individuals. If one really thinks Hint man dies as the brute dies, he may yield" to the temptation to do injustice-lo his neighbor when the cir cumstances arc-such! as (o promise se curity from detection1. But if one real ly expects to meet again aud live eter nally with those whom he knows to day he- is restrained from evil deeds by Ihe fear of endless remorse. Again, Christ deserves fo be called the Prime of Pl.-ai.e because he has given us a measure-of greatness which promotes peace. When his disciples disputed among tht-m selves as to. Which should be- greatest in (he kingdom of heaven., he rebuked them and said. "Let him who would be Chief es I among ymr ho the servant of all." Service fs He- measure of great-' ness. It- always has been true. It is true today and It always will be true that lie is greatest who does the most of good. Ami yet: what a revolution-it will work in this old world when this standard becomes the standard of life!' Nearly all of our controversies and' combats arise from the fact that we are-tryibg to-get something from oachi other. There will be peace when our aim is fo d0>something for each other; Cur enmities ami animosities arise from our efforts to get as much as possible out of the world. There will' be peace when, onr endeavor is to. put. as milch: as possible into the world: Society will take an immeasurable step, toward peace when il estimates a citi zen by life- output rather than by UiS; income and gives the crown of its ap proval to the one who makes the lar gest contribution lo (he welfare of all: <'hrisl has also h-o lue way lo peace-1 by giving trs a formula for the propa gation of good. Nol all of those who have ready desired to do good have employed ihe Christian methods?not all Christians even. In all the-history of the human race but two methods ' have been employed. The first' is the forcible method. The other is (he Bible plan-be not overcome of evil, but overcome evi! with Rood. And there is no other way of overcoming evil. I am not much of a farmer. 1 gel mure credit for my farm birr than I deserve, and my tittle farm receives more ad verl ishig than il Ik entitled lo. But I am farmer-enough to know that if I cut down weeds lhey will spring up again, and t know that if I plant something then-- which has more vitality than the weeds-1 shall not only get rid of the constant cut ting, but have the benefit of Hie crop besides. In order that there might be no mis take about his plan of propagating good Christ went iulo detail and laid emphasis upon the value of example? "So live that others seeing your good works may be constrained to glorify your Father which Is in heaven." There Is no human influence so potent for good as that which goes out from an upright life. The World's Only Hope. II may be a slow process, this eon version of i lie world by the silent iufiu enee of a noble example, but it is die only sure one. and ihe doctrine applies to nations as well as to individuals. The gospel of ihe f'rit.of Pence gives us the iuily hope I tin I ihe world has. and il is au incronaiiig hope. ,,f the Bub.slirni.ion of reason for the arbitra ment iff foret- in the sclllemco! of in ternal ioiia! disputes. But Chrisi has given us ji platform more fundamental than any political parly, more fa trenching and more comprehensive than any platform ev#r ?M***MMM*aaMMHMia**a***aB**M*aH r written 6y the" convention of any party in any country. When he condensed into one commandment those of the' ton which rdate of man's duty toward his fellows and enjoined upon us the* rule "Thou shaft love thy neighbor as thyself he presented a plan for the solution of all the problems that now rex society or may hereitfler arise. Other remedies may palliate or post pone the day of settlement, but this is j-irfl sufficient, and* the reconciliation which it effects is a permanent one. If I were to* attempt to apply this thought to various questions which are at issue, I might be accused of enter nig the domain of partisan politics, bur I may safely apply it to two great problems. First let us consider the question of capital and labor. This is not a transient Issue or a local one. rr engages the attention of the people of" ail countries and has appeared in every age. The immediate* need in this- country is arbitration; for neither side* to the controversy can be trusted to deaf with absolute justice-if'allowed undisputed control. Bnt arbitration, like a court, is a last resort. Ir would' be better if the relations between em ployer and employee were such- as to make-arbitration unnecessary. Just fn proportion as men recognize their kin ship to- each other and deal with each other in the spiril