The Christmas Motto

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Excerpt from The Christmas Motto: And the Old Prophetic Presages of a Coming Golden Era of PeaceAs to the evangelical theory, peace on earth, which has never yet been verified, it can surely not be said that this was due to the fault of its tenor. The trouble lies elsewhere. It is the nations of the world that set themselves against it and hinder its realization. They ever were and still are loth to incorporate it into their rules of co nduct and mutual relations. Tlhey even refuse to be guided by one of the leading doctrines of the New Testament, which has equally with that theory been standing out clearly and distinctly enough these ninet een centuries past - the condemnation of war fare on the ground of the great virtues of forbearance and non-resistance. Strauss, in The Old and the New Faith, relates that Renan had written him during the late franco-german war: Neither in the Beatitudes nor anywhere else in the gospel there is found one word promising Heaven for the possession or exhibition of martial virtues. This was undoubtedly a sort of sarcastic protest against the bloody war in which that great savant's nation was then involved. Who will' deny that this protest was correct and well applied?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.