War and the Coming Kingdom of Peace
THE British House of Commons has authorized a loan of $175,000,000. This is occasioned, of course, by the South African War. War is not only destructive of life, but it uses up lots of means, and destroys, almost as if swept by fire or flood, the property that represents years of toil, in the country where the armies are operating. How all these things should lead us to pray, as never before, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven"! The kingdom of Christ is the kingdom of peace and love. Neither war nor cruæl hate will be there. How our hearts swell with joy as we see the sure signs all about us that the coming of Christ is right at hand; that He is about to establish His everlasting kingdom; and that soon, very soon, all strife and bloodshed will be eternally put away!