PRICE OF PEACE
All sane men and women long for peace, but we need a far more positive approach to it, writes Canon F. R. Barry in a recent article on the European crisis. For the last 10 years we British have tried to avoid war, and have almost fallen into the abyss of it. It Is time we started trying to make peace. Experience shows that we shall never do this if we think merely iu terms of self-interest. There is nothing either in the Gospel or in the lesson of history to suggest that if we want merely ease and comfort life will guarantee the opportunity. Peace costs a price—are we prepared to pay it? It can be established only on righteousness—keeping our w'ord in small things and in great, honest unself-seeking co-operation with all who stand for law against violence, and the will to share equitably and fairly the economic resources of the world, caring little for prestige or profit. Armaments and diplomacy are impotent without moral and spiritual direction.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 17
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173PRICE OF PEACE Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 17
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