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W ith th a t th e re breaks in g reat Amer ica’s man, Delivers his soul of his deep-cherished plan, “F o r th e peace of th e nations ’twere w iser,” guessed he, “To a g rea t League of Nations we all should ag re e !” R epresenting th e Vatican, then, th ere arose, A father, w ith ecclesiastical pose, “The peace of th e nations, my child ren ,” piped he, “ Can only be k ep t by a P apal decree!” Another, another, and still a new scheme Each peace-maker champions w hat best he did deem, T ill th e peace of th e nations seemed bu t a g reat joke, All proposals fo r peace to be ending in smoke! At last, th e re was heard in a g u ttu ra l tone, A skulker, whose presence till th en was unknown, “F o r th e peace of the nations th e re ’s only one plan ’Tis world-dom inion by our super-m an!” Each glared a t th e o th er— th e whole table round As one man to his feet leaped up a t a bound, And th e peace of the nations— am id the uproar— Seems likely to lead to a general war! Then, One, th rough closed doors, like th e Son of Man, came, Stood still in th e m idst, w ith th e scars of His shame, “When th e kingdoms of th is world My kingdom shall be, Then th e peace of th e Nations shall cen tre in Me!” — Rev. Samuel P re n ter, Canada.
spoke, God spoke; when the Son spoke, God spoke; when th e Apostles spoke, God spoke, Heb. 1:1. ( 6 ) The “S crip tu res” are His w riting s as tru ly as if He had literally w ritten them , as He did some of them (Deut. 10:1, 2 ). “ S c r i p t u r e s ” means w ritings. 2 Timothy 3:16 makes God responsible fo r th e tracing s on th e parch ments. II. The B ible Our F in a l A uthority. 1. Our A ttitud e in Controversy is: “W h at saith th e S crip tu res?” 2. Our Ready Conclusion is: “ I t is w ritte n ” . This phrase occurs about 75 tim es in th e New T esta ment. 3. Our F in al R eso rt is: “To th e law and the testim ony” , Isa. 8:20. THE COMING PEACE The w arfare is over— th e Peace-table set And w arrio rs and statesm en around it are met, The best brains are busy a fu tu re to plan When th e world will be safer for every man. Up stands a bold B riton— speaks stra ig h t to th e point, Of w hat must be done when th e world’s ou t of joint, “The peace of th e nations can only,” said he, “ Be m aintained while G reat B ritain ’s supreme on th e se a!” Thereon, a brave b ro th er sta rts up from his bench, “ By th e balance of power,” quoth he in good F rench, “The peace of th e nation can only be kept, Supremacy, land or sea, ou t m ust be sw ept!”
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