Christian herald . e futureleague of Nations, with an Interna-tional Court of Arbitration, withoutwhich the war for democracy will havebeen foughl in vain. In time of warprepare for peace. This due- not meanthat tin- churches should attempt tobring about a premature or unrighteouspeace; hut that when the war does it -oon or late, the churches should beready to take advantage of the one su-preme plan, which, with Gods blessing,would insure the future peace of theworld. This, with the fellowship of the peopleof Cod in all lands when the war is over,will do more than all things else to hea
Christian herald . e futureleague of Nations, with an Interna-tional Court of Arbitration, withoutwhich the war for democracy will havebeen foughl in vain. In time of warprepare for peace. This due- not meanthat tin- churches should attempt tobring about a premature or unrighteouspeace; hut that when the war does it -oon or late, the churches should beready to take advantage of the one su-preme plan, which, with Gods blessing,would insure the future peace of theworld. This, with the fellowship of the peopleof Cod in all lands when the war is over,will do more than all things else to healits wounds, and to bring the nations to-gether again in a workable after the Boer War and our ownSpanish War. I saw t he young people ofthe enemy nations fraternizing in Chris-tian fellowship and singing he the tie that hind- our heartsin Christian love. A vast opportunityawait- the churches of our land. «—^r^y^^o <C- uL/i Boston, Mi THE CHRISTIAN HERALD, January 2, 1918 Page U. THE WITNESS Grace Livings ton HiTL \jcl\z^ Jkidfior aT&J2e°fbJce in tfze Wfdemess CHAPTER XXXI—Continued THEY went to see the churchmember, who proved to be agood old soul, but deaf andold and verj7 poor. He saidthey had to give the church up; theycouldnt make it pay. All the rich peoplehad moved away. He shook his headsadly and told how he and his wife weremarried there. He hobbled over andshowed them how to get in a side door. The yellow afternoon sun was siftingthrough windows of cheap stained glass,and fell in mellow quiet upon the fadedcushions and musty ingrain place had that deserted look ofhaving been abandoned, yet he stood in the shadow under the oldbalcony, seemed to see the Presence ofthe eternal God standing up there be-hind the pulpit, seemed to feel the hal-lowed memories of long ago, and scentthe lingering incense of all the prayersthat had gone up from all the souls wrhohad worshiped there in the years thatwere past. They
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