of brotherhood'wilT friendship and harmony be secured. Boih employer and employee need' to cultivate the spirit which follows from.' obedience to the great commandment: ETthics of Money Making. The second problem to which I would apply ilifs- platform of peace is that which rotates to ihe accumulation of.'] wealth: We cannot much longer delay consideration-of the ethics of money making. That many of Ihe enormous fortunes-which have been accumulated in the liist quarter of a century are now lieht' by men who have given- to society no adequate service in return for- the ?money secured Is now general ly recognized. While legislation can and xhoufrl protect the public from predatory wealth, a more effective renn edy will be found in ihe cultivation of a public opinion which will substitute a higher Ideal than the one which'tol erates the enjoyment of unearned gains, rfo man who really knows what brotherly love is will desire to lake a dva n i a ire of his neighbor, and the conscience when not scared will ad monish' against Injustice: ,My faith in the flitlirt! resis upon the belief that Christ's'. teachings are being more studied today than ever before and that with this larger study will come an application of those teachings to the everyday life of the world. In former times men read that Christ came to bring life and immortality to light, and placed Ihe emphasis upon Immortality; now they are studying Christ's relation to human life. In for mer years many (bought to prepare themselves for future bliss by a life of secltisfon here; now I hey are learn ing thai they cannot follow in t've foot steps of the Master unless they go about doing good. Christ declared 'that he came-rhat we might hove life, and have It more abundantly. The world is learning that Christ came not' to lnirnyw life, but to enlarge It But fiirs Prl.000 of 'Peace promises nol only peace, lint strength. Some Itave' thocight his teachings fit only for the weak and the timid and unsuiled'j In-men of vigor, energy and ambition. J Nothing could be further from the ! truth; Only the man of faith call; lie courageous. Confident that be-fights on. tile side of Jehovah, he doubts not Ihe- success of his cause. What mat lei's it whether he shares in ihe shouts of triumphV IF every word spoken in behalf of Irufh has iis influence- and every deed done for the right weighs in the final account, it is immaterial to the Christian whether his eyes behold victory or whether he-dies lu-tbeinhlst of the conflict. Only those who befleve attemi.it the seemingly impossible and by attempt ing prove that one-with God can chase a Thousand and two can put ten thou sand to flight. I caii imagine-that Ihe *?rly Christians who were carried into rfie arena to make a epeetnete for those more savage than the beasls were entreated by their doubling com panions not to. endanger Uletr lives. But, kneeling in the center-of the are na. I bey prayed and saug until they were devoured'. Mow helpless they seemed, and. measured by every hu man rule, how hopeless- was their cause! And yet within a- few decades the power wrhlcli they invoked proved mightier (ban the legions of tbe em peror, and the faith in- which they died Mas triumphant o>t-all that land. It is said' ?hat those w>.o. went to mock a I 1 liefe sntTerhigs Returned askin^. tbouiselYefc. "What is it. that can enteu Into the- heart of man, and make him die as these di.r?" They were greater i conquerors in Ihelr death than they i could have been bait they purchased f life by a surrender of their faith. ! What would ha ire been the Tale of j ihe-chinch If ihe early Christiaus had linii a* little fatth as many of our Cfilistlaus now have'.' And, 0?i Ihe einer hand, if She Christians of today bad Ihe faith or the martyrs, bow long would il be before the fulfillment of the prophecy that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess 1 Our faith should be even stronger' than Ihe faiib ot those who lived -.000 years ago, f.,r we see oar religion spreading and supplanting the philo.fo [dlles and creeds of (he orient. As ihe Christian grows older be fl|v predates more and more the complete ness with which Christ fills the re quire men is of the hearr. and. grateful for the peace which he enjoys and for 'lie strength which fie has rcrefvod. he repeats the words of the great scholar, sir William Jones: Elefoiv thy myJfUc at far. heavenh truth, I kneel in manhood I knell in youth. Th'.::; lei ? kneel lit! tills dull tonn >l t:i< And l'-r.-'-s last sknJc be l>;-i:v n<ni by thx ray. .?il-, i tm ?? mi ii The First Installment of ? THE MERRY WIDOW DON'T FAIL TO READ IT! 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