Rev. William O. Rogers, D. D. in an article in Western Farm Life, Denver, Colorado

It is significant that the Denver Club skyscraper has a room set aside for prayer and meditation. This is following the example of the United Nations [and] ... of the Capitol building in Washington. Many congressmen slip quietly from time to time into their chapel finding new courage and guidance in the hushed silence where the still, small voice may be more clearly heard. Our national government was launched with prayer. When the Constitutional Convention was floundering in darkness Benjamin Franklin called for prayer. "If it is true," said he, "that not a sparrow falleth without the notice of our Creator, is it likely that a great new nation can arise without His guidance?"

From an article in the Evening News Ealing, Middlesex, England

"Peace is an exquisite flower; we must tend it with care!"—this was a memorable phrase in a speech by Aristide Briand at Geneva a quarter of a century ago. ...

Our Lord said, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."

Peace in the eyes of too many people means the absence of war. ... Our Lord in the Sermon on the Mount was speaking of those who make peace. They are not to be confused with the many who talk about peace or the many more who merely long for it.

It is easy enough to agitate for peace, so called; it is much more difficult to ensure the conditions in which peace can flourish, for it is not simply an external political condition devised by statesmen and maintained by the balance of power. It is a state of harmony and tranquillity which comes when God's will is allowed to prevail.

True peace might be defined as Christianity in action; the creation of a moral and spiritual climate. It is something to which everyone can contribute because it is the byproduct of personal lives in which God's law of righteousness and love is the paramount influence. Peace among nations, in the family, in one's own soul, is not an end in itself. It is rather a reward or result of right living.

From an editorial in The British Columbian New Westminster, British Columbia Canada

A home that has no religious integration denies the children something of importance, for a child given no religious faith is an underprivileged child. Children require a faith for security; they require a faith to sustain ethics. ... Many parents say, "I'll wait until my children grow up, then they can decide for themselves whether they want to go to church." Do parents decide that way in the matter of education?

Life goes on. Children's habits are set. If they have no religious training, then the most imperative part of their life's education has been omitted. Coleridge once had a visitor who made the absurd statement that he left it up to his children to decide. The great poet and philosopher took the visitor out "to see my garden." They looked on a jumble of weeds, and the visitor exclaimed over the condition.

Coleridge calmly asserted that he thought it was unfair to prejudice his garden. Undoubtedly it would sort out the good from the bad and choose for itself. So, he suggested, was the parent doing who allowed inexperienced children to choose for themselves.

But the crisis comes to every home, and we find that there are no substitutes for God. Happy the home, then, that has been built on the rock of religious faith.

Rev. Stanley B. Sudbury in The Natal Mercury Durban, South Africa

There was a time when Martin Luther, in one of the great crises of his life, was standing firmly for a conviction and was assailed by a powerful opponent who asked him if he understood that he was defying one of the greatest powers in the world. "Do you expect anyone worth while to come to your aid?" he was asked.

"No," said Luther quietly, "I do not expect that."

"Then where will you be?" asked the other; and with a courage that the world never ceases to admire, Luther replied, "I shall be where I have always been—in the hands of an Almighty God."

That is faith, and it is the sort of faith so sorely needed by many of us today. ...

When, therefore, we face the difficulties of life, or when we experience the deep concern and fear which threaten to upset the balance of life, it is wise to turn to the enheartening words recurring so constantly in the Bible. There is a verse in Timothy which reads, "God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." The constant greeting of Jesus was, "Be not afraid." "Be of good cheer"—a greeting based not upon a shallow optimism but upon an unshakable faith in the purposes of God.

It was this same faith which actuated the early disciples. When these first Christians went out into a world as full of fearful problems as our own, they did not speak of political frustrations and despairs, or economic problems, or their own personal distresses, they spoke confidently of the mighty acts of God.