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Show -m' We Believe In Peace, But.... Our natural inclination is to write about peace, and on that subject we would be at our best But we are firmly convinced con-vinced that there can be no peace worthy the name under present pre-sent conditions. If two or three insane men with a mania to kill and rape and destroy were at large in your neighborhood you would not rest or feel secure until they had been put in their place. And that condition applies to the woild. We believe in the scriptures where they say that peace has been taken from the earth, and that is because of the moral mo-ral and spiritual lapses of mankind. Whole na ions of people practically ah nations, have lost the spirit that makes for peace and that spirit cunnot be restored until they come to the faith and works that make for good will and peace. Peace and freedom free-dom are two of the sweetest and most dynamic words in the language. And the meaning and vision of these two words began to stir men when they were given voice, such as they have never been given voice before or since, by the ancient prophets. They gave the world its vision of peace and freedom free-dom but they also have given the vision of this war, and have i told us that "men shall cry peace, peace but there will be no peace,' until human life is shaped as they said it should bet and takes unto itself the doctrines of the Stranger of Galilee. Few appear o believe tliat the peace has long since been blueprinted blue-printed and men's plans ust eonfortn or fail. |