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All Honor to the Peacemakers!, June 22
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of
God.
Matthew 5:9
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Peacemakers! What a treasure is a peacemaker in the family; what a
blessing in the church! Peacemakers may be tempted, but their life is hid
with Christ in God. They look unto Jesus, copying His pattern.... They
receive the peace which Christ gives....
The true nature of our religion is not found in the position we occupy,
but in the gentle spirit, the kindness, the peace which we manifest. Our re-
ligion is made manifest in the home circle by the atmosphere surrounding
the soul that brings happiness to the family....
True Christians will not ... speak in a cheap or fretting way. In the
familiar circle of the home they will do services of love and Christian
courtesy. These services may seem very commonplace, but the universe
of heaven will be interested in the consistent walk of those who seek to
benefit others....
It is not only our privilege but our duty to cultivate gentleness, to
have the peace of Christ in the heart and as peacemakers and followers of
Christ to sow precious seed that will produce a harvest unto eternal life.
Professed followers of Christ may possess many good and useful qualities;
but their characters are greatly marred by an unkind, fretful, faultfinding,
harshly judging temper. The husband or the wife who cherishes suspicion
and distrust creates dissension and strife in the home. Neither of them
should keep his gentle words and smiles for strangers alone, and manifest
irritability in the home, thus driving out peace and contentment....
It is practical Christlikeness alone that can make one a peacemaker
in the home, in the church, in the neighborhood, and in the world. Home
religion is practical sanctification.... The true quality of religion is gauged
by the manner in which each member in the family does his duty to his
associates.... Learn the precious lesson of being peacemakers in your
home life.
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