The messengers of peace; a Christmas allegory by Parker William Stanley

Author:Parker, William Stanley. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boston, The Tavern club
Published: 1916-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

THE MESSENGERS OF PEACE

PEACE MESSENGER. Strangely alike our judgments seem to be, Freighted perchance with deep significance. Seeking the greater elements of peace, The same two motives seemed to dominate The life of man, Religion and Patriotism,— Devotion to God and to his fellow-men. While on the surface motives seem to take The colors of unworthy enterprise, Deeper within their truer color lies. The restless surface of the sea of life Is whipped by the storms of hate and violence; But deep beneath, the currents of faith and love Sweep steadfast on in their appointed course. Such instruments as these man needs must learn To use with wisdom, and it is not strange If in the learning he should make mistakes,— Exceptions that but serve to prove the rule. How Patriotism ever spreads its net, Encircling larger and yet larger groups, Since those first days when neolithic man Allegiance owed to naught but his own hearth. Who dare deny the day when it shall sweep All artificial barriers away And claim all men in one great brotherhood.'^ And when that day shall come Religion too Shall find its full expression in men's lives; And differences of faith, that in the past Have caused world-racking strife and suffering, Shall melt away into insignificance Beside the common truths that underlie.

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