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UNIVERSAL PEACE 20 |
Today there is no greater glory for man than that of service in
the cause of the “Most Great Peace”. Peace is light whereas
war is darkness. Peace is life; war is death. Peace is guidance;
war is error. Peace is the foundation of God; war is satanic institution.
Peace is the illumination of the world of humanity; war is the destroyer
of human foundations. When we consider outcomes in the
world of existence we find that peace and fellowship are factors of
upbuilding and betterment whereas war and strife are the causes of
destruction and disintegration. All created things are expressions of
the affinity and cohesion of elementary substances, and non-existence
is the absence of their attraction and agreement. Various elements
unite harmoniously in composition but when these elements become
discordant, repelling each other, decomposition and non-existence
result. Everything partakes of this nature and is subject to this
principle, for the creative foundation in all its degrees and kingdoms is
an expression or outcome of love. Consider the restlessness and
agitation of the human world today because of war. Peace is health
and construction; war is disease and dissolution. When the banner of
truth is raised, peace becomes the cause of the welfare and advancement
of the human world. In all cycles and ages war has been a factor
of derangement and discomfort whereas peace and brotherhood have
brought security and consideration of human interests. This distinction
is especially pronounced in the present world conditions, for
warfare in former centuries had not attained the degree of savagery
and destructiveness which now characterizes it. If two nations were
at war in olden times, ten or twenty thousand would be sacrificed
but in this century the destruction of one hundred thousand lives in a
day is quite possible. So perfected has the science of killing become
and so efficient the means and instruments of its accomplishment that
a whole nation can be obliterated in a short time. Therefore comparison
with the methods and results of ancient warfare is out of the
question.
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According to an intrinsic law, all phenomena of being attain to a
summit and degree of consummation, after which a new order and
condition is established. As the instruments and science of war have
reached the degree of thoroughness and proficiency, it is hoped that
the transformation of the human world is at hand and that in the
coming centuries all the energies and inventions of man will be utilized
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in promoting the interests of peace and brotherhood. Therefore may
this esteemed and worthy society for the establishment of international
peace
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be confirmed in its sincere intentions and empowered
by God. Then will it hasten the time when the banner of universal
agreement will be raised and international welfare will be proclaimed
and consummated so that the darkness which now encompasses the
world shall pass away….
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The powers of earth cannot withstand the privileges and bestowals
which God has ordained for this great and glorious century.
It is a need and exigency of the time. Man can withstand anything
except that which is divinely intended and indicated for the age and
its requirements. Now, Praise be to God! in all countries of the
world, lovers of peace are to be found and these principles are being
spread among mankind, especially in this country. Praise be to God!
this thought is prevailing and souls are continually arising as defenders
of the oneness of humanity, endeavoring to assist and establish international
peace. There is no doubt that this wonderful democracy will
be able to realize it and the banner of international agreement will be
unfurled here to spread onward and outward among all the nations
of the world. I give thanks to God that I find you imbued with such
susceptibilities and lofty aspirations and I hope that you will be the
means of spreading this light to all men. Thus may the Sun of Reality
shine upon the East and West. The enveloping clouds shall pass away
and the heat of the divine rays will dispel the mist. The reality of man
shall develop and come forth as the image of God his creator. The
thoughts of man shall take such upward flight that former accomplishments
shall appear as the play of children;—for the ideas and
beliefs of the past and the prejudices regarding race and religion have
ever been lowering and destructive to human evolution. I am most
hopeful that in this century these lofty thoughts shall be conducive
to human welfare. Let this century be the sun of previous centuries
the effulgences of which shall last forever, so that in times to come they
shall glorify the twentieth century, saying the twentieth century was
the century of lights, the twentieth century was the century of life,
the twentieth century was the century of international peace, the
twentieth century was the century of divine bestowals and the
twentieth century has left traces which shall last forever.
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1. | New York Peace Society. [ Back To Reference] |