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The Christian’s Peace

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 2, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 15, No. 11.

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The Christian’s Peace

“I KNOW, with Newton, what the world can do, and what it cannot do,” said Hedley Vicars, a pious English officer, who perished in the war of the Crimea. “It cannot give or take away the peace of God in the soul. It cannot soothe the wounded conscience, or enable us to meet death with comfort. I have tried both services. For twenty years I lived under the yoke of sin. The retrospect of my past life is now miserable to me; yet, before I was taught by the Spirit of God, I thought and called it a life of pleasure. The very name, when applied to sin, now makes my heart to sicken. Even then I could never enjoy reviewing the occupations of a single day; and think you my conscience was quiet? No, no. Bitter experience has taught me that there is no ‘peace for the wicked.’ Blessed be God, now I am pardoned and reconciled through the death of his Son. How happy is the Christian’s life when he has this assurance.”