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some men make their wills and deed away their property, there are some
sharp, shrewd lawyers who will get hold of that will and break it all
to pieces; they will go into court and break the will, and the jury
will set the will aside, and the money goes into another channel. Now
this will that Christ has made, neither devil nor man can break it. He
has promised to give us peace, and there are thousands of witnesses
who can say: "I have my part of that legacy. I have peace; I came to
Him for peace, and I got it; I came to Him in darkness; I came to Him
in trouble and sorrow; I was passing under a deep cloud of affliction,
and I came to Him and He said, 'Peace, be still.' And from that hour
peace reigned in my soul." Yes, many have proved the invitation true,
"Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest." They found rest when they came. He is the author of rest,
He is the author of peace, and no power can break that will; yea,
unbelief may question it, but Jesus Christ rose to execute His own
will, and it is in vain for man to contest it. Infidels and skeptics
may tell us that it is all a myth, and that there isn't anything in
it, and yet the glorious tidings is ever repeated, "Peace on earth,
good will to man," and the poor and needy, the sad and sorrowful, are
made partakers of it.

So, my reader, you need not wait for peace any longer. All you have to
do is to enter into it to-day. You need not try to make peace. It is a
false idea; you can not make it. Peace is already made by Jesus
Christ, and is now declared unto you.

PEACE DECLARED.

When France and England were at war, a French vessel had gone off on a
long voyage, a whaling voyage; and when they came back, the crew were
short of water, and being now near an English port, they wanted to get
water; but they were afraid that they would be taken if they went into
that port; and some people in the port saw them, saw their signal of
distress, and sent word to them that they need not be afraid, that the
war was over, and peace had been declared. But they couldn't make
those sailors believe it, and they didn't dare to go into port,
although they were out of water; but at last they made up their minds
that they had better go in and surrender up their cargo and surrender
up their lives to their enemies than to perish at sea without water;
but when they got in, they found out that peace had been declared, and
that what had been tol