Show PEACE WILL REIGN ON EARTH 11 quoting from scripture we learn that peace shall be taken lake iii from the earth also this men alen may cry peace peace but there will be no peace the one whose birth we commemorate at this tinie time said 1 I come not to bring peace but a sword although in our aquarian gospel we read a prophecy made by a pious jew named simeon who when he saw the infant child said behold this child will bring a sword upon my people israel and all the world but he will break the sword and then all nations will learn war no more the first of these prophetic sentences are indeed true in these times and in commenting on them the editor of pro gresi gres sive ive opinion has this to say I 1 j these are the decrees that have been made and readers may depend upon it that there will be no immediate peace worthy of the name the almighty himself could not and would not bring pe peace ace at the present time it would be against his plans and purposes it has been decreed and rec iterated by him that war should go forth to all the world until the consummation ha has made a full end of the systems in all nations so to clamor for peace at this stage is fighting against these decrees peace will be made in due tinie time by the prince of peace and when once made it will last forever and they shall not hurt nor destroy ir in any of the lands where humans live to cry for a premature peace is an effort to break down the effort that is being made to save freelain fre re GIom eloin humanity has brought destruction upon upon itself by living the jungle law instead of the higher law the present mighty ground swell in the liberty lov loving nr 3 world is an effort to throw off the rule of the jungle liw law and rise to new heights of advanced civilization these statements are truth and not until the rank and file of humanity and this means a vast majority of people living in our own fair land have suffered enough and are repentant will the third prophecy be fulfilled for many weeks we have stressed the need to prepare for the second coming of the lord and it is surprising to learn that there are many who believe not that he will come upon the earth to lead those who wil vill I 1 be faitha faithful ul to the end out of the turmoil and strife that is yet to come there is no need at this time to remind you of things we have said about the antichrist anti christ forces at work nor of the dangers that lie ahead forthome for those who will fall for the promises to be made when he and his underlings will take over the reins of government in many lands now nov engaged in warfare although in the new issue to go forth foith next year we shall have more to say on the subject at this christmas season it is well to think on the blessings we may still enjoy und the old system and order of living and to be grateful that here as in many other places there are those who do believe in the christ and the christian way of living they will be those who will lead the rest of humanity when the crucial hour arrives deciding deci dink battles are fought which in turn will bring about the second coming of our lord at this time he WILL break the sword and then all nations will learn war no pa more inthe in the interim we must hold to the high ideal adeal and pattern of bf life he taught and practiced and we must become more willing to live in accord therewith every day of the corning coming year instead of crowding into one short week or month the expressions of love and unselfish service so much in evidence at the christmas season of each ye year ar we must also hold in our hearts and minds the kind of world we want and that which we must prepare for when the lights go on all over the world and we may resume our normal norma i way of living again for a time it will be then we may work in a definite way to establish the new order of living Lecent ly we found another kind of prophecy which was apparently written on june 29 1908 by julia ward waid how in boston as result of a vision slie she had of the coming ming changes and the now era of living we offer it as a closing message one to think about and to cherish and what hat is more to prepa pre pre e f for or even n now ow it was taken from a little book printed ny elizabeah Eli towne in 1909 as follows fol lovs lors one night recently I 1 experienced a sudden awakening 1 had a vision of a new era which is to dawn for mankind in which men and women are battling equally for the uplifting and emancipation of the race from evil 1 I saw men and women of every clime working like bees to unwrap the evils of society and to discover the whole web of vice and misery and to apply the remedies and also to find the influences that should best counteract evil and its attendant sufferings there seemed to be a new a wondrous ever permeating light the glory of which I 1 cannot attempt to put in human words the light of a newborn hope and sympathy blazing the source of this light was human endeavor immortal purpose of countless thousands of men and women who were were equally doing their part in the world 1 I saw the themen men and the women standing side by side shot shoulder tlde r to shoulder a com common rhon lofty and indomitable purpose lighting every face with a glory not of this earth all were advancing with one end in view one foe to trample one everlasting good to gain and then I 1 saw the victory all of evil was gone from the earth misery yas as blotted out mankind was emancipated alid reaal to march for forward wardin in anew era of human i understanding g all encompassing i sympathy and ever present help the era of perfect love of peace ceacer passing understanding i |