Peace and War Across the Ages in Modern Times
The essay argues peace is sought in theory but war persists due to military prestige, romance, territorial greed, and costly arms races. It warns that armed peace drains national wealth, worsens poverty, and harms children, urging Christ’s peace ethos, disarmament, and arbitration as true paths to security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioinson
Cyrus the Great
Alexander
Caesar
Charlemagne
Napoleon
Egypt
Shishak
Ramases
Hirum
Greece
Pompey
Tennyson
Light Brigade
Dickens
Skulie
Malory
D'Arthur
Washington Irving
Gramade
Mr. Gladstone
Spain
Cuba
Porto
Rico
Philippines
England
Japan
Russia
Korea
Italy
Turkey
John Morley
Germany
Hawaii
Brewer
Supreme Court
Washington
District of Columbia
States of the Union
United States of America
David J. Brewer
Homer Lee
Assyria
Rome
Wen
Africa
Fort Wayne
America
Alvin
Johnson
Chicago University
Peace Society of New York
United States
John B. Clark
Columbia University
Panama Canal
J.A. Tatoney
Israel
Gage
Cain
Andrew Carnegie
Nicholas Murray Butler
Bethlehem
Peter
Jesus
Calgary
Christ
Chile
Argentine Republic
Angels of Peace
Andes
Argentina
Nehemiah Rebuilds Jerusalem Wall in Night Vigil
The article recounts Nehemiah surveying Jerusalem by night after a four month march from Babylon, rallying priests nobles and people to rebuild the wall despite Sanballat and Tobiah’s scorn. It highlights Nehemiah’s leadership, repeated enemy schemes, and the wall’s completion in fifty two days. It also notes Christian reflections on the Nehemiah type, moral rebuilding, and lessons for readers and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Herald
Nehemiah
Jerusalem
Babylon
Joseph Parker
Sanballat
Tobiah
Israel
Peter One
Sarah Smiley
Shemaiah
Temple
Samuel Wesley
John
Wesley
Christian David
Moravia
Silesia
Moravian Church
Richard Baxter
Cuyler
Jesus
Kidderminster
Adoniram Judson
Burma
Angels of God
United States
Family Unity and The Hidden Family Influence
Ex-president Eliot recalls a large family with no sisters where a silent father still imparted moral standards. A wise mother and daily family life created a clear, unspoken ideal of upright conduct, showing true unity through observed values rather than direct teaching. The same model applies to each excellent family forging purity, honor, and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Harvard Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry B. Master
First Presbyterian Church
M. G. Kennedy
Family Unity